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The Irish standard., 1900-01-06

.aie machine IN his fail
ure to attach himself tu British sur.
gical corps. 1t does seem to me tina,
this entire administration has missed
its mission in that it has not only failed
to offer to the service of Great Britain
a hundred thousand American youths
but that it has also failed to volunteer
in its own proper person. To form a
."secret alliance" with Great Britain
means that one must have deep down
in ones own heart great admiration
for British people and British methods
I make this predicuon: After this
cruel war is over; after the smoke OF
battle is cleared away; after the British
have been compelled to retreat and to
defend desperately such "South African
possessions" as they now own, the
names of Kruger and of Joubert will go
sounding down the ages as the names
of great men, of honest men and OF pa
triots. Patriots seem to be scarce in
this country at present. We are long
on gold and short on decency. We are
long on money-making and short on
fairness. We are long on talking and
short on action. We are long on poll
tics and short on common sense. We
are long on buncombe and short on
straight talk. We are exceedingly long
in cowardly presidents and exceedingly
short upon American citizens-elevated
by the votes of their fellow-citizens to
positions OF honor and trust.
The Irish standard., 1900-01-06
M'Kinley Organs on Side of the
British Brtgands.
COMMENTS ON SOUTH AFRICAN WAR
Most Disgusting Exhibitions of
American Journals.

'Iconoclast" Brann is no longer in
the flesh, but his spirit quite evidently
edits the publication which still bears
his name. Brann's shade uses about as
vigorous English in regard to public
matters as did Brann himself The fol-
lowing on the Britisll-Boer war makes
delightful reading:
There seems to be no doubt that the
people who are at the head of this gov
ernmcnt have effected a secret alliance
with England. There is not an nd
1ninistration organ" in the United
States OF America that is not upon the
side OF the English in their present at
tempted invasion OF the Transvaal.
There is not an ''admi 1istration organ"
that is not filled with rot from trrret TO
foundation stone: not one that has not
preached longwinded praises OF British
government. British effectiveness Brit
ish methods, British 1nilitarism and
British courage. They have neglected
to say anything of British thirst, though
the British thirst for glory is as numer-
Gus now as it was when Majuba Hill
was fought. There is not an admins
tration organ that does not reek with
fulsome praises OF Wolseley, of Cham
berlain, OF Lord Roberts, of Redvers
Butler, OF the imprisoned White, who,
as the Iconoclast goes to press, must be
of an extremely dark complexion; OF
any and everything which tends to the
constant glorifcation of the British
empire.
I would like to know why straight
bred Americans are filled with this in
sane admiration OF things British, and
why. particularly, they should stun
their consciences with club in order
to glorify British robbery and wrong.
! have stated, before now, the causes OF
the war in the Transvaal. l have said
that the South African Dutch have been
three times forced to desert their coua-
tries and their homes because of British
greed. l have said that they now make
their last stand And l say again can
not understand nor appreciate Ameri-
can support of this invasion. When
the Dutch rode by the British forts on
their way to invade Natal, they turned
in their saddles and shook their Maus-
ers-their new guns-at the British
sentinels and said: "We are going to
make you sit up" 1t tickles me to
note that the invading British are being
made to sit up
This invasion, from inception to its
present status, is an, admission of Brit
ish inferiority, of British sloth, of Brit
ish corruption, of British ineficiency,
and of British assumed superiority. We
all know the British type. 1t w'"
The Irish standard., 1900-01-06

b 'r have e. ..a undying place
in .,.~ language:
For his face, as I grant, in spite o.
spite,
Had a broad blown comeliness red and
white,
And six feet two, as l think he stands
But his essences turned the live ali
sick,
And barbarous opulence, jewel thick,
Summed itself on his breast and hands.
So many OF the so-called Americans,
living mostly in the eastern part of this
country, have been Gorgonized from
head to foot by the stony British stare
that they really imagine England to be
the only country. There are others.
Our daily newspapers for many years
have devoted their front columns to ex-
ploitations of British aristocrats. They
have contained long and feebly written
accounts of British social doings. They
have refused to place in their small
typed personal columns the name OF
any full-trousered Englishman who
landed in New York. They have felt
compelled to give him three-line head.
The most disgusting exhibitions OF
American journalism are to be found
in the files of the New York and Boston
papers, reporting the doings OF some
Englishman Of title, who lands upon
The Irish standard., 1900-01-06

