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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-05-13
LAST PARTING
Between Brother and Sister
Will BE In AIiIancs-.WilI
Bury ChrIsty Reed.

(btan specially
Alliance, May 10.-The body of
Christy Reed, who committed suicide
In Cleveland few days ago. by drink
ing carbolic acid, was brought here
for burial this morning. His body
was accompanied by his sister, Miss
Anna Reed.
The brother and sister had not seen
each other for about Is years until
the meeting in Cleveland, the day be-
fore the suicide took place. Both
were formerly residents of this place.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-05-13

panied by strong downpour of dust,
to the extent of several inches this
morning. have offered the governor
in my power"
A message was also received from
Sir Robert Baxter Llewe!lyn, governor
of Windward islands at 7:50 this
morning, 1t reads:
Thirty deaths are reported in st.
Vincent, but my information is in
complete. The eruption is still pro-
ceeding. ! am endeavoring to get
back to st. Vincent"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-05-13
RELIEF
For St. Pierre Suffers
Congress Appropri-
ates 81 90, 900.

News-Democrat Leased Wire Service.
Washington, May 10.-Bills were
presented in both house and senate
for the appropriation of 100000 by
the United States to buy provisions,
clothing, medicines and other neces-
stiles to be rendered to the French
government for the relief of her ter
ribly afflicted people at Martinique and
authorizing the secretary OF war to
use such vessels as are necessary for
the quick transportation of the stuff.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-05-13
Death List at St. Pierre
Will Certainly Reach
Forty Thousand.
Volcano on St. Vincent Is
Still Vomiting Ashes
and Molten Lava.
tNews-Democrat Leased Wire service)

ST. Thomas, w. l., May 1O.-The latest ad-
vices say Pelee is still in eruption. St. Pierre is
still burning. For miles the in the vicinity
is covered with ashes and it is impossible thus
fart or vessels to reach land
The people in all Windward group of is
lands are in panic and earthquake shocks are
frequent and violent. Other mountains are
bursting forth in eruptions.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-05-13

Washington, May 10.-President
Gompers, of the American Federation
of Labor, stated this morning that as
an affiliated body of the Federation Of
Labor the miners will receive the un-
qualified support of that organization
in case the strike is ordered.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-05-13
SNOW
Falling In Cleveland and
Throughout the
North.

News-Democrat Leased Wire servlne.)
Cleveland, May 10.-A heavy snow
has been falling here for an hour
At one time the fall was so heavy
that traffic was impeded. It was i'm
possible to see from one side of the
street to the other. This breaks the
record for May. The storm came from
the northeast. Warmer weather is
predicted.
Detroit, May 10.-There has been
snow here and a heavy fall through
out Michigan.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-05-13
M'LAUREN AGAIN.
Politics Draws Him in Fistieuffs

tNcws-Democrat Leased Wire Service }
Washington, May Ex-senator Nc
Lauren, of South Carolina, had an
exciting personal encounter with A. A.
Gates, an hotel man of Greenville, S.
c., in the Hotel Raleigh.
No serious damage was done. Pol
itics was the cause of the outbreak.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-05-13
N'B{y B{y4R59F|5E &AEAi5RS}FF 81 FF}MhPSEiI SIhS5
mo WORK
Will Be Done by Anthra-
cite Coal Miners After
Monday Morning.

NewsDemocrat Leased Wire Service,
Scranton, Pa, May 10.--John Mitch
ell, president of the United Mine
all parts OF. the anthracite field that,
on Monday morning, not a
shovelful of hard coal will be mined
until the miners convention, which
meets at Hazleton on Wednesday, has
finally decided whether or not to make
permanent the provisional strike Or
dered by the executive committee here
last night.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-05-13
"A REVELATION

+ II you will make inquiry II will be
revelation to you how many succumb
TO kidney orr bladder troubles in one
form or another. II the patient Is not
beyond medical aid, Foleys Kidney
Cure VIII cure. u mover disappoints.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-05-13
MARRIAGE PERMITS.

