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The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-01-23

a puzzled look. She was thinking
matters over. 1t sooned cleared again.
"Then Lady Sarah must have kept
it out when she put in the rest. It
was she who returned them to the case;
I did not. Perhaps she wore it last
night"
mo. miss, that she didn't. She wore
only those two"
II saw what she had on interrupt
ed Alice. "But she might also have
put on the other without my noticing.
Then she must have kept it out for
some purpose. will ask her. Wait
here an instant, Hughes, for, Of
course, you will like to be at a GER
tainty."
That's COOL" thought Hughes, as
Alice went into the breakfast room,
and the colonel came out of it with
the newspaper. II should have said
it was somebody else who would like
to be at a certainty instead of me.
Thank goodness it wasn't in my
charge last night, if anything dread
full has came to pass. My lady don't
keep out her bracelets for sport. Miss
Seaton has left the key about, that's
what she has done, and it's hard to
say who hasn't been at it; l knew the
box had been ransacked over"
Lady Sarah," said Alice, "did you
wear your new diamond bracelet last
night?"
mo"
'"Then did you put it into the boz
with the others?'
mo" languidly repeated Lady
Sarah, attaching no Importance to the
question.
after you had chosen the bracelets
you wished to wear, you put the 9TH
ers into the box yourself" exclaimed
Alice. "Did you put in the new one,
the diamond, or keep it out?"
"The diamond was not there"
Alice stood COMPOUNDED cit was on
the table at the back of all, Lady
Sarah" she presently said; "next the
window"
Il tell you, Alice, it was not there.
don't know that 1 should have worn
it if it had been, but certainly looked
for it. Not seeing it, I supposed you
had not put it out, and did not care
sufficiently to ask for it,
Alice felt in mesh of perplexity:
curious thoughts, and very unpleas-
ing ones, were beginning to come over
her. "But. Lady Sarah, the bracelet
was indeed there when you went to
the table," she urged. 81 put it there"
II can assure you that you labor
under a mistake as to its being there
when came up from dinner" an
swered Lady Sarah. "Why do you
ask?"
Hughes has come to say it is not
in the case. She is outside, waiting
Outside now? Hughes" called out
her ladyship; and Hughes came in.
whats this about my bracelet"
"I don't know, my lady. The brace
let is not in its place, so 1 asked Miss
Seaton. She thought your ladyshir
might have kept it out yesterday even
ing"
IT have neither touched it nor seen
| it," said Lady Sarah.
"Then we have had thieves at work. "
eft must be in the box, Hughes, -
spoke up Alice. 81 laid it out on the
table, and it is impossible that thieves
as you phrase it-could have come
there"
ooh, yes, it is in the box, no doubt, "
said her ladysSip. somewhat Grossly,
for she disliked to be troubled espe-
cially in hot weather "You have not
searched properly Hughes"
"My lady," answered Hughes, II
can trust my hands. and I can trust
my eyes, and they have all four been
into every hole and crevice of the
box"
Lady Frances Chenevix laid down
the Morning Post and advanced. els
the bracelet really lost?"
| ITO he continued.)
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-01-23

DR.. Loeb claims to have discovered
the death microbe and means of rend-
ering it harmless. This is encourage
ing. Perhaps the good doctor will in
time discover the trust microbe and a
means ct rendering il harmless.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-01-23

The Lincoln (Neb) State Journal,
republican, asserts that the ''steel COR
poration, usually called trust has
earned during the first nine months of
its existence $50, 900, Oo0.'' Does the
highwayman earn" the money he
talks from his victim?
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-01-23

Cal, a man donkey and he is apt
to kick.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-01-23

Mr.. Fry says he has eliminated the
Objectionable features from the shiE
subsidy bill. If he has the bill will
carry no subsidy provision.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-01-23

The people who pay the freight
might solve the merger proposition by
organizing merger at the polls.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-01-23

Charles Emory Smith has left the
postoffice department and Historian"
MacClay has been pried loose from the
navy department, but the literary fell
lows are still represented in the gov
eminent employ by John Hay.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-01-23

AT joint caucus of the members of
the senate and house to select trustee
of the Agricultural College to succeed
l.. B. Robinson, of Harlan, James H.
Wilson, of Adair county better known
as Prairie Jim" Wilson was named.
The other candidates were the present
incumbent. l.. B. Robinson and Silas
Wilson of Atlantic. Senator Hazleton
was chairman of the caucus, and AS.
mus Boysen secretary Ten votes were
cast in the caucus. and Mr. Wilson
was elected on the first ballot, the
result being as follows: James H. Viii.
son, 6; l.. B. Robinson, 2. and Silas
Wilson, 2.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1902-01-23

Governor Lummins issued his first
proclamation on the Goth. 1t is for the
purpose of setting apart January 30,
the birthday of the martyred president,
as time for the giving of donations
to help build the proposed Mckinley
monument at Canton
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-10-31
BIG LIGHTING TRUST
PLANNED BY MORGAN
Control Of Two Large Com
panfes Already Secured 4
by Financier.

