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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-09-15
CAMPAIGN ai:$
IN THE MUD
Meeting at Wadsworth
in Spite Of Many
Obstacles.

Wadsworth, o., Sept. 11.-After
day of disappointments Mayor Johnson
and Mr.. Clarke addressed a meeting
here last night which will undoubted-
ly stand as one of the most noteworthy
in the history Of this campaign. Mr..
Clarke in a speech which in elocuenca
surpassed even his own best strain,
not only expounded and defended the
Democratic principles and issues of the
present campaign, but made personal
declaration of principles which had
not before been heard from the candi-
date. The crowd was enthused by Mr..
Clarke's eloquence and when he con.
cluded Mr.. Johnson grasped his hand
almost with tears in his eyes. Not
only" exclaimed the mayor almost pas
sionately, have the Democrats of Ohio
selected the best available man for
United States senator, but they select.
ed the best man in the whole United
States"
The elements yesterday waged war
against Mayor Johnson. His second
Medina county campaign, planned to
cover one day and to include four
meetings, was partially postponed on
account of rain. 1t rained in the morn
ing early, but by the time Mr.. john
son was ready to leave Akron on his
Medina county pilgrimage the sky had
cleared and bright sun betokened a
perfect day. Three meetings had been
planned in addition to the tent meet
ing at Wadsworth First there was to
be a meeting at Medina at 1 o'clock,
this meeting to be in connection with
the Democratic senatorial convention
OF the combined twenty-seventh and
twenty-ninth senatorial districts. After
leavig Medina it was planned 20 hold
two more meetings during the after
noon, one at Seville and the other at
Lodi. At each of these places the meet
ings had been widely announced and
the rural Medina Democracy was ex.
peCtdnl OF treat.
The mayor, Just to kill time, decided
to run over to Wadsworth before he
spoke at Medina. Here is where he
made the mistake of his life. Just q
few miles out OF Wadsvorth a terrific
rainstorm fell, and as the clay roads
became wet, the mayor was unable to
move the red devil, and the machine
slipped along the road until at last
the mayor ran it into ditch. This
was discouraging and the party made
their way to Medina in a surrey. r,.
Mr.. Clarke was not with Mayor
Johnson during his memorable trip,
He arrived in Wadsworth on a lato
train barely in time for the meeting
Thursday night. The tent, which had
also arrived late via way freight, be-
cause of the refusal of the Erie officials
TO hitch the special Johnson car on a
passenger train, was pitched in
slough OF mud in me center of the
public square of Wadsworth. The crowd
which assembled did, not number more
than 1000, though this might be called
ample in consideration of the fact that
the town musters no more than 1000
all told, while the roads were such as
to preclude excursions from the sur
rounding communities.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-09-15
ARTISTS ASK INFORMATION.

Letters of inquiry now being re-
ceived by Assistant Secretary Frederic
s. Hartzell of the Mckinley Memorial
association from artists and sculptors,
are for additional information in re-
gard to the proposed monument. Many
artists are at work on designs which
must be submitted before November
Is. AS soon as the time is up a meet
Ing of the trustees of the association
will be held and the designs consid-
cred.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-09-15
MARRIAGE PERMITS.

Perry F. Garman, 81, and Nora r.
Mcnamara. %, Alliance. w
Jacob Cell, Jr,, 30. and Catherine r.
Holzworth, "a, Canton.
Frank Swaem, 81, and Mabel Rooms
IS, Massillon.
John Mohler, 20, and Alice Hersh-
berger, IS, Oval City.
james NJ, Thoburn, 81. and Edith
Knob. a2. Canton.
Wilbert J, Austin, 26, and Ida NJ
Stewart, "a. Massillon.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-09-15
No Surplus of Religion.

We are not so optimistic as to be,
lieve that there is surplus, or any
prospect Of an oversupply, of religion
in this country. Indeed, there is man
ifest deficit. Yet, judging by the uses
to which wealth is devoted-by the
great gifts for good works in all di-
rections-there is reason for hopeful
ness rather than despondency.-Was
ington Post.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-09-15
Generally Catches Its Victim.