Charles H. Bate 20, and Ollie r. Nc
Lean 25. Canton; William Johnson ~.
and Lillian Hennis IS. Navarro; Du-
gene Kent ~. and Ina schwier ~,
MassilIon.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-05-13

You never heard Of any one using
Foley's Honey and Tar and not be-
Ing satisned. Roth 3 Hug.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-05-13

Edgcomb's case will be taken before
the grand jury when that body re-
assemblies Monday morning. The
captain claims that he Is not guilty Of
assault. His prominence in Salvation
army work makes the case rather SEN
sational. -i1
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-05-13
EDGECOMB IN JAIL.
Salvation Army Officer Brought
Over to Canton From
Alliance. s
Staff Special

Alliance, May 10.-Captain Harry
Edgecomb, Of the Salvation army, who
was arrested on a serious charge, pre-
ferred by Miss Lucy HOLES, was given
a hearing before Mayor Walker late
Friday afternoon.
He was bound overunder 81 900 bond.
Being unable to furnish the bond he
was taken to the Canton jail Friday
evening by Chief Powell
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-05-13

Foley's Honey and Tar contains nc
opiates and can safely be given ID
children. Roth 4 Hug.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-05-13
STORMS IN ITALY.
ssvsra, Vessels Are Wrsekss.

Several Vessels Are Wrecked.
(News-Democra Leased Wire Seryice)
Rome, May 10.-A storm is raging
on the western coast and the light
house at Civita Vecchia has been de-
siroyed. Two steamers are ashore and
aSs total wrecks.
Naples, May 10 Reports from the
Interior In the vicinity of Livourno say
ohat : heavy snow storm Is raging.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1902-03-19
A CRAB FAMINE.
An Unexpected Scarcity Causes =
Rise of Three Hunesed Per
Cent. in Price.

The prices of crabs have risen 300 per
cent. in the east. D.ring an ordinary
season the price per dozen Is In Che
neighborhood of rs cents. This yeAJ
crabs bring from 60 to IS cents per
dozen. From one dollar q barrel the
price has scared to three dollars, four
dollars, and even five dollars, AS
usual thing New Workers consume
about 25 barrels of crabs eacA day. For
the past few months, since the severe
cold weather OF the winter, the leaders
have been compelled to be contented
with whatever they could get. Some
Jays not more than four barrels would
be received. The supply has varied
from that amount to Is barrels. The
famine Is due to the severe cold
weather of last winter. It usually oc-
ours that after exceeding cold weather
the supply of shell fish becomes scant.
Five or six months time is required to
get the sources Of supply back to their
normal producing condition. The very
cold weather of last winter had the ef-
feet of driving the crabs to hibernate
in the mud and to seek deeper and
warmer water. The alternating crabs
have not yet made their way out of the
mud, and it will remain for the next
change of tide to uncover them. Dur
Ing the winter months the crab supply
. received from Norfolk, few from
Annapolis and from the lower points
OH the Chesapeake bay. In summer
the Potomac river supplies the crabs
used in the city.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1902-03-19

voter may he debauched with the
booze and Doodle of the Democratic
office seeker. Thus we are borne
ont in our intimation that booze
and Doodle are the weapons with
which a Democrat fights political
contest in this county. But with
less honesty the Independent as
serts that the Democrats are only
beating Republicans at their own
game. The history Of the Demo
cratic party of Washington Coun-
ty gives this assertion the lie. As
long as the county was Democrat
ic that party's nominations, except
in rare instances, were equiv
alent to election, and these con-
ditions prevailed under the party's
dwindling majority until it had
disappeared altogether. 1t was
only then that a saturnaIia of
Doodle and booze began. Elections
here were fairly honest as long as
Democrats could count enough
votes in their own party to elect
them. These are not merely onr own
views. but also those of Democrats
of highest standing in the commun-
ity. The methods used in this
county today are thoroughly Demo
cratic as per the example Sc by
the state organization of the party,
which sells Legislatures in advance
to corporate monopolies to gain
the funds with which to corrupt
the voters in such counties "where
their friends were in danger" The
quotation is attributed to no less
person than Chairman Seibert of
the Democratic State Committee.
How much of that Democratic
slush fund finds its way into Wash
ington County every two years,
the Independent could tell if il
would, and the figures would be
startling, were they made public.
The Independent grows sarcastic
over the idea that the local situa-
tion may be improved and that
eventually purer elections in local
politics might prevail. 1t know:
its party too well, indeed, to en-
tertain any notions of purity while
that party is in the minority.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1902-03-19