The following war news from Glands
laagtc to the Volksstem, the leading
paper OF the Transvaal Republic, will be
especially interesting to Our readers:
"Scvcral members OF the Irish corps as
scrt that some forty Irish soldiers went
over to the Free State forces during the
b. tile between the British and Free
State troops, surrendering their arms
and ammunition to our men and fight
iug on our side. 1t is also worthy Of
notice that these troops which surrcn-
dered nearly all belonged to Irish regi-
ments."
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-08-24
FILED EXCEPTIONS.
Heirs Claim $4,000 Have Not
Been Reported By
Executor.

Welty G. Albaugh, representing Eliza
beth Boughman, widow of the late Ed
ward Boughman. of Sugar Creek town.
ship. and others interested in the estate,
have filed exceptions to the second ac-
count of Marquis l.. Boughman, ex-
ecutor of the estate. The allegations are
that the executor has received various
sums of money for the ESTATE which
he did not account for: that he receiv-
ed from Clark McClintock $1,000; that
he received for coal taken from under
the land by the Pocock company the
sum of $1,000, all belonging to the
estate, none Of which has been reported
In his secoLd account. 1t ID asked that
the executor be charged with 5000 and
interest.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-08-24

were being brought to Cleveland.
though didn't know why. The officers
didn't tell u.s."
In answer to questions Peck said he
is thirty-six years old, married and has
one child. He Is carriage painter by
trade but has not been working for
several weeks, all of which time he
says he was in Akron. When asked
whether he thought his wife was in
any danger, Peck replied: II hope
not"
Howard's story is little more to the
point. He says: II don't want you to
mix me up in this affair as was in jail
before Peck was arrested and my case
has nothing to do with his. was taken
out of jail because the sheriff felt that
no colored man would be safe there.
At about o'clock "Wednesday afternoon
a carriage was driven into the Jail yard
and the sheriff told me and Peck to put
on our clothes and come along. NV
wife was there and I kissed her. She
began to cry and told her to shut up,
as would be all right. Peck and I got
into the carriage with the two officers
and we drove to the depot in about
thirty minutes. There was no crowd
around the Jail but we went out the
back way. understand the plan to
break open the jail originated at a
picnic. I expect to be bailed out to-
morrow and will go back to Akron"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-08-24
RIOrISG IN AKRON.

Akron must be nearly as proud as
Mansfield when she views the work Of
a bloodthirsty mob that did not appear
to have as much confederation as the
fellows who tarred the Zionites. 1t ap-
pears that possession of a. colored fiend
was desired, the race question, that so
many cannot yet undertake. having
broken out in intensity almost equal to
that In the south. The mob was de-
termined to get that negro, and to get
him forgot all else. A committee was
allowed to visit the public buildings, In
cIuding both the city prison and the
Jail. and satisfy itself that the black
scoundrel they sought was not there.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-08-24
PECK is SCARED.
Asks Of Officials Whether the
Mob Will Follow Him to
Cleveland or Not.

