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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-06-26
STATE HOSPITAL
Is Preparing to Give Inmates a
Fourth Of July Cele-
bratiOn.
Special to News-Democrat.

Special to News Democrat.
Massillon, June 23.-There will he a
great time at the Massillon State hos
pital on the Fourth Of July. A program
has been arranged that will take up the
day from early in the morning until
evening, when there will be fireworks,
and the day will be finished in blaze
Of glory. The fun will begin in the
early morning when there will be a ball
game and the hospital team will play
one of the teams from the city. The
opposing team has not yet been select
ed, but It will be good one and there
will be a hot contest on the hospital
diamond.
In the afternoon there will be a field
sports. These include eleven events
and are open to the employees and the
patients Of the institution. The first
event of the day will be the sack race.
followed by the three-legged race. Then
there will be the patients race for the
men. And by the way. these win prob
ably be the best contests OF the day.
There ts q man In the Institution that
10 fast man on the track. He has
done hundred yards In 10 as seconds.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-06-26

Go Up In Smoke at Hanover
ton In a Millinery
Blaze.

Hanoverton, June 23.-While Miss
Josephine Loudin was trying to blow
out lamp the lamp exploded, scatter
ing oil all over the floor and stock Of her
millinery and fancy goods store. The
oil ignited Immediately and in a short
time the stock of hats, bonnets and
fancy goods were nearly destroyed.
Willing hands Immediately responded
to the cry Of fire and extinguished the
blaze. her loss being about 500 on stock.
The room was badly smoked up.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-06-26

which Is but little below the worlds rec
ord. Following the patients races
there will be a needle and thread race.
This will be for the men and women.
The latter are all lined up on the one
side and the men, each with a needle
and thread, will be stationed some
distance off. At the word they will run
ITO their partners, and the women will
thread the needle and the men will re-
turn to their place, and the first one to
return will be declared the winner
The next number on the program is
the obstruction race. This is open for
the patients and for the employees. Fol-
lowing that will be the bicycle tourna-
ment and ring turning, after which
there will be the shoe race and the
spoon and egg race for the women. The
sports will be closed with a wheelbar-
row race in which one man will wheel
his partner so yards and then they will
change and the other will get into the
handles and wheel the man who wheel
ed him to the end of the race. The band
will be out the whole day and there will
be plenty of music,
The new cottages will be occupied be-
fore the second week in July. At the
present time they are delayed on ac-
count Of the non-arrival of the wire
needed for the electrical work. Most
of the furniture to be used in the two
buildings is there and there is needed
only the completion of the electrical
wiring.
The work on the new assembly hall
has already been started. For several
days past force of men has been at
work on the foundations. The place
where the hall will be builded was
originally intended for the administra-
tion building and was the first one start
ed on the grounds. The foundation
was finished and it was then decided
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-06-26

1900 persons will be few steps ur
from the grade of the building, and In
addition the restaurants and balconies
will give further seating accommoda-
ton for 1000 people. The other pa
vilions in addition to the one used for
the main entrance will be occupied by
the stage and for fully equipped res
taurant with the necessary kitchen ad-
juncts, serving rooms, etc. The audi
torium is only few steps below the
floor grade Of the restaurant and the
partition between the restaurant and
the auditorium will be glazed so that
people seated at the tables can over
look the audience and enjoy the concert
or entertainment at the same time. The
fiat domed roof of the auditorium will
be supported by eight massive piers.
Between the piers will be large arches
opening into the galleries, to the main
entrance, and leading to the stage.
over each of the eight large arches will
be a cartouch bearing an inscription
indicating one of the grand divisions
of music-Oratorio, grand opera, SYM
phonic music, lyric music. etc. The
lighting will be through the star
shaped windows previously mentioned,
passing through eight ceiling lights
each having 800 square feet Of glass.
The front of the galleries will be decor
ated with frieze of singing cherubs.
An elaborate and complete system of
heating and ventilating will be adopted
for this building. Numerous and COM
entrances end exits will be
provided, so that absolute safety to
yisitors will he assured The interior
as we'll as the exterior of the temple
of music will be treated with view to
securing the best architectural effects.
In the temple Of music will be erect
ed one Of the largest and finest organs
in the United States. 1t will be an ex-
ceedingly beautiful and complete in
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-06-26

