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Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-03-16

TEE Democratic party should dis
pose OF it's leaders who are only out
for the stun. No party can succeed
whose leaders have no fixed principles
and only work to "fix" themselves.
Along this line the New York Journal
says: ''It lie a well grounded fact that
no political party can prosper and i've
commanding and retaining the respect
of the public, unless it have settled
convictions on questions Of public
policy. It win not do to simply
oppose a given proposition because
some other party may perhaps looi
favorably on it. Political principles
should be founded on the needs anS
well-being of the nation and thei
rigidIy and consistently adhered to-"
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-03-16

THE LEDoER i informed that there
D. . movement on foot in Mexico to
prosecute the gamblers.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-03-16
THURSDAY, MARCH is.

Hos. W. J. BRYAS mas been invited
10 address the Missouri Legislature.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-03-16

R. s. Kimball, of Benton City, will
leave tomorrow night for Winona,
ILL.,, where he has q position in a tele-
graph office,
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-03-16
Mis- Lana Pearaon Dying.

Dr.. J. p. McwiniAms received a tel
egram yesterday to the effect that hii
niece, Miss Lena Pearson, Of Marshall,
formerly Of Mexico, was dying. She
l. afflicted with heart trouble. Misl
Pearson is well and favorably known
here. For some time she has been {
teacher In the Marshall public school.
George Pearson went up on the after
noon train.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-03-16

Mrs. Robert Hisey leaves next Tues
day for Bentonville, Ark, on visit to
her brother, Joseph Morris, who is IN
busipeas there.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-03-16

Frank Hightshoe, formerly of Mex
leo, is one Of the mail carriers under
the free delivery system at Marshall
Missouri.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-03-16
Blew onsn the SAFE.

COLUMBIA, Mo-, March II. = The
Bank Of Hallsvills, located at Halls
vile, Boore county, was robbed last
night. Burglars blew opon the safe
with dynamite aud took seT4 65, all
the cash it contained.
The burglars stole a bandcar snd
made their way 10 Centralia before
morning. Two tramps, who had been
hanging around town for some days,
are suspected.
VIM. kagsdale went to St. Louis
Saturday, where he win buy a large
line Of harness for the spring trade.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-03-16

ne koass Of Jas. b. MCGEE, who
Hxess miles west Of Mexico, came
near burning Saturday night Il
-aught from the Cue, bat Jim put 4
ont before much damage vas done.
He h 10 Be congratulated-
A large line Of osnbrie and musiln
...a.m.-.s- - Tanaana
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-03-16

Misses Fannie McClintic, of Rush
Hill, and Carrie McOlintic, of Vir-
ginis, are the guests of Mrs. Q. D.
Glendy.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-03-16

1T. johnson says that stock at the
@. W. Settle sale brought good prices
Mexico weekly ledger., 1899-03-16
R.bv Bonn without Ewes.

GREENWOOD, NEB,, March i4.-W.
H. Gregg, a well-known lecturer, VINO
was born blind, about q year ago mar
ried a Nebraska girl who has perfect
vision. A baby boy has been born
to the couple, perfect in every way,
except it has no eyes., Where there
should be an opening, the face is per-
fectly smooth. The parents are
prostrated.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-03-23
FEARFUL TYPHOID SCoURGE.
ings Against Councils-over 500
Deaths This Year.

PHILADELPHIA, March 20.-Tired Of
being compelled TO drink Sohuylllill
water, contaminated with the germs Of
fatal disease, the sewage of one of the
most thiclily populated regions of Penn
sylvania, the drainage Of towns varying
in population from 100 TO 100000, the
washings Of culm banks, mining re.
gions, miles of roads, colored with mud
and filth of every description; the al.
most direct pumpage into their homes
by way of reservoirs which have not
been cleaned for many years-the peo.
pie are now taking matters in their own
hands and by holding big indignation
meetings intend to compel councils tC
give them some relief without any fur.
ther delay.
Representatives from the 40 wards OF
the city met i'll the bourse and de
nounced councils for not giving protec
ton to the health of the people. In tho
plainest of terms the blame for the 45i
deaths from typhoid and the 4,509 case
reported since Jan. 1 was placed on coun
ellis, and resolutions couched in the plain
est language, demanding that councils
act Immediately were adopted with {
whoop and will be sent to both branches
on Thursday next.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-03-23
MANlLA'S RAILROAD.
II Is the Only One Ia the Whole Phil
ippine Archipelago.

