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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-08-16
Printers Adopt Eiqht-Hour Law.

st. Louis, Mo-, Aug 12.-The feat.
ure of Friday afternoons session of
the International Typographical union
at the Worlds fair convention hall
as the adoption Of the eight hour res
olution that has been pending in the
convention. The rule goes into effect
January 1, 1906 but will not affect con-
tracts now in existence.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-08-16
Arm Eractured.

At the Aultman shop Friday morn
ing Henry Jacobs of 1872 East Sew
enth street, fell several feet down an
elevator shaft and received fracture
of the left forearm. At the bottom
of the shaft was foot of water but
Mr.. Jacobs put his hand ahead of him
to break the fall and in so doing broke
the bone. A physician was called
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-08-16
MILITIA TO BE CALLED
II Strikers Don't Stop Making Fun Of
Sheriff.

Omaha, Neb., Aug. 12.-Sheriff Pow
er tonight told the strikers in plain
terms that if they did not cease jeer-
ing at him and his deputies, he would
request the governor to call the militia
at once. The leaders continue to ad-
wise the men to avoid gathering in
crowds on the streets.
At midnight Andrew Hampton, a
colored man, was stabbed and instant
ly killed in quarrel over poker
game in the Cudahy plant. Four men
were arrested. They say that two hun
dred men who were playing in the
room stampeded after the stabbing.
The murderer escaped in the excite.
ment.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-08-16
Laborer Killed.

Steubenville, Aug. 12,-John Mus
kaskey, Hungarian laborer was caught
today by slide Of rock while at work
on the anchorage of pier and killed.
Several others were injured.
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POSTMASTER
Appointed on Recommendation Of Con-
gressionai Candidate.

Lorain, Aug. 12.-Acting upon the
prerogative of congressman while
yet only candidate for the Office was
the distinction accorded Judge A. r..
Webber, Republican, who this week
recommended for appointment as
postmaster A. E. Bell, of Butler coun-
ty.
The death of the postmaster at But
Ter made a vacancy and there was
no candidate for the office. The post.
master general asked Judge Weber
to recommend a man and his recon.
mendation secured Bell the appoint.
ment.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-08-16
Has a Claim,

jeremiah Keller has brought suit
against Jacob Motter & Co. to collect
damages to the amount of 1926 which
are said to have been sustained by the
defendant refusing to deliver to the
plaintiff a certain electric delivery
wagon. Shields C Pomerene are coun-
sci.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-08-16
Alliance viii Hold Street Fair.

Alliance, o., Aug. 12.-Commlttees
have been appointed by the Business
Mems association Of Alliance to pre-
pare for street fair to be held here
in October. The merchants are TAX
ing a great interest in the scheme and
a good fair Is promised.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-08-16
Bridge Carpenters Fatal Fall.

Delaware, Aug. 12.-Fred Dreyer, a
Big Four bridge carpenter, fell from
the White Sulphur bridge today dis
tance of 40 feet to a pile of rocks and
was fatally injured.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-08-16
Trustee Appointed.

Columbus. O.. Aug. 12,--Governor
Herrick today appointed DR., J. d.
Bemis of this city to succeed General
Geifer as truste Of the Xenia home.
Or. Bemis was former pupil Of the
home,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-08-16
CLEVELAND LAWYER
Fatally Wounded Man With Whom He
QuarreIed.

Qudrreled.
Cleveland, o., Aug. I'm. c. Mil
lard, 60 years old, a lawyer shot and
fatally wounded Bernard Hassey in
his Office this afternoon. The shoot
ing was the result of quarrel be-
tween the two men about the collec-
tion of small sum of money.
Millard surrendered to the police,
He says he shot Hassey in self de-
fense, the latter having brought two
companions with him to the Office.
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Loubet Sends conaratu Iati ons.

st. Petersburg, Aug. 14.-President
Loubet of France. has sent a warm
congratulatory message to the czar on
the birth of his son and heir.
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THE SITUATION
!. QUITE SERIOUS
VIOLENCE AGAIN RESORT
ED TO IN CHICAGO
Dealers Will Appeal to
the Mayor
TRANSFERS STUBBORN