is powerless to put state issue to
sleep.
Gov. Dockery, in fact, quickly
gravitated to the affairs of the state
himself at Sedalia, and showed
anew the great strain on the JEFF
ferson City ring for explanations,
apologies and defensive statements.
The governor opened up fresh f.
nancial budget, his recent extensive
pamphlet on: the subject seeming
to be unsatisfactory to himself, as
it celtainl y is to every one who
has tested it by the simple rules of
arithmetic. Missourians want to
know why, as stated in that pam
phlet, the published reports of
state auditors are incomplete; why
no details were placed on the state
books when the government bonds
belonging to the schools were sold
unless to hile the official rake
off for which the sale was probably
contrived; why, as the governor
himself admits, Democratic ad-
ministrations have spent $50, ,O0O,-
600 to reduce debt of S2l, ,OO0,-
600 to IS, 900, 900; why the state
constitution has been violated so
defiantly that constitutional
amendment is submitted to cover
up the otfense; why the people are
asked to create new tax on them
selves to pay interest on an uncon-
stitutional debt, and to furnish
$4,000 a year more than even
that crookcdncss calls for.
And those are but few of the
state issues. The Democratic
party of Missouri, the culprit at
the bar, must further explain why
the state supreme court reverses
itself according to the partisan
question brought before it; why
the court denies the constitutional
right of election contest; why the
elections in this state are so fou|
with fraud that the sworn testi.
mony, printed for the Use of Con.
gress, exceeds 2000 pages; why
the large cities are ruled by state
boards and taxpayers plucked te
support Democratic clubs; why
Democratic railroad debt of $50,
100000 was piled on Taxpayers
and s74 900 mile in state bonds wa
shoveled out to railroad spectators
why Republicans, casting AZ per cen
of the total vote of the state, are ger
rymandered out Of falIcongressmen eX
cept one in sixteen; why legislature
are sold in advance for campaign casl
by chairmen of the Democratic stat
committee why the lobby is til
great test political power in the stat
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1902-03-19

Miss Minnie Cline, aged Ii, and a
student at the Marvin Collegiate In
stitute at Frcdericktown eloped last
Thursday morning, with, as she
stated in letter she left to her
friends, the ''handsomest man in
Texas
a cOlored boy, named Nelson, living
at Libertyviile. st. Francois County,
discharged a heavily loaded shotgun
one day recently. The breech-rin Of
the gun was blown out and struck the
boy in the forehead, making il hole an
inch and a half long in the skull,
through which some of the brains ran
out. Strange to say the boy is still
alive and is said to be recovering.
While crossing the tracks by the
round house Wednesday afternoon
Henry Fey, Il laborer employed in Mr..
Shores gang, was caught between two
ears that were backing up, and was
badly crushed. He was taken to the
Mo. Pac. hospital and Thursday morn
ing was still alive. Fry attempted to
cross the track between the two cars
and was caught between the draw
bars which crushed into bis abdomen
badly iDjuring him internally. lie is
married and has large family at
lrondale from which place he Game to
De Soto.-De Soto Press.
On last Wednesday as the hearse
containing the remains of VIM. Smyth
on its way to the Methodist church in
this city, was crossing the Little St.
Francois river on fiat boat, the
weight caused the fiat boat to begin
to sink aud careen on one side, throw
ing the hearse bottom side up in the
river. Frank Alumbaugh. who was
driving the hearse, jumped as the
hearSe began to turn over, lie landed
on the flat boat: Ed ProkpOf, who
was at one end Of the boat, jumped
| into. or was thrown into the water
and had to swim out. The horses
were cut loose and by means of block
and tackle and ropes the hearse was
righted and securely tied and anchor
ed to keep it from being washed down
stream. The body was finally taken
out of the hearSc after it had been
under water about two hOurs.-Fred.
ericktOwn Dem. News.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1902-03-19
The Missouri Campaign.

