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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-24
REVELING In
CUBAN LUXURY.
Secretary Root Admits Some
Officers Have Done Wrong.
ARE DRAWING DOUBLE PAY.
Some OF 1t Comes Out of the Cuban Treas
ury and Some Washington Peo-
pie Say 1t savors of

[News-Democrat Leased Wire Service.
Washington, April 21.-It Is said that
resolutions introduced yesterday, by
Senator Bacon providing for an investi-
cation of rumors that army officers in
Cuba are receiving pay from Cuban
funds as we'll as from the United States
treasury and that some Of the officers
are dwelling in palaces luxuriously fit
ted at the governments expense, roll
ing in elegant equippages for which
Uncle Sam pays, will expose a condition
Of affairs in Cuba which will give rise
to a number of scandals.
Secretary Of War Root has made some
admissions on the subject which Re-
publican senators do not care to discuss
at this time. Secretary Root said that
half a dozen or so" officers of the army
were drawing Cuban money, but would
not specify because, as he says, he de-
sires to reserve this information for the
senate.
This matter received careful consid-
Grafton from the administration and
from the cabinet" he explained. "I
am going to make more allowances
when the list is ready for me to exam
inc. There is Colonel Black, for in
stance. He has done great work in
Havana and he ought to have more
money. He is entitled to it If he gives
his time to the Cubans. Anyway, the
army officers cannot live in Havana in
proper style on their army salaries"
Anti-administration senators are in
clined to regard these admissions very
seriously. They SAVIOR of raid on Gu
ban funds they say.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-24
M'KINLEYS LEAVE.
They Go to New York After
Paying a Visit at The
Hobart Residence.
[News-pemocrat Leased wire Service. !

[News-Democrat Leased Wire Service.
Paterson, April 21.-President McKin-
ley, his wife, DR.. Rixey and Secretary
Cortelyou, who have been visiting Mrs.
Hobart, widow of the late vice presi-
dent, at Carroll Hall, since Thursday,
left for New York at 10 o'clock this
morning. A big crowd gathered at the
depot to see the distinguished party off.
The president was cheered as the train
drew out Of the station. The president
will attenI the ecumenical conference
in New York tonight.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-24
BLAMED ON WHITING.
A Toledo Papers Correspondent
Thinks the Canton Man
Did the Trick.

The Toledo Blades Columbus cores
pondent sends the following to that pa
per concerning the recent Stark county
convention held in this city. in which
the delegates were instructed for Man
nington, over Laylin, the administra-
ton candidate:
Though Stark county's instruction Of
its 20 delegates for Warrington yester-
day came too late to change the result,
this somesault in the presidents county
has caused more talk even than Tom
Kyle's victory over Congressman Wea-
yer in the Seventh district. So far as
the mere number of delegates was con-
cerned, Stark's 2o was speedily wiped
out by Montgomery's 20. which DR..
Lowe, the organization leader In Day.
ton, had instructed for Laylin. But the
Warrington instructions in Stark came
as complete surprise to the admins
tration men here, who confidently ex-
pected Laylin instructions from the
Canton convention.
Governor Nash's adjutant general,
railroad commissioner, and two state
trustee appointtes are Stark county
| men. Over so federal appointees hail
from Stark. The only thing apparently
which was not done to Stark was to
name julius Whiting, Jr., for peniten-
tiary manager. julius had something
to do with yesterdays result"
COLUMBUS DISPATCH.
The Columbus Daily Dispatch, a
staunch Republican paper. roasts Sec
| retary Dick editorially, and has In its
local columns the following about the
Stark county convention:
| "Dick had sent letters into the county
urging the selection of solid Laylin
delegation to the state convention, the
candidate of the administration. This
was julius Writings opportunity and
for the throw down given him after
having been promised an appointment
to place on the board OF penitentiary
managers, he set about to defea'
Dicks purposes, and played a greal
deal upon Dicks presumption In die
tating to the Republicans of old Starl
what they should do He resented Dick'l
interference In their local affairs In tn,
name OF tn resident and the opinion helt
by him was very generally shared b!
other leading Republicans"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-24
THE CENSOR'S RIGID GRIP
Has the Situation So Well In Hand
That News Simply Percolates.
ANOTHER ARTILLERY DUEL
Was Fought in the Vicinity of De Vets
Dorp with Doubtful Resuit-steyu
Asks the Free Staters to
stand Their Ground
MaufnlIv.

