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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-05-18
FOUR HUNDRED MILLIONS LOST.
(Chicago Chronicle.l

Our able secretary of the treasury,
Mr.. Gage, has lost $400,000,000 in gold
and he asks Mr.. Muehlmann, the as
sistant treasurer of the United States
in New York, to help him find it.
1t might be more strictly correct to
say that Mr.. Gage cannot find that GER
tain sum of gold.
The explanation we have Of Mr.. Cages
loss, or inability to find, as the case may
be, is not entirely lucid. Mr.. Gage him
self Is quoted as saying that in the ear
ly 70s there was $120, 900 gold coin
in the hands of the American people
and that since then his department has
kept a careful record of the coinage,
the imports and the exports, and 1t was
supposed the department knew exactly
where all the coin went to, except what
was used in the arts and sciences and
what was lost.
But he adds 1t has lately been found
on investigation that there She lid be
in the treasury and the banks over
81, 900, 100000 in gold coin, but we were
somewhat astonished when we found
| that $400,0O0,000 had disappeared"
He goes on to say that with q view to
clearing up the mystery Mr.. Muehl-
mann has sent to every manufacturing
jeweler in the country to find out the
quantity, kind and value Of gold used in
the last year. Other inquiries, he says,
are being made to the same end.
The thing that Is difficult to under
| stand is how Mr.. Gage expects to find
out from the manufacturing jewelers.
| what has become of gold coin, which,
according to the books, ought to be in
the national treasury and the banks.
| If the books show 1t ought to be there,
how does he know 1t isn't there? And
| If 1t isn't there, how does he expect the
manufacturing jewellers to explain the
fact? Does he expect them to confess
that they have broken into the treasu-
ry and bank vaults and made off with
s4O0, 100000 of gold coin? Or does he ex-
pect that a statement of the amount OF
gold they used last year will show how
much they have got out Of the banks
and the treasury since the early '70s?
] There Is much that is obscure about
Mr.. Cages discourse regarding thai
lost cord of gold.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-05-18
AS THE DEVIL WOULD DO.

The editor Of the Atchinson Champion
concluded he would have his paper
run for a week as the devil would run
It and wrote to various prominent
men over the state for their opinions
as to how. they thought his Satanic
Majesty would handle the job. Among
those who answered was Ex-Governor
John P. st. John, who said:'
IT have received yours Of the goth
ult., asking me to give my opinion as
to How the devil would run a paper
and In reply hereto desire first to
congratulate you on your excellent
judgment in selecting me to answer
that question, for my familiarity with
his Satanic Majesty enables me to
impart to you lot of information that
the ordinary pious man knows but little
about.
"The first thing the devil would do
would be to write salutatory. He
would give 1t an intense religious tone.
He would shout for Old Glory and
scream for liberty, and pitch into the
Mornons, but would not say a word
about the thousands Of slaves, and our
government salaried sultan and his
seventeen wives under the protection of
the American flag on the island of
Sulu. He would openly favor bimetal-
lism, and secretly work to put the
government on a single gold stan
dard. He would declare that the
Cubans were and of right ought to be
free,' and then refuse them their free
dom. He would denounce fraud and
then send word to the Gamers of rot
ten beef to clean up and get ready to
be whitewashed. He would stand quietly
by, and without even a protest see the
organized trusts rob the people of hum
dreds of millions annually and call 1t
prosperity. He would advocate the
levying Of a high tariff tax on the poor
mans food and clothing and tell him
1t was protection. He would be as
quiet as a graveyard while we were
burning negroes at the stake and
punching their eyes out with a redhot
iron here In our own country, but would
make his columns speak in thunder
tones in favor Of sending our soldiers
eight thousand miles from home to
shoot our civilization and beer into the
Filipinos. In a desperate frenzied effort
Of a powerful monarchy which has
been a robber and oppressor Of weak
nations, to crush by brute force a brave
people in South Africa who are strug-
Cling, as our forefathers struggled four
| generations ago for the right of self
| government, the devil would be on the
| side of the Monarchy, and gloat over
the downfall Of the republic. He would
take his position in his newspaper that
by the Providence Of God, Porto Rico
| was the property of the United States,
and that her people were our people.
and by this same Divine Providence,
and by cry Of benevolent assimilation
and to impress upon the Porto Ricans
the lesson that Whom the Lord Loveth
He Chastiseth.' he would put a fifteen
per cent tariff on the products of their
labor. He would stand for Mckinley
and bitterly denounce Bryan, and
finally his Satanic Majesty would make
a will, in which he would provide, that
in case Of his death or removal from the
United States, his newspaper should be
turned over to Mark Hanna"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-05-18

