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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-13
FILIPINO HEADQUARTERS.
Insurgent Chief Chose an Abandoned
Convent mt MaIolos.

The building which Aguinaldo has
been using as his headquarters at Ma
lolos was formerly a convent. 1t was
abandoned by the nuns months ago.
when the Filipinos occupied the place
The structure is substantial two story
affair of whitewashed brick with a
thatched roof. 1t stands near the great
brick church in which many of the in
surgents have been quartered.
The accompanying illustration is from
a drawing made by an English artist
who recently visited the Filipino lines
The artist says that when he went to
the headquarters of the rebel chief he
was halted by half a dozen soldiers at
the gate, and at the entrance he found
two big natives, evidently from the in
terror of Luzon, armed with 10 foot
Mindanao spears, Numerous Filipino
officers, belonging to Aguinaldo's staff,
lounged about on the veranda and up
per balcony, smoking cigarettes and
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-13
The Egg FOrger.

There are doubtless few more profit
able dishonest employments than that
of the egg forger. The words sound
peculiar, but it is literal translation
of French phrase which the ever re-
sourceful juge instruction has applied
to a clever miscreant in Lille. This is
how he earned his strange sobriquet:
He made penguins' eggs out of plaster
of paris; he easily changed the egg of a
duck into that of falcon; he painted
larks' eggs brown and sold them for the
eggs of nightingales and III every de-
partment of his industry he made enor-
nous profits, for there are almost as
many egg collectors in France as there
are stamp collectors in America, We
have stamp forgers here in plenty, SO
expert collectors inform us. but so far
as we know the egg forger has yet
TO make his spT ea.ance. New York
Times
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-13
pRnFEssnR 7. 81 c. LnWE.

same results can be produced as in the
case of battles. believe, however, that
with liquid gases, whereby in a small
area moisture of the air could be con-
densed to rain by following their dis
charge with sharp conclusions caused
by explosions Of other gases and other
explosives preferably at the proper dis
tance above the earth, a rain could be
started that would spread over a large
area of country.
These conclusions are sometimes felt
many miles from the scene of opera
ton, where the conditions of the atmos-
phere are such as to start rain a long
distance from the field of action. Water
Is composed of myriads of particles, all
in globular form, which retain this form
when evaporateo from the ocean or 9TH
er sources and carried through space
along with the air. AS all atmospheric
phenomena move from W est to east, a
vast body of water is continually ris-
ing from the Pacific and passing over
the continent and while on it's way
around the globe is occasionally inter-
cepted by cold strata of atmosphere and
condensed, producing either snow or
rain.
The larger bulk of all the moisture
carried in the atmosphere passes en-
tirely over our continent to the Allan
tic ocean before ii is precipitated in
the form of rain and snow. On the Pa
cific coast the air Is frequently so
heavily laden with moisture that eX-
tensiVe fogs are produced, and while
near the point of precipitation the
winds are so light and the air so little
disturbed that they pass along until
they are eVaporated into the upper air
and move on to the east in a current
which is continually moving in that di-
rection."
Professor loves plan for arresting
the eastern bound clouds and making
them stand and deliver their moisture
on the Pacific coast, where 1t is needed,
Instead of carrying II to the Atlantic
coast, where II Is a nuisance, is ridicul-
ed by other western scientists, but new
ertheless he is preparing to carry out
his experiments, and Pasadena stands
ready to pay cash for any transforms
which he may deliver.
Although this is Professor loves first
appearance as rainmaker, he has been
active and prominent in other lines of
science. During the civil war he con-
Quoted the aeronautical experiments for
the Union army. After the war he re-
moved to Pasadena and bought the
property now known as Mount Lowe.
On top of this he constructed an OBJ
servatory and built a remarkable ca
BILE railroad to the summit. Last spring
he offered to build for the government
submarine boat which would wipe out
the Spanish navy in short order but
his offer was not accepted, probably
because the navy department wished to
distribute the glory,
CUARJFa WARNRR
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-13