[News-Democrat Leased Wire Service.]
London, April 21-Nothing further has
been received concerning the fighting at
Glen, north of Bloemfontein. Affairs in
South Africa are in the censor's rigid
grip. There is increasing speculation as
to the line Roberts will lake in his ad-
vance. Just what the Third and Eighth
divisions are doing in the eastern part
of the Free State is a mystery. 1t would
appear that the objective Of this force
was wepener, but If they are planning
to bag the Beers there, they are taking
what looks like a stupidity long time to
do it.
A dispatch from Natal has 1t that the
Beers opposing Butler are retiring with
their guns.
The dispatch intimates that the Beers,
hearing that Roberts is about to ad-
vance, are making sure of their line Of
retreat. Discussion Is still rife over
Roberts structures Of Butler and War
ren. 1t has been stated that Roberts
contemptuously refrained from saying
anything about Methuen, but this ex-
PLANTATION is not satisfactory. In some
quarters the suppression Of criticism Of
Methuen is attributed to the fact that
he has "pull" with the royal family,
dating from the time he had charge Of
the queens jubilee celebration.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-24

division, after fianking-the Beers ad-
vanced with small losses.
The dispatch Is too fragmentary to
afford any idea of the nature Of the
operations near De VETS Dorp. or Of
the disposition Of the Boer and British
forces.
The two divisions under Chermside
and Rumble are apparently trying to
surround the Beers. The latter's
strength is not definitely known but It
is said the Beers have 10000 men in the
vicinity.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-24
Rural Delivery Assured.

Alliance, April 20.-Rural free deliv-
cry for the country districts around AL
lance is now an assured fact and will
be in full operation by July / at the
latest. The routes have been laid out.
the carriers named and every prepa-
ration made for the work which will
be commenced just as soon as the for
NAL instructions are received from
Washington by Postmaster r. Trescott.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-24
CUT The CABLE.
Filipinos Making Things as I'm
comfortable as Possible
For Gen. Otis.

[News-Democrat Leased Wire Service.l ]
Washington, April 21.-The Filipino
insurgents have cut the cable between
Manila and Iloilo. Communication be-
tween Luzon and the lower island Of
the group is cut off. First reports at
tributed the interruption to an earth
quake. The cable cannot be repaired
before May !.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-24
NAVAL BILL PASSED.
House at Washington Takes a
Final Vote on the Measure
Today.

[News-Democrat Leased Wire Service.l
Washington, April 21.-The consider
alton of the naval appropriation bill
was resumed as soon as the house met
at noon, the question being upon the
adoption of the various amendments
agreed to in committee Of the whole.
The vote on the third reading of the
bill was then taken. Vandiver Dem.
MOI moved to recommit the bill to the
committee. This was lost 90 to So, and
the bill was then passed.
IN THE SENATE.
Washington, April 21.-In the senate
today the conference report on the
Hawaiian bill was rejected and another
conference asked for. The chief obsta-
Gle in the way of an agreement is the
S. poll tax on the voters in the islands.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-24
LIVELY FIGHTING.
An Artillery Duel Concerning
Which the Reports Are
Very Silent.

News Democrat Leased Wire service.]
Bloemfontein. April 21-There was
fighting at De Vets Dorp north west of
Wepener. Firing was chiefly confined
to the artillery. The British losses were
slight. News Of lively engagement
between Chermside, whose division 10
near the De Vets Dorp. and the Beers
Is hourly expected.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-24

Prof. John q. Spencer, of the CIeve-
land college Of physicians and surgeons
has made an analysis Of Magnetic Mag
nesia water, showing It's absolute pur-
ity. Mr.. spenzer's communication on
the subject Will be found In this issue.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-24
SOME SORENESS
IN MASSILLON
Republicans There Thought
They Voted For Laylin.
ARE SOMEWHAT SURPRISED
To:Find That They Were Voting For Man
nington Delegates All Of the
Time-Bunch of New From
the West End.
Special to News-Democrat.

