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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-03-23
Pastor Reformed Baptist church.

Editor News-Democrat The Sheldon
paper was beyond doubt complete sue
cess, morally. It's influence for good can
hardly be measured. 1t set all of the
newspaper men of the country to think
ing. Hundreds of editors will ask them
selves the question, Is my paper fulfill
ing it's mission? What can / do to i'm
prove my paper? The reading public
has ben powerfully effected by the paper
and in two different ways. The lovers
of righteousness were reassured that
the cause of righteousness is not a lost
cause. To those who are laboring and
praying that principle may be exalted
above policy and expediency the paper
was an inspiration. On the other hand,
it called forth ridicule and cursing from
the "lax of principle" the time-servers,
compromisers, pharisees and haters of
church and religion. But the narrowed
conscience always expresses itself in
such ways. The paper accomplished
much by pricking thousands of con-
sciences.
Mr.. Sheldon did one thing that the
great Master of Morals, Jesus Christ,
would unquestionably do, II he were liv-
ing in this age and editing a modern
newspaper-he treated subjects of great
est importance on the front page of his
paper. Indias starving millions ought to
concern the public more than the Mol
ineaux trial. the Henderson crime, the
Kentucky imbroglio, or even reports of
Englands criminal preparations in
South Africa. Mr.. Sheldon, on the front
page of his paper (frst issue) appealed
for aid for India's starving multitudes,
and by so doing, he not only opened the
eyes of Americans to the awful suffering
of great branch of the human brother
hood,h he also caused streams of gold and
silver to flow for their relief. Sunday
night the president of First Reformed C.
E. society gathered contributions for
suffering India. Besides this important
subject, Mr.. Sheldon considered on the
first page of the Capital, the evils OF in
temperance. the injustice of trusts, the
barbarism OF war and the folly of sec
tarianism-Just what Jesus would do and
just what every teacher and leader OF
men ought to do.
Through Mr.. sheldons books and his
editions OF the Topeka Capital, nom
church goers had their eyes opened In
regard 10 the mission OF the church.
We are given 20 understand that the
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-03-23
ELIZABETH UNGER
PASSES AWAY.
Aged Resident of Plain Town
ship Dies of Old Age.
THE FUNERAL ON THURSDAY
Death Occurs Suddenly Tuesday Morning
At the Family Residence "A
Well Known Pioneer
Resident.

About $3.50 o'clock this, Tuesday,
morning, occurred the death of Mrs.
Elizabeth Unger, at her late home in
Plain township, along north Cleveland
avenue. The deceased was SO years OF
age and was the widow of George I'm
ger, who preceded her to the grave
about 26 years ago. SIrs. Unger suffer-
ed for some time oa account OF the i'll
firmaties of he eStrerne old age. The
funeral servic rs viii be held THURSDAY
mornig at o'clock, at rhe house. Rev.
Il. p. Herbruck, Of Triuity Reformed
chuch, officiating, The remains will be
inferred in Wsstlawn cemetery.
The deceased was the daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs, John Smith, who farmerly re-
sided on the same fuTn, She was q
member of the First reformed ohu,cIn
The following children survive their
mother: Messrs ueorge w. and John S.
Unger, OF Plain township, Mrs Mary
Brubaker Canal Fulton, ]. w. Unger, of
Medina, Amanda Uuger. Canton,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-03-23

Part of the commissioners rather wan
ted to get out of the deal and let the
bonds over again. Judge Albaugh went
before the commissioners and insisted
that the bonds be given the Peoples
Savings bank. He told the commission
ers that unless the contract was lived up
to the bank would begin mandamus pro-
ceedings to compel them to give them
the bonds at Az per cent.
The interest on the bonds for the
whole time at Az per cent will yield
$4,21499.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-03-23
Pastor First Presbytt
Editor News-Democrat:

