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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-12-11

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OF the current in that pcvt'on, Of the
city shortly after the discovery Of the
f1re. The electric street railway COM
any also turned of the current from
the trolley wire. and cars remained at
standstill until Sunday. morning.
One guy wire broke during the night
but no one was injured.
MANY SPECTATORS.
At least five thousand citizens assem-
bled along Market and Eighth streets.
during the progress Of the fire. Among
them were friends who were anxious
for the safety of either persons en-
ployed in the store or living In the
block. But their fears were allayed
when II was announced that everybody
had escaped without injury. The
Barber home was visited by hundreds
Of people, looking to the safety of oc-
cupants of the block. Many of the
clerks in the store left without taking
their hats and cloaks.
Marsino Brothers, VINO had a stand
along the Eighth street side of the
building, sutained loss of several
iiuIuIcu uOhdIS. All tHtiT lTult WAS uC-
stroyed, together with the stand.
LOSS NOT FULLY RECOVERED.
The Saxton block was built in 1883,
at a cost of nearly 100000. When II
passed into the hands of Mrs M. C..
Barber In trust for the heirs, in 1893.
upon the death of George d. Saxton.
1t was appraised at $4,000. The insur-
ance does not quite cover the loss. The
building was 100 feet square.
AT wS-DEMOCRAT OFFICE.
About II o'clock flames were seen
emanating from the upper story of the
News Democrat building. 1t appears
that burning particles of wood, waited
from Market street, by the wind, had
ignited the woodwork. The blaze was
speedily extinguished, without loss.
A small shed in the rear of the Crause
residence, at the intersection of Second
street and the w. & L. L. railway track,
was found burning. Sparks from the
large fire found a lodging place on the
roof This blaze was arrested at its in
ception. Another nearby shed also was
burning, but this fire. too. was quickly
attended to by neighbors.
ASHES AND EMBERS.
East Seventh, Eighth and Ninth
streets were covered with ashes and
burning embers. The sidewalk in front
of The Miller Comany, in East Seventh
street, was covered to a depth of nearly
an inch with particles of burned wood
and fine ashes, and this formed sort
of paste which adhered to ones shoes
in passing through it. Sparks fell every
where, on roofs and fences, and there
were many incipient fires which were
quickly discovered and extinguished
before they got an opportunity to
spread.
Many expressions of sympathy for the
Kenny Bros. have been heard in busi-
ness circles since the fire. The News
Democrat is not alone in hoping that
the firm may soon be re-established. 1t
appears to be the general opinion of
Cantons leading merchants that this
firm, which has shown much commend
able energy and enterprise in the past,
will not be long out of business. 1t Is
said that the Kenny brothers are al
ready looking for suitable quarters in
which to open new store.
The following is the total amount OF
insurance carried on the Saxton block
so far as can be ascertained from
local insurance agents records:
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-12-11
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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-12-11
.SAXTON BLOCK WIPED OUT BY FIRE.
Kenny Brothers Big Department Store Reduced to Ashes Entang Total Loss
Of Almost Two Hundred thousand Dollars.
The CONFEDERATION Was CAUSED BY DECORATIONS STRIKING GAS JET.

Occupants of the Burning Building Narrowly Escape Cemson
Panic In the Opera House Averted BY Timely Warning of
al Stage Hand---JOseph Young Mere Lad, Saves
Many Lives By Running to the Upper Floors of
the Doomed Block and Awakening the
Sleeping Inmates. Thrilling Rescues.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-12-11
SAVED THE CASH BOX.

AS the clerks made their escape, Miss
Lulu Myers, the cashier. brushed the
proceeds of the days sales into an
apron and started out of the building
with her precious load. A large sum
of money. the proceeds of Friday had
been kept in metal receptacle, which
was stored In the safe. 1t is believed
that this money was not destroyed.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-12-11

Mr.. r. b. Kenny made his escape
through the south front door, but was
struck by falling transom and badly
cut and bruised.
Smyrna times., 1900-11-07
The Last Chinese Actress.

