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Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-04-18

convention becn called for the usual
time aud the delegates secured ns they
have always ben secured. indepcnd-
emily Of other delegations. and time
afforded 10 give the people - chance
10 express their choice. wauld have
been far better satisfied than in the
manner which IT has been done. and
my belief il that many people will
attend these caucuses this coming Fri
day evening. who have no knowledge
whatever as 10 any such contest
believe that this statement Is due TO
myself. whatever may be the result.
although the time Is very short IT Is
the best that can do to prevent the
election of delegates who have been
picked out TO vote against me.
"All ask is fair play aud an equal
opportunity Of arriving at the wishes
of majority Of the Republican voters.
Yours respectfully.
-. A. KoHLER."
OPPOSITION NDIDATE.
II. T. Wilson, 1t is annoUaced. will he
the candidate of ;iie opposition. he
is said TO have the support OF the at
torneys who are opposed to Judge
Kohler. SO far the people have not
been let in on the deal.
A reporter for the Democrat asked
Mr. Wilson today if he was csnd!.
date. He said, 81 have not announced
my name"
DO you expect to do so?" was asked
of him.
Il do not know how niy fricods feel
about the matter. There is consider
able opposition to Judge Kollcr."
Further that this, Mr.. Wilson would
say nothing. 1t is known that num-
Der Of attorneys have been active in
this city liking up Il deal by which 1t
was expected 10 select II delegation to
the Common Pleas Judicial convention
that would be hostile to Judge Kohler.
A conference was held 1T tie Court
House this morning Mt which number
of Second ward Republicans were pres
ent. AT this meeting the judicial iuat
Ter was considered. Several Of those
present ANNOUNCED that thy were for
Judge Kohler and that they would rot
be party to any scheme TO defeat
him. Because of the rubber shoe
campaign that has been made against
Judge Kohler 1t is difficult 10 tell Just
how much strength the opposition can
muster.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-04-18
The Elousr md the Sod.

The Flower and the Sod.
"Sir Tommy Lipton's new boat is to
be named the Erin"
THAT isn't quite so howery as the
Shamrock" k."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-04-18
MEMBERS PRESENT.

tend3nce:
MEMBERS PRESENT.
II. r. Van Norman, II. +. Riggsr,
W. 4. Miller, Cleveland: f., X. Eggle-
ston, Mt. Vernon; II. Il. Johnston, Ia
VIENNA; NJ. NJ. Catlin, Canton; w. TX.
Kirkland and r. Il. Dimon. MassillOn;
a. A. Brooks, Orrville; r. j. Ritter,
Wadsworth; *. W. Cory, Barberton;
|. j. Baughmau, Client; John A. Gam
and II. \. Warren, Wooster; Fl. w.
Carter, Cuyahoga Falls. A. r. Stef-
field, poylcstown; o. \. Palmer, War
rem; A. l.. Waltz, Collnwood; II. Fl.
Hills, Youngstown: q. ID. Childs, J. w.
Rockwell, ID. u. Cranz, r. F.. Carter, E.
J. Cauffield, c. A. Dixon. Katharine
Kurt, o. A. Lyon and WIN. Murdocb,
Akron.
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER.
In the absence of President J. B.
Garrigues, of Massillon, and Vice Pres
ident c. ii. Whipple, who is now in
Chicago, the meeting was cailed to or
der by Secretary X. il. Carter. DR.. u.
X. Eggieston of Mt. Vernon, was elect
cd president pro ten. The treasurer,
Il. u. Johnston Of kavcnna, reported all
bills of the society paid, and $1l.39 in
the treasury.
DR.. II. +. Biggar, chairman Of the
committee Oh uadicul education and
legislation, gave II talk on various mat
ters within his department. Remarks
on the subject we're made by Drs.
Childs, Catliu, Bisear, Eaughman,
Johnston aud Garter.
DR., Blggar reported concerning II sur
glcal case of local interest, that IN
which Il bullet was removed from the
brain of Allie Logan of Gallon after 1t
had been lodged there for several
years. The bullet was remov-
ell two months ago. III Hau Deeu
in the boys brain for almost 10 years,
DR.. o. d.. Childs reviewed the early
history of the case. The bullet was
lodged in the boys head as the result
of an accident. He had been playing
with a pistol. DIR. Carter reported q
case of injury due to a kick by n
horse, where the brain was not only
exposed, but also where brain matter
to the amount of two tcaspoonfuls cs-
capped. 3..f
DINNER SERVED AT CHURCH.
Dinner was served at the church by
women of the unlversalist congregu-
tion. The spread was excellent and
hclrily enjoyed,
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The afternoon session began prompt-
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-04-18
DR.. CARTER
Elected President
OF the Homeopathic
Medical Society.
Twenty-Seventh Meeting
Now In Progress
At the First Universalist
Church, This City.
Officers Were Elected During This
Afternoons Session.

