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


omitted from this account. The ian
guage Stripe used on that occasion and
what he says the other fellows said, he
will detail
A PICTURE EPISODE.
Isaac Stripe is an eccentric citizen.
and he has one other version that he
did not include in his list of pet hor-
rors. That one is to having his picture
taken. When the News Democrat man
who called on him thought the time
was about ripe he asked Isaac If he had
a photograph of himself.
mo haven't, and If 1 had you would
not get it," was his answer.
A little while later, under treatment.
Isaac consented to picture arrange
ment, and an innocent appearing young
man, with just as innocent a little box
with him, loomed up. 1t was too dark
to take the picture in the house and
Isaac was requested to step out on the
front porch, in the sunlight.
"Tll have to put on a clean shirt. {"
said the man who didn't want his pic
ture taken.
He was assured that his shirt was
all right and was making for the door
way to comply with the request for his
likeness, when a cruel voice came float
ing down the stairway, and in accents
that did not fail to impress said:
Ike, don't make fool Of yourself.
You an old man and this Sunday tool
The speaker could not be seen, but it
was patent that the voice was one of
authority and belonged to the spouse
of the man who didn't want his picture
in the paper. 1t busted the whole COM
bination. But Isaac got interested in
the building that had been torn down,
The reporter hadn't understood the To-
cation properly. Isaac donned his coat
and walked over to the site of the old
building. There was nothing standing
but the foundation walls but Isaac
stood in the sunlight and explained.
Herewith is presented a very fair pic
ture Of Isaac Stripe, drawn in chalf
from a likeness secured by a News
Democrat representative.
The spouse of Isaac has not appeared
at the trial and probably will not. II
she comes, it will be a pleasure to pre-
| sent her. 1t would be unfortunate to be
driven to the extremity of printing a
picture to suit the voice that floated
down the stairway on that eventful
Sunday morning, though the crtist, who
is a clever fellow, would probably guess
out a fair likeness.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-03-23
REWARD WITHDRAWN.
Amos Williams LOps Off a Hun
dred From the Sum the De-
tectives Were After.

The News-Democrat mentioned Tues
day that there were number of detec-
tives in the city and that they were
doubtless attracted to the case by the
reward offered. Some of them, perhaps,
were not, and it is altogether probable
that some have been employed out
right. If any are working for the de-
fense, they would have to be paid in
that manner for they could hardly hope
to get a reward by assisting to bring
about an acQuittal.
Prosecutor Day has already drawn
from the county treasury 5000 for the
purpose of furthering the interests of
the state. Perhaps in no case in the
history of Stark county has there been
such difficulty to secure evidence.
The commissioners of Stark county
offered reward of $500 for the arrest
and conviction of the perpetrators Of
the Greentown tragedy. To this was
added 500 by Amos Williams, the
husband of John Hartong's grand
daughter, who was the beneficiary under
THE OLD MANS WILL
as expressed verbally, before he died.
But that 500 has been withdrawn.
Whether an attempt will be made by
those claiming the reward in the case,
If conviction is had, to make Williams
fork the, amount over, Is not known.
That may develop later however as 1t is
understood that some of the detectives
who had worked on the case were not
pleased with the fact that Williams
withdrew the reward.
Williams was very anxious to have
the estate settled up. o. p. Shanaflet,
of Greentown, was appointed executor
of the estate of John Hartong, and
went at once to work to settle up the
estate. Hartong had stated that he
wanted his granddaughter to have all
that was remaining of the estate when
legitimate funeral expenses had been
paid. He had already provided for Mr..
and Mrs. Charles Smith, by deciding
lem the property in which they lived
and also the lot on which the old house
stood, because they took care of him,
and while 1t is a fact that Williams and
his wife did not get along well with
the old man, when they were living In
Greentown making All effort, presuma-
bly,, to look after his interests, Mrs.
williams was his
ONLY BLOOD RELATION
and he insisted that she would be the
beneficiary. Greentown citizens
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-03-23
COURT NEWS.