GNews-Democrat Leased Wire Service.1
Cleveland, o., Aug. 23.-Louis Peck
confessed this morning in the county
Jail that he had attempted a criminal
assault on Christina Mas.
II was drunk" he said in the pres
ence Of Deputy Sheriff Barry. "For a
week I have been boozy. picked the
girl up on the road and took her in the
buggy with me. was so drunk, how
ever, that I could do her no harm.
I was full Of whiskey. What a fool I
was"
Peck is not a tall man but Is built
like an oak tree. The sinews stand
out on his arms, legs and chest. He
is not bad looking man but his face
wears surly expression. Peck was
badly scared when told of the mob In
Akron. He wanted to know whether
there was any probability that the mob
would follow him to Cleveland. Sheriff
Mcconnell and Deputy Barry got their
heads together early this morning and
discussed what steps should be taken
for the proper protection Of the colored
man
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-08-24

They refused to believe their own eyes
and surrounded the mayor they had
placed at the head Of their govern
| ment to preserve the peace they were
violating, and cooped him up with the
police and proceeded to fire upon the
building and to throw missiles. They
concluded this Civilized" performance
by dynamiting the building and de-
stroying 1t. They had not succeeded
in getting the "nigger" they were after,
but had only smoked out their mayor
and policemen and killed off few citi-
zens incidentally. But 4: didn't look
that way to them while the rioting was
occurring. They saw only the form Of
that negro rapist and they wanted him.
They wanted to show that such business
must be kept south Of Mason and Dix
on's line. The mayor and the police
officers, they considered only obstacles
In their way. The mob was uncontroll-
able. The police and the mayor could
nished by the News Democrats stan
correspondent on the scene, 1t Is an open
question whether they displayed wis
dom by holding their improvised fort.
The mob had right to reason-if mobs
may be said to reason at all-that the
colored man was secreted in the build
;nor II NH, nfraf fal affn nrt
to keep them out? If they were not
satisfied with the work of the commit
tee, the mob might have satisfied it
self without destroying property. The
police must have seen the futility of
further resistance. They We're getting
no aid from the local militia, whose
members either totally flunked or
openly resisted a call to duty. There
was property to protect, but whether
the protection of that property justified
the taking of the lives Of babes in arms
is a serious one, especially in the light
of the fact that less resistance would
have initiated in the direction of ap-
prising the mob that the negro they
wanted was not, as matter of fact, in
the building. ar
Surely no satisfaction could be gained
by the mob in burning one of it's own
buildings, for many who composed the
lawless gathering will have to help pay
for another city hall. There seems to
| have been a lack of judgment some
| where. AS mobs are not supposed tc
| have Judgment, 1t begins to suggest It.
self to the minds Of those who must
perforce, view the situation from q
distance that must be somewhat safer
but which, at least, has the merit o.
having an unbiased environment, thai
some police departments in Ohio do mo-
combine common sense with extreme
courage. It Is bad business all arount
and is a disgrace to the state and {
particular stigma ON the fair name o
the city that proved itself unable t.
govern its own people without the ait
of militia from adjoining cities.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-08-24
TAKEN TO CLEVELAND.
COlOred Rapist and Another Eel.
low Safe From the
MOb'S Fury.

Cleveland. O., Aug. 2S.-At about $50
p. m. Wednesday evening the two coll
ored men arrived at the Jail in charge
Of two deputy sheriffs Of Summit
county. The men were registered as
Louis Peck and William Howard and
Held for the sheriff of Summit county,
was placed after their names on the jail
docket. 1
The officials Of the jail did not know
the circumstances surrounding the
bringing Of the men here until late last
evening. Peck was seen by the re-
porter about 10 o'clock last evening,
but was very rericent about his arrest.
More information was obtained from
Howard, who was brought to Cleveland
because 1t was feared that the angry
populace would not stop to inquire
whether Howard had been In jail two
months or not, as he says he had. The
story told by Peck IL as follows:
II was arrested at Akron by Deputy
Sheriff Duffy Tuesday morning. / left
Akron early Tuesday morning to go to
Youngstown on business and remained
In that town few hours. returning to
Akron before dinner time. was
charged with Assaulting a girl. How
ard was already in jail on some other
charge. I remained In jaif oyer night
and until about 2 o'clock Wednesday
when the deputy sheriffs came and
took Howard and me out. There had
been a demonstration and didn't know
where we were going or why we were
Coing. We went over to the Valley depot
and got ON p. & w. passenger train
and then began to surmise that we
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-08-24
Mrs.
Pk7kha11