The 9th annual meeting Of the
Homeopathic Medical society of East
ern Ohio, is now in session at the Uni
,versalist church, convening at 10 o
clock, this morning. An informal. OF
voluntary program is being carried out.
it is proving full of interest to all the
members present. The following out
of-town and local physicians are in at
tendance:
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-04-18

The Democrat is gaining readers and
every day; read it.
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-04-18
THREE CopIcILs.

Three codlcllS are atthcneu 10 tne
will of GAYLORD McClelland filed in Pro-
bate court Wednesday morning. The
will was executed Feb. ., 1873. He
gives his sister, Harriet Dlnick, the
life use of farm of l69 acres in Tall
madge township. He gives her abso-
lutely all his personal property. Az
ter her death the real estate is to be
sold and out of the proceeds Mary A.
owen is to be paid $500. The balance
of the estate is given to his only son,
Justin r. McClelland. In the will he
made bequest Of $1,000 to Julia Nc
Nagney. This is annulled In the codi-
ell He also gave a nephew, Henry
McClelland, 81 900 hut later added n
codicil by which he. provides that note
for $500 against tile. young man
should be cancelled and Tue other be,
quests cut off. if
RITCHIES ANSWER.
Samuel j. Ritchic has field an an
swer in the action brought by Steven
son Burke. He denies that the United
states District court ever made n de-
cree showing that he was indebted 10
Burke in the sum Of $G4i59,S0 nj al
lcged by the plaintiff. lie also denies
Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-04-18

Marriage licenses were issued in
Probate court Wednesday to two men
both of whom were over 80 years Of
age. The brides are aged 80 and 10
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he was assaled with criticisms from
many quarters. The most common judg-
ment passed upon him was that he sought
notoriety and that he was eccentric. In
Topeka DR.. Sheldon is known to be sin
cere in his efforts to do good in all that
he undertakes, and his admirable person
ality disarins any criticism on the score
of eccentricity.
To acquaint himself with the actual
life of the classes with which he seldom
had opportunity to come in close contact
DIR. Sheldon has spent much of his time
in mixing with those OF humble station.
Not long ago he asked his congregation
for a vacation of three months with the
exception of Sundays. Ii was not known
what he was doing during that time, but
it transpired that he gave himself up to
work among the poorer classes. He es-
tablished a social settlement in 'Tennes-
see-town," the negro quarter OF the city,
and has been doing much to raise the peo-
pie to responsibility they had not
dreamed OF. He spent several days with
each of the different classes of people of
the city. One week he Travelled through
the State OH freight and stock trains in
the disguise of railroad man. Another
week he spent as "A reporter on one OF
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5 WASHINGTON

ammunition and prepare for the struggle.
The retreats which he managed in the
following years were almost as inspiring
as the victories he planned. His must be
waiting game to great extent, and
how well he played it history tells. He
compelled England to vecognize the trou-
BILE as more than a mere insurrection
and secured thus the rights of civilized
warfare.
How great the odds we've against Gen.
Washington can never be rightly esti-
mated. Time and again was his army
on the point of dissolving away There
were many true hearts in the Congress;
but there were many. also, who still lean
ed little towards England, fearing that
the new order of things would never be
successful. There was only a half-heart-
ed support for the commander-in-chief.
Jealousy inspired officers 10 scheme
against him. Money was often scarce
and sometimes not TO be had. His men
We're sometimes without food, barefoot
ed, and half clothed. Through all these
trying years Gen. Washington had to
rely mainly on himself. His volume of
correspondence was enormous. Thousands
of letters did he write, urging Congress.
the governors, the influential men of the
colonies to take this or that step, to
raise men or money, TO help on the work
He was the revolution. Almost always
he had perfect control of his temper.
which was by no means mild, and over
his passions and his positive, aggressive
spirit. But sometimes the overwhelming
injustice Of his treatment by Congress
must have been a sore temptation TO
him. And when he watched the intrepid
Hamilton dash on to victory in the re-
doubts at Yorktown he must have felt
the weight of the heavy burden he was
bearing rise from his great heart so that
it beat the faster, for he knew that
should Cornwallis surrender the war
would probably result victoriously for the
American arms.
The same quiet. firm. far-seeing charac-
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NEWS TRAVELLED SLOWLY.
Washington Was i'm the Tomb Two Days
Before New York Knew 1t.