Many visitors to the Celestial king
dom have noted the absence Of women
from the stage. All the roles in n Chi
nese play are taken by men. This sin
gular custom is traced back to a wom-
ans whim. The Emperor Yung
Tsching married an actress at the be-
ginning Of the eighteenth century.
when women were allowed on the
stage. The emperor died and the en-
press dOwager ruled the country for
her son, the Prince Kim Sung.
To satisfy her vanity this shrewd
and most peculiar woman issued n
decree in the year 1876 fOrbidding, un-
der penalty of instant death by the
sword of the executioner, any member
of her sex to appear on the Chinese
stage. after me, no one," said the
empress dowager, and since her day no
woman within the reach Of Chinese
law has dared to test the strength of
her decree. In Hongkong "a British
colony women have played in Chinese
theaters. but never as yet, we believe
In San Francisco.
Smyrna times., 1900-11-07
The Hard Work of Congressmen.

The Hard Work of Congressman.
Let those who are blissfully ignorant
laugh at congressman for the easy time
they have at Washington. Only those
who have been through the mill know
how hard a congressman must work If
he is to fulfill his public duties. A
hardworking senator said to me, 81
might have. made $4,000 during my
term in the senate if l had given as
much attention to my private business
as have given to the public business"
The amount Of work whiaA Is laid up
on a member or senator Is simply enOr-
nous. What with the demand for pen
sions, pOstoffice documents, applica-
tions for promotion or discharge in the
army and many other things, a men,
ber's time may be taken up with the
eXactions of his daily mail. A good
clerk may be Of immense help, but
some senators employ two or three
and then find there is a great deal
which they must answer or attend to
in person.
The daily sessions from II to about
take up half a day, and committee
meetings often take up the other half
for two or three days in the week. 1t
is hard to tell when the busiest men,
bers. who are never absent from ses-
sion or from committee meeting. find
time to prepare the elaborate speeches
which they sometimes deliver. 1t is
not strange. then. that so few members
of either chamber are found in the
reading rooms devoted to them in the
Congressional library. When they want
books from that or any other deposit
tory, they have them sent to their
homeS.-IndepCnden
Smyrna times., 1900-11-07
Crane Carried His satcheI.

Arthur y. Leeds of Tioga met Ste
phen Crane once under circumstances
which showed how little the novelist
traded upon the fame that came to
him. Mr.. Leeds got Off a train at Del
aware Water Gap. The only man on
the platform was bumped up against
the side Of the depot gazing into space.
He looked like a farmers boy. His
trousers were baggy. his coat battered
and his hat rowdy.
"Say. carry this stuff to the hotel for
me, will your asked Mr.. Leeds. The
man grasped the bags and started in
the wake of Mr.. Leeds toward the
hotel
When the hotel was reached, Mr..
Leeds lost sight of his porter for a few
minutes while he greeted friends
Looking around for his baggage, he
saw the man who had packed it to the
hotel sitting on the piazza with his
legs on the railing. He was reading a
book
"Who's that MANI" asked Mr.. Leeds
"Oh. that's Stephen Crane" some one
said. The next day Crane left the place
before Mr.. Leeds had an opportunity
for explanations.-Phil Nortl
American.
Smyrna times., 1900-11-07
StucIx IN His Post.

When 1t comes to a battle. a horse
shows no fear of death, no sign Of be-
ing overcome by panic, in all the wild
tumult of the battles roar. A horse
in one of our batteries in the Murfrees-
bOro fight was hit by a piece of shell,
which split his skull so that one side
was loOsened. The driver turned him
loose. but when he saw the team he
had worked with being driven back
for ammunition he ran to his old place
and gallOped back with the rest. When
an officer pushed him aside to have
another horse put in, he gazed at the
new one with a most sorrowful ex-
preston in his eyes. Then he seemed
to realize that the battle was no more
for him, and he walked away and lay
down and died. The officer declared
that it was a broken heart that killed
him.-Our Dumb Animals.
Smyrna times., 1900-11-07
CHURCH SERVICES.