New York. Oct. 2S.-Wall street be-
lieves that J. Pierpont Morgan con.
templates a giant lighting trust
which ultimately will control the elec-
trio lighting system of every great
city in the United States. 1t is open
ly known that Mr.. Morgan has been
quietly picking up stock of the North
American company for months, and
had his partner, Robert Bacon, make
memorandum of the directorate, but
his plan for the company did not de-
velop until yesterday, when 1t was
learned that control had been secured
1t Is asserted that Mr.. Morgan now
has his plans matured and that the
electric lighting trust for municipali.
ties within the United States is already
in working order. The purchase OF
control by the North American COM
pany of the Detroit Electric Light
company for $4,000,000, thereby Sc
curing practically a monopoly of the
electric lighting field in that city, is
said to mark the first open step in
Mr.. Morgan's new plan. The North
American company already owns elec.
trio lighting and traction companies
In number of cities in the west.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-10-31
,,WU MUST RETURN.
Chinese Minister to the United
States Recalled by Ediet
OF Emperor.

Washington, Oct. %. WI Ting
Fang, who has been the minister of
the Chinese Empire to the United
States since May 1, 1897, has been re-
called to China by an edict of tho
emperor, cabled to Minister WI yes
terday by the Chinese foreign Office,
The edict is peremptory, Mr.. WI being
directed to return to China at as early
a date as possible, even the route by
which he is to make his voyage from
this country being indicated.
The edict informs Mr.. Wu that he
has been appointed minister of COM
nerce in association with Chang Chi
Tung. He takes the, position just. va
Gated by Sheng, whose father died
recently.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-10-31
Or. CHAPMAN RESIGNS
Aba n d ons New York astorate
=. to do Evan n9eIistic
Work.

New York, Oct. ,2s.-Rev. DR.. J
Wilbur Chapman has resigned the
pastorate of the Fourth Presbyterian
church. The resignation is due to DR..
Chapmans acceptance of request
made by the general assembly's COM
mittees on evangelistic work and the
doctor will devote his entire time to
the holding of conferences. the con-
Quoting Of meetings and the general
direction of the work of the commit.
tee. He will continue to live in this
city and will supply the pulpit Of the
Fourth church u1til bis successor is
chosen.
DR.. Chapman has filled pulpits in
Schuylersville, N. Y; Albany, N. Y,
and Philadelphia. Pa. He was grad
uated from Lane seminary, Cincinnati,
o., in 1882.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-10-31
BACK TO PRISON.
Releases conVlet Secures Per-
mission 60 Rem ain Behind
tho Bars.

Michigan City. Ind. Oct. 2S.-It has
remained for prisoner In the Indiana
state prison at this place to tell the
oldest tale and then to prove 1t
ever heard in a penal institution. The
name of the prisoner is John Rode, Of
whom It is said he would rather be
behind the walls than outside.
Rode recently told Warden Reid that
while out on parole he had been chased
by highway robbers, and fearing that
he would have his money taken from
him. he buried 1t In a sand pile along
one of the country roads leading out
of Michigan City. After burying the
money he walked into Michigan City
and asked the warden to take him
back, saying that he was happier in
side. The man was given his old cell.
The warden. to verify the story,
gave Rode half day off to recover his
money Within few hours the pris-
oner returned. carrying tin can uri-
der his coat In 1t was $115. which
Rode had saved from his pension. -
1t is alleged that Rode stole a horse
for the purpose of getting into the
penitentiary. He is an old man, and
is one of the "trusties" of the insti-
tuition. eIf = .}la
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-10-31
THE WEiIPPLE FAMILY
EARLY SETTLERS OF
THE COUNTY OF STARK