Those Now Out Declare They viii
Not 90 Back TIL the Strike is Set.
tied, but Hesitate to Call Out 9th.
ers-Another Effort at Cancellation
to Be Made.
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maybe, a couple of neighbors present.
Or services may be held in a small town
in the lodge hall or the board of
trade rooms.
Yet for the young theologian there is
no better place in America than in
northwestern Canada. -
The Canadian a Churchgoer.
The Methodist church has 81
preaching places" in Manitoba and
the territories, sixty-fve being added
last year. There are IT'S ordained min
listers and about one. hundred students
or probationers on circuits. The aver
age salary Of an ordained minister is
$751;; that Of a minister doing mission
airy work, $500 a year. In the Presby-
terrain. church an ordained minister gets
a minimum salary of $3.50 a year and a
manse. A church that cannot raise more
than $3.50 year may get an ordained
minister, the balance of the regular sal
airy being paid by the general church
from what. is known as an =" augmenta-
tion fund. - 60
| The Canadian is much more regular
churchgoer than the average American
that is, resident Of 9 the states.' For
him to miss his Sunday religious ser
vice is great sacrifice. The observ.
ance of the Sabbath is much more strict
in the Dominion than across the border
| duu Guclo- die uO. HUdIS uSIt
except in conjunction with hotels) close
at pm. sharp on Saturday and remain
shut until Monday morning. All shops
and stores close, even the drug stores
keep their doors locked except for {
designated hour Sunday forenoon an6
another in the afternoon, and even il
that hour one can get nothing from
them except on a physician g prescrip
ton. More striking still is the example
found in John Chinaman IS laundry
The celestial washerman is not permit
ted to do one lick Of work on the Sab
bath. The Yankee s propensity to worl
i seven days week is one of the things
The must overcome when he migrates tt
Canada. else he is apt to find himself il
trouble. The six days shalt thou labor
land do all thy work precept is firm
lily imbedded in the Canadians mind
and he resents the usurpation of tn,
sabbath for business purposes. Tw,
4 weeks ago q Yankee, at Weyburn
4 ASA, busy every weekday at his store
Il decided to move his household good
into new house he had built, on Sun
day. The first wagonload Of furnitur
that went thru the street of the tow
caused much comment, which sprea,
rapidly from house to house. Befor
the, second load was ready for moving
a committee of Indignant citizens wait
led upon the Yankee merchant and OF
ldered him to postpone his work until
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weekday under a threat of the citizens

weekday under threat of the citizens
never to patronize his store. The Yam
kee apologized profusely for the breach,
and said he would gladly comply with
the suggestion Of the Canadians. When
Sabbath pacing the floor and railing at
his wife about the g. laziness'' of the
natives. Since then he has been, busy
learning how to attend church services
on Sunday and hold his hands the rest
Of the day. And now there is agitation
to prevent hunting on Sunday. The ap-
to include Sunday in the closed game
season. -
Work of the Methodfsts.
| The devotion of the Canadian-na.
tive and adopted-to his religion, his
| character, his prosperity and his inter.
est in education are shown in other
the Methodist church in Manitoba and
the Northwest Territories increased
2,480, making the total 25,867. These
25,S67 persons gave $34,564 for mis-
sions-an increase of, nearly $4,000 ovel
! the previous year; built twenty sever
new churches at a cost Of $81,603, an6
| twenty-five new parsonages at cost 0.
$42,O50; gave Sill ,685 toward thesuppor
of Wesley college, a part of the Univer
.
Of $1,378 in one year, and $4,499 to tn
support Of Alberta college, the new
UNCONVENTIONAL school at Edmonton
The amount raised per member for al
i purposes was $l6.62.
Presbyterian Figures.
i In the Presbyterian church surpris
ing figures are found in the reports
surprising because this is yet a ney
country, many of the farmers are jus
breaking their raw prairies, while 9th
ers are just beginning to harvest whea
. and build frame houses in place o
, their half sod shacks. That such pee
) pie should be so liberal is remarkable.
| The last report shows that in 80
: Presbyterian charges in Manitoba an
: the territories, the membership wa
!, 20 ,948-an increase of $500 in one yea
, These 23,948 persons contributed /
J, 1903 total Of $478,473 for all pu1
!, poses, including support Of their ow
individual churches, missionary fund.-
support Of Manitoba collegethe Pre-
! byterian college in the University q
: Manitoba and other church entel
! prises. Other denomina and th
I Catholics are doing as well proportion
!, Church Union Favored.
In this western country one fine
i | among church people of all denomins
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Correspondence of The Journal.