The resignation rumor has started
on Secretary Moody's trail and the ex-
perience of certain of his predecessors
and colleagues show that he will save
himself a great many embarrassing
denials if he will yield gracefully.
Sometimes it is long chase, but the
resignation rumor mighty seldom fails
to run its quarry down.-Indianapol
News.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-09-15
HAS QUIT For GOOD.

w. r. Wadsworth, formerly publish
er of the Alliance Leader, was re-
cent caller on the News-Democrat. He
declares that being out of the business
Is great relief and declares that he
will never engage In the publishing
business again. There Is more work
and worry for less pay and credit In
tho newspaper business than In any
other line" is the way he sizes the
conditions.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-09-15
ONE OR THE OTHER.

Gee whizz." exclaimed the nervy
caller, II haven't another match, AMI
my cigarette has gone out"
"Well," replied the polite young wo-
man, who could stand Il no longer,
'you would have had to II Il hadn't.
Catholic Standard and Times,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-09-15
RAND CULVER.

The defense in the case was that the
crime was not first degree murder. In
his statement Brown says:
II took the revolver and fired up to
the ceiling, or near the ceiling, and
told him to get out He paid no at
tention to me. and then knew that II
would go along l would get in serious
trouble.
Then shot again. He was in the
same position and same place when l
fired the second shot. believe hit
him the second shot. After shot the
second time l didn't pay any attention
but believe I shot three times While
was going out of the room l passed
him and he was lying on the floor.
What shot hit him l do not know. We
had no scuflle and he made no attempt
to come toward me-"
Brown was better known in Canton
as Rand Culver. He served a term in
the workhouse here for stealing an
Ohio river packet, and while incar-
cerated became insane. He was taken
to the Massillon State hospital, but was
released from that institution shortly
afterward as cured. Culver worked
upon the sympathies of local people
who assisted him in obtaining his free
dom.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-09-15
NEGROES
Killed by Unknown ASS.
aSsinS in Texas,
scripps. McRae Telegram.

scripps' McRae Telegram.
Houston, Tex, Sept. 11.-Negro cot
ton pickers who were sleepisg in hut
near Red Oak were fired on early this
morning by unknown parties. Fifty
shots We're fired. Two men were killed
and two women wounded. There is no
clew to the assailants.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-09-15
LARGE AMOUNT
Involved In Failure Of Ohio
Firm-Bank Susponds. "
scripps-McRae Telegram.

scr,pps-McRae Telegram.
New York, Sept. 1.-THE Herald
says today that the amount involved in
the failure of r. q. Penfield of New
York and Willoughby, O., will reach
sS,O00,00O. 1t was Penfelds failure and
that of the Mexican Clay company
which forced the Willoughby bank to
suspend yesterday.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-09-15
HEAVY GALE
WRECKS SHIPS

scripps McRae Telegram.
London, Sept. ia terrific gale
which began yesterday, is sweeping
the coast today with velocity of 70
miles an hour. Many ships are wreck
ed and several persons are missing.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-09-15
WHAT HE NEEDED.

"Your husband" said the doctor
has worried himself sick He needs
q change"
Where ought we to go?" asked the
anxious wife.
40 .Ae city," replied the doctor
promptly, where he will not constant
ly live In narrowing atmosphere OF
suburban trains and time tables"
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-09-15

Ascum-l suppose you took in all the
automobile exhibits while you were
abroad?
Skawcher-Oh, of course.
Ascum-What's new in the way of
autos over there?
Misunderstanding Just the same
old pedestrians, pigs, chickens and
things we have here.-Philadelph
Press.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-09-15
BANKS MUST REPORT.

Ccripps-Meytae Telegram.
Washington. p. g., Sept. l1.--The
comptroller Of the treasury this morn
ing issued call for reports on the
condition Of national banks at tho close
Of business ON Wednesday. scptem-
Dor Q. AZ,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-09-15
Correspondence