The only railroad in all the Philip
pines is little narrow gauge road run
ming from Manila TO Dagupan, n port
near the center of the west coast Of
Luzon. Tho road traverses a country
rich in agricultural wealth and fairly
teeming with inhabitants The road
bed has an average elevation Of about
four or five feet above the general level.
1t is all ballasted with fine gravel and
presents an excellent appearance, being
very level and solid, even during peri
DDS of heavy rain.
The rolling stock is very light as COM
pared with the substantial character Of
the roadbed. The locomotives appear to
be little superior in speed or capacity to
the better class of dummy" or Jerk
water" locomotives used in the United
States. They are of less than ten tons
burden, and the passenger carriages are
correspondingly small.
The carriages are of three classes. all
being divided alike into three apart
ments with an outside gangway. Each
apartment seats eight persons. The few
drst class passengers are comfortably
seated in cane chairs. The second and
third class carriages have wooden bench,
like seats-the former being much more
comfortable, especially as they are very
seldom crowded, and those of the third
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-03-23

Morat, Jennie, TO, chanibcrmain, New
York.
Nash, MIR.
Nelils, Annie, known at hotel as Annie
Mnlloy), New YORK.
Paterson Mrs, wife of Judge Paterson
OF Colorado.
Reid, Miss.
SalaInon, Mrs, ID. s., widow, occupied
room on 9Th floor with daughter Rosona.
Salamon Miss Rosona, "a.
Shea, Kate 40, servant,
Stokes, Mrs. James b., widow of Cen
eral Stokes.
simpson, Miss Adelia, 20.
Slainan, Mary, -, New York.
Soy, Mary, % laundress
Walsh, Mary, servant.
Ward, Annie, chnmbermaid.
NEW YORK, March 20.--Funeral SER
vices over Mrs. Warren +. Leland and
Miss Helen M. Leland, wife and
daughter Of the proprietor Of the Wind.
sor hotel, and who died from injuries re.
ceived at the fire, were held Sunday
morning, at the church Of the Heavenly
Rest, Rev. DIR. +. Parker Morgan ofii.
ciating.
Mr.. and Mrs. Abner Mckinley, w. S.
Hawk, w. G.. Etherbee and few other
friends of the family were present.
Later the bodies were taken to the
Grand Central station and sent TO Chi.
cago. There were two large baskets of
Easter lilies near the caskets, the gift OF
President and Mrs. Mckinley. Mr.
Leland and his son, Charles w. Leland,
accompanied the remains to Chicago
The interment likely will take place
there tomorrow.
Archibald Gunter, the novelist, re-
ported missing since the Windsor hote
fire, escaped from the hotel uninjured
| A.V. W. Van Vechten and Mrs. A
| o. Demorest, both of this city, Windsui
hotel guests, also reported missing
turned mn
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MRS. CLARA d BAKER

fond of each other Again and again
Burdette was a welcome guest In the
professor home. Failing health COM
PEELED the latter TO remove to Califor-
mia, where, after bravely battling
against disease, he died,
Several years afterward his widow
married Colonel p. c. Baker Of Los An
geles, who died seven or eight years
ago. Mrs Baker and Burdette kept mp
the old friendship, until finally the long
continued relation eliminated in a
deeper attachment.
Mrs. Carrie s. Burdette, whom the
humorist idolizCd and whom he immor-
talized as Her Little Serene High
ness, died in May, 1884, leaving one
son, Robert J, Burdette. Jr., now in
his twenty first year and junior in
Haverford college, Pennsylvania. Mrs
Baker also has an only son, Roy b
Wheeler, in his eighteenth year, whG
will graduate next June from Belmont
school. Belmont, Cal. and thence goes
to Harvard. The boys are great friends
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-03-23
CAMBON rs TO ACT.
He and Hay to Exchange Ratihcations OF
of the Pence Treaty.

WASHINGTON. March 2O.-French Am
bassador Cambon called at the state de
partment and formally notified the gov
ernment Of the signing of the peace
treaty by the queen regent of Spain. Il
was agreed that the ambassador SHOULD
act as the representative of the Spauisi
government in making the final cx
changes, while Secretary Hay will repre-
sent the United States. 1t is probable
President Mckinley will be present al
the final ceremony, wich i'll that cast
will take place at the White House
where the peace protocol was signed.
The time for the exchange will depend
upon the receipt of the papers IRON
Madrid.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-03-23
OKLAHOMA sCHooLUoUsEs.