1t is claimed now that Mr.. Bryan had
something to do with the nomination Of
Mr.. Towne by the Sioux Falls conven-
ton because he knew that Towne would
withdraw from the Populist ticket If the
Kansas City convention refused to en-
dorse him. The story is good, whether
true or not, and demonstrates that Mr..
Bryan is getting credit with having a
great deal of political sagacity, which
credit has been heretofore denied him
by his opponents.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-05-18

Mr.. Thomas Turner, recently returned
from a trip throughout the west, his
business being practically to inquire
with reference to how labor Is effected
by the influx Of oriental people. A
great many Japanese andChinese Coolie
laborers have come into the United
States along the Pacific coast. Mr.. Tur-
ner in his investigation paid visit to
the cities inhabited by these emigrants
from the Yellow China sea. The Pacific
slope is very much agitated over the
fact that the hords Of Asiatics are being
imported to fill the avenues of labor be-
longing by right to American citizens.
But American citizens who love their
country and who realize that the United
States was in 1912 first-class power
and has been a first-class power ever
since, do not approve of the importation
Of the horde of coolie labor from Asia,
and are entering an emphatic protest
against 1t. The best information Is
that from forty to fifty thousand coolies
are expected over in very short time;
that thousands of them at present
employed on western railroads. and
that all of them are contract laborers,
coming into the United States despite
the pauper emigration laws which are
rigidly enforced on the Atlantic coast
in the case Of Caucasians. We have
no exclusion treaty with Japan, as we
have with China. japanese in their own
country are the cheapest Of all cheap Ia
borers, belonging to that vast horde Of
oriental fatalists who earn little and
live upon little and are utterly destituts
Of all the characteristics that 80 e
make up ciyilissd man. They earn but
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-05-18

The vote at the Democratic primaries
was not so light, after all. There We're
no contests on the county ticket and in
many townships no contests for either
total of nearly $500 votes was cast.
That is a very encouraging fact and is
an indication that Democrats are alive
and active. We ought to win in Stark
county this fall. We have a good
ticket and with fair field there should
be no question as to the result.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-05-18
POSTAL SCANDAL
In Cuba Only Sample OF Hannaism In
the Colonies.
washington Times.)

washington Times)
The Cuban postal service scandal Is
not a surprise. The country has been
waiting for the beginning of series
of disclosures Of the kind for months.
Direct evidence has been wanting, but
in many directions the public mind has
been prepared for such developments.
Corruption is often detected by the
senses before the exact location of the
decomposing cadaver can be determine
ed.
The loot of the Cuban postal revenues
by trusted favorites of the administra-
tion only illustrates a condition neces-
sarily the result of methods which have
been the undertaking rule ever since
the trusts and monopolies brought
about the election Of William Mckinley
to the presidency in 1896. When that
amiable but hopelessly mortgaged man
came into power he came loaded down
with political debts to trusts. combina-
tions and individuals to an extent never
known before In the history Of, the
country. His debts have been paid 70
the trusts by means Of legislation IN
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-05-18

President Mckinley has been called
spon to temporize in quarrel between
Mrs. Hay, wife of the secretary, and
very rich in her own right, and Mrs.
Hill, wife Of the assistant secretary, not
SO rich, but a much smarter woman.
State secrets are in danger and 1t is
Feared that the public may learn some
ahing from the broad field Of imperial
zsm If the matter isn't stopped. This
Is the fourteenth fight that the diplo-
macy of the president has had to un-
aertake and the clothes-line quarrels
are really giving him as much trouble
rs the war in the Philippines.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-05-18
TRUST PROSPERITY IN SALEM.
(Alliance Leader.)