Dear Sir: In answer to your request
I will saw this: believe that Mr.. Chas.
w. Sheldons views are right, as to the
moral and religious influence. In my
opinion most of our churches if not all
have been demoralistic through Our
saloons and a corrupt government.
Many people have lost all confidence in
morality and christianity. Many
churches are struggling and laboriug
hard to rebuild their churches, virtue
and reason, but there are many more
alurements to draw the young people
into the ways of evil. Bicycles, theaters
and operahouses, for instance. Ministers
are working harder now to build up
their churches than ever they did, be-
cause the hearts of men are failing
them and they have little faith in either
church or government. Even many of
our laws are far below good morals
Morality is the means of lifting up the
[ fallen. 1t must stand in our churches
If not we will fail in the end.
REV. G.. HOSTETTER,
Pastor Reformed Baptist church.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-03-23

would be conducted in the first week of
its existence if he were running It,
That in itself Is not much. But to off
set and overwhelm that is the brazen
irreverence Of the advertising of the
venture. The questionable character of
the whole undertaking and the most
gigantic piece of religious sensational
ism in recent years. For weeks prior
to Sheldon's six-day management of
the Topeka Capital" the proprietors
did all they could to use the venture to
promote the papers interests, and by
skillful manipulation and judicious ad-
vertising throughout the land they are
said to have rolled up circulation of
$50, 900 and to have commanded $25 an
inch for advertising space. But, to
boom paper by having it run for one
week as Christ would be thought to
run 1T, is, to my mind, piece of un-
paralleled irreverence of the most braz-
en- sort. That kind of work has a bad
influence. Then take the Sheldon end
of the enterprise alone. Is there not
something irreverent, something smack
ing of presumption, in the attempt to
run a daily as God, the Savior, would ?
1t looks as If a mortal would try on
Ine SdflQdlS Oh LTe AlInlBnJy. tta0 tney
said the Capital would be run for one
week in such manner as Mr.. Sheldon
thinks the Saviour would approve, it
would have been more respectful, more
sensible, more practical and in keeping
with the common feelings of reverence
and propriety. That would have been
more sensible. but it would have been
less striking, less sensational AS It is
the boldness and the folly of the thing
are talked of the land over and para
graphers are making caustic and flip
part reme rks in which the Saviour s
most holy name is used as freely as
Mr. Sheldon's, all of which is conducive
to irreverence. But, to sum it up from
my view point: We, know now just
how Mr.. Sheldon, of Topeka, Kansa g,
would run christian daily, and ell the
rest of 1t is what the moral and religi-
Gus interests of the country have To
pay for that bit of information. In
cidentally it has also been demonstrated
again how much easier it is to denonuce
a daily than 1t is to conduct one. Mr..
Sheldon's motives may have been good
enough. The pity is that his foresish hi
was not equally good. That's my
opinion. w. N. HARLEY,
Pastor Zion Lutheran church
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-03-23
JUDGE TAYLOR'S
CANDIDACY
Endorsed By the East Liverpool
Tribune, a Republican Paper.
JUDICIAL FITNESS THE TEST.
The Members of the Bar of the Entire
District Have Absolute Conf
dence Ia His Fitness
and Ability.
(East Liverpool Tribune, Rep

Cast Liverpool Tribune, Rep)
In the person of Jundge Taylor Carroll
county presents no untried man Of the
bench, and one in whom the bar and
people of Carroll county have absolute
confidence as to ability, industry and
experience in disposing of the conten-
tions of litigants. The members Of the
bar of the entire district concede his
judicial fitness. He is careful and de-
liberate in his examinations and firm in
his legal conclusions.
Last year the voters of the district
elected Judge Hole, of Salem, Columbi-
ana county, to the judgeship. He is a
young man without judicial experience,
but with good ability and additional eX-
perience will make a good judge. 1t is
self eVeident that another young attor-
ney born and raised in the same town of
Salem, Ralph S. Amber, could out of
sheer modesty, await few more years
until our new Judge Hole could have
more experience on the bench. And in
the mean time the district needs and
requires the judicial experience and
ability of an older judge, such as l. II.
Taylor, of Carroll county. This will give
each of three counties of the district one
common pleas judge, to which they are
each by right and custom entitled. Be
sides, Salem, Columbiana county, has
had Judge Laubie and Judge Ambler.on
the common pleas bench, with Judge
Laubie still on the circuit court bench
nearly FIFTEEN years,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-03-23
CLERGYMEN OF
CANTON RESPOND
To a Request From the News.
Democrat For Opinions on
THE MORAL AND RELIGIOUS
Value of Rev. sheidons First Newspaper
Venture--Sunday journalism
Is ImphaticaIly
Rebuked.