were on a large scale. In 1895 the firm
failed Frederick w. Sutterlee left
Philadelphia in January, 1896, ogtensi
bly, for his health, while the business Of
the Keene, Sutt2rlee company was in the
hands of the sheriff. Sutterlee had been
the real head of the concern.
When Sutterlee had departed, as II
the earth had swallowed him, it was
found that he left behind 81, 900, 900 in
debtedness. His method was to borrow
money upon stock in trade and then sell
it. Among his creditors are some Of the
leading busines men Of the city, some
Of whom have since received money by
entering suit against the indorsers OF
Sutterlee's notes. The fugitive, it Is
now said, turned up in China soon after
his flight and joined forces with Louis
Spitzel 1t is said that they have oper-
ated there in the same way as Sutterlee
did in Philadelphia.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-13
TOLD OF JEFFERSON.
STORIES ABOUT THE AUTHOR OF THE
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.

How the sage of Monticello Used His
violin to Help Him Win IA wife.
His wenther Records ana Farm
books.
Within recent years the recurrence
lf the anniversary " the birth of
Thomas jefferson has come TO be quite
generally remembered. While the OBJ.
servance of the day has been mnde in
some respects partisan affair from a
political standpoint, broad minded rep
Of all parties recognize that the author
of the Declaration Of Independence
must ever remain national character.
This year there are to be held an un.
usual number Of jefferson dinners The
two big political banquets which are to
be held in New York city, nominally in
honor of jefferson, are but two of many.
1t is quite possible that in time Jeffer.
son day may be as universally celebrat.
ed as Lincoln day or Washington s
birthday.
Whether Thomas jefferson was born
on April 2 or on April l3 is a disputed
point. Some Of his biographers claim
that he came into being on the later
date, but the others support the inscrip.
tion on his tomb at Monticello, which
declares that he was born on the I'd of
April, 1743.
There were many sides to Jefferson +
character, and most of them are best
illustrated by the numerous anecdotes
which have been handed down. Like
Benjamin Franklin, he was an exceed
ingly versatile man. He could do many
things and do them well. Here is 8
characteristic extract from letter
which he wrote to his grandson while
the latter was away at school and il
which he cautions him against tempta
tions Of various sorts:
| "Many time have ! asked myself il
the enthusiastic moment of the deatE
of fox, the victory of favorite horse
the issue of. question eloquently
argued at the bar or in the great coun
Gil of the nation, WELL which of thest
kinds of reputation should | prefer
that of a horse jockey, fox hunter
an orator or the honest advocate of m.
country's rightsH Be assured that thes
little returns into ourselves, this sci
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-13
HOW THOMAS JEFFERSON WON HIS WIFE.


catechizing habit, are not trifling or
useless but lead to the prudent selection
and steady pursuit Of what is right.
Mr.. jefferson was all his life a fond
devotee of the violin If tradition
speaks truly, his violin played a part
in helping him to win his wife, the
beautiful and accomplished widow of
Bathurst Shelton, Esq Mrs. Shelton
was left a widow when scarcely ad
vanced beyond her girlhood.
Her hand was sought by other wooers
besides Thomas Jefferson. 1t is related
that two of his rivals happened one
evening to meet on Mrs. Skeletons door
step They were shown into a room
from which they heard a harpsichord
and voice, accompanied by Mr.. Jeffer-
son 8 violin and voice, in the passages
of touching song. They listened for
stanza or two. Whether something in
the words or in the tones of the singers
appeared suggestive to them the story
does not say, but it does say that they
took their hats and retired, to return
no more on the same errand.
OtllGlbOu was d lllNlsI
man. He governed his life at every
point by rules, and made record of it
in books of account, diaries and note
books in which the minutest details
were set down. He began his Garden
Book" in 1906 and the entries in it are
continuous and copious down to 1894.
He was particularly strong on the
nj H.
well equipped with wind vanes, ther-
mometers and the like The old wind
vane with its ingenious apparatus for
recording the winds direction within
the house still :omains.
The interest which Jefferson took in
the weather is indicated by the fact
that not only did he record the temper
Rture two or three times day, but he
would make these records even on the
day when Tarleton' s dragons ran him
away from Monticello, as well as on
those exciting days when the adoption
of his Declaration of Independence was
being wrangled over in Philadelphia.
All this is of interest az showing the
many sided sort of the Jefferson intelli-
gence. On day when the Declaration
Of Independence. which he had drawn
and which wns and is the most tre-
mendous document the world has ever
seen, on this day when a hot debate
was closed and this document adopted,
he sets down the temperature and looks
at the thermometer four times
Jefferson was practical and an in
ventive man, but was remarkable for
many strong peculiarities. There is no
discounting the fact that he was one of
the wisest and most enterprising mer
of his day. c. j. BowDEN
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-13
DIAMOND STOMACHER
Wedding present from John W. Mackay to
NirRinin Fnir.

