The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-06-01
SPREAD
OF C0NTAGION.
State Board of Health Sends Ont
Circulars Giving New Rules
SUPPLY PLANS APPROVED.
Delegates to the International Mining Con.
gress Appointed In all states But
Ohio-win Be chosen At
Once.

|
From a Staff Correspondent.
| Columbus, May 30.-The state board Of
health is sending out circulars giving
the new rules of the department gov
ernng the transportation of dead bod
les. The rules are the most stringent
yet promulgated and were adopted to
lessen as much as possible the spread
of contagion.
Copies Of the rules will be sent to
the board Of health, railway and ex-
press companies. undertakers and
health officers.
| In cases where death Is caused by
bubonic plague, smallpox, cholera, yell
low fever or typhus fever the shipment
of the corpse is forbidden. The remains
of those dying of diphtheria and scarlet
fever may be transported in heremet-
ically sealed casket after having been
thoroughly disinfected
The disinfecting process is also re-
quired in many other diseases less vir-
ulent than those cited.
Persons accompanying dead bodies
must not wear clothing which has been
exposed to contagion.
The rules become effective on July I.
The fourteenth annual report of the
state board Of health filed with the
governor yesterday shows that 1896
cases Of smallpox were reported in
Ohio during the year, and Of this num-
Der only 20 cases proved fatal. Syste-
matte vaccination it Is believed has
modified the severity Of the malady.
considerable attention is devoted to the
|cure and prevention of consumption
which 1t Is asserted Is durable.
In the year the board examined and
lapproved plans for water supply or sew
erage in the following places: Can
ton, Youngstown, Wellsville, Trumbull
lcounty infirmary and the Fairmount
Children's home at Alliance.
Governor Nash has received a tele-
gram from T. ]. Sullivan, secretary of
the United Mine Workers Of America.
calling attention to the fact that every
state but Ohio has selected delegates
for the International Mining congress
which is to be held at Milwaukee June
9. This state is entitled to 80 delegates
and they will be chosen at once.
State Mine Inspector Biddison has
made his appointments Of deputy in.
spectors for the sixth and seventh dis.
tricts, but he will not announce then
until they have been approved by thu
.. .. governor. These applications have beer
IN in the air for two weeks
. State Labor Commissioner Ratchfort
has announced the appointment of Isaa'
: Stroude to be messenger in the labo
and mine inspector department. Mr.
: Ratchford has not got his other appoint
ments ready.
Assistant Attorney General J. E. Todt
: and his stenographer left today for Lis
bon, where depositions in the case D
: the State VS.. the Mt. Hope college com
y pany, of Rogers, will be taken befor
e Commissioner Day, of Massillon, at th
office of Judge N. B. Billingsley. Dep
ositions will be taken on Thursday ant
: Friday.
Director Of Public Safety Evans. o
Columbus, is spending Memorial day IL
lSteuDenVllle. fOr years MT. EVdnS nd
made this practice.
Today the Sunny Brook Social club o.
Z Salem, filed articles Of incorporation
with the secretary Of state. The incor
porators are: William Jackson, Ralpl
Haifley, J. T. Sheenan, L. L. Stoffer, F
, B. Azenghar. Mont Smith, w. seibers
Charles Williams.
The Great Northern Oil company, o
Q Akron, which will deal in oil and ga
/. wells and operate and drill wells, wa
e incorporated with capital stock o
IS 100000. Two thousand shares will b
: issued. Incorporators: Anson H. Rus
!, sell, Jr., F. w. Pickup, Henry B. Ham
= len, ]. r. Mutt, Fred e. Smith, D. x
Paige.
Other incorporators were: The Mi
ami Valley Athletic club, Middletown
The Victory Park Railway company
Toledo, capital stock $4,000; The Ken
Chain company, Kent, capital stoc
$4,000; the Vernon Stock company, Ver
non Junction, Richland county, capita
T. stock $4,000; The Hennessy Shoe Manu-
featuring company, Cincinnati, capita
stock $4,000.
GEORGE T. BLAKE.