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facing Central Park, which is
now called upper Fifth avenue. He has
two handsome daughters in society and a
wife, whom he accompanies to
the opera during the opera season. He is
a very industrious old man and attends
to no other business outside his fads and
spending his millions.
John -. Rockefeller since he has
grandchildrcn-can be called an old man
of Gotham, and of curse he IS rich. He
walks frequently from Fifth avenue and
]iftlCth street down to the Battery in
New York city; and at night, unless it has
been a very hard day, he walks home.
he can, if muscle and strength
be the deciding point, plead not guilty to
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selves. Cornelius Vanderbilt has, since
his illness, aged from IS to an apparent
65. He is feeble and walks like an old
man.
1t is noticed that most of the great mill
llonalres of today are young men. The
Goulds, the Brices, the Pullmans and the
Oelrichs are all young, so young in fact
that, as one rich man of Gotham remark
ed to another, lit made him afraid to die,
and leave the m~onopolies to such child
rem"
But they are not going to die just yet,
these rich old men of Gotham! And,
though the horoscope of two of them
reads that the year '99 will be the last,
their appearance so bellies it that it is
hoped that they can be depended Upon to
manage the millions until 1900.
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he distributed among people who asked
him for help. Russell Sage never ave
any honey in this way. He would cheer
fully chase a neWsboy two blocks for a
cent, but he gives hundreds of dollars an
nually to charities in which he and his
wife are interested.
A pet charity Of his is to give from S25
to $500 to all babies that are named after
him. Russell Sage" O'Grady, Russell
Sage S~pltzenheim," and Russell Sage
Lucci" alike receive sums of money when
proofs of their baptismal record are for
warded to Russell Sage, One of his form
er secretaries is authority for the state
ment that no baby has ever been refused
money who has satisfac torily proved that
his name was Russell Sage.
Just how this, the richest old man in
Gotham acts, may be interesting. He
leaves his home on Fifth avenue near
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the couple receive guests very quietly.
They have no children.
With Levi p. Morton it is entirely differ
ent, for here is a man with four grOwn-up
daughters among whom he must distri-
butte his twenty or thirty millions. Nor
ton began life as a tradesman and traces
of his early occupation still linger around
him, in the tinenoss of his touch-as
though he were still weighing things. He
counts his "change' and he knows to a
dollar just how much is in his pockets. He
seldom walks and rarely eats at miscel-
laneous restaurants, for Levi p. Morton
at 10 is an older man than RUSSELL Sage
at 50. The MortOns live on Fifth avenue
several blocks higher up than the Sages
because the daughters find upper Fifth
avenue society more agreeable.
If Russell Sage is tail and spare Levi p.
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the spring he will see his money invested
in a magnificent monument to the work
Of one man..
Levi p. Morton dresses particularly
we'll and his favorite suit is a cutaway of
mixed goods with a bright tie, like an
English gentleman. He wears shiny
boots, topped by spats and his gloves are
invariably a beautiful red. He is the
dapper old man Of Gotham.
At what age a man becomes old it is
difficult to say, but the sixty mark is
generally called the turning point. Chaun-
cey M. Depew has been sixty and four
more, yet he is looking for a senatorship
and expects to land in the senatorial chair,
if he has not already seated himself there.
He is the handsomest old man of Gotham
and will be the handsomest old man in
Washington. He has a tall, ma magnificent
frame. His skin is clear and beautiful as
that of a society belle. His eyes are
bright, his nose clear cut and his fore
head is broad n smooth Depew's hair
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ious process find their way from the Mills
Kitchen and the Mills household to these
poor attaches of the Mills estate.
There Is a story that on each holiday
the scrub-women Of the buildings at
tached to the Mills estate are invited to
stand at the back door of the Mills resi-
dence and receive donations of turkey
and plum pudding. At the same time they
get warm winter clothing.
ID. Q. Mills Is ext%ravagantly fond of his
grandchildren, who will be his heirs.
Frederick Coudert is the Lion of Wall
street This title is given him not be-
cause he looks like a lion. His peculiar
facial expression and his stubby whisk-
ers suggested his resemblance to the great
cat OF the jungle to a reporter eve years
ago. But he is a small man despite his
hon head and dresses we'll. 1t is doubt
full If Mr.. Coudert measures five feet in
his stockings and he is as thin as short.
He walks with the lightness Of a lit
tie man and speaks in a clear, decisive
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RICH OLD MEN Of GOTHAM!
HOW A NEW YORKER FINDS THEM ON THE VERGE OF THE NEW YEAR
AND WHAT THEIR CHANCES ARE FOR LIVING UNTIL 1900.