The Rev. Mr.. Sheldons experiment in
conducting a daily newspaper as he inn
agined Jesus would have edited it,"
closed Saturday night at IL o'clock. AS
to the value of such an experiment in a
moral and a religious sense, there is
great diversity of opinion. In order to
give to its readers the opinions of the
clergy of this city, the NewsD Democrat
mailed on Saturday the following letter
to every pastor in the city:
Dear Sir: Rev. Sheldon has conducted
during the past week daily newspaper,
"The Topeka Daily Capital" as he be-
lieves Jesus would have done.
We would like to have your opinion, in
about two hundred words, for publica-
ton in the News-Democrat, as to the
value in a moral and religious way of
such venture.
Sincerely your,
NEWS S-DEMoCRAT PUB. CO.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-03-23

Eitor News-Democrat: 1 have ex-
amined a copy of the Sheldon edition of
the Topeka Capital" and would state
that the placing of Jesus in the editors $
chair of daily paper is so foreign to
His quiet unassuming way of teaching,
that it is hard to surmise lust what
He would do in such a position. fear
that, along with the many other things
the sensational methods of Mr.. Sheldon
would also receive snare of His at
tention. If the Sheldon edition does
nothing else it will serve as a great
big advertisement for the Capital. In
my opinion this will be the greatest
gain. Yours truly,
G. M. SCHMUCKER,
Pastor Martin Luther church.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-03-23

What is the value of the Sheldon
newspaper venture, viewing II from a
moral and religious standpoint7 Well.
In my opinion, very little, My conviction
Is that II has done more harm than
good. Mr.. Sheldon has merely demon
strated how an avowed christian daily
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-03-23

Eitor News-Democrat I think Shell
don is visionary. His newspaper VEN
ture is simply another of his fancies,
and will do more harm than good.
o. B. MILLIGAN,
Pastor First Presbyterian church.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-03-23

Mr.. Ralph Hartzell. OF Denver, Col.
arrived In the city this afternoon ara
In visiting his parents in East North
street.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-03-23

Miss Ella Brown 10 visiting friends
In Ebblnsburg.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-03-23
Ch,ld's Drawing Book.

trace the pictures beneath, thus affording
enjoyment, as we'll as instruction to the
hand and eye. These drawing books and
the box OF crayons go very well together.
There are six different kinds, and each
drawing book requires lion heads and q
2-cent stamp.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-05-31

A SHAMEFUL CONFESSION FORCED.
One of the effects Of Senator Bacon s
resolution to investigate Cuban affairs
has been 20 unesrth the astounding
fact that postofice appointees doing
work in Porto Rico were not only
drawing their salaries there, but also
similar salaries in Washington, and in
some cases employees were monthly re-
ceiving three salaries.
This is the effect Of the carpetbag
regime for which the president aud
his cabinet are alone responsible. Not
only Cuba, but Porto Rico and the
Philippines, have been fruitful fields
for the peculiar talents of the carpet
bag element sent by the president to
the people of these islands to teach
them American ways and manners.
Developments already brought TO light
show that the csrpetbaggers hardly
waited TO warm their seats, after get
ting TO the islands, before they began
their Peculations and robberies; and
yet, while hints Of these facts were
made in the official reports Of army
officers, who had no power to investi-
gate their truth, the departments at
Washington maintained a clam-like
silence until Senator Bacons resolu-
,ion forced them to speak and confess
the n noaful tru%b
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-05-31
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Personal MENTION.


Mrs c. NJ. Barnes and daughter,
Mrs. Carl Havighorst, returned today
from few days visit in St. Louis.
Winter Ilif has returned from his
visit 20 his Kansas home. His cousin,
Dam Bartlett, accompanied him and
will visit him for few weeks.
Taz Upshsw of Oklahoma City was a
visitor here yesterday and circulated
among the insurance fraternity.
Fred Dold, Of the Dold Packing com
pany at Wichita, is in the city attend
ing the consistory session.
Miss Goldie Wilson, one of the class
OF 1900, will leave Friday noon for
Wagner, where she will reside in the
future. She leaves a wide circle of
friends who regret her departure.
Miss Wilson is very popular young
lady and will be greatly missed from
Guthrie society circles.
Miss Grace King, musical director of
the University of oklahoma at Nor.
man, ! S in the city. She has been tax
ing an active part in rendering Of the
musical program during the session
Of the Scottish Rite csnsistory. She
recently secured the gold medal for
the best voice At the Hutchinson, Kan
sas, jubilee.
W. D. Wiley returned few days
ago from Saltwater to take . position
with the drug firm of F. B. lille &
Co, Mr.. Wiley WAS formerly connect
ed with the druggists Of this city. He
is competent Young man and thor
oughly posted in the drug line.
Mrs Bevans, once resident Of
Guthrie died at Perry Yesterday
morning age so years. She was the
wife of Col. Bevans, well known here
as land attorney in the early days
and who died about two years ago.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-05-31

