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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-07-27
OTTERBEIN OBSERVATIONS.
That Met the Eye and Reached the Ear
OF Valued Correspondent.
Otterbein. July 25. Is

Otterbein, July rs, 1900.
The festival at the Grove church on
last Saturday evening was quite a sue
cess. The crowd was large. Receipts
for the evening were about $40. Profit,
$40. a..
Mr.. A. r. Ebersole and Mr.. George
Little, Of Battlesburg, attended divine
services at Otterbein Sunday last.
Mr.. Charles Yutzy, of Canton, lost a
buggy at the festival Saturday evening
in collision with another party.
Mr.. Peter Hahn, Of Canton, has just
completed two arch culverts in our i'm
mediate neighborhood, for which he re-
! ceives 81 per perch, which will total
nearly $1,000.
The trustees Of Pike township sold
the filling of these two culverts Monday
to S. o. Exline for $3.50 on the ]. ].
Carnes farm and $24 near the David
Young residence.
Mrs. Elizabeth Burrier. who has been
visiting at Elmer Lotz's, returned to
Harlem Springs last week. Miss Le-
ola Belle Lott accompanied her home.
The commissioners of Stark county
were down in our midst Monday after
| noon to look over the work Of Mr..
Hahn, and also to add few extra dol
lars Of expense to the work. e...
Pike township Sunday-school con-
vention will be held in Sparta at the M.
E. church on August Z. Everybody in
vited to attend these meetings.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-07-27
!. INCREASE Or $2,0oo,0O0
In Total Valuation Of Railroad
Property-AttOrney Gen.
,~.. erals Decision.
From a staff Correspondent.

From staff Correspondent.
Columbus. July 26.---The total mileage
Of railway main track in Ohio for taxa
tion this year is S.1se,a and the total
valuation Of railway property of all
kinds. is s1os.4SI754. an increase Of
$2,OO0,000 over last year. 'l,!s ~,
In formal opinion issued today. At
torney General Sheets holds that decen-
DECENTRALIZATION boards may swear wit
nesses and take testimony; members
are not entitled to living expenses
while at work. In addition to per diem;
that property owners need not be noti-
fed Of increase in valuation; that there
Is no limit to the increase OF valua ton
made. and that 1t may. be made
horizontally In whole ward or town
snip. BLAKE.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-07-27
BICYCLE CITY BRIEFS

Bicycle City, July %, 1900.
Rev. Adams held services at the Cross
Roads church Sunday morning.
Mr.. Lenny Mower, of Navarro, and
Miss Flora Lasker Of this place, were
married last Tuesday. A wedding din
ner was served to about rs guests. They
will take up housekeeping in Akron.
Farmers are all done making hay and
hauling wheat.
Miss Lydia Davis, of Pigeon Run,
dropped dead at her mothers last Sat
urday morning.
A few from this place attended the
dance at Graber Saturday evening.
Miss Florence Maxheimer returned 10
Wooster Saturday morning.
William Hawk and Thomas Deal ara
doing the carpenter work for Mrs. Deal
at Pigeon Run. .r
Many people from this place attended
the funeral of Mrs. Hassler of Stan
wood Wednesday afternoon.
Rev. BURY will hold services at the
Cross Roads church Sunday at 1890
q. m. ......
The funeral Of Miss Lydia Davis, OF
Pigeon Run, was held from the resi-
dence Of her mother on Monday after
noon at 1880 p. m, and half hour later
at the church, after which the remains
were laid to rest in the churchyard
cemetery. -
The Klondike mine works every day
at present.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-07-27
THE SPIRIT OF
JOHN N. MYERS
Said to Have Communicated
With Relatives In This City.
AT A sPIRITUALIsTIC sEANCE
Told the Story of the Drowning and De.
clares He Fell Into the Lake and Was
Then Seized with an Attack
OF Cramps.

A strange story Is told by local dis
ciples Of the spiritualistic doctrine of a
seance which was recently held at the
home of w. B. SHUTTER, at AIT West
Fourth street. During a seance there,
presided over by Mrs. Hattie Tiffany,
Of Minerva, the spirit Of the late John
M. Myers is alleged to have appeared
and talked with those present. One of
the party, according to the story now
told, asked the Presence to tell the
story Of his death.
The disciples of the unseen who were
present declare the voice that replied
to this query was startlingly like the
voice Of John M. Myers. "I was trying
to land a very large fish," came the re-
sponse, (which 1 attempted to catch
with my hand. became overbalanced
and fell into the water. Then I was
taken with cramps and became per-
fectly helpless and drowned"
The voice is declared to have explain
ed, further, that the cut in his hand was
made by the fin Of the fish. At second
seance, held the next evening at tho
SHUTTER residence, Charles Myers made
his appearance, and those who sa,
around the horseshoe declare that he
too, had an interview with his father.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-07-27
UNIONTOWN ITEMS.
News Items Of Interest to the People
Of That Section Gathered By
A Correspondent.
Uniontown, July 25, 1900.