City Solicitor Smith, on Tuesday
afternoon, filed with the clerk of courts
a bond for the staying of execution in
the case of Shock Bros. against the
city and the case is now regularly be-
fore the circuit court and will be heard
at the next sitting here. The bond is
for $500 and is signed by Mayor
Robertson, City Clerk Ley and Water
Works Trustees Alexander and Hogan.
The petition in error has also been filed
in circuit court.
GRANT CASE UP.
On Tuesday afternoon the case of
Ruth Grant VS. j. j. Grant, ct al, was
taken up in court room No. 8, before
Dan Shelter as master commissioner.
There are eight lawyers in the con-
troversy. The testimony is being taken
for the circuit court and as soon as it
is finished 1t will be presented to the
court when 1t meets at GAINESVILLE and
the lawyers will go down there to argue
the matter. When the circuit court
finished here it did not adjourn for the
term but simply postponed their final
adjournment to settle this case and get
1t out of the road. 1t has been in the
court for several terms.
A COUNTER CLAIM
In the case of Drake Coal Co. VS.
Simeon Sheckler, ct al, in which the
plaintiff asked for the foreclosure of a
mortgage given to secure the payment
on a contract for coal delivered while
the defendant was in the coal business
in Alliance, the defendant has filed an
answer through Carlin & Lewis. The
defendant not only denies owing any
thing but files cross petition asking
for damages against the plaintiff be-
cause the company did not live up to
it's contract and furnish coal as agreed.
The defendant wants $714.96.
APPEALED THE CASE.
The case of DR.. c. e. Exline VS. Jacob
Fucht has come into common pleas
court from the docket of Justice Smith
at Sparta. Exline bought horse from
Fucht for $135. Afterwards he rued the
bargain and wanted Fucht to take the
horse back. Fucht refused. Exline sued
for $147 and the jury decided against
him. Now he has appealed the case to
common pleas court.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-03-23

witnesses who had been summoned to
appear whose names were not on the
witness book and he wanted them sworn.
This was done to include them in an
/. order for separation for which he subse-
quently asked and which was ordered.
The witnesses for the state then retired,
with the exception of Surveyor J. s.
Hoover, who had made a map of the
scene of the murder.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-03-23

Dennis McCarty, formerly an engineer
on the Fort Wayne road, hut now with
the Nickle Plate, is suffering deep Le-
reavement in the loss of his wife. who
died at Fort Wayne Saturday.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-03-23

1t is announced that the Pullman COM
pany is seriously objecting to the in
roads which are being made upon its
business by the tourist cars now run
ming on the western roads.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-03-23

Engineers on several of the big roads
are protesting strongly at the system of
using two engines on one train, or dou-
ble-headers, as they are called.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-03-23
Notice of Appointment

The undersigned has been duly appointed
Ad ministratriX of the estate of Charles
Bitter, late of Stark county, Ohio, de.
ceased.
Dated the 2lst day of February 1900.
KATE Bitter,
m2dt Admlnistr ItriX.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-03-23
teachers Examinations.

The Board of Examiners of Stark county will
meet at Canton for the exaTinatOn ot applicants
tor Teachers Certificates, on the + X " SRtuf-
iRv nf each of the following months
Septemb r, October and November, 1899,
Jaruary, February, March, April, May' June
and July, 1900,
Examination of pupils under the Boxwell Law,
At Canton, on the THIRD Saturday of April and
on the THIRD Saturday of May, 1900.
All examinations begin promptly at S;lb A. A.
All work must be done with pen and ink.
Examinations will be held in the Central High
J.A. SYLER, Clerk,
New Berlin
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-03-23
TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS
OF WITNESS ISAAC STRIPE;
Says Life Has Been Made Burdensome and
That He Has Been Approached
TO LEAVE The COUNTY AND TO CHANGE HIS TESTIMONY.