AsPUR METHoDET Overwhelmingly Preach
ing at l0% NJ and 7.45 P. NJ. SUNDAY School
P. NJ. Christian EndeavOr Prayer Meeting,
6.15 P. NJ. Prayer Meeting-Wednesdays al 7.45
Pm. Rev. G. A. Hill pastor.
T. PETERS CHURCH.-Rev. Henry Thomas, Rec
tor.-Sunday-MOrnng Prayer and Sermon at
1013 A. NJ. Evening Prayer and Sermon at "a
P.M sunday SchoOi-2.l5 P. NJ. Wednesdays
Evening Prayer and Lecture ~ P. NJ. Teach
ers Meeting Immediately afterward.
-Sunday-Preaching at 10l& A. NJ
and ~ P. NJ. Sunday SchoOl-1113 A. NJ. Prayer
Meeting-Wednesdsys at ~ P. NJ. Rev. J. l..
Estlin, pastor
ST. POLYcARP CATHOLIC CHURCH-ServiceSe every
other sunday, by Father WaldIon. Sunday
School Immediately after service.
SMYRNA misunderstanding services, Friend
ship in the morning, Severson III the after
noon. Jerman'S Chapel and Smyrna Land
ing alternate Sunday nights at 730. Rev. G.
L. HaIdesty, pastor.
CENTENNIAL METHODIST EPISCOPAL {Colored) -
Sunday-Preaching at IL A. NJ. and P. NJ.
Sunday School, P. n. Rev. W. c. Dick
erson, Pastor.
a. NJ. <. CHURCH-Sund, Preaching at II a.
M, and p. IN. Sunday school at , D. m.
Christian Ende6vor, 6l2 q. N. sunday. Praise
meeting, at O'Clock v wednesday evening
Rev. J. NJ. Palmer, P,sOr
Smyrna times., 1900-11-07
Millions Given Away.

1t is certainly gratifying to the pub
lie to know of one concern which is
not afraid to be generous. The pro-
prietors of DIR. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption, Coughs and Colds.
have given away over ten million trial
bottles and have the satisfaction of
knowing it has cured thousands of
hopeless cases. Asthma, Bronchitis,
La Grippe and all Throat, Chest and
Lung diseases are surely cured by it..
Call on Benton n. Weldon, druggist,
Successor to Jas. P. Hoffecker, J
Smyrna, and 7. L. Mason druggist,
Clayton, and get a free trial bottle.
Regular size SOC and $1.00. Every bot
tie guaranteed.
Smyrna times., 1900-11-07
"LOPES TOO BLOOMIN 'IGH."
The Engllshman's Only Comment
When the BrOnchO Threw Him.

The Engllshman'S Only Comment
When the BrOnchO Threw Him.
"MOst Englishmen are considered
pretty fair horsemen. but when 1t
comes to riding bucking broncho some
of them are not in or on it for long,"
said the owner of large cattle ranch
in Wyoming to the writer the other
day. For instance. rich young Eng
lishman recently came out to my part
of the country in quest of some good
investment. He was at my ranch as
guest for a few days, and one after
noon as the cowboys were about to
round up a bunch Of COW ponies the
young man said that he would enjoy
good ride in the saddle. He said he
was used to riding only thoroughbreds.
and he didn't think we had a horse
good enough for him. The boys con-
vinced him that they had one of the
finest horses on the plains. and if he
knew how to ride he was welcome to
the animal He was apparently in
suited when questioned about his abil-
ity to ride and answered that he could
ride any kind of a horse. A sleepy
looking brOnchO was accordingly
brought out from the corral and sad
died Though the beast appeared half
dead. he was the worst bucker in the
herd.
"''E's HfPless.' said the foreigner
when the pony was brought to him.
The boys said the nag would wake up
after the first mile, and MILFORD got into
the saddle. The first buck jump placed
him on the horses neck. and after the
second he was in the atmosphere. He
turned a double somersault and land
ed on the sharp end of a cactus plant
When he picked himself up. one of the
boys asked what he thought of the
thoroughbred now. The question made
the Englishman turn pale.
"''E's a good 'Oss.' he answered.
but he lopes too bloomin 'igh.' -
Washington Star.
Smyrna times., 1900-11-07
SECRET SOCIETIES.

