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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-27

new his researches the following season.
The Belgica, however, was not heard
from again until the other day, ID
months after she started from TERRA
del Fuego for the little known Graham
Land to the south, and she is therefore
the first vessel that has spent a winter
in south polar waters
DR.. Cook is a modest gentleman,
successful in the practice Of medicine
and enthusiastic in his assiduous pur.
suit of the adventuresome work OF
polar exploration. He is a native OF
Callicoon, Sullivan county, N. Y, and
a graduate of the University of the City
Of New York. He was the surgeon OF
Civil Engineer Peary's first expedition
to northwest Greenland, and before the
party landed he set the broken leg OF
the leader, who completely recovered
from his serious accident.
He was very helpful in collecting
chronological data relating to the arctic
highlanders and was in charge OF
Peary's headquarters when that ex-
plorer and Mr.. Astrup were absent on
their brilliant sledge journey of 1900
miles over the inland ice to the north.
east coast of Greenland and return.
Later he made two or more brief
trips to Greenland and then resumed
the practice of his profession in Brook
lyn. He may be expected home in about
a month, and the sad news awaits him
that the young lady whom he was to
wed, Miss Anna E. Forbes, died a year
ago. Her funeral occurred ON Easter
Sunday last year.
Not until DR.. Cooks return will ii
be known in detail just what the ex-
petition has accomplished, but it is
certain that ii has found the first new
land that has been discovered in ant
arctic regions for 50 years.
The new discoveries have been made
southeast of the termination of South
America and at least 1 900 miles from
Cape Horn. The new lands may be still
more distant from South America, but
as DIR, Cook does not give the highest
southern latitude attained in the large
expanse which he calls Weddell sea and
which Weddell himself named George
Nv sea we do not yet know the extent
Of the voyage,
The discoveries are probably south of
"a degrees Is minutes south latitude
the most southern point attained by
Weddell in 1898, though they may be
to the east or west Of his route. The
reason favoring the probability that
they are south of Weddell's farthest is
that if they were to the east or west Of
his route they would very likely have
been seen by MorTell in 1928 or by Ross
in 1S43 ARTHTR MORRIS
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-27
STRAY AMERICANS.
WHY HONDURAS WAS ASKED ABOUT
SEVEN MlssoURlANs.