SENATOR SPooNER voices the admin
istratiou and the present facts as well
when he says that he does not expect
to be on terra frma when the bless
ings of independence and self-govern-
ment are given to the Filipinos. He is
right from his own standpoint, but
wrong from the standpoint of the
American people. II Mckinley is re-
elected Senator Spoouer's prophesy
will come true, but II he should live
until after the 4th OF March next he
will find that no such calamity as be
predicts is possible, as the American
people will then take the subject into
their own bands.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-05-31

AS a Republican electionering
scheme to fool the people into the be-
lief that the party inten1s TO repeal
the war tax, the Republican mem bers
OF the Ways and Means committee
have asked and obtained permission to
sit at the governments expense dur
ing the recess OF congress to consider
the question Of repeating the law. If
they intend to repeal the war tax law,
why don't they do it while congress
is In session? When w. ]. Bryan is
elected president the repeal Of this
infamous Republican relic OF imper-
iaIistn xxil be repealed and not before
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-05-31

THE magnificent opening for the
"Carpetbaggers" in Cuba, Porto Rica
and the philippines, presents attrac-
tions too great for the Mckinley ad-
ministration to let. go or do anything
for the inhabitants until these bag
gers loot the islands and get away
with the spoils. Mckinley himself, as
his friends claim for him, is doubtless
Q good and kind-heArted man, but he
Is in the hands of a set Of men who
would rob Satan blind and get away
with the spoils before the lold Satrap
could OPEN his eyes to protest.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-05-31
SOME CUBAN srArIsrICs

According to Bulletin No. IL, OF the
Cuban census issued by direction Of the
war department, the excess of males
in the following provinces Of Cuba
are here given:
Santa Clara. 2l.57s; Pinsr del Rio,
1882; Habsna, 1916, Matanzs,
5,OOs; Puerto Principe, 1864 and in
Santiago de Cuba %. OF the 1912, 757
peoplel, OO4, ,ss4 are unable TO read.
There are native whites, 9lo, 299;
foreign whites, 1872, 1913; colored 500, 800
mixed 27O,sO5 and Chinese 14,s5s.
There are l.lOs, 7O9 single persons;
married, 246, and widowed s5,1l2.
The Bulletin contains among other
interesting statistical matter, table
showing the age and sex and conjugal
condition by provinces of the paople,
which furnishes an interesting study
for the moralist aud philanthropist.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-05-31

SENATOR FORAKER who has been
chosen by the Republican Central
committee to make the nominating
speech to put Mckinley in nomination
is the chief counsel for the tobacco
trust There is no doubt of the fact
that he will win both suits. In this
day and generation Of Republican rot
tenness grown putrld upon the cam
palgn slush wrung and TO be wrung
from the trusts, it is Sitting finale to
the whole that Senator Foraker
should do the principal talking in
both cases.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-05-31
CARNEGIE A QUEER CHAP.