limits OF Canton, and was looked upon
as one of the best farm residences
about Canton.
In 1886 John Whipple moved out on
the farm now owned and occupied by
Thomas ]. Whipple. three miles west
of Canton, and about half mile north
of lhe Massilloa road, and lived there
the remainder of his life. At the time
that John Whipple bought this farm
it bore the name of the Tobacco
Farm" as 1t had been used for some
time before in the cultivation OF the
tobacco plant. Myers and Christmas
were the proprietors of the tobacco
farm, John Myers the father OF Henry
Fl. Myers, and William Christmas. one
of Canton's first merchants, were the
men who were the owners Of the
farm at that time.
well remember, when boy, of
going out on the road Just south Of
where Thomas j. Whipple now lives,
and of seeing quite row of sheds
or stables along the road, and upon
inquiring of my father found that
htey had been erected to store the
tobacco. which at that time was the
product of the farm.
Recently In conversation with
Henry II. Myers, now in his Dinetieth
year. he said that when quite good
sized boy. he would sometimes 30
out to help work on his fathers to-
bacco farm, and that on one occasion
he considered the clothes he was
wearing too good for such work and
therefore took with him an older and
less valuable suit and changed when
he got 10 the farm for work, and
took the best suit and put It into the
on en- of an old style template stove, a,
1t was not In use. But during the
day there was occasion to build Are
in the stove, net knowing that any
thing had been put into the oven, and
the result was that when MIR. Myers
came into the house and looked for
his best suit of clothes there was
nothing there but the buttons and a
heap of ashes.
Sixty years ago all the heavy pro-
duce of the county was taken to the
Ohio canal for transportation, as there
were no railroads In the county at that
time. Massillon being ;mucn the Iarg-
est town on the line of the canal in
Stark county. while Canton was very
dull and In many ways almost for
saken. The fact or tire county seat
being here was ali that was left 10
keep the town up An, effort was
made By the. cItIzsns ~ Massilion ssi
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surrounding country to appeal to che
Legislature to have the county seat re-
moved from Canton to- MassilIon.
At that time was clerking for L. &
S. Rawson, in Massillon, having gone
there In 1910. But my sympathies
were for my native town of Canton,
and when saw the petition presented
to people for their signatures to have
the county seat removed from Canton
to Massillon II hurt me, but my en-
plcyers' interests were in Massillon
and they were kind to me, SO / could
not say anything against getting peo-
pie to sign the pelition. One day
was much astonished to see John
Whipple asked to sign the petition,
and he did. He gave as his reason
that II was almost as near for him to
come to Massillon as it would be to
go to Canton, and as all his produce
had to be taken to Massillon. and his
principal purchases were made there,
1t would be more convenient to have
the county seat there too. Many 9TH
ers, that had not thought would
sign the petition, signed it as mat
ter OF convenience fol- themselves with
no intention to do anyone an injury.
Today these things are all past, but
1t shows that Canton IN ner early
days passed through perilous trials.
In the first place Osnaburg people
thought they should have the county
seat instead Of Canton. and after Can
ton had had the county seat for many
years 1t was In danger OF having the
ssunty seat taken away and removed
to Massillon. But those days have
passed and such things help to show
us tho old landmarks" that were SO
plainly seen 80 years ago.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-10-31
NATURAL ANXIETY.

Mothers regard. approaching winter
with uneasiness, children take cold so
easily. No disease costs more little
lives than Group. It's attack is so sud-
den that the sufferer is often beyond
human aid before the doctor arrives
Such causes yield readily to One Min
ute Cough Cure. Liquifies the mucus,
allays inflammation, removes danger
Absolutely safe. Acts Immediately
Cures coughs. colds. grip, bronchitis
all throat and lung trouble. F. s. Nc
Mahon, Hampton. Ca. "A bad cold
rendered me voiceless just before an
oratorical contest. intended to with
draw but took One Minute Cough Cure.
It restored my voice in time to win the
medal" Fishers drug store. Shana-
felt's drug store. Miller's drug store.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-10-31

