The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-10-18
THREE CANTON BOYS
Now at tho Coiu m bus Barrack ks
1.-Two Of Them Qualify
as First Glass
Marksmen
From a Staff Correspondent.

Kinley are being removed from the
state house to-day. The drapings of
the great pillars on either side of the
capital building were removed Mon
day evening, and the work of taking
down the emblems of sorrow that made
the sombre effect in the rotunda was
begun Tuesday morning. Soon the
building will have its accustomed ap-
pearance, though the great picture of
the late president, representing him
as he appeared when he was governor
of the state, may be draped in mourn
ing for some time. 1t has not been de-
cided just where this picture will be
placed or what special mark of distinc-
ton 1t will be given among the paint
ings Of all of the governors the state
has had, but something will be done
to permanently recall the tragedy that
took away his life. Thousands Of visi-
tors have viewed the drapings in the
state house.
Assistant Adjutant General Valand-
ingham stated Monday afternoon that
the Ohio national guard would 4
GET ITS MONEY
before the week ends. All preliminar-
les have been gotten out of the way
and there are now only few yards Of
red tape between the money and the
men. 1t is said that before the week
closes the matter will be all closed up
The delays have caused a great deal of
grumbling.
The supreme court docket Is being
cleared up as rapidly as possible, but
is still in bad shape, the court being
several hundred cases behind the dock-
ct. Every county in the state has i'm
portant cases that have been delayed
from time to time. The court simply
has too much business and 1t has been
decided to divide it after November l
and three Of the judges hear oral arg,,-
ments in one room and three in an
other, thus doubling the work accom-
plished. Even then it will take long
= time to catch up.
The house of representatives and the
senate chamber are being remodeled
and new furniture is being added. A
great many improvements in facilities
and accommodations are possible, now
that the annex to the state house is be-
ing occupied, relieving the congestion
in the old building.
The Republican committee is laying
great stress on its opening meeting at
Delaware, and Senator Foraker is to
SOUND THE KEYNOTE.
His speech has been carefully prepared
and will be distributed to all papers
Nash will make a short speech and
Nippert, candidate for lieutenant gov
ernor, will not talk at any great length
Foraker Is to be the star orator. Sen
ator Hanna will make an impromptu
speech. That Is what the bills say
but he is probably working at 1t now.
His speech will not be given out In al.
vance, and thus the senator will get
the reputation Of being O great or
hand speaker. He will doubtless be
greatly surprised when the chairman
of the meeting calls upon him to speak.
General Dick Is getting ready to har.
vest his annual crop of boils. He came
to headquarters to work, but has been
able to give little time to the work this
week. A great boil has made its pres
ence felt In his groin and as he usually
has a large number at q time he may
be laid UP a greater part Of the short
campaign.
The Columbus barracks Is designed
for only battalion of troops, but there
is nearly
AN ENTIRE REGIMENT
there now. The work OF Increasing
companies to $50 is going on and new
recruits are coming in daily. It Is a
busy place and troops are leaving daily
and recruits coming In, so that the
scenes about the union station are such
as to remind one Of war times. Three
Canton boys are in the barracks, Will
liam Riegler, a son of Canton mould
er, Leon Zerbe, son of ]. j. Zerbe. and
"Corkey" Nauman, the young man who
has had some experience as a prize
fighter in Canton and Massillon. These
young men have been in the service
for several weeks and are no longer
looked upon as being eligible to the
awkward squad. Last week Riegler
and Zerbe were at the Newark range
and succeeded In qualifying as
FIRST CLASS MARKSMEN.
Nauman. who hits better with gloves
on his hands, got into the second class
as bulls eye artist. Zerbe has been
quite Ill with fever for a few days
and was only discharged from the hos
pital Monday evening. He says the
army has already done him much good
He says II the rules are fully observed
1t will make a man out Of the most
wayward boy. He points to the fact
that he has already been cured Of
cigarettes and thinks that II he nevor
gets any farther along he has already
done great thing. He and the others
are training to 30 to the Philippines
They belong to Company ID. of the goth
infantry, and the company Is to go &c
the Philippines some time In December,
Zerbe expects to pay visit to Canton
before starting to the new possessions
OF Uacle Sam.
Prof. o. A. Wright, former superin-
tender: OF the Canton public schools