MoRNING STAR LODGE, No. 6, l. 0. @ F.-Meets
every Friday evening, at 500 O'clock.
Mcdonnell ENCAMPMENT. No J. 1 q. 0. F.-Meets
Second and Fourth Tuesday evenings of each
month at 500 o elOcg.
HARMONY LODGE, No. Is, A. F. A. M.-Meets First
and Third Thursday eTe.iugs OF each month
at 500 O'C,Ock.
SMYRNA LODGE, No 5, l, o. G. T.-Meets every
Wednesday evening, ii % O'clock.
SMYRNA CONcLAvE, No. 4j. ORDER Of HEPTAsOPHs
meets first and third Tuesday of eleh month
at 500 o'clock, at the O5d Fellows Hail.
UNION CASTLE No II, K. G. .E.-Meess every Mon
day evening in their hall in the Cooper Build
ing, at s o. o'clock.
MIsPAH LODGE, No. lG. A. 0. W.-Meets every
Monday evening at 500 O'clock in odd Eel
lows Hail.
IIzPAH CONCLAvE, No. '6l5 ADHESIVE MoGUL-
LIANs.-Meets the last Monday evening of each
month, at 90 O'Clock, in odd Fellows Hall.
- ENERAL WINFIELD =. HANCnCK POsT, No. 80
g A. K.-Meets every Thursday night in the
Hall of tie knights Of the Golden Eagle. ThOs
Davis, Commander
STARS AND STRIPES COUNCIL. No. 26, JR o. U. A,
M:-Meets at 90 p. m. every Thursday III
Odd Fellows Hall
ERANCEs E. WILLARD Temple, No. s. X. of g. F.
Meets every Tuesday evening at O'Clock, al
the Golden Eagle Hail.
Smyrna times., 1900-11-07
Weight of Women. Rro,n.

The wOman's brain is always less
than the mans. From BOyd's figures
we can pick out 102 men and 113 wom-
en- between Ga inches and &C inches
high, averaging close on Go inches, for
each group. But the brains of the men
average 4G.9 ounces, while those of the
women are only 41.9 ounces, which
gives the men an advantage of u per
cent. There are 81 small men whose
height averages GO inches, and there
are 135 women Of the same height. The
brains of the men weigh 45.6 ounces,
those Of the women only 429 ounces
New York Herald.
Smyrna times., 1900-11-07
Literary DimcnIfIen-

"She has been talking about writing
a novel for years." said one woman.
"Yes," answered the other, "but
don't think she'll ever get 1t completed.
She has followed the plan of those
authors who study their personal ac-
quaintances for types of character"
isn't the method a good oneT'
"Not in her case. When her husband
refuses her anything, she wants to put
him in as the villain, and when he does
as she wishes she wants to make him
the hero. 1t keeps her continually re-
writing the first apter."-Washing
ton Star
Smyrna times., 1900-11-07

A potato went out on a mash and
sought an onion bed that's pie for me
observed the squash, and all the beets
turned red go away, the onion weep
ing cried, your love 1 cannot be, the
pumpkin is your lawful bride, you
cantelOpe with me. But onward still
the tuber came and lay down at her
feet: you caulifower by any name
and it will smell as wheat; and I, too
am an early rose, and you I've come
to see, so don't turnip your lovely nose
but spinach at with me-" 81 do not
carrot all to wed, so go, sir, if you
please!" the modest onion meekly said,
''and lettuce pray have pease; so think
that you have never seen myself or
smelled my sigh; too long a maiden L
have been for favors in your rye"
"Ah, spare cross" the tuber prayed,
my cherry shed bride you'll be; you
are the only weeping maid that's cur
rent now with mel" and as the willy
tuber spoke, he caught her by surprise
aud giving her an 1rtichoke, devoured
ner with his eyes.
Smyrna times., 1900-11-07
A Close Estimnte.