NE of the familiar names
among the citizens of Canton
~ and surrounding country is
that of Whirple. Those best known
to us today are Thomas J. Whipple
and Ambrose Whipple. who 1.-Two on
their farms about three miles north
west of Canton. Their father. John
Whipplc, was native uf Plainfleld,
Connecticut. lie came to Canton IN
1913, then being 23 years OF age. Six
years after his arrivel in Canton John
Whipple was married to Catherine
Carroll. and to them were born IL
children, all growing up to maturity
but one, who died in infancy. Six
of them are still living namely: Thorn
as ]. Whipple, who was tine youngest
of the family. and Ambrose Whipp!e
who lives just north Of his brother
Thomas J. Whipple. Then there are
Mathew G. Whipple, OF Jerseyyi!le
Illinois, and James c. Whipp,e. ol
Ellsworth. Kansas. Two daughters
are yet living. Mrs. A. Clark. of Perry
county. Ohio, and Mrs. Julia Mofiit, Of
] .ouisville. Stark county. Hiram *
Dickey, who at one time lived in Can
ton, and afterwards moved TO Massil-
lon, was married to one OF the daugh-
ters but both have since died. Then
there was Joseph C. Richards. The
shoe dealer In Canton, many years
ago. who afterwards moved to Kan
sas City,. Kansas. swas married to one
of the Whipple daughters. She is
dead, but Mr.. Richards still lives il
Kansas City.
John Whipple was one of the frat
members of Lodge No. 60, of thu
Masonic order in Canton. and was
very much attached to that organiza.
tion, and was mourned by its menl-
bers at the time of his death. In re-
ligious faith John Whipple had been
raised q Baptist. and while he fully
endorsed their mode Of worship, he
never was member of the church
Mrs. Whipple was a Catholic, and was
most excellent mother. Some of the
children adopted her faith, others did
not. but all were among our best and
most worthy citizens.
Our older citizens will remember
when John Whipple lived on North
Market street, Just little north oil
Lake street. in two-story franc
house that stood on the west side ol
tho street and, wass afterwards che
home OF William Williams, At the
time john Whipple liyed az this place
~ was far out Of the corporation
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-10-31
MAN \!
SHOT BY FRIEND

(News-Democrat Leased Wire Service.)
Lancaster, O., Oct. 28.-While duck
shooting this morning at Lakeside
Clarence Loomis, in attempting To
shoot duck. discharged load of shot
into the breast of his friend, Lafay-
cite Hull, aged 35, at close range
Hull lived about two minutes.
Both men live in Columbus and are
prominent in the steel plant there
Loomis is wild with grief and is re.
quired the forts of several men to re.
strain him from harming himself.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-10-31
WELTy TO SPEAK
C anton n Man VIII Appear at
Fremont Next Saturday
Evening".
tstaff Correspondence }

Columbus, o., Oct. rs. - Hon. John
C. Welty will speak with John IL. Zim-
norman at Fremont next Saturday ev-
ening. Gen. Sherwood will speak at
Montpelier the same evening.
Owing to the absence of Adjutant
General Gyger, who has been at Alii-
auce, the resolution adopted by the
legislature providing for the opening
of tho state house ON Sunday was not
complied with last Sunday. Assistant
Adjutant Taylor did not care to take
the initiative in the matter of the en-
forcement of the law.
The action of the legislature In op-
cning the state house ON Sunday has
given rise to much comment, favor
able and unfavorable.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-10-31
FRIENDS SAW HIS ACT.
New York Man Invited The m to
Party Thon Shot Him
self.

= New York. Oct. %. Alfred Peter
sen. a Swedish pianomaker of this
city, after being out of woGk for some
time became downhearted. His
friends told him to cheer up. He told
them he would be glad to do SO and
invited them to form a party at his
house The guests arrived and after
an evening of gayety Petersen arose
to propose toast. He said: Here's
to or dear fatherland, to which my
spirit will fly"
Petersen drew a revolver as he con
cluded, and before his horrilied
friends could interfere he fired bul,
let through his brain and fell dead.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-10-31

"Peruna I have used I'm my family
with success. can recommend n n
an excellent family remedy and Ney
good for coughs. colds and catarrhal
affections. ".--H. Henry Powers.
John l.. Burnett, Member of Congress,
Seventh Alabama District, writes;
az take pleasure in testifying TO tho
merits Of your Peruna. At the solicita-
ton of friend my wife used It, and IL
improved her condition generally. It's
q remarkable remedy. lean cheerfully
recommend Peruna as a good, substan-
tial tonic, and q very good catarrh
remedy"
Pe-ru-na Cures Catnrrh,
Half the ills of life are due to catarrh
and catarrhal derangemcnts. PerunA
is the only internal, systemic catarrh
remedy known to the medical profession.
Peruna cures catarrh wherever To-
Gated. Peruna is not guess nor an
experimental is an absolute, scientific
certainty. Peruna has no substitutes
no rivals. Insist upon having Peruna.
If you do not derive prompt and salts.
factory results from the use Of Peruna,
write at once to DIR. Hartman, giving .
full statement of your case and he win
be pleased to give you his valuable ad'
vice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus, o.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-10-31
CUPID OF THE RAILROAD
Enmeshed Aged Greentown
Man and Akron GirI-Mar'
ried in Buffalo.