Louisville, o., Sept. ia game of
baseball was played by club from
Alliance in Pastime park. The Louis
vile second nine was defeated by
score of IS to 4.
The Lesh House, the only hotel in
Lurnoux for $1,000. Mr. Lesh will con-
tinue the business until next spring.
DR.. John Bender, V. s., is visiting
in Louisville, his former home He
is located at Lima. o.
Hugh Simpson and his father have
bought lot in the Balizet addition
and will build house in the near fu-
ture.
Peter Fulmer has dug cellar and
is hauling hollow blocks to build the
foundation for a new house in the
Balizet addition.
William Bollia of MaXimo, night op-
orator on the Fort Wayne, has moved
his family to Louisville and is occupy
ing Mrs. Anna Slusser's property on
North Chapel street.
Navarro, Sept. 11.-Miss Nora Stahl
| left for Kent Monday, where she will
spend the winter with her uncle and
attend school.
Mr.. Hugus has returned from Vir-
ginia after spending week with his
parents.
The Navarro flour mill could not run
the last week on account of low water
in the canal.
Mrs. DR.. Allinder returned from Spo-
kaneS Washington where she attended
the funeral OF her father William Kline
| formerly a resident of Navarro.
Rev. Meyer and wife of Wilmot were
calling on friends in town this week
The North Ohio conference of the NJ
| E. church will be held in Norwalk
o., next week, beginning Wednesday
| September 16. Rev. Meyer will attend
The public schools will open Mon-
day the fourteenth with the following
corps Of teachers: Prof Peters, prin-
cipal; Mr.. Klar, grammar; Mrs Dol
heimer, and the Misses Anna Monnot,
Oela Corl, aud Leila Ricksecker pri-
mary departments.
|
dies Literary club met at the home of
Miss Florence Shanafelt, with the fol-
lowing program: Brighter Glimpses
of Russia" Mrs. Cora Hissner; THE
Worlds Great Disasters" Mrs. Maggie
Evans; Educating the Deaf and
Blind" Mrs. Bonnell; poem by Eugene
Field, Mrs. Dora Schrantz.
Messrs. Frank Schlitz, Fred Kreigh-
baum, Gilbert Hibschman, Henry Holl
Levi Stoner, Manuel Sheets and Mark
ley returned from delightful western
tour, including places Of interest in
Arizona, New Mexico, Southern and
Central California and Colorado.
Bor nto Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Schlitz
a son.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Shick. a
daughter.
| Thetwenty-second annual reunion of
the Schlotte family was held at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Conrad Brum-
baugh in Midway, o. One hundred and
thirty-four persons were in attendance.
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: President, Dan
Warstler; vice president, Henry Moh-
Ter; secretary, Sam Brumbaugh; exc
cutive committee, Mrs. F, Schlottc
Mrs d. Warstler, Mrs. II. T. Coleman
N. Bates, Many relatives were pres
ent from distance.
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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-09-15

Miss Nora L. Mcnamara and Harry
Franklin 0arman, both OF Alliance.
were married by Justice Reigner Thurs
day afternoon. ~,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-09-15

ic J. do Peyster. chairman of the mon
ument committee and governor gen.
eral OF tho Society OF the Colonial
Wars In the state Of New York. and
will be turned over to the state on be-
half OF the society by Chauncey M
pepew. and resolved on behalf OF the
state by Governor 0dell.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-09-15

well, I'm glad to hear it. I'd so
much rather you'd go swimming than
go to the races. Washington Star.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-09-15

Albany. N. y, Sept. 1t.-Interestins
ceremonies will soon be held in con-
nection with the unveiling Of the mon
ument erected by the Society OF Col
onial Wars to commemorate the battle
Of Lake George, Tho monument Will
ho presented 10 the hoclety BY Freder-
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-09-15
RELIEVED.

Charley, DEAR" ssid young Mrs.
Torkins, didn't / overhear you tell
that man that you were going to
plunge again?"
"Yes"
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-09-24
STARTLING THEORY.
That Earth II at Center ~
the Universe.

DR.. Alfred Russell Wallace. q L01-
don. had already celebrated his eigh-
tieth birthday anniversary last Jan
uary when he put forth . new idoa
that surprised the scientific world q.
most as greatly a. the tremendous
theory of natural selection-the Da5-
'winian theory-which DR.. Wallace and
Charles Darwin discovered independ-
emily of each other almost half CEN
fury ago.
The famous old scientists new
theory is that the earth is at exactly
the center of the universe, and that
the whole scheme of creation was ovi-
IDENTIFY planned for the purpose Of pro-
ducing man. Some Of the old theo-
logians have always maintained this,
but Dr. Wallace arrived at the idea
quite independent of theology. When
his first announcement of his discov.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-09-24