Our neighboring town of Salem shows
an example of trust prosperity that is
really refreshing and the object lesson
1t teaches would be of value to voters
the district. The nail mill
there has been closed down now for the
past month, and the superintendent,
while telling the employees that ut is
liable to start up any day now" said
to an Alliance citizen last week that he
didn't expect it to start up before Sep
tember, and perhaps not then. Still,
Mark says that trusts are public
blessing, and those idle workmen, all
being Republicans, are expected to CO.
incide with this opinion.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-05-18
THE MARKETS.
REVISED DALY.1

PITTsBURa, May 10.
wHEAT-No. 2 red, 71(g72c.
CORN - No. 2yellow shelled, ~5@46c No. |;
yellow ear 4s14C949c.
OATS-No. white, S014C98lc No. Q white.
291z(98Oc; extra No. white, 29@291zc; regu'
lar No. 8, 28G29c.
HAY-No. timothy, SIS. 5.25e15.75; No. 2 do,
S14.25g1475; packing hay, T.0O(SS.oO; No.
clover mixed, sl4.26t1l4.76; No. clover, Sl4.0l
@l45O: loose, from wagon, Sl60O97.00.
BUTTER-Elgin prints, 2392s1Sc; creamery,
Elgin, 22(g221zc; Ohio, l91z92Oc; dairy, l70lSci
low grades 12pl3c
EGGs-Fresh. nearby la9lao duck eggs. u
@18c.
CHEEsE-Full cream. Ohio. e9l9iOc; three
quarters, 9lz6D91Sc; New York state, full
cream, new, l09lOlSc: Ohio Swiss, 12119l81fc,
Wisconsin, l414C9l5c 5-pound brick cheese, lag
l21zc; limburger, new la9l2lac.
POULTRY = Chickens live, small, $4,000
large 750S5c per pair live geese, 75c(gsl 90 pei
pair turkeys, 9Gl0c; dressed, 14Dl5c pound
ducks, dressed, l6(GlCc pound live, 75ct9sI o.
per pair.
PITTsBURG, May 10.
CATTLE Receipts were light and the mar
ket was steady. We quote the following
prices: Extra heavy, $5.60t15.85; prime, IS 800
5.45; good, s5.l1g5.8O; tidy, $48OdD5.i0; fair
S4.7OG4.90; good butchers, $440G4.60; common
S8.5OG4.0O; heifers, s8.b094.75; oxen, s2.50C9475
bulls and stays, $8.00G4.50; common to goot
fat cows, s250g4.b0; good fresh COWS, $4,000
5000; fair cows and springers, $26.0Otg850O
bologna cows, s10009l5.0O.
HOGS-Receipts very light; market excite
and higher. Sales were: Extra hesvies, $50
@5.70; prime mediums. s5.60(e6.65; heavy York
ers. s55O05.b5; light Yorkers, s5.4O(9b. .l5; pigs
sb 2OG5.80; skips, N00g4.96; roughs, $8.7H060 0f
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Supply fair; marke
steady on best lambs; slow ON medium lamb
and sheep. We quote ~ follows; Choice weth
ers. sb2t96.80; good. eS.lOeb.S0; fair mixed
S6.b00675; common TO good, ol.0096.t0; sprin
lambs. >o'ooQsel; yssl oslv1. De-so; hssv'
and thin. sl-oo0AN ,,, II
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-05-18
The Rev. Mr.. Hills declares that the

The Rev. Mr.. Hills declares that the
country "will go to the devil very soon
II men continue to postpone marriage
all they are forty and women wait till
they can find a man who can buy them
n wagon load of dresses" The divine
evidently believes that men should mate
early and often. His theme was Young
Men, Dare to be Poor" Most of his
congregation doubtless had no difficulty
in following his advice.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-05-18

The story of the famine in India,
printed elsewhere in this issue. serves
10 set forth the conditions in their most
distressing phases. 1t is from the pen
Of a woman engaged in mission work
and is reliable and unbiased. Think of
what one days expenses of the war in
South Africa could accomplish among
those stricken wards Of mighty Eng
Iand
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-05-18

NEW YORK, May 10
WHEAT-Spot market strong; No. red.
601zc T. o. b. ahoat; No. red, THO In elevator;
No. northern Duluth, 751Sc T. o. b. afioat to n,
rive; No. hard Duluth, TIC Z. O. b. afoat.
CORN-Spot market firm; No. 2, 1910 T. oh
afoat and 42c in elevator.
OATS-Spot market firm; No. 2, 27<c; No g.
&c; No. white, ,29c: No. white, 2S1<c; track
mixed western, H14Qg29c; track white west
ern, 2S11(G85c; track white state, 281z086c.
CATTLE-Thirty-seve cars on sale; steers
l0gl5c lower; bulls firm; fat cows easier oom-
mon and medium steady; all sold. Steers.
sale; sheep steady to 25c of; spring lambs dull
and lower; 10 cars Of stock unsold sheep.
S4OO6p5.5O; culls, So. 1908 rs; few wooled sheep,
s5.OOG8.OO; lambs, s8.0OG725; culls, s5.009b.60;
few wooled lambs, $7.00(0800; spring lamb,
SS.OOas.85; common do, $3.50 per head.
HOGS-One car on sael Good state hoCs,
1916; western quoted at s5.b0CGb.60.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-05-18