Had George Washington lived and died
at the close of the present century in
stead of the last his death would have
been known at all four corners of the
globe inside two or three hours, whereas
it was not known that he had passed
away for several days afterward. Even
in Philadelphia, the old capital Of the
United States, where the Sixth Congress
had, just assembled, il was not known
that Washington was dead until Dec. IL
two days afterward.
News travelled slowly in those days;
cable. telegraph, telephone and postal ia
cilities were an unknown quantity, and
it took days and weeks to transmit infor-
nation then, where seconds and minutes
figure now in this rapid age of invention
and Improvement.
The Alexandria Times was the first
newspaper to announce Washington's
death, printing on Monday. Dec. 16,
single paragraph obituary. thus: 1T is
our painful duty first to announce to our
country and to the world the death of
Gen. George Washington. This mourn
full event occurred last Saturday evening
about IL o'clock. On the previous night
he was attacked with a violent infiamma-
tory affliction In his throat, which In lees
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1t was generally believed in London
Monday that Gen. White was making a
desperate effort to escape from Lady
smith and cut through the Boer lines.
The information regarding the move from
the beleaguered town came in dispatch
from the Boer head laager outside Lady
smith and a dispatch from Lourenco Mar
quez, probably based on the same advice.
The accuracy of news emanating from
the Dutch camps has been proved so fire.
quently of late that little doubt is felt re-
garding the truth of the latest report.
All experts admit that the situation in
the besieged town must be serious, as
not a pound Of provisions or package
of ammunition has entered i'll months. 1t
is felt that food and war supplies have
been very low for some time, so that the
only alternative would be surrender or a
daring attempt to cut a way through the
investing lines and join the British forces
south of the Tugela river. Gen. White,
those who know him say, would undoubt-
edly take the latter course, even though
it's cost would be terrific.
That Gen. Buffers retirement from his
advanced position was timely is evidenc-
ed by the dispatches last received. These
show that the immense British army was
being led into trap in which its annihila-
ton was almost certain. Balloonists dis
covered the Beers mounting many big
guns on the hills where they would COM
mand defle through which the imperial
forces would have to pass. These guns,
while hidden and beyond reach of Buffers
artillery, could sweep the whole road, the
only possible route to Ladysmith, and
massacre the Englishmen as they advanc-
ed. Retreat also would have been inn
possible, as the Dutch forces were prepar-
ed to take the British in the rear had
they attempted to press forward.
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HARASSEO BY THE ENEMY.
American Garrisons in Albay Fired
Upon by FiIipinos.