virginia Fair
whole front of the bodice, and the en-
tire surface is set with diamonds. Mr..
Mackay must have bought brilliants
by the wholesale. 1t has not been re-
vealed just how many stones were en-
ployed in making this ornament but
several hundred must have been used.
On this ornament are flowers and pat
terms artistically worked in diamonds
and gold. When young Mrs. Vanderbilt
wears this on the front of her dress,
there will be no room for any other or
naments. In fact, the dress under
meath might be Of the plainest possi-
BILE kind, and no one would know the
difference.
This diamond stomacher was the fin
est and most expensive of the wedding
gifts sent to the young bride, and to ap-
preciate what this means you must re-
member that she received presents not
only from the richest bonanza kings Of
the Pacific slope, but from all the great
multimilliOnaire families of the east.
She had ropes of rare pearls, strings Of
old mine diamonds and many big boxes
filled with gold plate, but the gift of
the man who handled pick and shovel
side by side with her father was the
greatest of them all.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-13
FUNERAL SERVICES HELD
Impressive Ceremonies Over the Victims
of the Andrews Firc-Rumors
OF Incendiarism.

NRw YoRK, April 10.-The funeral
services over the remains of the six
members of the family of Wallace @.
Andrews and Gamaliel o. st. John,
who perished in Friday mornings's ter
rife fire, were held at the Fifth avenue
home of the Andrews family Sunday
afternoon.
The funeral services were simple and
none but the very intimate friends and
relatives of the family were in attend
ance. The funeral Grafton was deliv-
cred by Prof. Felix Adler of the Ethi-
Cal Culture society. From o'clock
until after the funeral cortege had
started on it's way to the Grand Central
station two hours later Fifth avenue
in the vicinity of the Andrews home
was choked with u surging, curious
crowd.
The caskets containing the remains of
the dead, six in all, were placed in the
back parlor and arranged in the shape
of crescent. Covering the coffins,
and strewn about among them, were in
Vulnerable floral tributes that had been
sent to the house.
There were no ceremonies save the
Grafton delivered by Prof. Adler. Nor
was there any music. All was plain
and simple, in accordance with the
wishes OF Mr.. st. John. At the con.
clusion of the services the crowd slowly
| filed out of the house and the caskets
were placed in hearses and driven to the
| Grand Central station, whence they
We're taken to Woodlawn cemetery by q
] special train. The caskets were taken
| to the station in six hearses, driven two
| abreast.
The pallbearers were: Russell Sage
| General Burnett, Colonel Robert G.. In
| gersoll, james w. Hawes, w. j. Hitch
| cock, o. Il. Orvis, Mr.. Williams, Sena
tor L. Q. Platt, Horace A. Hutchins and
II. S. Ford.
| Despite reticence on the part of the
| police, facts became public which make
it appear that the fire which destroyed
13 persons was Of incendiary origin. A
few hours before the flames were seen &
| policeman was sent for from the An
drews house and was mysteriously dis
missed by servant, who said he wa,
not wanted Letters threatening the
! lives of the Andrews family aud the
children Of Mrs. st. John were found.
1t is believed the motive for incendi
arism was revenge, and that the aff.at
arose out of a quarrel among the serv
ants. The police are hard at work in
vestigating the clues, which chiefly res
upon the anonymous letters. Mar,
Flanagan, the dead maid, seems t,
have been the central figure in this al
legged plot, and the chief object of tn,
supposed perpetrators spite. The policC
gave out three scurrilous, threatening
anonymous letters which had been sen
to members of the Adams household
One was addressed to the servant, Mar.
Flanagan.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-13
"a word to the wise is sufficient, /" an,

"a word to the wise is sufficient, /" and
word from the wise should be sufficient,
but you ask, who are the wise? Those
who know. The oft-repeated experience
Of trustworthy persons may be taken for
knowledge. Mr.. W. M. Terry says
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy gives bet
ter satisfaction than any other in the
market. He has been in the drug bust
ness at Elkton, KY, for twelve years,
has sold hundreds Of bottles Of this rem
edy and nearly all other cough medi.
cines manufactured, which shows con-
clusiyely that Chamberlain's Is the
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-13
An Excellent Combination.

The pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the well known remedy,
SYRUP OF FIGS, manufactured by the
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Co., illustrate
the value of obtaining the liquid laxa-
tive principles of plants known to he
incidentally laxative and presenting
them in the form most refreshing to the
taste and acceptable to the system. 1t
is the one perfect strengthening laxa>
tive, cleansing the system effectually,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
gently yet promptly and enabling one
to overcome habitual constipation per-
manently. Its perfect freedom from
every objectionable quality and sub
stance, and its acting on the kidneys,
liver and bowels, without weakening
or irritating them, make 1t the ideal
laxative.
In the process of manufacturing figs
are used, as theu are pleasant to the
taste, but the medicinal qualities of the
remedy are obtained from senna and
other aromatic plants. by method
known to tie CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
Co. only. In order to get it's beneficial
effects and to avoid limitations, please
remember the full name of the Company
printed on the front of every package.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE, ky. NEW YORK, NJ Y.
For sale by all Druggists. Soc per bottle.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-13
THE TALLEST WOMAN.
A Missouri Girl Who Is Eight Feet
Two Inches In Height.

Something more than "divinely tall"
is Miss Ella Ewing of Gorin, Mo. Her
height is feet inches. She is the
tallest woman in the United States, and
there is probably no man in this coun-
try taller than she, although this point
has not been established. She weighs
256 pounds.
Miss Ewing is now 90 years old and
probably has her full growth. 1t was
not until she was about 10 years of age
that she began to develop aDnormally.
At IL she was the wonder Of Glasgow
county. All through her teens she kept
on growing until she lowered far above
even the tallest men.
None of her ancestors was remark
ably tall, and her parents are merely
ordinary Missourians of good height.
Her father is feet l inch, while her
mother is feet 10 inches in height. For
several years she refused the tempting
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-13
RAINMAKING AGAIN.
PROFESSOR LOVES SCHEME TO WET
DOWN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

Pasadena Has oGered Him 90 1000 For
storm, and He VIII Donibnrd the
CIouds-An Explanation of His At
mospberic Theories.
Rainmaking is to be tried in southern
California. The long drought Of the
present spring has driven the farmAs
and orchardists to desperation. They
have tried all known means to break
the dry spell. First came the local ed
itors. They wrote witty, pleading and
sarcastic paragraphs which voiced the
sentiments Of the community. But j.
Pluvius paid no heed. Then the church
es prayed for rain. Not even a cloud ap-
peared. Finally the Pasadena common
council passed an ordinance authoriz-
ing immediate showers, but nothing
came of it,
Then appeared on the scene Professor
Thaddeus S. g. Lowe, the wizard Of
Mount Lowe. He has a wide reputation
throughout the west as a scientist and
inventor. He offered to make the much
needed rain, but he said 1t would cost
money. The Pasadena city govern
ment has agreed to pay Professor Lowe
at the rate of $4,000 a storm, with
smaller remuneration for showers.
Professor loves scheme for rain
making is by no means novel, being a
variation of the attempts which have
been made before. BY means of bal
looms he will touch off explosives in the
sky, and in addition he will burn large
quantities Of gunpowder on the ground
This imitation of a battle he thinks will
| have the desired effect, for he bases his
theory on the alleged fact that great
battles have always been followed by
severe transforms. He says in support
of his idea:
Historical notes show that this was
| the case with nearly all Of the battles
during the Mexican war of 1S47. l know
from personal observation that such
was the case in nearly all of the battles
Of the army of the Potomac during our
| civil war. These facts started line of
study which have followed from that
day to the present l have thought Of
| many methods of accomplishing the
same object with less expense and be-
lieve the same results can be produced
at comparatively trining cost when the
best methods are settled upon.
Il am thoroughly convinced that by
burning powder over a considerable
area, with conclusions to follow, the
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-13
ONE TENTH MAN WOUNDED.
Several Killed of Other Regiments Re.
ported by Otis.