A lady writing from Mafeking to an
English friend in London, says: "Our
breakfast consisted Of horse sausages
and our lunch of minced mule and cur
ried locusts." That is a war diet that
reminds one of the experience of the
Eighth Ohio in Cuba, though the Eighth
was not besieged as have been the peo-
pie of Mafeking.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-05-18

t is reported from Massillon that
Congressman Tayler finds matters
rrifle too warm as regards postmaster
for that city and has decided to dodge
the issue by asking the people to de-
ride for themselves. 1t is said that he
rs about to call for special election and
allow the candidates to fight it out at
rhe polls. We see merry times ahead
for Massillon
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-05-18

Rathbone. who permitted all the
deviltry to be done in the postal rob-
berries in Cuba, was the fellow who
was at one end Of the line when MIR.
Hanna was getting himself elected to
the United States senate in order that
Sod might reign and the Republican
sarty still live. God doesn't seem to
AAye been reigning In Cuba du ing
Rsthbone's incumbency. though Mr..
Hanna. the Republican party. still lives
and IL very busy getting fat campaign
oontributions.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-05-18
Before congress adjourns a resolu

Before congress adjourns resolu-
zion of some sort with reference to the
trusts will be adopted for campaign
purposes, but people that have any
ching is. The Republican party has
been in absolute power for three years
and hasn't done one thing to regulate
these combinations.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-05-18

Rev. P. A. Baker, in another open
letter to Senator Foraker, declares that
he is a Republican and is going to re-
main in the Republican party and,
through his Anti-Saloon league, rescue
it He says all the temperance people
are just in the party to save it.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-05-18

Springfield is in a bad state. The Ohio
city that imagines it is as big as Can
ton is about to suffer from a water
famine because the people have not
been gifted with foresight to provide
against such contingency, and do not
want to bond the town to increase the
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-05-18

About the hardest fight they are
having in the Methodist conference at
present is to keep that body of distin-
guished ministers from censuring the
president of the United States. The re-
vision of the creed has been lost sight
Of in this important political crisis.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-05-18

As between a hundred years of Spain
and a hundred days of administration
appointees fair Cuba is looking longing
IN at the century.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-05-18

Permanently cured BY the mastery pswer
OF south American Nervtae Tonic fnvaiids
ss ess. ar hear: as srsa s
the whole world Of stoHach wettkness anI
tndige:tion. The cure begins With the 6rst
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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-05-18

Senator Hanna recently visited New
York and is said to have been disap-
pointed in the sums he received for
campaign purposes. He declared the
trusts did not fork over in a manner
commensurate with the number and
value of the goods received.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-05-18

Arthur Sewall, who was Bryan's
running mate in 1896, picks the Nebras-
Ran to be a winner in 1900. Nor is Mr..
sewall making a play for second place,
either
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-05-18
Relief In six Hours.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder Disease
relieved in six hours by 1.-THE NEW GREAT
SOUTH AMEKICAM KIDNEY cuRE:" It
ing promptness In relieving pain IN the
bladder, kidneys and back. In male or
Msnt oSsr 81 sss sna
cure this IL tho remedy. Sold by Durbius
Wright = Co., Drug gists, Canton. ohis.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-05-18

While indignant with the situation in
South Africa we should not overlook
ehe fact that England has as much
business in the Transvaal as we have
IN the Philippines.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-05-18

OF course it isn't any of our business,
nut If Canton is to send delegation to
Philadelphia it ought to be big enough
10 be a credit to the city.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-05-18

Senator Clark is not to be received
with open arms. The dignified house
o{ lords feels that it has been buncoed
ay the clever man from the copper
mines
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-05-18

Someone has been monkeying with
aae safety valve of the prosperity boiler.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-05-18
LUMBER,
Canton, May 1S.