New stone structure Mt Norman, o. T. No.
/, first schoolhouse in the territory, sod hut;
No. 2, second schOolhouse, log cabin.
the large towns and cities are complete
systems of graded schools and high
schools, with from seven to nine
months school.
The country sChoolhouses are nearly
all comfortable frame or stone struc-
lures, and the towns have handsome
and commodi6hs buildings of brick and
stone. In the counties where there are
any number of colored children separate
schools are maintained, and no child is
without school privileges of the very
best character.
No community on earth ever took so
early a stand for higher education or
made so rapid progress in an educa-
tional way as Oklahoma The first pub
lie institutions located in the territory
were institutions Of learning, the first
public buildings erected were colleges.
and the first and only bonded indebted. q.
ness of the territory was incurred for
the erection Of these colleges.
Other territories of the Union have
been content generally to wait for state
hood before establishing colleges and
universities, but Oklahoma had the
youth to educate and rose to the emer-
gency at once. Before the territory was
year cid a university, a normal school
and an agricultural and mechanical col
lege were ready to receive students, and
these institutions have grown and ex-
panded and others been added to their
numbers until today Oklahoma is prob
ably better provided with higher insti-
tutions of learning than any similar
number Of people and has permanently
established system of public education
with all the modern and requisite appli-
ances more complete than exists in
some of the oldest states in the Union
The Territorial university is located
in Norman, the county seat of Cleve-
land county, a growing town of 5000
inhabitants. 1t is beautifully located,
on high ground, It's citizens are intelli-
gent enterprising people who are in
hearty sympathy with educational prog
ress. The building is fine one. 1t is
built of stone and pressed brick, con-
tains 2l recitation and reception rooms
and large chapel. 1t has fine cam
pus, 40 acres in extent lying at a good
elevation, overlooking the surrounding
country.
The Agricultural and Mechanical col
lege at Saltwater is made by law es-
pecially "a college for the people. " re-
ceiving students direct from the COM
mon schools and being required to spe-
cially adapt its instruction in all branch
es TO their application in the industries
OF life. MARY e. LEONARD
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-03-23
OKLAHOMA SCHOOLS.
RAPID DEVELOPMENT PROM SOD
HuTs TO FINE STONE BUILDINGS.

How the booming Territory Has
Made Giant strides In Educational
Progress-Hns Advantages Equal 60
Those of Older C6mmonweaIths.
Nowhere in this country has the de-
velopment Of the district school, that
vital index tu the march of civilization,
Teen 80 rapid as in the ,erritory Of
Oklahoma. Usually the process is a
,low one The log cabin school has been
In the habit of coming on the scene
long after the settlement was well un-
der way. 1t remained for years before
IL was replaced by the frame building,
and this sufficed for generations
But in Oklahoma the evolution was
comparatively as swift as the rush Of
tie boomers across the prairie after the
starting gun had been fired. The school
master raced in the van. The first pub
lie building to be erected in Oklahoma
was a schoolhOuse. True, IL was merely
sod hut, such as is frequently built
on the prairies, but IL served the pur-
pose for the time.
In the rush across the boundary line
behind the schoolteacher came his
scholars In pioneer days the scholars
were not so prompt in arriving. But in
Oklahoma civilization grew as a plant
under the wand Of a magician.
The second schoolhouse in the terri
tory was a more pretentious affair. II
was log cabin. Today Oklahoma has
many fine buildings devoted to educa'
tional purposes, although only a few
years have elapsed since its counties
were desolate stretches of prairie. In a
recent report to the secretary of the in
terror the governor of Oklahoma says;
"When we think of the nearly 100,
900 boys and girls Of school age in the
territory and of the more than 2,0OC
teachers, then il is that we begin tc
have some conception of the necessity
of proper organization and system in
the management Of school system
which guarantees an education TO every
child, and this Oklahoma has to an un
usual degree.
There are in the territory 1.S7I
school districts, with schoolhouses val
ued at $454, 574. SO under the territoria
insurance law. This does not includ,
value of school property in cities. "
These school districts embrace ever!
acre of settled land in the territory, anC
in each is held from four to sever
months school per annum, while il
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-03-23
ohaabsrlala,. ooaxh Remedy.