Several Killed of Other Regiments Re.
ported by Otis.
WASHINGTON, April 8.-Major Gen.
eral Otis reported from Manila to
Adjutant General Corbin the following
deaths not before reported:
Third artillery, March 25, Company
K, Sergeant Edwin w. Wall.
First Montana-Killed, April 4, L,
Corporal Owen Rowlands. Wounded
Band Sergeant George W. Cowell,
ankle, slight; G, Privates William j.
Bost, knee, severe; M, Frank Lauder.
mann, chest, severe.
Answering nquiry-Albert w. Hart
'riSgen, Fourth cavalry, accidentally
shot in barracks March 10 with revolver
in hands Private Stolkman, same troop.
Hartrisgen died following morning. In.
vestigation board officers mailed.
Among the wounded given was this
one: Tenth Pennsylvania, Thirtieth,
d, Private George b. Gimas. foot,
slight.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-13
Seriously Wounded In a Fight.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, April TO-
Charles Wilkerson, yard conductor of
the Chesapeake and Ohio, was shot in a
fight with Ben Bates, a ulglar, at Fort
Monroe. 1t is asserted that Wukerson
was shot by companion of Bates, al
though Bates shot at him once while
Wilkerson was ON top of him, the ball
doing no material damage. About a
dozen friends of the two principals
blazed away at one another with revolv-
ers 90 or go times during the fight, but
no one save Wilkerson was injured.
Wilkerson's 8 wounds are serious.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-13
Rheumatism Cured.

My wife has used ham berlain 81 Pain
Balm for rheumatism with great relief,
and | can recommend 1t as a splendid
liniment for rheumatism and other
household use for which we have found
it vsluable.-W. ]. oUYLER, Red Cree K,
N. Y.
Nr, Ouyler Is one of the leading mer-
chants Of this village and one Of the
most prominent men In this vicinity
w. q. PHIPPIN, Editor Red Greek
Herald. For sale by all druggists.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-13
STUDENTS IN A FIGHT.
Candidates For West Point and village
Boys Have n Battle.

WEST POINT, April 10.-A fierce bat,
tie occurred at Highland Falls between
candidates for admission to West Point
as cadets ON the one side and boys of the
village on the other. The candidates
are attending the preparatory school al
Highland Falls prior to being examined
at West Point next June for admission
to the academy. There were about 80 OF
them in the fight, but they were out,
npmbered three to one by the boys Of the
town.
The trouble began with a hand-to-
hand encounter, and the crowd soon in
creased to such an extent that stone
throwing took the place of fists. Sew.
eral of the candidates were more or less
injured, the most seriously hurt being
U. s. Grant Ill, appointed at large by
the president.
The services of all the doctors in town
were required to dress the wounds OF
the injured. Hostilities continued for
nearly an hour.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-13

AGUINALDo's HEADQUARTERS AT MALoLos.
strutting around as if they felt very
we'll satisfied with themselves and their
gaudy uniforms. Above the house float
ed the Filipino flag.
Malolos has been the seat of the SO
called revolutionary government. 1t is
there that the organization of which
Aguinaldo is practically the head has
existed. This government is said to
have been conducted in a most high
handed and despotic manner, rivaling,
if not exceeding, that of the Spanish
rule. In the interior cities controlled
by the insurgents taxes even more ex-
orbitant than the Spanish dared i'm
pose have been levied.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-13
THREE DEATHS REPORTED.
General Brooke Reported the Demise OF
SnIdIera and IA SnIlnr.

eGeneral Brooke Reported the Demise oi
Soldiers and "a Sailor.
WASHINGTON, April 8.-Gen. Brooke q
casualty report was as follows:
"HAvANA, April Z.
Adjutant General, Washington:
death report 9th, Havana, on hos
pital ship Missouri, Private Martin
Green, b, Second artillery, died Sd.
typhoid. Santiago, Private William
Norman, G, Twenty third Kansas, con-
sumption. Cienfuegos, Landsman Les.
tar Valentine High, United States navy
ship Machias, died 4th, exhaustion fol.
lowing eaterio fever"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-13

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