In the course of Il speech at the
Democratic congressional conven-
ton held ut Sedalia on Wednesday
Gov. Dockery said he saw no good
reason why the Republicans should
carry Missouri, unless, perchance
they are right on public questions"
If the governor means by his re-
mark that the political battle at
hand in Missouri is to be fought
on other than state issues he de-
ludes himself. National issues at
present can take care of themselves
as far as this state is concerned.
The Republicans are running the
national government in all depart
ments with high ability, and the
results speak for themselves. Mis-
souri, Democracy counts for moth
ing in national policies, while in
the gross misgovernment. of this
state it counts for everything. Re-
publicans have thoroughly proved
that they are right on national
questions. Missouri tags along
with the beaten and discredited
minority, but that is not the main
point in the state campaign of 1902.
The existing government Of Mis-
souri, is arraigned at bar of public
opinion and reasons demanded
why its accumulations Of crimes
against the people shall not be Wis
tied by punishment. If Brown
could be called in to whisk away
state issues the ringsters would be
far happier than they are. The
secret emissary could stop an ex
tremely dangerous Democratic
quarrel with hush money, but ht
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1902-03-19

The Ironton Register in COM
menting on our article on the an
onsulons political situation in this
county, seeks to convey the i'm
preston that such conditions are
the outgrowth Of Republican poll
cies. 1t states that the Republi-
can party has ever appealed to the
''gross and material side of men,"
In tho bias of sanctity in his own
political faith our friend AXE
seems to have confounded the pol
icies of his own party with those
of the Republicans. Let him re-
view the history of the Democrat
ic party under the leadership of
Mr.. Bryan, especially during the
period of the ''first BATTLE" and he
will see there who appealed to the
''gross and material side of the
voters. II was urged then, as Mr..
Bryan and his friends still urge,
that the success of their party
would mean the liberation of wealth,
for all. The ''grasping nature
of men was, and is, appealed to by
the argument that Democratic sue
cess would double the value OF
wheat and corn, of wages, of pro-
perty values. Everywhere and al
all times, the prospect of create,
gains was held out to beguile the
ignorant and vicious. The ide,
captured the rabble of the cite!
until reign of anarchy and socia
upheavel was threatened. The
honest ''full dinner pail'' is the yer,
antithesis of the "gross and mater
ial," as we find it in Organism.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1902-03-19
The paramount issue in Missouri

The paramount issue in Missouri
at the next election will be honest
politics and whether the lobby
shall prevail. The two are SO
closely allied and woven together,
that they may be called one sub
jcct. Honest politics will most as
suredly be the death of the lobby.
The lobby's only hope for contin-
uanco is by rascally political man
agement. This issue (for we will
call it one) must be fought to a fin
ish. The question will be whether
there are enough men in Missouri
who believe in honesty in politics
to out vote those who use dishonest
means, or are willing to condone
the use of them. We have been
answered that there is not more
rascaIity in politics now than there
has always been. Without con-
tending against the truth of this,
which we do not admit, we reply
that the answer itself is confes-
sion. There is rascality. Plain
open palpable rascality. Will the
people of Missouri allow their pol
itical affairs to be governed by
such means9 Smart politicians
get their tools on committees and
manipulate the party machinery
with an eye single to their OWL
little ends, without regard to the
party's interest. Truculant news
papers, managed by small calibre
editors appeased by the crumbs Of
public clerkships or secretaryships
fall in line of defense. Nomina
tions are made on any other groun6
than merit in the candidate. The
whole matter is question of rims
management. The people Otter
find candidates for the most i'm
portant Offices presented to them
for support about whom they know
nothing, and in whose selection
fthey had practically no voice ant
the result is their interests are be
trayed on every hand. A stat
lobby ring has been built mp tha
is a disgrace to the party and state
and the people are expected t
keep these fellows in power b.
their votes under stress of part,
: discipline: The time has come t.
t stop it. The issue is crystalizing
Shall the lobby run the democrati
party and through the party tn
, state? The battle cannot sto
| short of an absolute victory.
we allow the lobby to control OH
: party the party will have to figh
. whole anti-lobby forces of th
state, both in and out of the party
| Just now the lobby issue is create
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1902-03-19

Our neighbor up the street evil
IDENTIFY attempted to ease his soul
last week by making candid con-
fession in replying to our editorial
on the corrupt state Of politics in
this county. Its admissions are
truly startling and we hope they
will impress the honest people of
Washington County with their full
significance, whether it was intend
ed they should or not. The indie
pendent says boldly and openly that
as long rs there are Republican
voters for sale there will he Demo
Gratis to buy them. 1t practically
admits that it was by this method
that the Democrats have been snc-
cessful in carrying of the best of.
fees in recent years. Because he
is susceptible to such influences,
says our ncighbor, the coEoret]
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1902-03-19
State Railroad Property.