Special to News democrat.
Massillon, April 21.-There is consid-
erable soreness manifested on the
part of the administration Republi-
cans Of this city because Of the action
of the delegates to the county con-
vention endorsing Howard Manning
ton for secretary of state. 1t is claim
ed that while everybody was head
over heels in the fight against c. c.
Baker, the secretaryship was lost
sight of and in the excitement caused
by the Taylerites who were afraid
their idol was to be turned down. the
Warrington forces were hard at work
lining up their strength. Lorin Stoehr,
1t is said. wanted to be a delegate to
the state convention in the. interests
of Warrington, SO he laid his plans,
and when the good administration
Republicans Of this city went to the
polls and cast their votes for dele
gates to the county convention they
were laboring under the impression
that they were voting for Laylin men,
when in fact the whole bunch was for
the other fellow. Stoehr is getting the
blame for the scheme and dire things
are threatened him by the administra-
tion loyalists. In the meantime Stoehr
smiles knowingly and has a round trip
ticket to Columbus in his inside pocket.
Certain Massillon Republicans feel they
have been outwitted and made dupes OF
and they're mad clear through.
GREAT ACTIVITY.
Massillon, April 21.-There is a great
deal Of activity in the agricultural de-
partment of the Massillon state hospi-
tai. All of the teams and many of
the men are busy in the fields back of
the big institution. The ground is
about all plowed up and the work Of
sewering and planting is being done as
rapidly as possible. There will be
goodly amount of the farm put in
vegetables. The oats will be sowed to-
day. The landscape gardener is very
busy laying off the roads and other
wise preparing for the work Of the
coming season. He has of course
charge of all of the work in the garden.
The superintendent DR.. Eynan, takes
an interest in all of the work on the
outside and may be seen a part of
every day on the farm giving his
personal attention to the work going
on there.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-24

The British exchequer's balance at
the Bank of England on April l was
$26,000,000 greater than year ago.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-24
VILLAGE DESTROYED.
A Town In France Wiped Out
And Number of People
Perish.

GNews-Democrat Leased Wire Service
Paris, April 21.-The little village of
Bouscat, in Southern France, was wiped
out by fire last night. Several persons
perished in the flames.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-24
PLANKING THEM.
British Movements Evidently
For That Purpose But De-
tails Are Meagre.

News Democrat Leased Wire service.1
Bloemfontein. April A.-A later mes
sage from De Vets Dorp says that
General Rumble, commanding the sth
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-24
NINE DROWNED.
Another Tragic Story Comes
From a European
Country.

lNews-Democrat Leased Wire Service.
Berlin, April 21.-Another tragic story
of drowning is at hand. This time
from Hamburg. While a party of thir-
teen workmen were crossing the weser,
yesterday, in a row boat it capsized
and nine Of them were drowned.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-24
RICH GREEN LANDS.
About Wepener Are Very Desir-
able And Steyn Wants
Them Held.

[News-Democrat Leased Wire Service.]
Bloemfontein, April 21.-President
Steyn has issued proclamation urging
the Free Staters. to hold the rich green
lands around Wepener.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-24
FIRING HEARD.
Beers and British Thought TO
Be Engaged In a Battle at
Sundays River.

News Democrat Leased Wire Service.l
Ladysmith, April zl.-Firing was
heard in the direction of Sundays river,
northeast Of Ladysmith.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-24
METHOD In 1T.
New York Republicans Anxious
To Get Roosevelt Out OF
Albany.

News Democrat Leased WI, Service. ]
New York, April n.--The political
gosMps say that Chairman BENJAMIN
b. odeils Of the New York Republican
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-04-24
COLLAR BONE BROKEN.

Massillon, April 21.-Harry Worthing-
ton, the five year old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Worthington, Of West
Main street. while playing about the
yard at his home yesterday evening,
fell and broke his collar bone. A ply
sician reduced the fracture.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-08-14
WAS THE ANSWER YES OR MOP
An Unfinished Proposition Overheard
During a Stroll ON the
boulevard.

How they ever settled the question
the Chicago matron never knew. for
the tantalizing part of the story was
that she never heard the answer, say
the Chronicle.
She was walking along a South side
boulevard late in the afternoon. AS
she hurriedly passed a man and girl
strolling onward in the more leisurely
gait of mutual enjoyment she heard
the former say to the girl:
"Well, it is certainly true, we have
both got to live u lives out in this
world some way or other. 1 have to
live mine out. you have to live yours.
Now. what do you say to living them
out together?"
And hat was all the Chicago ma
tron heard of the conversation of the
interested strollers. Evidently the
girl of the story was in a futter of
excitement, for no answer reached
the alert ears of the hasty pedestrian.
who wanted to turn around, but who
was sure it would be mean to do so.
So she doesn't know yet what the
answer was and she feels as defraud-
ed of her rightful pleasure as if the
last page of her novel had been blown
away by the wind.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-08-14

The railroad time between New
York and Boston has been reduced to
four hours and 23 minutes.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-08-14
THE v OF MOKANA.
Great Caverns I'm the Congo Noun
taias That Contain Many
Natural Wonders.