Uniontown, July 25, 1900.
A quiet wedding was solemnized on
Wednesday evening, July II. The COZ
Sparta, and Miss Ada Bolander. of
Uniontown. Rev. Christman offlciated.
They will reside in this village.
The funeral Of Mrs. Samuel Smith
was held from the late residence We'd
nesday afternoon. Rev. Smith, of the
Lutheran church officiated.
The many friends of Henry Shorthill
will regret to learn that he has gone
to Pittsburg to live.
The Misses Esther Roger and Lily
Myers attended the picnic at Putin
Bay Wednesday.
Among the Sunday visitors in the
village were Mrs. Ida Haushalter. Mrs.
Levilla Geib and Mrs. Robert Morre, of
Akron; John Reifsnider. Of Cleveland;
Leander Reifsnider and family, Miss
Stella Adler and Miss Katherine Adler,
Of Canton. a,,
Communion services will be held al
the Lutheran church Sunday morning,
August s.
The congregation of the Reformed 4
church will hold their annual harvest
home service Sunday morning, July 20.
Miss Grace I. Myers spent Sunday In
Ravenna. rar1 s-..tt.r.,,
Mr.. and Mrs. Roswell Hoover have
gone to housekeeping at Greentown.
Quite a number of our people atten-
ded the funeral of ]. p. Moore at Green
town Saturday afternoon.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-07-27
SPECIAL CODE
Is ARRANGED
For the Purpose of Facilitating
Presidents Work.
: THE IMPORTANT MATTERS
Can Safety be Left to the Telegraph Force
As 1t Is In Such Shape
That 1t Is all
Greek.

Washington special to the Cleve-
land Plain Dealer says: President Nc
kinley has special private cipher
code, in which all important communi-
cations are transmitted to him when
he Is away from the white house.
This code is known only to the presi-
dent and two or three Of the most trust
ed employees of the executive force. All
Of the important deliberations now in
progress between President Mckinley
and the Chinese government are being
conducted by the presidential cipher
Such information as the secretary of
state, the secretary of the navy and
the secretary of war, the Chinese min
lister or any official wishes to convey
to the president Is sent to the white
house. There it is put in cipher and
telegraphed directly to the presidents
home in Canton, where an experienced
and trusted telegraph operator receives,
to him, unintelligible figures and turns
| them over to Mr.. Cortelyou. secretary to
the president, for translation. Such
answer as the president desires to make
is reduced to cipher and transmitted
back to the executive mansion, where it
is deciphered and delivered to it's proper
destination.
The presidential cipher differs en-
tirely from the codes used by the de-
partment of state, the army and the
navy, each branch of the service hav-
ing seperate and distinct cipher of
its own. All the correspondence in con-
nection with the proposition for media
tion was carried on by cipher for sever
al days before any information of it
reached the public.
In dealing with the Chinese situation
President Mckinley has recognized the
existence of superstition and to many
of us unaccountable conditions, and at
the same time he has been guided by
the advice and counsel of those who
have had long and intelligent expert
| ence in China affairs Such information
| as has come to him from Chinese
! sources has been received with due
| consideration and with sucll CREDIBLE
ity as 1t was worth.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-07-27
PRAISE FROM BRITON.
Gen. Dorward Pays Tribute to
American ValOr Displayed
at Tien-Tsin.

Tien Tsin, July 16, via. Che Foo July
2A-Gen. Dorward, the British comman-
der. has sent to the American command
ers a letter, in which he says:
IT desire to express the high appre-
citation Of the British troops Of the
honor done them inserving alongside
OF their comrades Of the American army
and of the high honor accorded me in
having them under my command. ID,
IT blame myself for the mistake made
in taking their position by the Ninth
regiment, not remembering that troops
fresh to the scene Of action and hurried
forward in the excitement Of attack
were likely to lose their way. still the
position they took and gallantly stuck
to all day undoubtedly prevented a
large body Of the enemy from turning
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-07-27
ARRANGEMENTS 4! i
ABOUT COMPLETED
For the Expedition of State
Officials to Canton.
OFFICIAL sACTION SECURED
From the President Patients to he Trans
ferred to Massillon State Hos
pital-Columbus
Budge9.
From a Staff Correspondent.