Under the above title, in an ar
ticle of its issue Of March 3, the
st. Louis Republic said:
The Governor clearly showed
an original loss of 5,6o4,34 to
the Missouri taxpayers on account
of corrupt and extravagant Re
public M administrations.
The fact is that the Governor
did not show any such thing. He
simply made such statement,
knowing at the same time that it
was untrue.
AS heretofore stated, the ''orig-
inal loss'' occurred in the fifties,
(before the Republicans had an
organization in MissonrD when
The Democrats gave out the State
bonds without sufficient security
without the security required by
the original law. That is where
the ''original loss" came in.
''ProbabIy the best sale of the
lot was made by the Legislature it
self in the sale of the Missouri
Pacific Railroad. The Missouri
Pacific at that time owed the State
$40, 100000.
OF course the taxpayers Of the
State were out Of pocket in the
transaction S., 7SO, 900, but relativ
| ly it was the best deal Of the lot,
although a corrupt transaction.'
The Republic confesses that the
State realized five million dollars
ont of that transaction, and the re-
ports made to the State Board of
Public Works in 1861 shows that
the total ccst of building the Pa
cific railroad (now Mo. Pacific)
was S7,7l7, 1876, therefore if it was
actually worth all that it cost to
build it, the loss was only about
one half what the Republic puts it.
But unless the road, in its run
down and WORKOUT condition in
1868 was worth much more pei
mile than the Democrats have been
assessing it for the past ten years
the Republicans got more than the
road was worth by long odds.
If true, what the Republic
claims (but which the editor knows
to be untrue) that political favor
tics largely benefited financially
by the railroads foreclosure sale:
it should bcablo to give the names
of the favorite Republicans who
were thus benefited.
| One of the most popular Relub
licans of that era was John G
Fremont, and his company after
paying 1925, 900 went broke; th'
parties who bought the Irol
Mountain and Cairo and Fulton
after being at much expense CAV
up their contract to Tom Allen,
very prominent Democrat.
The Republics editor and man
agemcnt, like Governor Dock cry
imagine that of those transaction
prior to the seventies they ca
palm off on the public any OF
falsehocd for the truth.-Salen
Rep. Headlight.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1902-03-19

IF free trade is to become the
paramount issue of the Democracy
it will be equivalent to an endorse
ment of the hard times of 1S93-97
as good thing. 1t is hardly prop
able, though, that the country is
ready for another dose of the same
kind.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1902-03-19

In view of the fact that large
number of colored voters support
ed The Democratic county ticket
two years ago, the Independent
should advocate the nomination of
. colored man on the Democratic
ticket this year.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1902-03-19

The multifarious interests of the
Thirteenth Congressional district
demand a representative in Con-
gress of something more than
mediocre ability. If the district
were not so hidebound in its poll
tics, an able man and Republican
would be given the honor to repre-
sent it.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1902-03-19

and Democrat ic legislatures lis Serriie
tool: willy the school fund has ieen
totally misapplied. aid why the pub.
lie schools have been dragged into
politics and teacher: subjected to star
chamber Influences. Here is but Il
part Of the list. Gov. Dlckery'S $
anxiety to dodge state issues is easily
understood. but the people are arous-
ed and retribution is at land.-Globe-
Democrat.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1902-03-19

The Democrats have sympathy
in plenty for the Beers and the
Filipinos. Perhaps if they were Il
little more in sympathy with the af
fairs of our own government they
would stand higher in the estlma-
tion Of the people.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1902-03-19

Now that Miss Alice Roosevelt
will not attend the coronation of
King Edward our liberties arc
safe. We can hear sighs of relief
from the De Soto Press clear down
to Potosi.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1902-03-19

1t is all we'll enough to indulge
in sympathetic feelings for the
Rocrs in their struggle with the
British, but there is no occasion
for us to mix in the trouble.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1902-03-19

Will the Independent recon-
mend to the candidates of its party
to abstain from tho free use of
booze and Doodle in the approach
ing campaign.