This remedy 10 intended especially for
coughs, colds, Group, whooping cough
and influenza. u has become famous
for It's cures Of these diseases. over a
large part Of the civilixed world. The
most fisttering testimonials have been
received, giving accounts OF its good
work; Of the aggravating and persistent
coughs II has cured; Of ssvere colds that
have yielded promptly 10 It's soothing
effects. and Of the dangerous attacks OF
Group u has CURED. often saving the. lie
OF the child. The extensive uss of II for
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-03-23
BUFFALo's BIG WAR RELIC.

tional capital have only to go down to
the navy yard to see tons and tons Of
martial curios
But of the less favored cities Buffalo
has probably secured the biggest and
most interesting relic outside the con-
troll of the government. The Buffalo
Historical society rejoices in the possess
sion of the figurehead of the Spanish
cruiser Alfonso XII. which was chased
into Mariel bay and destroyed by the
Scorpion July 9, 1893. The fgurehead
and name plates of the Alfonso XII
were removed from the wreck by the
officers of the Two Hundred and Second
regiment of Buffalo and were shipped to
that city in their name by Colonel Sey-
burn of that Buffalo regiment. The Al
fonso XII was steel vessel of 5000
tons The 6gurehead is ten feet long.
handsomely carved and colored The let
tors Of the name are iron.
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demands. II will be a serious, whole
hearted attempt, however, and not the
proud pirouetting of woman whose
head has been turned by place and
power.
Like her husband, Nine Loubet
comes from the bourgeois class She
married the present chief executive Of
France when he was a struggling young
lawyer in Montelimar. Her manners
and ways are not exactly provincial, for
she has been away from the south Of
France for many years while her hus-
band has been building up his political
fortune When he was cabinet minister
and president Of the senate, she min
gled somewhat with the women of high
official circles but about the only in
innate friend she ever made at Yer
sailles was Nine. Carnot, whose hus-
band made NJ. Loubet what he is today
For the last three years Nine. Loubet
and her husband have lived in the Petit
Luxembourg, in much the same style as
our president at the White House, but
for years before that the Loubets occu-
pied most humble fiat. Both are do
mestic and democratic. Nine. Loubet
was never politician. She 10 the moth
er of several children, and the training
of her little flock is to her of more i'm,
portance than claiming her place as
leader of the Versailles official circle
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New YORK, March 2o.--In drizzlinE
rain more than 200 men continued To-
work among the debris and smolderinp
ruins of the Windsor hotel searching
for the bodies of those who perished III
the flames and TO recover any valuables
that might have escaped the ravages Of
the fire. The efforts Of the searchers
were futile, however, as the ruins Were
too hot to permit much progress, and
the smoke arising from the burning ma.
terial was rendered more dense by the
dampness of the atmosphere. At inter.
walls during the night flames burst forth
from the buIing embers aud drove back
the workmen.
Work was begun to demolish the
fragmentary portions of walls on the
east and north sides of the burned
building and later the number of work
ers was reinforced and the work of re.
moving the rubbish pushed as vigor.
ously as was practicable, Some of the
men on a wall got off just in time, as Il
portion Of it fell.
The known dead were:
Connolly, John, employe of Windsor
hotel.
Flanagan, Kate, chambermaid of no
tel.
Gibson, Miss Addie, 35 years, Cincn
NATL wife of John NJ. Gibson, part ownel
of the Gibson House in Cincinnati.
Goodman, Eleanor Louise, II years
daughter of Samuel Goodman of New
York, fractured skull; died ut Bellevue
hospital.
Grandy, Miss Laselles, of Elizabeth City,
n. @.
Henry, Mira. Mehitable, widow of DIR.
Morris 7; Henry.
OF James 5. Kirk, soap manufactures,
Loland, Mrs. Warren H., wife of the
prOprictor.o OF the Windsor.
Leland, Miss Helen, daughter of the
hotel proprietor.
Paddock, Ap4elia, 85 years of Irvington,
Ny.
Sullivan, Mary, Now York
Unknown woman, died ~ 70 East For,
ty,sixth street.
Unknown man, jumped from rOBf NJ
rear OF hotel; body not recovered.
Unknown child, thrown from window
by mother; body not recovered
Unknown woman, mother of child,
Jumped from hotel window.
Unknown woman, jumped from win
dow; died at ~ East Forty first street
possibly Miss Dora Hoffman ef BaltI
more.
The death list remains tho same-lG-
43, as "a number of those previously M.
accounted for reported in person or hao
been located by friends.
Following was list Of the missing,
Anglin, Mrs. Mary, aged 40, wife of II,
ii. Anglin, New York..
Bruit, Jane, 40, New York.
Bradley, Mrs. N X, aunt OF Mrs. A. NJ.
Fuller, Philadelphia.
Bischoffshausen, Aaron, Germany.
Boyce, Flossle, s, daughter OF w. s
Boyce, New York said to have been res
oued by father and afterward disappeared.
Brush, Mrs
Boyd, Mrs. and daughter.
Clair, Mary.
Egan, Miss.
Fuller, Miss Margaret, daughter OF A.
NJ. Fuller of Philadelphia.
Guyon, Warren, elevator boy.
Holman, Miss Dora, Baltimore.
Jose Miss, servant.
johnson, Alexander b., and wife, New
buryport, Mass,
Kelly. Alice, II, servant,
Leland, Fred, roomclerk, cousin Of War
ron Leland.
Lowry, Miss Maggie.
Lawrle, Harry w. ~, New York. -
McDcnaid. Mrs isabolia, 40, widow,
family living at Toronto.
Morgan, Miss Annie Taylor, 20, New
York.
Morgan, Miss Catherine.
Mcdonnell, Kate.
McNulty, Miss M. O., B5, New York.
Mcdonald, LAzsie, New York.
Mccarthy, Catherine ", New York.
Mccarthy, Henry. " -
GsiSspns' Jsnnls oAamessmaid. New
tnfNs "a #IF ~ ~ r# ~ 4
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-03-23