Capt. Cameron, on his tourney
through Urua in 1872, heard OF the
cave jewellers in the districts of the
headwaters of the Congo river, but in
spite of ali the efforts he made was
unable to discover them. News comes
now from Brussels, says the Phila-
delphia Record, that Lieut.. Leon
Cerckel, of the Congo state troops, sue
ceeded in locating these caverns. Ac-
cording to a report published in lie
Movement Geographic, these caves
are situated in the mountains and
hills which surround the valley of the
Lufra, a tributary of the Lualaba.
The Lufira falls down at Duo over a
rock some 100 feet high, whence it
flows through a ravine of from 400 to
500 feet deep, surrounded by steep
rocky mountains.
In a distance of about ten miles
from the Duo fall are the caves of
Mokana. All the caves are situated
in the rocks. Some of them are two
miles and even more in length, and
most of them are inhabited by savage
tribes. Lieut.. Cerckel says that they
az absolutely dark. but not humid,
and that at least several thousand peo-
pie dwell therein. The fires which
burned within the caves caused a
dense smoke, which made a close in
vestigation impossible. Cerckel sue
ceeded only in entering some of the
caves after he had presented the chief
of the tribe with large quantities of
colored cotton prints and brass goods,
and even then he was soon compelled
to leave the district with his compan-
ions. as his life was threatened by the
savages.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-08-14

There is a kingdom dear on earth
Known by the name OF home
Where o and happiness have birth,
With mother on the throne.
And with her love-bright scepter fair
She reigns in saint-like glory there.
II shadows dim the sacred place.
And touch the subjects dear,
With tender lovelight on her face
That shows no signs OF fear,
She smiles and prays until the night
Wears the bright crown of morning light.
And If some foe seeks to invade
The peace-crowned fair domain,
Ms brave, true mother, u~ndismayed,
Is on Loves altar lain,
To live or die for the weak child
BY sin and sorrow both de1led.
Q holy kingdom. ruled by love
And earnest prayer and smile,
The kingdom most like that above,
Which knows no sin or guile,
Forever may thy holy light
Danish the gloom Of sin and night.
. faithful mother, evermore
May thy true woman's hand
Wave loves sweet scepter gently Ger
The little household band!
While thou dost reign in thy great worth
Gods angels white shall walk the earth
Mrs M. A. Holt. in Christian Work.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-08-14
WITH ELECTRIC vELoCIpEDEs.
Looking Forward to Great Times
when Boys Are Thus
Provided.

81 am looking forward now" said
Mr.. Fatherly. relates the New York
Sun, land with feelings compounded
in about equal parts of apprehension
and interest, to the time when some in
ventor shall have produced an auto
mobile velocipede, or vehicle of like
general character, for the use of boys;
some contrivance that can be charged
from a wire of the electric light equip
ment in the family home. As it is now
the boy gets out of the velocipede that
he so gayly propels only the speed that
he can attain by the working of his
W short legs; but even so, he whirls
around corners to his W great de-
light and the imminent peril of the
older people who walk; and at times
he manages to upset himself, or to
come into collision with other veloci-
pedes similarly driven; and so. take it
altogether. to make even with the low
powered and comparatively slow-mov-
ing machine a considerable commotion.
But give him, as l suppose some day
somebody will, an electric velocipedel
Now and then some big, grown-up
electric vehicle of the day. thatit would
seem ought to be big enough. and by
this time old enough, t. know better,
gets on a tantrum and cuts up in a man.
ner astonishing to see; and we think
that the streets Of this great city are
just fun of life and animation; but
wait till the small boy gets his electric
velocipede and the electric velocipede
gets him.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-08-14
HOY Polly knew

A "befo'-de-war" matron was teach
ing one of the little darkies on her
plantation how 10 spell. The primer
she used was a pictorial one, and over
each word was its accompanying pic-
lure, and Polly glibiy spelled OK. OK"
and box. box" etc. But the teacher
thought she was making toe rapid
progress. so she put her hand over the
picture and sand: Polly, what does
OK spell?" OK" answered Polly,
nimbly. "How do you know that it
spells OK. Polly?" seed his TAIL re-
piled the apt folly.-Argonaut.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-08-14
HORSES Couldn't Ne Given Away.