Thirtieth street at 9 o'clock in the morn
ing and takes a Broadway cable down
town. The trip consumes three-quarters
of an hour and Mr.. Sage pays for his ride
with a nickel. At his office he alights and
then you notice that he is a tall, spare
man with a slight stoop and a face ruddy
as a winter apple. Among the crowd of
hurrying business goers on Broadway he
looks like a country store keeper, or per-
haps a farmer out for a holiday.
He disappears in the doorway of his Of
fee building and that is the last seen of
him until he goes out to lunch, which he
takes at a simple restaurant near by and
for which he pays fifteen cents.
At 4 o'clock he goes home and his wife,
who Is very attentive to him-she is also
tall and ~spare-meets him at the door.
Mrs. Sage is a great deal younger than
her husband, but looks exactly as old, for
both could pass for fifty. In the evening
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money and save it. Save you money
is the foundation stone of a million, ac-
cordinG to Bonner.
Elhridge T. Gerry, of the Gerry society,
is one of the most eccentric old men in
Gotham. His attention is divided between
yachting and poor children. He yachts
for weeks at a time; but, when on land.
looking after his money affairs of the So
clctY which bears his name. His hobby IS
children: and he has succeeded in placing
them IN avenues along which they can
gather education and not be compelled to
work, The stage child has Gerry's sym
pathy. Commodore Gerry, like many 9TH
er rich old men of Gotham, lives on Fifth
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New York, Jan. 21.-The New Year finds
a bakers dozen of rich old men in Goth
am many of whom are stepping around
hale and hearty, others less hearty but
still hale!
Uncle Russell Sage leads them all in
haleness and heartiness and years, for
he celebrated his eighty-second birthday
last month by going down town and
working all. day long at his office.
Thanksgiving day he arrived on the
scene of his daily labor at 10 O'Clock in
the morning and when a reporter of this
newspaper asked him if he were not go
ing to take a holiday he said, mo, I'm
too busy"
Russell Sage has his office in the top Of
a sky scraper of New York city. The Of
flee is a bare looking affair adorned only
by a ticker and a great deal of iron net
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the term Of old. His face though, is seam
ed by the law suits of the last W years,
and it is noticed that he walks down less
often than formerly.
The fad of this millionaire is music. He
plays every minute he is at home ard Of
ten huns a song on the street. He is eX-
tremcly charitable and is greatly bothered
by people who ask aims. But he never
refuses a man on the street. His office
has several clerks whose principal duty it
is to keep away beggars.
Rockefeller dresses like a clergyman and
might pass for a clerical gentleman in his
dignity Of speech. He is the greatest
church goer of Gotham, and loves to take
his entire family to Sunday school.
The VandeI'bilts, Astors and Whitneys
-Wo4l 3unooov Qs 1o-U7IU SUno-i LIZ cue
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work., which is to keep out bomb throw
ers. Seven years ago a bomb throWer
named Norcross, went to Russell Sage's
office and threw a bomb which exploded
killed-not Uncle Russell, but the
thrower himself. Since then Russell Sage
has been in a deadly terror of dynamite,
and this is the only fear he has ever
known.
A great deal is said about this very rich
old man who Is charged with being the
stirgiest man in the world; but when the
truth is known he is, although not the
most generous, very generous indeed. But
he gives away money in stated channels
and refuses miscellaneous applications.
And that is what has given him the repu-
tation of stinginess.
The late Lelpld Stanford filled his
pockets every day with gold dollars which
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FEAR OF INFINITY.