Ex-VoIunteer Soldiers who Went
Down TO Overturn Republics and
Found the Industry Remarkably
UnprontnbIe One to Pursue.
Because some young Americans tried
hard to get themselves entangled in the
troiling politics of Central America the
,tate department officials in Washing
ton did some lively work the other day,
and the siestas of several United States
consuls were rudely disturbed by stern
cable messages.
All this is sequel to the efforts Of
some young Missourians to find the ex-
citement which they missed during the
Spanish American war 1t may be said
right here that all last summer they
were hunting excitement. 1t escaped
them because their regiment happened
to be sent to Porto Rico instead of Cuba.
When they were mustered out and
returned to Missouri, they still thirsted
for glory and adventure. A call issued
by lawyer in Kansas City attracted
their attention. Ostensibly laborers
were wanted to do mining in Guate-
mala, but 1t was whispered that Mica
ragua, and eventually Honduras, was to
be the destination of the so called labor
ers and that the mining" was moth
ing less than the overturning of re-
| public or two.
Whatever the true object may have
been, it is a noticeable fact that most OF
those who signed the contract were
volunteers just out of the army-enthu'
siastic young fellows, soldiers of for
tune, open for almost any kind of an
exciting engagement. Secret meetings
were held, but the men did not get out
Of Kansas City secretly, as they had
hoped. When they arrived in New Or
leans, the true nature of the expedition
was suspected and the United States
authorities 80 frightened the steamship
agent that the soldiers were refused
transportation. Most of them returned
to Kansas City, but some of them press
ed on.
Later it was learned that the inten
tion of the band was to land in Guate
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Z, 1884, when he was appointed second
lieutenant of the Twenty fifth infantry.
He was promoted to first lieutenant in
1891.
From the time he entered the army
until 1894 he was stationed on the from
tier and saw much hard service in the
Indian campaigns In the last named
year Colonel Frost was placed on detach
ed service and ordered to South Dakota
as professor of military tactics at the
State university, and afterward ON the
governors staff as inspector Of the ma
tional guard
When his regiment was ordered to
the front on the breaking out Of the
present war, Colonel Frost was ordered
to join it and went to Chickamauga,
where the Twenty-ffth was in camp
but was recalled to South Dakota to
take command Of the First regiment of
volunteers on request Of the people of
the state.
Colonel Frost is reputed to be one Of
the best drilled masters and tacticians
in the army, and is the idol of the men
in his command. He is a Chicago man,
and his wife, who was the daughter of
former mayor Of Evanston, resides in
that city.
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mala, where several hundred rounds Of
arms were stored, and join forces with
the soldiers of Reyes and overthrow the
government of Nicaragua, after which
Reyes was to turn the flower Of his
army over to the men interested in the
overthrow of President Bonilla of Hon
duras. To Gust Bonilla from Office was
considered an easy task.
They had been gone for some weeks
when their friends were startled by a
report that the whole bunch of valiant
flibusters had been captured by Guate-
malan soldiers, had been spirited off in
to the heart of the country and were
under sentence of death.
Then there was trouble in the air.
The Missouri senators were appealed to,
and they in turn bombarded the state
department with inquiries and mes
sages. The state department wired
United States consuls at all points in
Central America, and there were threats
that gunboat would be sent down to
bring Guatemala to terms. For awhile
it looked as If things Of moment were
liable to happen down near the equator.
Now it turns out, however, that the
Missouri adventures have been more
in danger of starving than anything
else. They needed reprieves less than q
square meal. They arrived to find the
revolution had petered out. In the vain
hope of being exiled and returned to the
United States they declared their hos
tility to the Guatemalan government,
but the Central Americans only smiled,
and the filibusters were allowed to work
their passage to New Orleans as best
they could.
One of the most prominent Of the
adventurers is Churchill Hunt Guthrey
of st. Louis. He is a graduate Of Co
lumbia college and is connected with
prominent Missouri family. He
is 20 years old and since leaving col
lege has led rather a rowing life. He
started out to be lawyer, but gave
that up and worked for awhile as re-
porter in Kansas City. The failure Of
his eyesight led him to leave the news
paper business, and it is said that for a
time he worked as gripman on New
York cable car.
When the Spanish American war
broke out, Guthrey enlisted in the Fifth
Missouri volunteers, which was sent to
Porto Rico too late to take part in the
fighting. The six men whom Fitzpatrick
mentions as accompanying Guthrey are
all from the same regiment.
JOHN X. GABE.
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SUCCEEDS "COlN" HARVEY
Cook of Missouri, Who VIII Raise
the Silver Campaign Fund.

Samuel B. Cook, who succeeds
"Coin" Harvey as business manager for
the ways and means committee Of the
Democratic national committee and
who will conduct the financial end of
the free silver campaign of 1900, is a
st. Louis man and widely known
throughout the state of Missouri.
Mr.. Cook was called into the service
of the committee last January, when
Harvey went on the road lecturing in
behalf Of the Democratic cause. The
affairs of the committee have been prac-
tically in charge of Mr.. Cook since that
time, and his administration has been
Of such character as to warrant his Sc
lection as the successor of Mr. Harvey.
Not the least of his effective qualifica-
tiOns as a political manager in his as.
tonishing ability to collect funds from
men Of all conditions in his party. His
prudence and judgment in the expendi-
ture of campaign funds are equally not
able. Mr.. Cook was born in Virginia
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the traditions Of the past with the hopes
Of the future. A hundred statues Of
Nathan Hale might be put up in other
parts of the state and the land, but no.
where so fittingly as on the Yale cam
pus, and none for its subject would be
more successful and noble as a work Of
art"
This Endorsement by Professor Hop
pin led the Yale corporation to appoint
a committee, of which General Joseph
r. Hawley, senator from Connecticut,
Is chairman, to take charge of the
scheme to place such a statue on the
Yale campus.
Mr.. Partridge In his work has taken
Nathan Hale as he was in life. He
graduated, from Yale when less than 20
years of age. The attitude represents
Nathan Hale with his arms bound be-
hind his back on his way up the steps
of the scaffold as he turns and utters
his memorable regret that he had but
one life to give for his country. The
statue is less idealized than most Of
the statues of Nathan Hale, but by
such judges as Professor Hoppin is con-
sidered the best work Of its kind yet
done,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-27
LIZ CHANGES THE MAP
RESULT OF THE eELeIcNs WANDER
INGS IN ANTARCTIC WATERS.