Horses were cheap in the west; in
fact, you could hardly give them away"
writes Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady, in
Ladies' Home Journal. 81 remember a
stockman came to a friend of mine
speaking in this wise: I've got six
young and middling horses well broke,
and, considering the hard times, in
pretty fair condition. What'n you give
for them?' III give you ten just
like themS said my friend, and think
myself lucky TO ave the feed and care
of four of them The offer was not
accented"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-08-14
Tighten the Postmnn,s Load.

A reform which is being pushed in
England is intended to Tighten the bur
dens of the postman. The people who
write are earnestly requested to use
lightweight paper and never two
sheets where one would be sufficient.
The promoters of the reform have some
formidable figures to illustrate what
the total reduction in weight would be
if the suggestions were carried out.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-08-14
CUSTER COUNTY
TERMS OF COURT.

Following Is the terms of Court in the Fourth
Judicial District of Idaho for 1906
Lincoln County.
Shoshone 80. 80. February 18th, November 5th.
EImore County.
Mountain Home. 900. March 5th, October 18th.
Cassia County.
Albion. ".."... April End, September 10th.
Custer County.
Challis ..................Jun June 4th, October list.
Blaine County.
HALEY ...."..---.. June 18th, November Goth.
Court to convene at $3.50 a. m, at each time
and place. G. o. S-TocKsLAGER, Judge.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-08-14
SOCIETIES.

SIL YER LEAF REBEkAH 40. p.
Silver Leaf Rebekah Lodge No. q. /. o. o. F.
of Challis holds its regular meetings in the
Odd Fellows Hall. on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday
evenings of each month, at g o'clock. All
Rcbekah MEMBERS in good standing are in
yited to attend.
MRS. G. HOWELL, N. G.
Mrs. Agnes Lane, Secretary.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-08-14
Notice.

Notice.
Thefollowing warrants against
Custer county, will be paid on
presentation with interest to
date, if presented within sixty
days from date of this notice :
Current Expense Fund-190O.
Nos. II to Sc.
Road Fund-1900.
Nos. 10 to 33 leash warrants).
Road Redemption Fund-1S94.
No. 1876.
interest at Z per cent. Inter
est commences from date of reg
istry to 10 days after date of ad-
vertisement.
r. N. HULL,
County Treasurer.
Dated at Challis. July 81, 1900.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-08-14
c. C. g. c. Stage Line.
G. Il. Poppy. Frop.

G. H. Poppy, Prop.
The cheapest, shortest, and
most direct route to Bayhorse,
Clayton, Bonanza, Custer, Stan
ley Basin, Seafoam and Sheep
Mountain. Carrying U. S. mall,
passengers and express.
J. p. Spalding, Agt. : Challis
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-28
HOUSTON, FRIDAY, SEPT rs, 1900
TEN PAGES TODAY
THE WEATHER SERVICE.


The Post publishes in another column
reply by the chief of the National
weather bureau to an editorial in a re-
cent issue questioning the value OF the
weather service because OF failure
to adequately warn this section of the
approach Of the great hurricane of the
Sth instant
Chief Moore insists that adequate
warnings were sent out
II so they did not appear in the coll
uCnns of The Post nor Of tho Galveston
News in the regular WASHINGTON hulle-
tins.
The city OF Galveston was warned when
tho storm was virtually upon It. but no
sufficient Ind atlons OF the seventy OF
the hurricane came to the people any
where IN the caast region until the
very morning OF its appearance 1t s.
safe to say that not 500 people in Gal
weston or on the Texas coast had been
led to believe. by anything done or said
by the weathes bureau twenty-f four hours
in advance OF the storm. that a hurricane
OF unexampled fury was approaching
them.
The Post, however. has no DISPOSE.
ton to cautiously find fault with tn,
weather bureau and cheerfully prints
Mr. Moore's letter. We would all rather
believe that the weather service wa,
valuable than that it was OF no use tC
the public