have the strength of linen, with the
warmth of wool. The unspun fibre is
not without uses. for it has proven a
highly antiseptic substitute for absorb
ent cottons.
Colored vision as an effect of snake
bite is reported by Richard Hilbert. A
young girl was bitten on the toe by a
snake, the bite causing stiffness and
pain which lasted seven weeks and a
half. A blush discoloration over the
abdomen lasted fourteen days. The
most curious symptom appeared on the
second day, when all bright colored OBJ
jects were found to be yellow.
A new element, which he proposes tc
call "austrium," is believed by Herr
Pribam to exist in the mineral orthite.
He assigns to it twenty-four hitherto
unknown spectral lines, but has not yet
succeeded in isolating the supposed ele-
ment.
A new species Of petrol and new sea
gull are discoveries by A. Searle on the
Hawaiian island Of Kauai.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-06-26
LOCALIZED EVIL NO. 13.
Publishers News-Democrat.

Publishers News-Democrat.
Last month the following action of
the First Baptist church in Topeka,
Kansas, was sent me by it's chairman,
the Hon. j. L. Eldridge, retired judge In
that district. / ask therefore that you
publish the same as my contribution
this week in favor of prohibition, as the
only rational and christian way Of deal
ing with the liquor question. Also hope
that all our churches, of every name,
will endorse this righteous measure.
JOHN DANNER.
The First Baptist church Of Topeka,
Kansas. to Christians Greeting.
Dear Brethren:
We kindly invite you to endorse, by
resolution, Prohibition, as the only legal
method that can suppress the liquor
traffic; also to condemn liquor license
laws, by local option or other device,
as an aggravated sin against God, a
grievous wrong to man, productive Of
the most calamitous consequences.
INFINITE Wisdom has warned the in
habitants of earth Of the fatal effects
Of strong drink by declaring, that at
last it biteth like serpeant, and sting
eth like an adder" The liquor traffic is
an enemy to the church, a foe to good
morals, good religion, and good gov
ernment. 1t produces frightful loss Of
life, and vast expenditure Of money
enough to feed the starving poor Of all
lands, and send the Gospel to earth's S
remotest bound.
Prohibition is in harmony with the
Bible and the enlightened Judgment Of
mankind. Experience proves that 1t Is
easier to enforce and less difficult to
execute, than any liquor law ever placed
upon the statute book. In spite Of fire.
quent oofficial delinquencies 1t has mar
velously reduced the consumption of all
kinds OF alcoholic liquors. "The Stand
ard" OF Chicago, Baptist newspaper,
on February 10, states that, Nebraska
In 1895, under license, consumed 161, 900
barrels of beer. Missouri consumed g.
100000 barrels. Wisconsin consumed g.
$4,000 barrels. all under license; while
Kansas. under prohibition, consumed
only 6,039 barrels"
The closing Of drinking places In Kan
sas has saved millions Of dollars to the
people Of the state. prevented vast num-
bers Of young men from forming dissi-
pafed ,abits, removed from the COM
monwealth the guilt of legalizing y traf-
nc that ruins it, Thousands for time and
eternity
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-06-26

From the experiments at Sassari, it
is estimated that town Of $4,000 inhab-
itants may be kept free from mosquitoes
for $3.50 year. The swamps and other
breeding spots are covered with petro-
leum to kill the larvae and the mosqui-
toes are exterminated by means of chlo-
rine and other powerful chemicals.
The peat bogs Of Ireland and other
countries are likely to have much great
er value in the future than they have
had In the past, The possibility of peat
have been a subject Of study for twelve
years by Herr Zschorner, of Vienna, and
he has found that, while the grasses and
reeds composing 1t have become chem
ically changed, the fibres have not de-
cayed. but that they are elastic, dura-
Bile, non-conductors Of heat and non
combustion. These properties adopt
the material for many uses. II has
been made into great variety Of fab
rics. including blankets for horses and
cattle. carpets. window curtains and
raper q various kinds. The fabrics
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-06-26
OLD And YOUNG
Gathered at the HOltz Home to
Be Welcomed In a Hos
pitable Way.