From Staff Correspondent.
Columbus, July 2s.-The expedition Of
the state officials and others to Canton
Saturday Is now assured as the official
sanction Of the president has been Sc
cured, as the following message from
George B. Cortelyou, secretary to Pres
ident Mckinley shows: "The president
the party you name. Kindly advise us
Of exact number coming and when and
how you are likely to arrive"
The telegram was received by Food
Commissioner Blackburn. The party
will leave Columbus at $3.50 a. m. over
the c. A. & c., and will probably travel
In q special over the Pennsylvania from
Orrville, IL r. R.Commissioner Kayler
can secure this agreement. The party
will be composed OF nearly so persons.
| Fifty patients are to be transferred
from the state hospital at Columbus to
Massillon, which is the district in which
they rightfully belong. These inmates
are from Jefferson county and they were
brought to the state hospital some time
ago because accommodations could not
be secured for them in their district.
Another lot will be transferred later.
superintendent Carpenter will take the
patients to Massillon net week.
The game and food commissioner has
decided to distribute 5000 pheasants in
the state. Each county will get its pro-
rata share.
In the distribution Of the birds the
commission will take into consideration
the adoption Of the county, the protec-
ton to be offered and the condition for
propagation. The birds cost the state
about 50 apiece to raise. According to
the law pheasants cannot be killed in
this state until 1903
H. L. Reutinger, Of Athens, has been
reelected chief game warden and Sec
retary Of the commission.
| DR.. A. B. Riker, of Alliance, is one of
the speakers at the Methodist camp
meeting now being held at Lancaster.
State Auditor Guilbert today sent out
letters Of instruction to the county au-
ditors of the state as to the listing of
telephones for taxation under the re-
cent decision of the supreme court for
the last five years. The letter is accom-
panied by a copy of the opinion in the
matter given by Attorney General
Sheets some time ago, suggesting SO
as the proper value of the instruments.
The county auditors are directed to
ascertain the number Of instruments in
use In their counties from 1895 to 1900,
and to multiply the number by 10 to as
certain the tax value in dollars. From
the total on each instrument they are
to deduct any taxes that may have been
paid before on them.
| No penalties are to be charged for
failure to pay taxes on this property.
., GEORGE Il. BLAKE,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-07-27
Made a Hasty Departure.

John Rice, crippled stranger, was
found upon the streets about 4 o'clock
Thursday morning by Officer Willis.
and placed under arrest on the charge
OF intoxication. Rice told the mayor
that he came down from Akron Tues
day night, and that he was in this
city for the purpose Of receiving a let
ter from his brother. Rice pleaded
guilty to intoxication and the mayor
gave him his choice of serving ten days
In the workhouse or leaving the city
within one hour. He decided upon the
latter, and left the police station
evidently intent upon giving this city
wide berth.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-07-27
JUST FROM JUSTUS.

Justus, July 25, 1900
The most Of the farmers are done
with their wheat and hay and are
waiting for the oats.
Mr.. Frank Shisler was In Canton la st
week to see the horse races.
Mr.. ]. b. McFarren has his wheat
threshed.
Mr.. George Krichbaum and his fam
lily were the guests Of A. o. McFarren
last Sunday. ~ As
The third annual reunion of the
Boughman family will be held at the
crystal Springs grove the 30th Of
August.
Mr. Aida McFarren Was the guest Of
]. b. McFarren Sunday.
: There were a number Of the young
people at the show at Beach City Sat-
urday evening.
4 There will be a nice little weddfng
at Justua this week.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-07-27
FOOT Is BADLY CRUSHED
Physicians Decided That Amputation
Was Necessary.
ATTEMPTED TO JUMP A TRAIN
In the Yards Of the Massilion Bridge Com
pany-Close of the Sessions of the
Luther League Thursday
The News of . Day In
Special to News-Democrat.