LUMBER.
Hemlock bill stun, per M ........$19 90
Norway bill stun, per M ........... % 90
2x12 and AKA to 8x8. per M ........ 20 90
Yellow pine siding, clear, per M. 20 90
Y. p. siding No. 2, per M .......... rs 90
Y. p. siding No. 3, per M .......... % 90
Poplar siding No. /, per NJ ......... 80 90
Poplar siding No. Q. per M ........ 28 90
w. pine flooring No. 1, per M ...... 80 90
w. pine flooring Nc. Q, per M go. 81 90
w. pine flooring No. 8, per NJ $50. 20 90
z. pine flooring No. I, per M ...... 30 90
Y. pine flooring No. 2, per M 49,. 25 90
Y. pine flooring No. 3, per M ...... 23 90
Y. pine ceiling No. 1, per M ....... 28 90
Y. pine ceiling No. 2, per M ....... 25 90
w. Pine ceiling No. 1, per IA. 80. 80 90
w. pine ceiling No. Q, per M ...... 27 90
White pine lath, No. 1, per M 49,. s 80
White pine lath, No. 2, per M..... s Is
Hemlock lath, per M ............ 1 80
Clear red cedar shingles, per M. 8 50
Clear hemlock shingles. per NJ 80. 275
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-05-18
STARK co. DEMOCRAT
Issued Tuesday and FridayJ
ESTABLISHED ............. ......1S3s
STARK COUNTY DEMOCRAT.
Semi Weekly per year by mail. ...si
ADDRESS all communications to
HAE EwS-DEMOCRAT PUB. CO
Canton, Ohio.
DAILY NEws-DEMoCRAT.

Daily delivered by carrier. &c per week
Daily delivered by mall. ..10c per week
Dali per year, by mail. 300
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-05-18
CINCINNATI, May l0

CINCINNATI, May 10
HOGS-Market active at s485dp5.45.
CATTLE-Market strong at $8.5O(D55.
SHEEP AND LAMBS-Market for sheep
steady at $3.2504.75. Lambs-Market steady
at S4.5O(g825.
The daily sentinel., 1900-04-26
Slaughter of Natives.

Washington, April M.-General Otis
has been cabled the following account OF
recent engagements in the Philippines:
Early on the morning Of the 7th sew
eral hundred Tagalos ard Vizayans at
tackled battalion of the fourtieth in
fantry at Cagayan, north cost Mindanao.
Our casualties, two killed, eleven wound
ed; enemy's loss, ffty-three killed, eight
cen wounded and captured in the city.
besides other losses suffered on retreat.
Young reports from Northwestern Luzon
several hundred natives influenced by
Aguinaldo's bishop, Aglipak. attacked.
Their loss in the attack on Patoe, 18th
Instant, 1O6 killed and during the entire
fighting from the 18th to I7th, 333 killed
Our lose during the period, two killed,
four wounded Young has plenty OF
troops and will have little further oppo-
sition. Affairs at Luzon points improv-
ing, local presidents and inhabitants OF
towns giving information and rendering
assistance; troops now taking possession
Of inner small islands"
The daily sentinel., 1900-04-26

Out OF the thousand spectators
who heard Alfred Packers testi-
mony in the Tammen Bonils An
dorson suit in Denver yesterday
there was hardly one, doubtless,
whose mind did not involuntary
suggest his innocence Of the crime
with which he is charged. If, as
charged, Packer was condemned to
a living death to contribute to any
man or mems Unsuitable ambition to
supply victim where crime has
been committed, no pictured INFER
no wonld be horrible enough to
punish his accusers. In the eager
desire to see the prisoner Of the
bastile" sympathy and not curiosity
was the predominant feeling.
The daily sentinel., 1900-04-26
Cowboy Bl.eksm,th,ne.

up at my camp near the Four
Peaks" told Jim Bark, the well-known
cattleman, "the boys are all handy
with rifle. We've got lot of guns
up there. The old-fashioned black
powder Winchester has been discard
ed. and nothing but the best goes.
Most of the new guns were bought dur
Ing the Spanish war. when We would
experiment all day with tree trunks
and rough trenches, learning the art
Of war at home. We found that bull
let from one of the new Winchesters
driven by smokeless powder was good
for four foot and more Of pine timber.
and for more than an inch Of iron.
! thought the boys had done about
everything in the shooting line that
could be done long ago. but was mis-
taken. l sent them up wagon. In
hauling down some firewood they
broke the holsters all to flinders. The
holsters hold up the wagon bed. you
know. Well, the boys figured out all
right the rebuilding of the wood parts,
but came near being etumped on the
iron hxings. They got some old iron
wagon tires and cut them in proper
lengths. but hadn't a way that they
could see to punch the necessary bolt
holes. Finally the question was
solved. One of the boys carefully
marked the places for the bolts. stood
the piece of tire against tree and put
a bullet 80 caliber, through the tire
at each place marked. 1t was a novel
sort of blacksmithing, but 1t worked.
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