The Warstler reunion came of on
Thursday at the residence Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Michael Holtz, six miles from Cam
ton on the Middiebranch road. The rel
atlves and friends gathered from vari-
gus parts OF Stark and other counties.
coming by private conyeyances and by
Iaiiroad, the trains on the w. & l.. E..
stopping TO let the people on and on
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-06-26
ReIiaf In Six Hours.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder Disease
relieved In six hours by "THE NEY GREAT
SOUTH AMERICAN KIDNEY CURE" u
ing promptness in relieving pain IN the
bladder, kidneys and back. IN male or
mmediateiy. II you want QUICK relief and
cure this Is the remedy. Sold by Durbin,
Wright b Co., Druggists, Canton. Ohis.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-06-26
Notice of Appointment.

The undersigned have been duly appoint
ed Executors of the estate of Ruben
Snyder, late of Stark county, Ohio, de-
ceased.
Dated the 9Th day of June. 1900.
o, H. SNYDER,
T.. j. WALKER,
j12-dw Executors
Evening journal., 1900-04-21

cents with all the more ease because
there seems to be nobody in this coun-
try impatient to buy except in the
speculative market. Northern mills
have talxeu,' with the stocks they held
last September, enough for the whole
years needs The spinners abroad
who have yet TO supply themselves, are
paying over 9.3 conts, the average ex-
port price for s33.000,0OO worth ship
ped IN March. In spite Of decrease in
other staples, there we're the largest
merchandise exports ever known ex-
|cept in December, 1898, and the value Of
the minor domestic exports, chiefly
manufactured, rose to $59,793,509 in
March, a sum never approached in any
other month. Failures in two weeks
of April have been $4,9f7 800, manufac-
turing s3,217,491, tradings 1921, $50 and
other commercial s77S,s99 Failurs for
the week have been 1874 in the United
States against 1S4 last year and II in
Canada against % last year"
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EXPERIMENTAL ELECTION
l-IIn


Americans have a direct interest in
the municipal elections which win be
held throughout Cuba on June 16. They
have made themselves responsible for
the future safety and well-being of the
island, and one Of the first steps to see
whether the inhabitants Of Cuba
really are capable of self-government
was taken when these municipal cleo
tions were ordered.
by this experiment the capacity OF
the cubans for self government viii be
measured If they conduct the affairs
Of their cities and towns properly. the
experiment will be extended TO other
governmental divisions On the other
hand. II the conduct OF the municipal
officers IS such as TO bring reproaoh
instead OF credit, the final solution OF
the administration Of the islands af.
fairs viii be delayed.
In connection with these municipal
elections the census Of Cuba, just com.
pleted under the direction OF General
Sanger. is valuable for purposes Of
coahparlson in the matter Of relative
political power The total population
Of the island is 1,572,7s7. OF this mum
her l,2o6.367 are cubans; 20 AIS ar.
Spaniards, and 1851 are in suspense
i is estimated that there win be l4O,'
Evening journal., 1900-04-21
PERMITS GRANTED

Building Inspector John ]. Cassidy
this morning issued the following per-
mits: To J. NJ Phillips, for the cree
tion Of a three-story brick building on
the East Side Of Franklin street, north
Of Gilpin avenue,to cost $4,000; j. d.
Winslow, to erect a porch at No. 1917
Washington street, at a cost of $50;
j. A. Dillon, for the erection of a one
story kitchen in the rear of No. 1904
West Second streettO cost S95, and To
A. S. Reed and Brother Company. foI
the addition of a third story and Other
alterations to the residence No. 1204
Delaware avenue, to cost 81 400
Evening journal., 1900-04-21
pEopLE suppoRr pIREcroRs.