Agoraphobia, is a pathological spook
that DR.. J, Headley Neale, an English
physician, believes has received too little
attention. 1t is a nervous affection, whose
worst symptoms is fear Of impending
death, but which derives it's name from
the dread of an open space-an appalling
sensation of vastness, infinitly and soli-
tudc. The disorder is one of adult life, so
much more common in males than in fe-
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-06
A Queer Kind of, Savage.

When Albert Henry Savage Landor
reached st. Petersburg on his way from
the Forbidden Land, the fact was duly
chronicled, and the London press asso-
Citations sent cable messages to Austria
liza telling of the hairbreadth escapes
and manifold sufferings. The Melbourne
Times received but short note, which
was this:
"a. Savage Landor arrived in st.
Petersburg today from Tibet after
suffering greatly at the hands of the
natives.
This was meager enough, but the
news editor was equal to the occasion.
The following morning, among the
other matters of news, the readers of
The Times found this startling informa-
ton:
"a savage landor got into st. Peters
burg yesterday, and the people of the
city were terrified. After considerable
difficulty the beast, which came from
Tibet, was captured, taken to re-
mote place and there dispatched. 1t is
said that this is the first animal Of the
sort ever seen in Russia How he reach
ed the city after his fights with the ma
tives of Tibet, which is comparatively
unknown country, is mystery.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-06
FORCED THE REBELLION,
People of the Philippines Were Com
PEELED to Rebel by Bands
of the Tagalos.
nissioners.

WASHINGTON, April 5.-The state de-
partment was notified by cablegram
from Mr.. Schurman, president of the
Philippine commission, that the ex.
pected proclamation would be issued.
DIR. Schurman said that after month s
personal observation and interviews
with different classes of people, he found
that the insurrection had its origin and
strength in the Tagalos provinces
around Manila. The remaining prov.
inces of North and South Luzon were
peopled by different races, and the rest
of the archipelago were not natural allies
of the Tagalos, but unfriendly rivals.
During the months while the treaty
of peace was being negotiated at Paris
the Tagalos sent detachments OF from 90
to 200 men to all the other provinces to
seize governments as robbers hold uI
trains. The liberty of the populations
was constrained, supremacy was en-
| forced as there were no American forces
| present to expel the Tagalos. He said
the recent victories had good effect
| everywhere. With growth of gen
| eral feeling of security the population
| will doubtless declare for the United
| States.
1.-The Philippine people," said DIR
Schurman, "seem discouraged by thu
valorous, swift and irresistible move
ments of the American troops, agains
which their elaborate defensive work
were useless"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-06

Ex-senator Gray, Of Delaware, has
served the Mckinley administration
and and has just got his reward by be-
ing appointed to life judgship. He
was bolter in 1896, and did good
service for the Mckinley cause. He
has stood for the imperial policy; was
appointed one of the "high joints" to
arrange reciprocity treaty with
Canada; was taken from that and made
a member OF the Paris peace commits
sion; and now is made judge for life
with retiring pension. He is appoint
ed for the third Judicial district COM
posed of the states OF Delaware, New
Jersey and Pennsylvania, being new
ly created office, presumably for M:
GE.y's benefit. So we go in this trust
country and trust age under Republi
can rule
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THE BElRA-BULAWAYo LINE.
Rapid Development OF tho Railway
system of the Dark Continent.