Mrs. Brinson was a Miss Hart and
weighs only lis pounds.
Mr.. Brinson tips the scales at $40
pounds, and has waist measure of 81
inches and wears number II shoes.
AS a child he was not above the aver
age; but at 16 he weighed something
like 200 pounds, and since then his
weight has steadily increased.
He has had repeated offers from
northern museums to put himself on
exhibition, but has preferred to stay
at home and run his turpentine still.
His buggy, his chairs, and his bed, it
has been necessary to have made
specially to order. Mr.. Brinson finds
it difficult to arise from sitting posi-
ton, but once upon his feet he is
tremendously strong.
A short time ago mule ran away
near his store, and hearing the shouts
of his neighbors he walked to tina
middle of the street just as the fright.
ened animal dashed up. With a couple
of strides he was in the middle of the
road and had the mule by the bride.
To the CONSERVATION of all the mule
came to violent stop, falling to his
knees.
Mr.. Brinson is a member of Wake
field ledge No. ~ Of Knights OF Py'
thiaA
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-09-24

The obstacles in the way were too many
and too formidable for her to over
come.
But Miss Keller's will power Is like
adamant. She is not to be moved from
attempting anything she has decided
to do. She decided to enter college
some years ago and where there's
will there's a way" was all the argu-
ment she had to offer when her friends
tried to make her feel that a-college
diploma was beyond her powers of
achievement. 1t is now certain that
that diploma will be hers If she does
not fail in health. The Detroit Free
Press states that Mark Twain said
that Nelen Keller and Napoleon were
the two most interesting characters Of
the nineteenth century, and the merry
Mark did not mean this as joke. He
had had more than one interview with
Helen Keller and has been most pro-
foundly impressed by her remarkable
achievements. Miss Keller has writ
ten of our genial American humorist:
II love Mark Twain-who does not?
The gods, too, loved him, and put into
his heart all manner of wisdom; then,
fearing least he should become pes
simist, they spanned his mind with a
rainbow of love and faith
Such men as Phillips Brooks, Ed
ward Everett Hale, John G.. Whittier,
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Joseph Jeffer-
son and other notables have found de-
light in meeting Helen Keller, and she
has amazed and delighted them by
the wonderful scope of her mind. This
tlind and deaf girl has learned to
operate an ordinary typewriter with
ease and perfect accuracy. She has
learned to solve difficult geometrical
problems with bits of wire because it
is, of course, impossible for her to
see the geometrical figures drawn on
the blackboard for the rest Of her
class. Her sensitive fingers have had
to take the place of eyes and ears. The
limitations put upon her by the loss
of sight and hearing have not daunt-
ed nor dismaycd her courageous spirit,
and the day on which she receives her
diploma at the close of her college
career will be an epoch in the history
of educational achievements in our
country.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-09-24
EMPEROR IS REvERED.
Way In Things Ceremonial "
E and Political. ,'@-

Although Japan has in the last 80
years become q modern civilized ma
ton. it still retains many Of its ancient
supersitions. The pomp of monarchy
has not become obsolete with the
changes in the practical government.
But the emperor of Japan is not q mere
puppet; he has real power. Japan.
our New Ally" by Mr.. Alfred Stead.
gives an account of the emperor's posi-
ton. vcs,vsv,ssa ~ ~ 5-a-.-.. = 80. ,,--
In 1900 there was a majority Of four
fifth against scheme of extra taxa
ton, which was then before the house
of peers. The emperor sent word that
he wanted the bill passed, and the OPP
position voted for it unanimously.
Everyone reveres the emperor, which
Is good in a monarchy wisely governed.
and, what is not so good, he is still
surrounded with superstitions and
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-09-24
MISS HELEN KELLER.
The Remarkable Achievements Of q
Remarkable Girl.
although Born Deaf and Blind She
Has Learned to Speak and Now
10 q Senior In Radcliffe
College.