BEOfLE oJffORl DlhESl Otlo.
Everybody knows that the Board OF
Directors of the Street and Sewer De-
partment has held under advisement
the application of the Addicks Oxy-
Hydrogen. Company for permission to
tear up the streets in our city and lay
pipes. Nine-tenths Of the people COM
mend the directors for the stand which
they have taken. But the Street and
Sewer Department is not the Court OF
Chancery, although il may seem akin
to it TO the Oxy-Hydrogen people who,
il is said, would like to come in and
destroy the value OF the properties and
franchises of the Wilmington Coal
Gas Company, and place consumers
of gas at the mercy of a heartess
monopoly.
The people OF Wilmington approve
any expenditure Of money which brings
them beneft. and they are in hearty
accord with the action of the Board OF
Directors OF the Street and Sewer De
partment in employing special counsel
to defend their interests when they are
threatened by the Oxy-Hydrogen Com.
pany or any other individual or cor
poration.
While Chancellor Nicholson has de-
cided that the charter OF the Oxy-
Hydrogen Company is valid. he has no
decided, nor is he called upon to de
eide. that it is a good thing or a bas
thing for the city OF Wilmington Z,
have in operation. The world is ful
Of bad things with good charters. an,
wise municipalities are on their guar,
against them at an times.
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ford Newbold, Miss Katharine Spencer,
r. L. Holden and Mr.. Garfield, of
Philadelphia.
The Misses Bowen. of Plainfeld, N.
j., have been visiting Miss Josephine
Harvey
Another engagement announced is
.that OF Miss May Person Of Orange
n. j., formerly Of Wilmington, to AL
bert Johnson.
Mrs Helen Lawson Wier will be the
guest Of Mrs. Thomas Irwin, in Gym
widd Pa, tomorrow. 81
Miss Edith L. Rigg, of Germantown,
Pa, is visiting Miss Helen G. Scott.
Mrs e. J. Martin entertained at a
delightful euchre party at her home,
No 903 Adams street, yesterday after
noon.
Miss Mary Brady, Of Baltimore, is
the guest Of Miss Helen McCaulley.
Announcement has been made of the
engagement of Miss Margaret Pretty
man to Dr. H. G.. Jacques.
Miss Elizabeth A. Dorsey, Of this
city. was married to John Fahey, Jr.,
of Kennett Square, on Wednesday, by
Rev. d. J. Connolly.
Mrs. George w. Baker and Miss Car
rie Baker are in Atlantic City.
Dr. Edmund G.. Shortlidge will starr
for Manila on Monday.
Edward Fahey, Of Philadelphia, Wis
tied his brother, Mayor Fahey, in this
city, yesterday.
Miss Ella Turner has returned t
Washington.
Former Representative j. Franl
Eliason, of Mt Pleasant, was in VII
mington yesterday.
Miss NJ. T. Candy is the guest of Mrs
Martha. Morris, in Philadelphia,
Captain willard Thomson and famil!
will remove to their country resi-
dence at Cheney about May 1.
Mrs. Naomi Walters is visiting he
daughter, Mrs. Cooper, in New York
Mrs. William B. Austin, of No. 101
Adams street, is in Atlantic City.
Harlan Cause returned to-day by tn
American Liner St. Paul from a Euro
pean trip.
Charles c. Brown, of r. r. Robinson
& Co, has returned from a two days
vacation in New York.
w. G. Lee, of Smyrna, visite
friends in this city to-day.
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TO INSTRUCT ABSENT MEMBERS
RAILROAD CONDUCTORS TO HOLD
SPECIAL MEETING AT DELMAR.

In the Elliott Building. at Delmar,
tomorrow, a special meeting Of the
Order of Railroad Conductors will be
held. The object is to instruct the
members Of the order who were unable
to attend a recent meeting in the work
Of the order. Several members from
this city will attend, leaving here on
the paper train at $50 o'clock in the
morning. There will also be a party
from Camden, N. j., and another from
Philadelphia. Among those who will
go from Wilmington are: Charles f.
Sweeney, r. w. Quillen, ]. T. Layfield,
w. ]. Johnson, ]. Frank Baldwin, B.
IF. Lowden, A. M. Driscoll, II. V.
Easom, A. Jones and i. NJ. Dunn.
The members who will be benefited
by the meeting are employees on the
N. Y. p. n. and d. c. A. roads. A new
lodge of Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen will be organized at Delmar
on May 6.
Evening journal., 1900-04-21
WAR News IS MrAcRr