First New Land Discovered In south
Years and First Expedition TO Pass
the Winter There.
Few polar expeditions have accom-
plished more than has the one now re-
turning on the little vessel Belgica
which has just reached South America
from trip into the heart of the ant
arctic regions. While the Belgica was
commanded by Lieutenant Adrian de
Gerlache, and in spite Of the fact that
the expedition was a Belgian enterprise,
Americans take much pride in the fact
that the chief scientist of the venture
was DIR. Frederick A. Cook of Brooklyn.
DR.. Cook went along as surgeon, eth
nologist and polar expert.
The Belgica has in 19 months done
several things worthy of note. She sailed
through antarctic waters which keel
had never plowed before. She has been
the first ship to pass winter south Of
the antarctic circle and will be the first
to bring home records of south polar
phenomena during the winter months
She has found lands in a region which
has hitherto been marked white on the
maps, and will probably give us much
information Of a character other than
merely geographical.
The Belgica, under command Of Lieu
tenant Gerlache, set sail from Antwerp
for Antarctica on Aug. 16, 1897. She
was Norwegian vessel which Gerlache
fitted out for polar work. He was assist
ed to a large extent by the Belgian
government. The scientific staff includ
ed Lieutenant Danco, who was to be in
charge of the pendulum and magnetic
observations; DR.. Racovitza, naturalist
and DR.. Aretowski geologist. DR.. F.
A. Cook joined the party at Rio d,
Janeiro, leaving Brooklyn on Sept. 90
1897. His experience in the arctic re
gions was expected to be of much serv
ice to the expedition,
Lieutenant Gerlache did not expec
to winter in the antarctic regions, bu
after spending the southern summer O
1918 in explorations his plan was t
go to Australia for the winter and re
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clergyman and philanthropist He re-
ceived his preparatory education under
the direction OF his father and in 1878
graduated at Columbia college. He
then entered the Columbia Law school
from which he obtained his diploma
1880. He was admitted to the bar
Poughkeepsle on May 20, 1880. Sine
then he has been in continuous practice
In New York city.
Mr.. Hollis was delegate at large to the
New York state constitutional conven-
tion in 1894 and in that body was chair
man of the committee on education.
He has also held the office of commits
sioner on uniform charters for cities OF
the third class In New York state. Mr..
Hollis Is the author. OF various essays,
lectures and travels and last year re-
ceived the degree OF LII. d. from the
University OF Leipsio.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-27
YALE'S HEROIC SONS.
War Monument to he Erected on the
Campus In 1902.