Rapid Development of the Railway
system of the Dark Continent.
The isolation which has hitherto
proved 30 great an obstacle to the pros
perity Of the newly organized territory
in South Africa now known as Rhodesia
will soon be thing of the past. 1t is
true that il Is already connected with
Cape Town by rail- but the distance
from Bulawayo is over l 800 miles, and
the costly freights are an impeachment
to the development Of it's trade, more
particularly in heavy goods such as
timber and coal There will also be in
due time the great central African
trunk line from Cairo to bring it in
touch with Europe from that side.
But neither Of these roads has the
same interest for the Rhodesians that
the one now approaching completion
will have, that is to bring Bulawayo,
in the center of Rhodesia, and Sails
bury, in the northeast, in direct COM
munication with the sea at Beira, on the
Portuguese coast Of the Indian ocean.
The distance between Buluwayo and
Beira is only 430 miles, and Of that dis,
tance 150 miles, from Beira to Massi-
Kessi, is already laid and in running
order. The construction of the railway
that is to join the Beira and Salisbury
line at Massi- Kessi will soon be taken
in hand, the first section of 100 miles,
from Bulawayo to Gwelo, being already
decided, leaving only 1s0 miles between
Gwelo and Massi Kessi to be built
The South African company expects
to take over the Beira line next Octo
ber, when it will have entire control Of
the freight rates and traffic which il
will be in the interest of the territory
to make as cheap as possible. Not only
will it make great difference to trav
elers and goods to and from Europe tC
have the shorter rail and sea route Il
go by, but the impetus that will bt
given to the trade and expectation ot
Rhodesia will be immense. The differ
ence between the length Of the route
between Bulawayo and England by way
of Beira and of that by way Of Cape
Town is calculated to be 2, 200 miles.
Already Rhodesians are indulging IL
dreams of the golden future that is II
store for them, and the Matabele Times
foresees the day when, whether thu
frontiers Of Rhodesia are carried dowr
to the sea sooner or later, Beira will b'
of paramount importance to that par
Of South Africa. AS yet there does no
appear much field for American enter
prise in Rhodesia, but as the mining
and other industries extend with tn,
opening Of short and cheap outlet Il
the sea there is no reason why Ameri
can tools and mechanical appliance
should not find ready market there
Beira, therefore, is one of the points t,
which our manufacturers and exporter
should give attention, so that when tn
Beira- Salisbury and Bulawayo railwa.
is completed they may be early on tn
ground. New York Sun.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-06
MANILA SOUVENIRS.
Description of Major Bement's M
tive weapons and Furniture.

Description of Major Bements Ma
tive weapons and Furniture.
Major Bement of st. Paul is the pos
SCISSOR of two short swords which are
known as the Malay kris, which the ma
tive officers of the Filipino insurgents
carry. They are as heavy as the Ameri-
can cavalry saber, but are very crude
in workmanship and not over IS inches
in length. Apparently they are for use
in close quarters, but the major declares
a Filipino was never in close enough
quarters with the foe to use them.
A battle ak, which looks as il 1t might
have been made by Sioux Indian, is
another Of mis- Philippine trophies II
has fiat blade about by 8 inches, to
which is fastened with thongs handle
Of 18 inches in length and inch in di-
ameter. 1t somewhat resembles butch
er's cleaver, although considerably
lighter, and the handle Is ornamented,
much the same as Indians ornament
some of their pipes, with crude brass
banda Major Bement says the native
blacksmiths manufacture these battle
axes from fishplates taken from the
railroads. These, like the kris, must bt
used in close action to be effective He
also brought home a Mauser rifle,
which, he claims, is superior TO the
Krag - -Jorgensen in use by our troops.
Two of the most interesting things
of Major Dement'S collection are BAN
boo chairs, made without glue or nails
and which are manufactured by the ma
tives and sold in the markets by the
makers There are no furniture factories
there, the native workmen making thu
various articles at their homes and ped
ding them from house to house. st
Paul Pioneer Preaa
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An ERr Taken m. Evidences.

An extraordinary birth certificate was
submitted at meeting Of the school
attendance committee of the Northwich
Union the other day. A widow named
Bell had been called upon to prove that
her daughter had reached the school
exemption age, and she produced an
egg, beautifully colored in purple, yel-
low and cream, whereon, in almost cop
perplate characters, the name and date
Of nativity were picked out in white,
together with the texts, 1.-THE Lord
shall guide thee continually" and
"Teach me to do thy will. This novel
certificate was the only record possessed
by the mother, and after being much
admired by the committee was accepted
as evidence. - Birmingham Post.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-06

The New York Financial Chronicle
estimates that the total authorized out
put OF industrial trust securities for
1899 will exceed six Thousand millions
OF dollars. For the first two months OF
1899 there were authorized 1,l0O mil
lions, as against 9l6 millions for the
12 months of 1896. 1t Is difficult to rea'
lie these great figures. Well, at the
close of tbs civil war, when the debt Of
the United States reached Its maximum,
II was 2.773 millions Of dollars, or less
than half the trust debt Of the United
States at this time. The debt OF France
which, we believe, is the largest debt
ever contracted by any nation Of
ancient or modern times. 10 6,2lS mil
Hons Of dollars, or about the size ol
trust obligations.
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Peculiar Accident to a Horse.