The ono thing that quail
Hos q person 10 give ad-
Woe on any sukjo0f 10
experIonoe = experIenoe
oreafes knowledge.
No other person has 90
wilde an experience with
female Mxs nor suoh q
s0c0sad Of sNoooss aS
Mrs. Pxnltjta1, has had.
Over q lbuHdr0d Nb0u-
sand GASES como before
her ea0h year. Some po~-
sOnaIyy, others by mall.
And fbls has be0n going
on for 20 years, day after
day and day after day.
Twenty years Of oop-
Sfanf SSS000SS - think Of
the knowledge thus
gaLnedl Surely women
are wise IN soeRllng ad-
vice from q woman with
such an expesken0e, es-
PecxaLIy when tits free.
IF you are M got q bottle
Of kydXa e. Pinllksass,'s
Vegetable 00n1p0und at
0nce-fhon write MrSs
Hinklsan,, Lynn, Mass.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-08-24
HISTORY OF TIE CRIME.
1t Was a Most Revolving One
How Peck Was Ar
rested.

Akron, o., Angus. 23-The history of
the crime Of Louis Peck. the cause of
last nights riots is a most revolving
one. Peck attempted to rape Chris
tina Mas, the six year year old daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore Mas,
of Perkins hill. He is colored man
and was arrested by ohicer John Duffy
at the Union depot at 1 o'clock. Wed
nesday morning.
The details of the assault on the child
have been but partly told in the pa
pers. 1t 10 one Of the worst cases Of
that nature that has ever occupied the
attention Of the police department Of
the city ana II Peck u the guilty man
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-08-24
commander.

1t is sincerely hoped that the board
of trade will realize its expectations
with reference to the Canton Rolling
MILL that was recently closed by the
sheet mill trust that absorbed the
plant. 1t is said that the board has as
surances that the mill will not only
start again, but that it will be enlarged
However that is, the fact remains that
it is closed. has been closed for some
time and that the trust did it. The
city has lost thousands Of dollars on
that account, just as other cities have
lost because of the absorption of inde.
pendent plants by the trusts, for the
purpose Of destroying competition and
controlling the product.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-08-24
RESPONDED TO A CALL
FOR DUTY AT AKRON.
CONTINUED from Page One.)

that special had been ordered and was
standing on the side track. Captain
Fisher lined his men up ON the depot
platform. There were probably fifty
people there to see them off,
1--WE are going UP to protect a nigger,"
said one Of the soldiers, who hadn't
learned that the negro had been trans
ported to Cleveland, and whose actions
indicated that he didn't like the job.
"Yes. and we feel more like taking
hand in the thing ourselves" said
another young soldier, who wouldn't
harm any one unless aroused to anger.
The others made remarks of similar
nature, but all agreed that they were
ordered to do their duty and would do
1t. AS one Of the officers put 1t:
I'VE do not feel that we are going to
protect a negro rapist, but we do feel
that we are going to aid in preserving
the peace and dignity Of the state Of
Ohio Mob law is never proper
WENT PREPARED.
The company went prepared for any
emergency. While standing on the
Valley depot platform ammunition was
issued. A box containing twenty cart
ridges was issued to each man, which
he broke and the contents were trans
ferred to his belt. The company then
boarded the train, which was In charge
OF Captain Fisher and a freight crew.
Besides the soldiers there was no one
on board but representatives Of the
press, a News-Democrat man being
among the passengers on the special.
There were half dozen women at
the depot, who had gone to bid good
bye to the boys. They wept as the
train pulled out. but the lamentations
We're nothing compared with the trip
the boys started ON In 1898 when they
started out to fight the enemies Of
their country.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-08-24

Colonel Daggett will doubtless win
renown in the Orient. He won it sooner,
but was robbed of it. 1t was he who
led the colored cavalrymen up San
Juan hill and whipped the Spaniards to
a finish. He was the victim Of the
jealousy of Roosevelt, who arrogated
to himself all the honor Of the day
even to insisting that he and his regi,
ment were worth more than five
thousand volunteers under any othel
commander.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-08-24
PECK is FROM PATTERSON.
Fled From That City In May
1898 After Committing
a Crime.