He Is the Witness Whom Dependence Will Be Placed to Get
William Henderson in Greentown on the Night of the
Crime-A Woman Preacher Who Is Expected
to Bear Him Out-Some Testimony That
Prosecutor Day Referred To-
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The details Of the trouble at the meet
ing in Greentown have been purposely
omitted from this account. The Ian
guage Stripe used on that occasion and
what he says the other fellows said, he
will detail
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-01

city by the horde of evil doors, both
foreign and native. who Dreyed upon
the unWJTy Trade was benefited but.
owing 90 the ease with which criminals
enriched themselves. the wrong doors
Of Paris were confirmed in their ways
and their numbers We're increased to
an extraordinary degree. In the Opin-
ion Of the minister the net result was
moral retrOSressiOn, the effect of
which was by no means confined to
France and which cast a slur upon its
fair name. 1t has been determined that
The exposition of 1906 shall not incur
-his reproach and NJ. Lepine, the Paris
project of police, has been hard at
work for months organizing special
measures for the protection of the lives,
the property and the peace of the stran-
gers whom the exposition will attract.
Lepine Ready For Evil-doers.
He has entered into relations with
The police authorities of the principal
cities of the world in order 10 secure
their cooperation, and he now declares
himself quite ready 10 cope with all the
clever vi'laiuy which in a few weeks
Will Sw0op down upon the city.
The following details Of the system
of prevention and detention which has
been evolved have been furnished to
the writer by NJ Lepine himself and
the officials who work under him. At
the immense hotel of the prefecture,
there is now installed the most COM
p.eta 'roguer' gallery" in the whole
World It contains photographs, bodily
measurements. thumb prints and biog-
raplIes of the veteran criminal mag
mates of nearly every civilized land.
IL" green goods men of America, the
buried treasure experts Of Spain. the
mtretrarN assaSsins of Italy. the card
shdrpyrs of Greece (dnd of everywhere
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-01
A PAINTERS EYES.
The Great Turner Let Nothing Es
cape Them.
Ruskin's Praeterita1

(Ruskin's Praeterita.)
1t was friend of Ruskin's mother.
Mrs. John Simon, who told the story.
She was travelling by night, in the early
days of the Great Western railway,
from Plymouth to London:
When had taken off my cloak and
SmOothed my plumeS, and generally
settled myself, L looked up to see the
most wonderful eyes ever saw, stead
ily lufninously. clairvOyantly, kindly.
paternally, looking at me. The hat was
over the forehead, the mouth and chin
buried in the brown velvet coat collar
Of the brown greatcOat. Well,
we went on, and the storm went on
more and more, until We reached Bris-
tOl; to wait ten minutes. My old gen
tleman rubbed the side window with
his coat cuff, in vain; attacked the cen
ter window, again in vain. so blurred
and bl0tted was it with the torrents Of
raini A moments hesitation, and then:
Young lady, would you mind my
putting down this Window
Oh, no, not at ALL
You may be drenched, you know
Never mind, SIR
Immediately down goes the window.
out go the old gentlemans head and
shoulders, and there they stay for 1
suppose nearly nine minutes. Then he
drew them in, and / said:
oh, please let me lOokp
Now, you Will be drenched': but
he half opened the window for me to
see. Such a sight, such a chaos of ell
emental and artificial lights and noises.
never saw or heard, or expect to see
or near. He drew up the window as
we moved Oh, and then leaned back
with closed eyes for | dare say ten
minutes. then opened them and said:
'Wel?'
Il said, I've been ''drenched," but it's
worth it
He nodded and smiled. and again
took TO his steady but quite inoffenglve
perusing of my face"
The whole letter is too long for quo
tatiOn, but this is the sequel:
The next year, think, going to the
academy, 1 turned at once. as 1 always
did. to see what Turner's there were.
Imagine my feelings:
Rain, Steam and Speed
Great Western railway, June the
=. 1879
4 had found out who the seeing
eyes belonged to- AS 1 stood looking
at the picture, I heard a mawkish
voice behind me say:
There, now. just look at that; amt
it just like Turner?-who ever saw such
a ridiculous conglOmeratiOn?
Il turned very quietly round, and
said:
- L did: 1 was in the train that night.
and it is perfectly and wonderfully
true; and walked quietly away"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-01
EVER PRESENT SUNS.
Domains Over Which the Sun Never
Sets.
nOndOn GlOhe.l