TYPICAL STATION On MANILA's RAILROAD
rlass are usually flied with natives,
rarrying baskets and bundles of all de-
scriptions.
And this is all that has been done by
way of furnishing transportation 10
millions Of inhabitants in land where
OK carts are tho ordinary means of loco
motion. and the roads are mere rivers
of mud for weeks at a time. Spanish
rule alone kept back improvements
The English company which did build
this road ten years ago only secured u
franchise by showing the governor gen
eral way to increase his 'salary"
from the taxation of the property Here
is chance for the American capitalist.
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BURDeTTE's FlANcEe.
Romantic story OF the Courtship OF
the Preacher Humorist.

thc frencntr hu"oFtNas
Mrs. Clara B. Baker Of Pasadena
Cal, who is soon to become the wife OF
Robert J. Burdette, the noted humorist
and preacher. is charming and gifted
woman. and the announcement of the
match has been received with enthusi-
asm by the friends Of both.
A somewhat romantic story is told
concerning the development of their
love affair. Twenty years ago MIR. Bur
dette lectured one Saturday night In
Eau Claire, Wis Sunday night follow
Ing he preached in the Methodist church
Of that city, and Mrs. Baker. at that
time bride, wife Of Professor Milman
N. Wheeler, stood in the pulpit beside
the humorist philosopher and read the
hymns. She Is gifted with one of the
most musical voices imaginable, clear.
mellow, fascinating, is fine olocution-
list, and the preacher well nigh forgot
his text as he listened to her.
A warm and lasting friendship sprang
mp between these three. Professor
Wheeler was a man of rare culture,
and the scholar and humorist became
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-03-23
Condition Improved.

WASHINGTON, March 2O.-The con
tinued improvement in ex-Secretary
Sherman's condition was noted in .
cablegram received by General Miles
The dispatch was dated Kingston, ia
maica. This is the point to which the
cruiser Chicago has been sent to bring
Mr.. Sherman TO the United States if hi.
friends want this done. The cruiser
left Havana Saturday and is due al
KINGSTON tOlay
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-03-23
snain NIny NInke protests,

MADRID, March 20.--Senor Silvala
premier and minister of foreign affairs
had IA conference with tho French am
bassador regarding the liberation oi
Spanish prisoners in the hands of the
Filipinos Spain, it is reported, has de
termined 10 protest to the civilized world
against the attitude of tho Americans in
hindering tho, efforts of General Rios
Spanish commander in the Philippines
to liberatc the prisoners,
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BIG WAR RELIC.
buffalo RejOices In The PossessiOn OF
the FIgnrehe end Of a SpnnIsh Cruiser.

buffalo RejOices In the Possession OF
cFIEurehehd of Spanish Cruiser.
Few are the towns in the United
States into which has not drifted some
thing in the shape of relic from the
Spanish American war. Some of the
communities have had to be satisfied
with gazing at FOUNDER rapid fire
shell Of rather doubtful history. while
others revel in the sight OF real Mauser
rifles and elaboratoly authenticated bits
of Spanish battlefags.
In most of the larger cities collections
of war relics have been exhibited In
show windows from time to time.
Washington Of course has been stated
with relics, for the citizens of the ma
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HiIman Granted n Reprieve.

PITTsBURO, March 20.-William Hill
man will not be executed on Thursday
March 30, for the murder of Bcrthi
Speigel, the l5-year-old girl, whom ht
killed because she refused to marry lrim
Governor William A. Stone granted
Hillman rcprieye until Tuesday, Ma,
2, in order to give the pardon board m
opportunity TO consider the question o.
insanity, DR. Henry M. Wetherill ot
Philadelphia, secretary Of the commit
tee on lunacy Of the board of public
charities, was in the city and made al
eXamidatiOn OF Hillman at the lail.