Akron. Oct. 2S. - Miss Sadie Hun
sicker, prominent young woman OF
Akron. and Lewis Smith, aged 60. a
bachelor, of Greentown, o., owning
coal mines worth $4,000, were mar
ried in Buffalo. Oct. Is. Friends did
not learn of the marriage until few
days ago. ''' '.-'". n'
Smith and Miss Hunsicker recently
became acquainted on train between
Akron and Cleveland They met n
second time on a train and at that
time became engaged
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-10-31
YOUNG SLATED:
To Succeed General
Miles.
CANTON RELATIVE
Says He Believes Such 10 Case
: Last Will Of General
YOUNG Was Year
Ago.

: Adjutant General Corbin Monday
made a practically official announce
mont in Washington that Major Gen.
s.. b. M Young will be appointed to
succeed Lieutenant General Miles
when the latter goes on the retired
list in August. 500.
. Z Corbin made the announcement in
order to stop the circulation Of reports
that the publication of his name at the
head Of the list of major generals In
dIcated his own selection to secceed
Miles. 'T think violate no conf
dence." said. General Corbin, when
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-10-31

say that Major General 8. B. M.
Young will succeed GAneral Miles. No
one feels more pleased than l do over
the intention of the secretary of war
to, thus honor Gen. Young"
IA Major General Young will remain
at the head of the army for only six
months, as In January. 1904, he will
also reach the age of his retirement,
Adjutant General Corbin will succeed
General Young for six years and II
Roosevelt Is still president, General
Leonard Wood will succeed to tho
highest rank. Gen. Young was born
In Robinson township. Allegheny coun
ty, In 1S40, and was educated In the
country schools and Jefferson college
He enlisted at the first call In 1861 as
a private, but returned after three
months and organized q company OF
the Fourth Pennsylvanta cavalry.
His rise. for meritorious conduct
was rapid until he received the ranl,
Of brigadier general of volunteers. Az
ter the war he was made captain in
the regular army and served In many
Of the Indian wars In the west. Al
the opening OF the Spanish-American
war he was brigadier general Of vol
unteers and was in command at the
battle of Guasimas, Cuba.
He was compelled to return on ac-
count OF an attack Of yellow fever, but
was soon given the rank Of brigadiei
general in the regular army In Feb.
ruary. 1901, .he was made major gen
sral. He is now at the head of the
war college, with headquarters iu
Washington.
w Eugene Young, of 9l9 North
Walnut street. is a cousin of General
Young, who was in Canton on visi,
about year ago. Mr.. Young said
that he had received no information
lately with regard to amy appoint
ment but that he had no doubt but
that General Young would be the mex
Lieutenant General.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-10-31
ECONSUMPTWE COOK -~-----7
- CAUSED sHUGHES'D DEATH
Economy lin AImshouse Serves to Infect Physi-
clans and Nurses With Dread Disease-- -
Chief Physician Succumbs.
News oerviceJ

Philadelphia, Get. 2S.--Dr. Dan L..
Hughes, one of the most noted alien
lists in the country and chief physician
of the Philadelphia hospital and aims
house, died today of consumption, tho
direct result, 1t Is claimed, of eating
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-10-31

food prepared by cook affected with
tuberculosis.
The cook was patient pressed into
service for the sake of economy. II
is charged that five other physicians
caught consumption the same way and
three nurses, one of whom died.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-10-31

Ira D. Reckard Duncombe. Ia,
writes: "My little boy scalded his
leg from the knee to the ankle.
used Banner Salve Immediately and In
three weeks time 1t was almost en-
tirely healed. want to recommend IT
to every family and advise them to
keep Banner Salve on hand as it is a
sure remedy for scalds or any other
sores" Sold by Roth & Hug
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-10-31

UNEXPECTEDLY STRUCK COAL.
Alexandria, Ind, Oct. 2S. - A four
teen foot coal vein was struck by gas
county, in the gas belt. at a depth of
800 feet.
The field covers several thousand
acres and the discovery has caused
much excitement.