Carnegie is queer compound of
phil anthropy and greed He tried to
squeeze his partner TO the extent of
SIS, 900, 600, and failed because he
found a man who could and would
fight regardless Of consequences. Fear
ing thorough expose of trust methods
egie weakened and the suit at law
was choked off. And yet Carnegie has
given millions TO promote art and liter
ature among the masses. But all his
philanthropy is made vain by his advo-
cacy Of trusts the evils Of which are
greater than any personal good that
Carnegie may accomplish.
In the May number of the Century
Magazine Carnegie holds forth upon
the advantages of trusts aad the ab-
sence Of danger from monopolies. In
explaining the genesis of grl at combi-
nations of capital Carnegie says that
when a season of business activity and
high prices comes it is usually follow.
ed by period of depression, during
which the capacity Of production is
beyond the market power of consump-
| ton.
Consolation is then restored to as
the remedy, and the manufacturers
are offered enormous sums for their
plants, and the trust makes its ap-
pearance
Why does not Carnegie illustrate
those facts with a citation Of the e.
nancial wrecks caused by the Stand
ard Oil company, the ideal trust of the
United States?
The people may rest assured" )" con-
tinues Carnegie, that neither in one
article nor in another is it pcssibl for
any trust to exact exorbitant profits
without thereby speedily undermin-
ing Its own foundation"
How about Carnegie's steel trust,
which makes the enormous profit of
$40, 600, 900 year? Has this extortlon
shaken The grip of his trust en- the
throats Of the people?
"As for the result of mbination
being an increase of price to the con-
sumer, beyond q brief period, there
need be no fear" says Mr.. Carnegie.
Carnegie hss been robbing the con-
sumers for twenty years, and there
are no signs of halt.
What does Carnegie consider a
brief period" anyhow
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-05-31
pARrr DOES nor MEAN

Several Of the Republican state
platforms have contained weak utter
snces against the trusts and the ma
tional convention at Philadelphia will
certainly adopt plank along the same
lines, but it will have the same pur-
pose in view that the free silver plank
in the St. Louis platform had, which
Congressman Grosvenor said was put
there TO catch votes and which no
Repu ublican expected the party to car
ry.out. The trust system is Repub-
licaD institution, brought into life,
nursed and protected by the Republi~
can managers for the purpose Of keep
ing that party in power, and so long
as it remains in power there never
will be nny legislation enacted to pro-
tect the people against their extortion.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-05-31
Excelsinr,s Officers.

The Excelsior club has elected Off
GERS Of the iensning year, The meet
ing on last Wednesday night was its
last study meeting Of the summer.
The officers are:
President, Mrs. Altamont G. Hixon,
reelected.
Nice-president-Mrs. S. n Hopkins,
reelected.
SecretGry-Ars. George II Dodson.
re-e ected.
Treasurer-Mrs Harry L. Whitbeck.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-05-31

THE great American heart is right
has always been rlght-and will con-
tinue to be right as long as liberty
lives and patriotism reponds to the
reveille or the watch tower OF eternal
justice. Through seven years Of blood
aud fire the American fathers achiev>
ed their own independence and the
right to govern themselves, and their
descendants will not deny the same
boon 70 others.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-05-31
THE NEW YORK WORLD
THRICE-A-WEEK EDITION,

The striking and important events
Of the last year have established the
overwhelming value of THE THRICE-A-
WEEK WORLD 10 every reader. For an
almost nominal sum it has kept its sub
scribers informed OF the progress of al3
our wars and, moreover, has reported
them ss promptly and fully as If it were
daily. With our interests still extend
ing throughout the world, wit h our
troops operating in the Philippines and
the great Presidential Cam pAign, too. at
hand, it's value is further increased.
The motto OF THE THRICE. A. WEEK
WORLD is improvement. 1t strives each
year to be better than it was the year
before, and public confidence in II is
shown By the fact that it now circulates
more than twice as many papers every
week as any other newspaper not
daily, published in America.
We offer this Tnequaled newspaper
and The WEEKLY LEADER together one
year for s1.l5.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-05-31

latter suspicion is fast gaining promi-
nence among the thoughtful people Of
the United States as well as among
the Cubans themselves. The fact is
the trust sharks have their gsffs sunk
so deep into the administration that it
has been utterly unable to keep faith
with the declaration OF congress and
carry out it's promises 70 the Cubans.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-05-31

THE United States senate may not
be it all, but it can boast Of the fact
that it has a mem Der in the person Of
Chauncey NJ. Depew who can deliver
an after-dinner speech 225 miles from
his home just as fiuently and with all
the grace and rhetorical fringes as if
he had been present at tho dinner in
person himself.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-05-31

JUST as the Repu blican leaders have
settled upon suitable man for Nc
KiBley's running mate, something oc-
ours 10 smash the slate. The last man
was Charles Emory Smith, but right
on the heels Of this discovery came the
Cuban postofilce scandal, and away
went Mr.. smith and the slate.