Il don't want to hear anybody sayin
that our boy Josiar doesn't earn his
salt" said Farmer Corntossel.
"You said 1t yourself once" said his
wife.
"Well, take it back. don't want to
DO the boy any injustice. have been
lOokin over these market quotations,
an l have concluded that Josiar does
earn his salt, jest about But If they'd
"a said he didn't earn his pepper !
reckon I'd have to give in."-Washing.
ton Star.
Smyrna times., 1900-11-07
Lonrevifr of Fiah.

There are some goldfish in Washing
ton which have belonged to the same
family for the last so years, and they
seem no bigger and no less vivaclous
today than they did when they first
came into the owners possession. A
few of the fish in the Imperial aqua
rum at st. Petersburg are known to
be $50 years old, and the age of the
sacred fish in some Of the ponds at
tached to the Buddhist temples in
China is to be counted by centuries. II
we are to believe the priests.
Smyrna times., 1900-11-07
Stage Fright.

When Bob Burdette started out to
lecture, he struck the same town as
Henry Ward Beecher, who sent for
him.
"Well. young man, how do you like
itT
"Mr. Beecher," he replied, ''it is aw-
full. l nearly die every night from
nervousness"
LET me console you, then. The
longer you lecture the more nervous
you'll get" And Bob declared 1t to be
true.-Saturday Evening Post.
Smyrna times., 1900-11-07
THE MYSTERY OF DREAMS,
Case In Which the Condolences
Were Remarkable.

Case In Which the Condolences
Were Remarkable.
On one occasion during the civil war
| dreamed that | was standing beside
a road when there came marching
along 1t a strong column of prisoners,
with guards at intervals on the flanks.
| asked one of these guards who the
prisoners were and where they had
been captured. He informed me that
they had been taken in an engagement
with the enemy on the day before and
that there were 1.900 of them. | then
asked some bystander what day of the
month it was and was told it was such
a day of a certain month. some six
weeks later than the date of the dream.
The whole dream was extremely dis
tinct, and 1t made a strong impression
on me. | related 1t to a number of my
comrades within the next few days
and then thought of 1t no more.
Six weeks later, on the morning of
the very day that had been mentioned
in the dream as the date when the col
umn of prisoners had passed before
me, WAS Oh picket TWO miles distant
from the point where | had seemed
to be when ! saw them. 1t was soon
after breakfast. and was standing
by the side of the road at the fire talk
ing to the officer of the picket when an
aid to the commanding general came
riding down the road. He had been a
schOOlfellOw of our officers at West
Point, and he refined up when he recog
nized his friend. He told us that he
had good news; that there had been q
sharp engagement with the enemy the
day before and that our people had
captured 1000 prisoners. who had Just
passed the headquarters that morning
on their way to the rear.-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
Smyrna times., 1900-11-07
The snore.

A certain poet thus breaks forth:
"Ob, the snore, the beautiful snore, fill
Ing the chamber from ceiling to floor;
over the coverlet, under the sheet, from
her wee dimpled chin to her pretty
feet; now rising aloft like a bee in
June, now sunk to the wall of crack
ed bassoon; now filutelike subsidIng,
then rising again, is the beautiful snore
sg Elizabeth Jane"
Smyrna times., 1900-11-07
Handy.

"This man." said the keeper softly,
"imagines he has millions"
isn't that nice?" answered the Wis
itor. Whenever lie needs money all
he has to do is to draw on his imagina-
ton" kansas City Times.
Smyrna times., 1900-11-07
A Drifting Wreck.

~What is skeptic. pap
"Well. the most hopeless kind of
skeptic is a woman who has lost her
faith in doctors. s."-Indianapolis Jour-
nal.
Smyrna times., 1900-11-07
somevvhat Encournrinr.