Unquestionably the most remarkable
deaf and blind person in the world Is
Helen Keller. She is so interesting,
indeed, that one never tires OF reading
about her and her wonderful achieve
ments. She is certainly the best edu-
Gated and her natural mentality OK
ceeds that of any blind and deaf per-
son of her day. She was entirely
dumb for years, but has now acquired
a surprising degree of speech and can
be understood by anyone. Indeed,
when the Schermerhorn addition of
the New York eye and ear inf1rmary In
New York was dedicated last spring
Helen Keller was one of the speakers
and her address, delivered with her own
lips, was a remarkable illustration of
the success achieved in teaching tho
deaf and dumb to speak. While her
speech lacks infections and modula-
tons, and while it sounds strange and
forced, it can be understood and it Is
an invaluable boon to Miss Keller, as
she must now be called, since she
reached her twenty-third birthday on
the 9th of last June. The same month
| witnessed the close of her second year
as student at Radcliffe college, where
her progress has been surprise even
to those most familiar with her abil-
tiles.
What this totally deaf and blind girl
has accomplished as student at COL
lege falls but little short of the
miraculous A quarter Of a century
ago the most hopeful Of the teachers
OF the deaf and dumb and blind would
have declared the achievements of
Helen Keller to be impossible. In
deed, some of the most sanguine Of
her friends sought to dissuade her
from entering college after she had
successfully passed the preparatory
examinations because they felt that
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-09-24

owing to the amount Of heavy gravels
and boulders it brings down. Tho
floor Of the valley is formed by series
Of terraces (the beds of old lakes or
sea beaches) in which the torrent has
cut its channel in places to con-
siderable depth. The railway, % far
up as Is miles. IL built, wherever pos
sible, on the favorable ground offered
by these successive terraces, crossing
or cutting through the rock where the
river changes its side Of the valley,
to regain higher terrace, or running
on part of the river bed itself where
the alternatives are impracticable. In
tho upper portion of the valley the
nature of the ground changes, and it
was necessary, to surmount the fire.
quent moraines and sudden rises in the
valley, to adopt rack, with maximum
grades of six per cent, making posst-
BILE much shorter line and subse-
quent economy in traction.
A word about the bridges. OF the
225-foot girder spans there are four.
and one 1S0-foot, all bridging the
river. These through bridges are Of
steel composite, American truss pat
tern, built to English factors Of safety
and with pin connections to avoid
riveting during erection. There are
six deck bridges Of 1875 and 120-foot
span, and there are steel Whipple-
Murphy Orders, all of English make.
For As and 60-foot spans the same
type is used, the 6O-foot being square,
ended Orders. Smaller spans are
plate Orders, generally deck bridges.
The 225-foot spans weigh 15S tons
each, and the 135-foot IS tons.
As may be imagined from the ma
ture gifts route the railway is not free
from interruption by falls Of snow
in winter, and sudden rushes Of water
from heavy transforms and sudden
rises of rivers cause Interruptions in
summer An occasional source Of
trouble, too, is what is termed mud
run, when the accumulated debris of
a rocky valley is collected by the flood
following rainstorm and sweeps over
the track to depth of several feet.
A carefully superintended system Of
line watchmen, however, by which
each section is walked over lmmedi-
ately before the passage of train,
reduces to a minimum the risk of ac-
cident from these causes. The traffic
of the railway, in spite Of its incom-
plete state, is steadily increasing, some
5000 to 5000 passengers passing over
each summer, besides a constant traffic
of some 5000 passengers to the two
sanitariums of Cacheuta and Puente
del Inca, where there are hot mineral
springs. The route may be said to be
the highroad from the west coast re-
publics to Europe, and, with the rail-
way completed, an all-year service
can be run by which the dreaded sea
passage around Cape Hore will be
avoided.
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the Universe.)
cry was made few months ago scien-
lists in all quarters of the globe arose
forthwith and smote him hip and
thigh. They said it was all nonsense.
just as they had said it was madness
to suppose man had descended from
monkeys-which was the popular way
of describing the doctrine put forth
by DR.. Wallace and Darwin, and now
almost universally accepted.
DR.. Wallace was living in one Of the
remote Moluccas islands in 1853 and
suffering from a violent attack Of
fever when the idea of the law of
natural selection burst upon him.
Fever or no fever, he could not rest
until he had worked it out and put It
upon paper. He sent it of to his friend
Darwin to ask him what he thought Of
it, little dreaming that his letter would
be thunderbolt to Darwin.
DR.. Wallace, who, at the age of 80.
Is setting forth on one of the greatest
scientific battles of his life, has always
been tremendous worker. He began
to earn living at the age OF Is as land
surveyor, but soon turned his attention
to natural history, setting forth to-
the Amazon on scientific expedi-
ton, and going later to the Malay
archipelago, where he was when he
hit upon Darwin's great idea. He
lectured in America II years ago and
has written many books that take
high rank in scientific research.