A peculiar accident happened on the
farm of Will Gay in the Wades Mill
precinct near Winchester, KY, recent
ly. Mr.. Gay drove up in light buggy
and tied his horse to a tree which
forked a few feet above the ground.
Shortly after Mr.. Gay left, the horse
reared up and lodged both fore legs in
the fork of the tree In his struggles to
get loose, his legs became wedged tight
er, and when assistance arrived it was
found necessary to cut off one of the
branches in order to release the animal.
While this was being done, the horse
made desperate struggle and jerked
off both feet. 1t was killed. -Cincin-
matt Enquirer
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To drive slowly over cobblestones 10
not a Joy, but to drive four Russian
horses at gallop over cobblestones was
something to make you bite your tongue
and to break your teeth and to shake
your very soul from its socket / most
solemnly assure you it was anything
but simple drive to one fresh from the
asphalt of Paris. for, like Jehu, they
drove furiously. Their horses are all
wild runaway beasts, and they drive
them at an uneven gallop resembling
the gait of our fire engine horses at
home, except that ours go more slowly.
Sometimes the horses fall down as
they drive across country, or stop only
for stone walls or moats The carriages
must be built of iron, for the front
wheels drop a few feet into burrow
every now and then, and at such times
an unwary American is liable to be
pitched over the coachman's head.
"Hold on with both hands, shut your
eyes, and keep your tongue from be-
tween your teeth, would be my instruc.
tions to one about to 'take drive in
Poland. Lillian Bell in Woman Home
Companion.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-06
HENRY KLEMP DEFEATED

The Board Of Elections made the
official count yesterday afternoon, and
the figures are the same as given In
these columns yesterday, with the ex-
ception Of an instance or two. In one
precinct mistake of eleven votes were
found In the ballots for market master,
thereby slecting Benjamin Mcoloud,
Republican, over Henry Klemp, Demo
crat, by six majority
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-06

In these trust conditions our country
is getting into. are cutting out men OF
moderate means and especially young
men of no means, but who have learn
ing, skill and energy. Is it not COM
bines in all directions compelling those
without means to become the vassals or
slaves to these mammon trusts?
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-06

Indian wars in this country have last
ed two hundred years.or more, and an
American officer just returned from the
Philippines says our army there twill
have to contend with guerilla warfare
for several years to come" A fighting
people that burns its bridges and its
villages a it retreats is not Of the sub
missive type.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-06

John q. Farley, the Democratic can
didate for mayor of Cleveland, was
elected on Monday over Mckisson by
$500 majority. The Cleveland Leader
of Tuesday morning put the msjority at
1000. 1t seems to be enough anyway.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-06

Four state Legislature have failed,
after weeks of effort, to choose for each
state United States senator thus show
ing the advisability of the people elect
ing by direct vote. Bribery would not
then be possible.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-06

the independent Democratic candidate.
HaIrison's plurality being 30,6l0.
The vote from the wards shows, so far
as it has been counted, that the Repub-
licans have elected IA aldermen and the
Democrats nine. The contest in several
of the wards is very close, and the Off
cial count will probably be necessary tc
determine the result. The city council
has been composed Of 45 Democrats and
% Republicans, and the Democrats will
without doubt retain working major
ity.
The election was entirely upon loca'
issues, no elements of national politics
entering into the campaign.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-06

Wireless teIegraphy is claimed to be
possible. Marconi, the inventor has
telegraphed across the English channel,
a distance of 32 miles, We wonder
what wonder next.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-06
PUBLIC SALES.

When the bills are printed at this Office free
notice similar to the following will be in
serted in The STARK COUNTY DEMOCRAT
FREQ of charge
Tuesday, April III r. Bodine,
residing at Trump, 2 miles north Of
Canton, will sell household goods, farm
implement, horses, cattle, chickens, etc.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-06
TO QUE CORRESPONDENTS.

Owing to the fact that our paper Is
we'll filed with election and murder
trial news, it Is impossible to get letters
in this weeks issue.-[ED.