"Did that rich young Goldbag pro-
pose to you last nightT"
'Not exactly, mamma. but he asked
for an option on me for 30 days.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Smyrna times., 1900-11-07

General Botha and General De Wet
and few other Boer leaders decline
to admit that the war in Africa is
ended.
Smyrna times., 1900-11-07

This nation is big enough now to pay
some attention to the quality rather
than the quantity of its inhabitants.
Smyrna times., 1900-11-07

Gar Nicholas is determined to have
peace on earth, iflt takes millennium
to effect it.
Smyrna times., 1900-11-07

The things we do worst are usually
the thing we do. most.
Smyrna times., 1900-11-07

A philosopher is a man who never
attempts to argue with his watch.
Smyrna times., 1900-11-07
SMYRNA DIRECTORY.
TOWN OEETCTATS

President of Council-James C. Robinson.
Secretary of COuneil-Henry 5. Anthony.
Town Treasu7er-Ezekial V. Cooper
Clerk of Council-Samuel J. Reynolds.
Alderman-Eugcne Crow.
Chiefof POlice-JOseph H. Garner.
Councilmen: lst ward, John Rawley; 2nd
Ward. Samuel J. Reynolds: Srd Ward, Edward G
Walls; 4th Ward, Jos. H. Wright: 9TH Ward,
E. Marriott Fowler; 9th Ward. James C. Robinson
and Henry 5. Anthony.
Council meets the second and fourth Fridays
in each month.
Smyrna times., 1900-11-07

Some men lay by money for a rainy
day, while others borrow umbrellas.
Smyrna times., 1900-11-07
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Bears the II 'H0 N''u ..~ ~. .e.. n.~sls '''
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-12-07

has pun hassd the grocery business OF Mr..
]. l.. Brown, Main street, has been
travelling salesman representing the Elec-
trio Lustre Starch company OF Boston.
throughout the west. Mr.. George Jordan
is to remain with MIR. Elwell as clerk
Mr.. Patrick Murphy has so far re-.
covered from the burns on his hands re-
c,yed at the Jord an foundry, as TO resume
his work.
Mr.. Harry NJ. Blake. who is spending
a few days at his old home In this city, is
soon to open five and ten cent store in
Biddeford.
The annual m Getting OF the York coun-
ty conference of Adventists commenced
last evening at the Berean Advent
church OF this city. The conference Is
compossd OF the Advent churches in York
county and such parts OF Cumberland
county as lie south o. the Maine Central
railroad line. The conference which
opened last evening was In the form OF a
devotional service. Inc conference is to
continue over Sunday and Is to include a
preaching service each afternoon and eve
ming, and three preaching services on
Sunday. The conference Is presided over
by Elder r. j. Coolbroth Of Dover, Me.
The programme for the conference 10 as
follows: Friday. at 9 a. m, annual meet
ing OF the Advent Maine State Sunday
School association. Afternoon, preaching
service; evening. social service followed
by sermon. Saturday at a. m. business
meeting OF the York County conference,
and election of officers; afternoon and
evening, preaching services. Sunday at
a. m there Is to be q love feast, with
preaching at II a. m preaching at and
D. m. on Sunday. The Off GERS Of ths
conference ara as follows: President, Rev.
L. j. Coolbroth, Dover; vice president,
Rev. o. A. S. Msyberry, wAtervilIe;
secretary, j. II. Dixon, South Eliot;
treasurer, W. a. watsrhouse, Goodwin's
Mills.
Wade Camp No. 10. Sons of Veterans,
viii elect officers for the ensuing year at
the meeting to be held this evening.
The annual paper publ ished In the in
terests of the Westbrook Universalist fair
has been issued and distributed through
the city. 1t contains some bright editori-
ais and the programme OF the fair for the
week. The paper Is edited by the pastor,
Rev. K. B. Barber.
The district convention Of Knights OF
Pythias is to be held with Presumpscot
Valley lodge Of Cumberland Mills this
evening. westbrook lodge is to confer
the first and third ranks.