Paterson, N j., Aug. 23.-Louis Peck,
the negro who assaulted q little girl
at Akron, Ohio, and subsequent at
tempt at lynching caused a serious riot
in the Ohio city, last night, belongs
here. Peck fled from Paterson May 20,
1898, after committing an unnatural
assault on an eight year old boy, named
John Sweezy. Peck also slashed the
boy with q razor inflieting serious
wounds. His whereabouts were un-
known until this morning. when the
news was published here that he had
caused a riot at Akron.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-08-24

Mr.. Hanna is still stirring about in
search Of that which is said to be po-
tent in the manufacture of enthusiasm.
1t seems to take more than it did in
1896. People know more now than they
did then.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-08-24

A vast standing army is inevitable
if Mr.. Mckinley and the influences that
surround him prevail at the polls this
fall. The freedom of the people, es-
pecially the laboring classes, will be
short lived. Couer d'Alene furnishes
the object lesson.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-08-24

Behold a republic standing erect,
with the empires all around her bowed
beneath the weight Of their ornaments
"a republic whose flag is loved while
other flags are only feared.-William
Jennings Bryan.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-08-24

Having repudiated the constitution
of the United States and the declaration
of independence, a number Of Republi-
can papers have tackled the sermon on
the mount.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-08-24

Principle should be the guiding pol
icv. China should not be dismembered
Just because it is practicable, however
great the temptation. The American
minister is safe and that is our chief
concern. Other matters that occurred
can readily be settled by arbitration,
and peaceably.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-08-24

The Cleveland Leader says 1t has
been decided that the Democrats will
say nothing more about the trusts.
oh, has it? Probably the Leaders wish
is father to its alleged thought.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-08-24

The congressional committee is to bt
congratulated that 1t has finally Sc
lected time and place for holding the
congressional convention.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-08-24

1 speak not of forcible annexation,
for that cannot be thought Of. That,
by our code of morals, would be Grim
inal aggression.-william Mckinley.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-08-24

The Republican party is controlled
by organized wealth and is not a safe
party for the people to trust Greed
has fastened its hold on the once g.
o. D.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-08-24

President Mckinley is doubtless
pleased with one feature of the Chinese
situation. 1t gives him opportunity to
appoint a few more commissions.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-08-24

Mr.. Bryan has succeeded in making
clear that the Republican party stands
for the wealthy few as against the
poverty stricken many.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-08-24

Private monopoly must be checked
that the public veal may be subserved.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-08-24
Address all communications to
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Canton, Ohio.
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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-08-24

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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-08-24

History shows distinctly who Is to
blame for the Boxer troubles in China.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-08-24

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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-08-24
GETTING DUBIOUS.
Mob Will Probably Try to Com
NIT Further Depreda. (
tiOns Tonight.

Akron, Aug. 2s.-The situation at 10
o'clock looked considerably more doubts
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-08-24
STARK co. DEMOCRAT.
Ussued Tuesday and FridayJ

ESTABLISHED .............. ......lsss
STARK COUNTY DEMOCRAT.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-07

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right.
A new full line of the p. D.
CORSET. These Corsets famous
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can be sold here cheaper than
the same quality can be bought
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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-07
OPENING MONDAY

We will have beautiful line of
LADIES' SUMMER and FALL
DRESS GOODS at the usual
reasonable prices for which this
store is famous. There are few
specials offered in Curtains that
are great bargains. but being
few we cannot quote them as
they will go without reserve.
Millinery in all styles and de-
signs, ready made or to order
with the advantage of having
"a large assortment to select
from makes this department of
our store particularly attrct-
i've to careful and particular
buyers.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-07
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