Upon by Fi1ipinos.
or late the insurgents in Albay prov
ince, Luzon, have adopted harassing tao
tics against the towns which the Ameri-
cans have garrisoned. They camp in the
hills and maintain a constant fire upon
the American outposts. When the troops
sally against them they scatter, return
ing when the Americans retire.
They shoot burning arrows, and have
| thus burned large part of the town Of
Albay. Indeed, most of the larger towns
in that province are practically deserted
except by the garrison. Scarcely any Of
the inhabitants return to their homes.
They are camping in the interior and it is
supposed armed insurgents prevent them
going back. 1t is reported that there is
much suffering among them owing to lack
Of food. AS result OF these conditions
the hemp business in that section is Sc
riously hindered and ships going for car
goes are compelled to take gangs of
coolies to do their loading Hemp in the
interior is quite inaccessible.
Col Bell will take two regiments and
battery through the provinces of North
Camarines and South Camarines, going
there on transports. Many insurgents
retreated to that part of the island from
Cavite and Batangas provinces. Another
expedition will soon start to garrison
towns along the north coast of the island
of Mindarao.
Guerrilla warfare continues south of
Manila. Two attempts have been made
to ambush the Americans. Col. Schwan,
while returning to Manila with his staff
and an escort OF 100 cavalry from Matan-
gas, was attacked by the insurgents. The
latter were dispersed, but the Americans
had five men wounded.
Lieut.. Col. Beacon, with six companies
of the Forty-second infantry, had a two
hours fight with Gen. Pho del Pillars
command, which attempted to ambush
the Americans along the trail through
Morong province near the lake. Here al
so the insurgents were dispersed, but the
Americans had several wounded, among
them captain.
Col. Bell is operating southwark
through Zambaes province with a small
force. Another expedition is proceeding
northward from Subig. 1t is reported
that the insurgent general Alexandra has
recovered from his wound and has assem-
bled large force in that district.
The plague continues. Eight cases
were reported last week among the ma
tiyes and Chinese. There is no excite
ment, however, and business and social
life are undisturbed. Smallpox is preva-
lent among the natives along the rail
road and in the towns on the northern
coast. Two officers Of the Thirty-sixth
infantry have died Of the disease and an
other officer and several soldiers have
been stricken.
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after he had laid down his sword. When
he stepped out of the position of com
mander-in-chief of the victorious army,
asking no reward, and quietly returned
to the privacy OF his own home, he fore
shadowed the character of the nation he
had so largely helped to make. 1t should
be a nation of itself, not dependent on
England or any other country under the
globe for its customs or its policy. 1t
was to embody principles hitherto un-
heard of in the annals Of history. 1t was
even in the distant future TO take upon
itself the yoke of a burdened and OPP
pressed people, to free them from their
oppression and TO give them back their
country with no thought of price or ad
vantage. And yet this was man.
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aoiee OF Current Eventa.

The Illinois State Board of Health rec
ommends that a sanitarium for consump-
tives be erected.
The resignation OF Joseph w. Ivey as
collector of customs at Sitka, Alaska, has
been accepted.
Dreyfus' counsel, NJ. Labori, will lee
ture for thirteen weeks in the United
States next autumn.
postage stamp of the first issue Of
British Guiana, in 1850, sold for 81 no
at auction in New York.
Tomato growers of Ohio, Indiana and
Kentucky are organizing for protection
from the canning combine.
A pan burst at Lewisburg. Tenn, in
the pencil factory. killing Ernest Hester
and injuring two other men.
The ladies OF Mexico City will give a
bull fight in aid OF the girls home. Pres
ident Diaz and wife will attend.
The 1,S00 employees OF the Lehigh Coal
Company. Hazelton, Pa, have been
granted . per cent increase in wages.
France objects to this Government ap.
pointing q woman representative to the
Paris exposition.
The commission TO improve the south
west pass of the Mississippi estimates the
cost at S6,000000.
French manufacturers demanded the
rejection of the reciprocity treaty with
the United States.
Ii is reported in Copenhagen that the
Danish West Indies are to be finally
ceded to the United States. :.
Secretary Root extended the time for
foreclosing Porto Rican mortgages for
the space Of six months.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-22

Massachusetts has fifteen insurance
men as members of its Legislature.
Utah will hold an election April 2 to
fill the seat Roberts sought to occupy.
Toledo politicians close to Mayor Jones
ere authority for the statement that he
viii retire from politics and devote his
time to his business.
Gov. Longino of Mississippi was once
nearly mobbed by his fellow students at
the University Of Mississippi for vio-
lent speech against lynch law.
AT recent dinner Mayor Hart of Bos-
ton said: "In one of our large institu
tons, for which an outside firm bid $685.
600. the city department which did the
work has already paid out $4,000. That
is the sort of thing I'm going to try. to
stop"
James Il. Carey of the Massachusetts
Legislature proposes plan whereby no
agent will be permitted to enter the prem
ises of the State House who is not pro-
vided with a badge furnished by the
sergeant-at-arms and worn conspicuously,
on which the words, Legislative Agent"
or Legislative Counsel" are printed In
large letters. The bill is intended to pre-
vent lobbying.
Senator Warren of Wyoming, who has
introduced woman's suffrage bill, says
that three generations of his family have
been advocates of the right of women to
vote.
Congressman Bradley of New York is
one of the best linguists in the House.
He speaks German, French, Italian, and
one bohemian dialect, and reads Hebrew
and Gaelic.
New York, New Jersey and Pennsylva-
mia are the only States in the Union that
pay their Governor an annual salary Of
$4,000. Oregon ard Maize pay only
t1.S00 . year.
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MoLINEUx is FOUND GUILTY.
Verdict Of Murder in the First Degree
Is Returned.