Comparatively little is known in
London as to the situation in the Or
ange Free State, owing to the censor
ship observed ON war correspondents
dispatches from Bloemfontein; but the
indications are that the British forces
are on the eve OF an apparent move
against the Beers. Indecisive fighting
is going ON in the Free State, and Wep-
ener's siege is still kept up. The Beers
are reported as retiring from the Big
gars Berg range with heavy ordnance.
General Gatacre has been ordered
back to London from South Africa, and
Lady Gatacre will meet him at Ma
deira.
. Major Schalk-Burgher has been gaz-
cited at Pretoria vice-president, in sue
cession to the late General Joubet
and General Louis Botha acting com
mandant general in command Of the
Transvaal forces.
BY way Of Pretoria comes a report
that fever is decimating the Mafekine
garrison, and letter from the mayor
Of Mafeking says Lord Roberts asked
Colonel Baden-Powell to hold out unit
May 20.
The London Gazette announces tha'
the queen has conferred the Victoris
cross ON Major William Babtie, of tn,
Army Medical Corps, for conspicuous
bravery at the battle of Colenso.
Evening journal., 1900-04-21
HAS sHELLPOT pRIvu,EcEs

c. T. Toppin, president of the Dragon
Run Dairy Company, at Delaware ave-
nue. and West streets, this morning OBJ
tanned all the privileges but that of
the theatre of Shellpot Park for this
season. The park will open on Deco
ration Day, and the shows will begin
ON June II. Mr.. Toppin is an enter
prising business man. and those who
know him predict that the public will
find in him man who will cater to its
every pleasure and comfort.
Evening journal., 1900-04-21
MARBLE IN HIS EYE.

Jonathan Groves, member of Council
from the Eighth ward, is suffering with
a painful injury to his left eye. Mr..
Groves is employed at the marble
works of Davidson Brothers, Fifth and
King streets, and as he was passing a
stone which a fellow workman was
chipping, a piece of the marble struck
him in the eye. He at once went 10 the
office OF DR.. J. A. Ellegood and had the
foreign substance removed, but is still
suffering from the effects Of the in
Jury.
Evening journal., 1900-04-21
BRoUGHT BACK BY pARENTs.

Verden Ingall, Leslie Martin and
Walter Davis, three lads who ran away
from their homes in this city early
this week, and we're located in Balti-
more, have all been brought back by
their parents. Martin arrived last
evening, and after being locked up in
the police station for an hour or So
was permitted to go home. The boys
left here on a freight train and had
$1.75 between them, 81 Of which, they
alleged, was taken from them by a
hobo on the train.
Evening journal., 1900-04-21
PRoMINRNT WOMAN DEAD.

After a short illness of spinal menin-
gifts, Mrs. Emily X. Pusey Middleton
died at her home, No. S09 West street,
on Thursday. Mrs. Middleton was a
daughter of Israel Pusey, and widow
OF Samuel Middleton, formerly en-
gagged in the iron business in Philadel-
phia. For many years the deceased
was member of st. Andrews Church
and was also a director in the New
Century Club corporation, and one oi
the managers of the Associated Chari-
ties. One son, Samuel Middleton, sur
wives her.
Evening journal., 1900-04-21
BUILDING BIG COACHES
TEN EIGHTY-FooT CARS TO BE
SHIPPED IN JUNE.

SHIPPED III JUNE.
Many passengtr coaches are being
built By the Harlan and Hollingsworth
Company. Next week six passenger
coaches will be shipped to New York.
They are part of the fifty-one car con-
tract with the New York Central and
Hudson River Railroad, and there are
more cars to follow this shipment.
In June the builders will ship to the
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Company ten eighty-foot vestibuled
passenger coaches, and the two eighty
foot combination passenger coaches and
baggage cars. These will be the longest
and heaviest ever built in Wilmington,
and will be used on the At
lantic City division of the Philadelphia
and Reading road. The coaches
weigh 1000 pounds each. and are
supplied with an extra wide vestibule
Following this shipment will be that
of ten more new passenger coaches
fifty-two feet long for the same COM
pany, to be used on local lines.
Evening journal., 1900-04-21
WEEKLY TRApE REYIEW.

r. d. Dun & Co. say in their week
ly review Of trade:
Apart from the disturbance in spec
ulation there has been produced q
measure Of distrust regarding prices
that are maintained by the great com.
finations which may for the present
tend 10 deter buying. The textile in.
dustries have large orders to be filled
which keep many of the mills busy
hut there are many others less fovtu
nate. and their hunt for orders with
cut much regard for prices causes ir
regularity in the lines not Of establish
ed position. Raw cotton is held at 9.s.