(LOnQOn GlODe.)
That the sun never sets on the British
empire is an axiom which suggests
rather than defines the truth which in
spired it. This. of course, is by no
means of scientific or literal eXactness.
But we all recognize the meaning of the
phrase which. like many another rhe-
toricaI gem of historic interest, is very
much older than the setting in which it
has from time to time appeared. 1t has
been attributed to Pitt, and it no doubt
received from him a splendid send-off
on its Introduction to the nineteenth
century. In allusiOn to British pos
sessions and resources the prime minis
ter used the then little known express
sion, The King of England, on whose
dOminions the sun never SETS" That
it made great impression may well be
imagined. Nor was this felt the least
strongly in America; for in addressing
the senate some years afterward the
eloquent Daniel Webster reminded his
hearers that England was a power
which had dotted the surface of the
entire globe with her possessions and
military posts. whose morning drum
beat, following the sun and keeping
company with the hours ,encircled the
earth daily with one continuous and
unbroken strain of the martial airs of
England" This graphic and pictur-
esque enrichment raises the figure to a
high poetic level, in itself suggestive
of the inspiration of q former age. And
as a matter of fact, England neither
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these will have a considerable effect in
diminishing the number Of victims.
Big Force of Bike Cops.

Precautions have also been taken
against the criminals who employ brute
force rather than subtilty. The city of
Paris has authorized d large increase in
the number of Street police; the night
service especially Will be arranged on
much larger scale than in ordinary
times. The armed mounted police will
be nearly doubled. a service of bicycle
police, somewhat on the model Of the
well known and effective corps in New
York, is being formed. By the middle
Of April there will be 240 of these sturdy
fellows all expert riders and provided
with the very best machines. Their
uniform viii be rather peculiar and
may amuSe American visitors. 1t will
consist of a blouse, like that of a
French. stone mason'S made of thin
blue stuff, very vOluminOus down to the
knees, where they viii be caught in
tight. These viii be leather CATERS
The ordinary KEPT or cap with a fore
piece worn by the regular police viii
complete the costume. In the daytime
these cOmical-lOOking bike policemen
viii carry the customary sword bayO-
net, the sheath of which will be attach
ed to the saddle of the machine in such
way as to be within easy reach Of
the hand. In the night they will be
further armed with pair Of reYOlYerS
worn in a pistol belt.
All this large force of horse and biCy-
Gle police Will be kept up to the mark,
always on the alert, through a cOntin-
ual performance inspection by their
officers, who viii spend the day and
night in gallOping about to see that
every man is actively on the lookout
NJ. Lepine himself, who by no means
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-01

was never occupied as a Masonic meet
ing place prior to American occupa-
ton, however, because of the intense
prejudice against Free Masonry on the
part of the authorities. Indeed. in
Porto Rico, as elsewhere in the Span
ish West Indies, the Masonic order had
pretty hard time TO get along at all
before 1898. 1t was not only forbidden
TO the MasOns to build, but their meet
tngs were virtually prescribed. In con-
sequence. hardly a lodge, either in Por-
to Rico or Cuba, had a regular meet
ing place or was able TO meet at regular
intervals. In Havana lodge meetings
were held in obscure, often deserted
buildings, but rarely twice consecu-
lively in the same place, and this was
the procedure also in some Of the other
cities. In many cases, however, it was
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-01