Special to s-Democrat.
Massillon, July 26.-William Wend-
ling. an employe of the p. Ft. w. &
C.. company, was injured for life while
at work on the railway In the yards OF
the Massillon bridge company, last
night at 11:30 o'clock. vending at
tempted to jump from train which
was going at fast speed and was
thrown to the ground His left foot was
caught under the wheels and SO badly
mangled that amputation was neces-
sary. The injured man was carried into
the bridge shop and was later taken to
his home in West fremont street, In
Higerd's ambulance. Drs. Reed, Gull
bertson and Mrs. Hardy were called
and the foot was amputated. Wend-
ling is q married man and is well known
in this city where he has lived Tor
years.
LUTHER LEAGUE.
Massillon, July 26-The seventh an
nual convention of the Luther league
is in full swing. There are at least
one hundred delegates in the city ana
st. Pauls church Is thronged at each
meeting. Wednesday evening the Rev.
w. A. Lehman, of Columbiana, made
an interesting talk in English and Rev.
A. r. Kuldal, of Allegheny, spoke IN
German. The services began at an
early hour and were over at O'Clock.
At the afternoon session, the subject
of the bicycle as a cause for SUNDAY
Dissertation was taken UP and the con-
sensus of opinion seemed to be that
young men were lured from paths OF
righteousness by the bicycle path
Sunday was declared to be not day OF
idleness, but the day when people
should enter the vineyard of the Lord
and work for things holy instead OF
pedaling to pleasure resorts and
spending the day in seeking worldly
pleasures.
The delegates are comfortably locat-
ed at the homes Of the local members
of the church, and all are seemingly
taking a deep interest In the meetings
which no doubt will do great good to al
who are in attendance.
CLOSE OF LEAGUE MEETING.
The convention came to close a,
st. Paul's church this morning at II
o'clock. Devotional services were held
at the church this morning at O'Clock
which were followed by a general dis
cussion Of the question, AFTER these
years of experience what do you find
to be the best methods of conducting
Luther League meetings?"
A question box was opened. After
farewell words by the president and
rally hymn, the convention adjourned
. DEATH OF MRS. FITZGERALD.
Mrs. Mary Fitzgerald, wife Of Rich
ard Fitzgerald, of 25 Muskingum street
died Wednesday of Inflammation of the
brain. Funeral services will be private
and will be held at the residence Frida!
afternoon at 1880 o'clock. Rev. ].
Wilson will officiate. Interment will bt
in Westlawn cemetery, Canton.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-07-27

Secretary ]. H. Lehman. OF the Stark
County Agricultural society. announces
a new attraction for the Stark county
FAR, September 4, 8. 8 and Z. A wild
be free to all those who attend the fair.
The show that has been engaged Is one
of the very best In that line Of business
and the management considers this at
traction alone well worth the price of
admission to the fair. Other features
are being added and the management is
hustling to ret matters In readiness
and Insist that the coming fair will be
the banner exhibition In the history. Of
the society. sa sgf
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-07-27
County Bills Allowed.

Byron Walter, witness fee, u.
w. M. Reed, postage and freight
ss9s. sT'f Hr f'7'
R. H. Day, expenses in criminal
cases, $45. ..,,. ....ar
Peter Shisler, part pay stone arch,
Jackson township, $500. i.....r
l.. w. Johnson, expenses outside
county, $S7.25. .... .. SO ya1..
J. b. Summer, expenses outside
county, s42.5O.
]. w. Craine, attorney for Frank
Moore, $15.
Geo. b. Smith, labor, $12.60.
F. Bradley Co., supplies for clerk and
probate, $104. .s
Guy Tilden. examining court house
roof, $25.
A. Robertson, appraising Sandy town
ship, 1923.
]. A. Kandell, witness fee, 81.
l.. ID. Roath, appraising Lexington
township, s2O5.
Hahan Bros. arch in Pike township,
$49952.
Eram, Love & Dennison, groceries for
Children's home, 1854.
Charles Sheets, balance on stone work
In Marlboro township, $464.54.
David Greenshields, transcript, $Sg.
Cole & Daily, insurance on county
buildings, $1O5.
B. N. Winnings. rubber stamp, 50.
John Jacquet, land appraiser, Mind
shillen township, S23275.- 80 nc u
@. w. Letter. sheep Sia,m,o y4b,s6,oo
VIM. Maurer. shee6 calm. yli.3O.
Hay for infirmary, $l4.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-07-27
SIR ROBERT HART DEAD,
And Condition OF Foreigners at
Peking Hopeless, Says a
~ % London Paper.

tNews-Democrat Leased Wi.e Service.
London, July ga dispatch from
Shanghai to the Daily Mail says:
II have received further information
from a native employe who escaped
from Peking to New Chwang. He
states that when he left Pelxing the
majority of the persons in the legations
were dead and the condition Of the liv-
ing was hopeless. This witness, who
was an interpreter and writer at the
British legation, states that Sir Robert
Hart died on July g."
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-07-27

To Curss . Cold In One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund money IL It fails to
cure. p. w. Groves signature II on
every box. sc. 80 n. Y
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-07-12
Evils OF Belt Wearing.