Yale Is to erect statue to her war
heroes. Every time there has been
call for volunteers the old Connecticut
university has responded with her best.
During the Spanish American war more
than 400 sons of Yale enlisted, and sew
eral either fell in battle or died from
disease in camps. Hundreds of Yale
students fought on both sides during
the civil war.
Perhaps the most historic son Of Ell
10 wear his countrys uniform was
Nathan Hale, whom the British hanged
as a spy during the Revolution. So II
is to be a statue of this Continental hero
which Yale IL to put up as a general
memorial to all her martial sons.
The idea was first suggested by Pro-
| fessor James NJ. Hoppin of the Yale
Art school, who proposed that the funds
| left over from the amount subscribed
to purchase guns for the cruiser Yale
be applied TO the erection of war
monument. The plan has been adopted,
and William Ordway Partridge, who Is a
Yale graduate, has designed model OF
the proposed statue.
| Finally Professor Hoppin has sug-
gested that the statue be erected on the
campus during the celebration of Yale's
bicentennal in 1902. on this point Pro-
fessor Hoppin says: ut would unite
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-27
JAPANESE CUSTOMS.
Peculiar Practice of Formal Dinners
Guests Carry Away Scraps.


At the close of formal dinners in ia
pan the guests are presented with any
portion Of the meal they may fail to
eat. However great or small the amount
they may fail to eat, it is carefully
wrapped up for them and they are ex-
peCted to take it home with them. The
unique custom was followed at official
dinners until short time ago, when il
was discontinued, but the withdrawal
of government example has not materi-
ally affected the practice. The plan has
been followed for many years and it is
difficult to place its origin.
Peculiar as the custom is ii is not
without its attractive features. The
husband who stays ont late at night
can pave the way to wifely pardon with
the neat and tempting parcel under his
arm. The impecunious or temporarily
embarrassed can hold out enough to tide
them over several hungry days. The in
dulgept father or mother can pass the
sweets and carry them home to their
children. Half a dozen satisfactory COM
binatiOns can be worked on the plan.
There may be all kinds Of elaborate
courses at dinner that one does not
care for, but the mental struggle of say
ing no is not half so hard when you
know you will get a chance to carry the
food off and either give it to your chill
dren, feed 1t to your dogs and cats or
distribute it among your friends The
japanese practice is all that could be
expected. Each kind Of food is kept in
separate parcel and at the close of
the dinner the share of each guest is
made up in a neat and artistic bundle
San Francisco Chronicle.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-27

in 1859, but moved to Missouri in early
boyhood. His first political triumph
was achieved at the age of 90, when he
was elected sheriff and collector Of
Warren county, Mo. Four years later,
when he retired from office, he took edi-
torial charge Of the Warrenton Banner,
and in 1885 he purchased the Mexico
lntelligencer, which paper he has since
edited, He has been very successful as
newspaper man, and his editorials are
widely copied in Missouri papers. In
1892 Mr., Cook went into politics again,
this time as secretary of the state Dem
Ocratic committee, and two years later
he became chairman of the executive
committee.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-27
WindmiIIs In Mexico.

In Mexico there is not sufficient an
nual rainfall to keep cisterns filed
with drinking water, and almost the
only source of fresh water is secured by
hand pumps and windmills. They are
necessary at every Mexican home, at
all mining camps and on the cattle
ranges, At the camps and on the ranges
windmills are used, and they are in,
vRriG bly, of United States manufacture.
There is a growing deman for wind.
mills and hand pumps of 'be latest and
most approved pattern. A windmill or
pump is as essential to home in north
ern Mexico as a cooking stove
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-27
SCRIBE OF PEACE.
Secretary of the United states Dele
cation to The Hague Congress.

Frederick William Hollis, who has
been chosen as secretary Of the United
States delegation to the czar's disarma-
ment congress, is ANEW York lawyer.
He Is as we'll scholar, author and
traveller. He is we'll equipped for the
task Of editing the report which our
commissioners wll make of the interna-
tional effort to effect universal peace.
Secretary Hollis was born at Zelleno-
pie, Butler county Pa, on July /, 1857,
the son Of DIR. George Charles Hollis.
an eminent German Lutheran educator,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-27

If you have piles, CURE them No u o
undergoing horrible operations that
simply remove the results of the diP-
ease without disturbing the disease it,
self. Place your confidence in DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve. II has never failed
to cure OTHERS; it will not fail to cure
YOU. Il. o. Miller, East End Pharm.,
1920 L. Tuscarawas St., Fred 2. shana,
felt q Co., w. Tuscsrawas st., Fishers
drug store, 435 K. Tuscarawas st.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-27
Chronic Nasal Catarrb poisons ever,