planters of foreign birth Joined in the
protest and thus the building was pre-
served. Notwithstanding the Difficult
ties with which Masonry was con-
frOnted under the Spanish regime, a
pretty fair organization, including
grand lodge, was kept up in both Porto
Rico and Cuba. The order is now re-
ported to be in very Furnishing cOndi-
ton in both islands.
An interesting feature Of life in POr-
10 Rico is furnished by the civil guard.
1t was organized Immediately after the
American occupation, and most of its
members were drawn from the ranks
of those who had formerly been in the
service Of Spain, in the volunteer force,
in the insular police and in the army
itself. Some of them were of nearly
pure negro blood. others were of mixed
descent, but some were pure Spaniards
and of peninsular nativity. For a long
time after the transfer they wore the
same uniforms -they-had worn in the
Spanish service, but United States
army hats were supplied to them at the
very first. They were organized by
General Henry at the beginning of his
Porto Rican service, with headquarters
at San Juan, under a general chief. and
at other cities, each
under a captain. Though they We're
thoroughly loyal TO Spain While in the
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I ing himself, he will simply be arrested
on the spot and either frightened into
leaving the city or kept In custody as
a suspect, while the authorities can
find sufficient proof of past unpublished
misdeedS to warrant q permanent i'm
prisonmeut. This Sounds like rather a
high handed, unjust proceeding, but
the plan is a duplicate Of that put into
force in New York years ago by Thorn
as Byrnes. and, in fact, is only an ex
/ tension of the plan always adopted
here before fete days such as the car
nival, the Mi-Careme and the Four
| tenth of July. Even if not strictly le-
gal, it is approved by most honest peO-
/ pie as a precautionary measure which
/ does more good than harm.
Even the postal service and the
/ chances of dishOpest gain that it will
offer in the exposition time, have been
thought of. The number of letters con-
tanning money and valuableS will be
much greater than usual and it would
also be easier than usual for dishonest
postal servants to appropriate them.
The project of police has inspired the
postal authorities to take special pre-
cautions, setting a close watch on the
mail bags and keeping a keen eye on
distributors and letter carriers alike.
Also the city of Paris has undertaken
always on the advice of the all DOW
erful project of pOlice-to improve in
certain places the lighting of its thor
Oughfares. Electric lamps are Seing
installed wherever there are routes,
likely to be frequented, which have
been favorite lurking places of doubt
full characters in the past, owing to
their darkness. A large section of the
Bots de BOulogne has had gas lamp
posts installed for the first time. The
moonlight drive in the Bots, only a few
minutes from the Arc de Triumphe.
which is always a temptation, will be-
come safer in consequence.
In fine, the project has endeavored
as he says. to convince the world that
the Paris police is worthy of It's repu-
tation, that it does not unduly boast
when it declares itself the finest police
force in the world.
And the cost of all this, NJ. le Pre-
fect?"
The cost? It will be enormous. But
it is worth while"
Some one has calculated that from
the United States alone there will come
to the exposition from 1000, 900 to l.
100000 people prepared to spend here
total sum of five milliards of francs,
or a thousand million of dollars Per-
haps this is an eXtravagant guess, but
the expenditure will doubtless be so
necessary as to make NJ. Lepine's pre-
cautionary measures worth while at al
most any cost
STEFAN MACKENNA.
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CO Restrain the French Robbers.
Will be Made Safe for Exposition May be Inclined to
Laugh at the Uniform but NJ Lne
Force Will AsO be

boxes and pigeon holes containing care
full studies of different forms of swind-
ling practiced in different countries.
From these the Paris detective service
has been able to increase it's knowledge
Of the inner working of the most ex-
pert gangs. Thus it viii be able TO
take effective measures for warning the
public against them. and to secure ar
plished.
In hotels, in cafes. in railroad sta
tons and other public places, printed
placards informing visitors of come Of
the devices likely to be employed
against them by dishonest persons will
be posted up, and it is expected that