MEMS belts and stomach COM
plants have duly arrived remarked
a physician. as he pointed to the win
dow of a mems Quitting establish
ment the other day. Mems belts
have been getting narrower for sever
a. seasons. This year an inch is tbs
! proper width. Black and white leath-
er has succeeded the two and two and
bands.
LAS soon as it gets warm men are
prone to discard suspenders and sub
stitute belts TO hold their trousers
up comfortably they pull in their belts
( so that their waists are CONSTRUCTED tC
an unwonted degree. After luncheon
or dinner the genus homo feels a pain
in the region of the hypogastrium.
continued the physician. His stom-
ach and abdominal muscles are pro
testing against their restraint. but Mr.
Man just ponders over what he has
eaten.
~ don't think it was the cucum-
bers or the ice cream. though it may
have been the lemonade, | had, doctor
he means.
THE fact is. it's the belt. not the ed
ibles. that ails him. If he'd loosen his
boaconStrictor contrivance after eat
ing he wouldn't suffer any more from
his summer diet than he does when he
mixed mock turtle soup and mince pie
with his midwinter insults to his
stomach. And, of course. the mar
rover the belt, the worse the summer
complaint"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-07-12
Capt. Dotd in the Philippines.

In the northern part Of the island Of
Lu20n large part Of the work of our
army against the 'insurrectoS" has
been done by Troop +. Of the 3rd T.. :.
cavalry. commanded by Capt George
\. Djdd. 1t was only little more than
year ago that this troops gave an in
tcresting exhibition on the Muster
ground in this city.
The troop is now becoming one of
The best known in the Philippines. for
capt Dodd has kept at the heels Of
II" f'ilipinCs, harlssing them wherever
ne could overtake them. till his
achievements called for the high praise
IF Gen. Macarthur, for in 10 days he
was in three fights. resulting in COM
plcte victories. and during the space Of
II days his little force had killed 1Si
insurrectos.' captured - and a large
quantity of arms. horses, equipments
ana other articles. besides destroying
l number of the strongholis of the
rebels
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-07-12
PERSONAL MENTION.

w. II. Taylor is visiting friends in
Boston.
L. &. Cornish left for Portland. yes
terday, on legal business.
Hon Il. G. Burgess of Vassalboro.
was in the city, yesterday.
A. f. Doughty. Colby 1900. is a guest
at the home of friends in this city.
Nathaniel Gilman of Manchester, was
in the city on business, yesterday.
Miss Susan Doane of Holyoke, Mass.
is visiting Mrs. Charlotte Partridge.
Fred W. Ballard. clerk at Gannett &
Morses, is on two weeks vacation.
Harry Philbrook and Miss Evelyn
in the city.
Mrs. James A. Jones is a guest at the
summer home Of her sister, Mrs. Ethel
Jones, at Ocean Point.
Miss Annie Cunningham Of Am
herst. Mass. is a guest at the home OF
Mrs. c. A. Woodwork in this city
3. Walter McKeen, secretary of the
State Board of Agriculture. went to
Bath, yesterday, accompanied by his
son.
Miss Lottie Turner. a graduate OF the
Castine Normal school. is visiting her
aunt. Mrs. F. w. kinsman, western
avenue. for a few weeks.
Miss Emma Pray has returned to her
home in this city after several months
visit with relatives and friends in BoS-
ton and Braintree, Mass.
VIII H. Bryant, who. two years ago.
was in the employ of the kennepec
Light & Heat Co. but was obliged TO
give up the position on account OF Ill
health arrived in town, last evening
and viii again enter the employ OF the
company.
MIR. James S. Manley and his eldest
son Warren. have been in Augusta, the
mast week. visiting at the home of MS
uncle. Mr.. Homan. Mr.. Manley mas
been n resident of San Francisco. cal
! for the past twenty-five years, great
cr part of the time Chief Deputy CIerR
,of the II. s. District Court. This IS his
| first visit to his native city since 1881
during the Blaine presidential cam
paign. During his brief stay IN Name
he will visit his brother, Hon. }. ii
Manley at Small Point.