Chronic Nasal Catarrh poisons every
breath that is drawn into the lungs
There is procurable from any druggist
A small quantity Of Ely's Cream Balm
placed into the nostrils spreads over an
inhamed and angry surface, relieving
Immediately the painful inflammation,
cleanses, heals and cures. A cold in the
head vanishes Immediately. Sold by
druggists or will be mailed for 50c by
Ely Brothers, SO Warren street, New
York.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-27
Little neglected scratches and wounds

Little neglected scratches and wounds
frequently result in blood od-posoniug
Better heal them qulcKIy with DeWitrs
Witch Hazel SalVe, thoroughly anti
septic application with record of al
ways curing piles, old ulcers, sores,
cuts, wounds and skin diseases. E o.
Miller, East End Pharm, 1920 r, Tus-
Garawas st, Fred p Shanafelt q Co.,
w Tuscarawas st., Fishers drug store,
1876 East Tuscarawas st.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-27

81 he'd running, itching sore on my
leg Sutf rad torturss. Doan's 0inl.
ment took away the burning and itch.
ing instantly, and quickly affected per-
manent cure" Q. w. Lenhart, Bowl.
ing Green, 0.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-27

lncontinence OF water during sleep
ate pped immediately by DIR. Il. Det-
chon's Anti Diuretic, Cures children
and adults alike. Price tl.00. Sold by
Ourbin, Wright & Co.,, druggists, Can.
ton, o.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-27

''Curs the cough and save the life.''
DIR. Woods Norway Pine Syrup cures
coughs and colds, down to the vevy
verge of consumption.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-27
In Ring ParIance.

Miss Fox-Papa, why does a young
man give his faneee a diamond ring2
Mr., Fox-Oh, that's the forfeit no
puts up to insure fight, ht,-Jewelers
Wpeklv
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-27

'Dnily. +EXcept Sunday. a To let Off Cleve-
land passengers. Meals. fFlag stop.
At Orrville connection is made with c.,
A., c. Ry. train for Cleveland by Nos. q, \, ~
aud for Columbus by Nos. 4, q, o, I6. 20, 81
Und 81, NOG. d and I5 connect at Mansfield
with trains over tho Toledo Division for
Iinin and Toledo. Nos. 4 and y connect
g. Alliance for Niles and Youngstown.
I f. LOREE, E. A FORD,
General Manager General Passenger Agent.
5-l2-9O,-C PITTsBURGH, PENN'A
For time cards. rates Of fare, through tickets
rtggage checks, ana further Information res
Q riding the running OF trains, apply To any
a. gent OF the Pennsylvania Lines.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-27

"Now good digestion waists on appe.
tite, and health on BOTH" 1t it doesn Z,
try Burdock Blood Bitter,.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-27

Diphtheria, sore throat, Group. In.
slant relief, permanent cure. DR..
Thomas Eclectric Oil. At any drug
store.
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FROM THE RANKS.

colonel Frost. Hero of MariInO, Be-
gan as n Private.
Colonel Alfred Sidney Frost, who led
The South Dakota volunteers in such q
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A Young Girls Experience.

My daughters nerves were terribly out Of
order. She was thin and weak; the least
noise startled her, and she was wakeful at
night. Before she had taken one package
of Celery King the change in her was so
great that she could hardly be taken for the
strong, her complexion is perfect, and she
sleeps we'll every night.-Mrs. Lucy McNutt,
Brush Valley, Pa.
Celery King cures Constipation and all dis
eases of the Nerves, Stomach, Liver and Kid
neys, Sold by druggists. 25c and 5Oc.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-04-27

First New Land Discovered In south
Polar Regions For Fifty-eight
Years md First Expedition TO Pass
the Winter There.