Is Returned.
Roland Burnham Molineux, charged
with poisoning Mrs. Adams, is guilty. BY
a verdict of twelve of his peers, rendered
in his presence in the court of general
sessions at New York. he was convicted
of murder in the first degree. Each juror
answered to his name in firm voice, ac-
quiescing in the verdict. Molineux still
stood facing i'm turn each of the twelve,
his lips tight pressed, his eyes blazing,
his attitude one of defiance. Not until
that poll was ended, and to the specta-
tors il seemed interminable, did the con-
victed murderer relax. When the last
question had been asked he took his seat
and turned to his lawyer with a smile of
confidence and bitter irony.
AT his sons side, the sublimest figure OF
fatherly devotion that could be pictured,
sat Gen. Molineux. When the crushing
verdict came that destroyed at once his
pride and hope the withered hand Of the
old soldier raised to the dim eyes as il to
hide from them the hideous sight of the
twelve men sitting in judgment before
him.
Slowly the hand fell, the eyes rested
once on his sons face, then closed, and
thus remained until the agony was less
acute. When Molineux left the court
room his step was not less firm, his bear
ing not less sanity than when he entered.
He was followed by every eye in that
crowded court.
In the prison pen he was Joined by his
father, who came, still with words of
hope, to say farewell. When the two,
with Molineux's lawyers and the officers,
came into the crowded hallway the mob
of curious persons surged around the con-
victed man. To his lawyer, Barlow s.
Weeks, this man OF wonderful nerve said
in farewell: 'Let the recorder pronounce
the sentence of death upon me now. Il
am tired of IL ALL"
And while he sat alone in his cell the
crowd that had cheered Roland Molineux
followed his father up the streets shout
ing his name in loud acclaim, pressing
about him to shake the withered hand
and bid him godspeed upon his journey
to bear the news to Roland Molineux's
wife and mother. 1T is too bad" said
the soldier. But we will appeal. We
will do the best we can. This Is not the
end"
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washington's Last Words.

Although some statements have been
made by early biographers of Washing
ton to the effect that he was bled to death
by his attending physician, DIR. Craik,
there was never any foundation for the
accusations.
Washington was only i'll two days,
having exposed himself to the inclemency
of the weather on Thursday, Dec. II.
He became violently i'll on the following
day and expired between 10 and 81
o'clock Saturday night, his death being
directly due to cold in his throat and
lungs. The room in which Washington
died in his Mount Vernon home is one
of the most interesting portions of the
colonial residence of the first President.
Washington's last words spoken to DIR.
Craik were: Il am just going. Have me
decently buried and do not let my body
be put into the vault in less than three
days after l am dead"
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than twenty-four hours put period to
his life"
The New York papers did not get the
news of Washington's death until Dee.
10, and it was four days later when the
Boston papers published their first in
formation. President Adams issued a
proclamation advising all citizens to wear
Grape on the left arm for thirty days and
setting apart Feb. I'D, Washington's
birthday, as "A day when special services
in honor of Washington should be held.
New York paid its tribute to the de-
parted President on Dec. 81. No carts,
carriages or horseback riders were allow
ed in the streets through which the fun
eral procession passed on the way 10 st.
Paul's Church, where Gov. Morris deliv-
cred the funeral grafton and Bishop Sam
uel Provost conducted the religious SER
vices
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in his methods OF conducting the Central
Congregational Church of Topeka, of
which he is pastor. A radical departure
of Dr. Sheldon from accepted form is his
method OF conducting Sunday evening
service. Instead of the conventional ser
mon he has for long time given readings
from original religious novels, bringing
home to the congregation the truths and
beauties of the better life in this way.
These novels are published after the con-
gregation has heard them, and some Of
them have had phenomenal sale.
For some time after DIR. Sheldon intro
duccd his innovation of pulpit readings
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1900-02-22

the daily papers that he might see the
various phases of life from that view
point He mixed with lawyers, doctors,
business men, street car men and the
laboring classes.
His latest move is to obtain absolute
control for one week Of a Topeka daily
paper, which he will conduct as a model
Christian newspaper. He will have full
charge OF the business and editorial
branches