Regina, N. W. T., Nov. 1.-The cir
cult rider is abroad again. He is not
the peculiar old man who rode over the
mountains Of Kentucky in the days be-
fore the civil war, preaching the gospel
with vehement exhortation, while on
weekday evenings he was the central
figure Of .dizzying reels in the homes of
the rough mountaineers. He is the
sprightly young theological student on
vacation or leave from college and he
travels among the thousands Of new
settlers who are scattered over the tens
Of thousands Of square miles Of prairie
in western Canada, not with horse and
saddlebags, but with iaunty blackboard
or buggy. Sometimes he covers a cir
cult twenty miles long; sometimes it is
300 His "church'' may be cross
roads schoolhouse, but more likely it is
farmers house, or if the house be too
small for the congregation and the
weather be pleasant, farmyard or
nearby groye. But neither thunder
storms in summer nor snow and cold in
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-09

priests Of the order of st. Benedict came
from Minnesota and established st.
John s abbey at the colony. Now there
are nine priests; six churches have been
built and two are in course of construc-
ton. Father Alfred Mayer, superior Of
who came from Minnesota, told me that
more than one thousand homesteads
had been taken in the colony and that
many farms in the vicinity had been
bought All were being farmed, and
the results, he said, were evidenced by
the contributions Of the people to the
churches.
Work Among the Dukhobors.
The churches are doing much work
among the Dukhobors, too. One mis-
sionary to these people medical mis-
sionary-told me that the results were
not very encouraging, altho it was APP
parent that some progress was being
made. He said that if the Dukhobors
were as anxious to take his religion as
they were to take his medicine the
Christianization Of the strange people
like the Indians, the Dukhobors seem to
be Influenced more by the bad than the
good American. In Rosthern Dukho.
| Dor was lOafng about store when the
| last g pilgrimage was started-ano
stopped in short order by the mounted
police.
The gtorekeepGer said to him i =: -
to this grand trek to find the Great
Spirit2''
The Dukhobor shook his head dole
] aMe smoke, me chew, me swear, m,
drink-why, me good Canadian;
..s w. P. Mcclure.
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winter deter him. Nor will inclement
weather deter those new settlers in the
new northwest from attending meet
in'.' Already they are doing more for
religion, proporticnately, than some
older established communities.
A Problem for the Churches.
The problem of looking after the
spiritual welfare of the immigrantIs
from "the states'' and from abroad
who have focked into western Canada
for the churches. Over the wide prai-
ries in the Northwest Territories the
newcomers spread, taking up home
steads or buying other. farms at the
dirt-cheap' prices at which they were
offered, many of them settling hundreds
as the rush began the religious demon
nations set about to provide services.
| The result has been most interesting.
1t illustrates how great religious or
CARNATIONS plan their campaigns for
| the conquest of a new country and pre-
vent the enemies of religion from get
ting foothold there.
Nearly all of the religious denomina-
lions of Canada are busy in the newly
open field but the most aggressive
thus far are the <Methodists, Presby-
terians, -Anglicans and Catholics
They are striving strenuously and at
great expense to provide services for
the settlers in all parts of Manitoba
Assiniboia, Saskatchewan and Alberta
and have made ambitious plans for the
future. af.E 500
In general the aim is to supply 8
preacher wherever a congregation, Of
whatever size, may be convened.
| There are some people In the "a
madam Northwest to whom the visit
I Of the preacher is as infrequent anC
therefore as great an event as the com
\ ing Of Christmas. Others see hin
twice, or thrice, year, or monthly. OF
| biweekly. The various denominations
are putting so many men into the fele
and the country is being settled up 81
rapidly that it is certain that within
two or three years there will be ne
community Of settlers unprovided will
weekly religious services.
/ The itinerant preachers job is not al
easy one. He has ungraded roads tt
drive over in all sorts of weather ant
his preaching places are not SO convent
ent and inspiring as those of his broth
81 clergyman who has asettlee
charge and a neat little church il
which to conduct services. Some
times he delivers his sermons in tn,
" front room in a new farmer
! shack with only the one family, o
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CIRCUIT RIDERS
IN n. W. CANADA
ATTEMPTS TO CARE FOR RELI-
GIoUs NEEDS OF NORTHWEST.

What the Churches Are Doing on the
Great Prairie-A Great Country for
Theological Students Who Wish to
, Get In Touch with the People-The
, Canadian Great Observer Of the
Observation-Disclosures of Life on the
= Religious Blackboard.
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tions a distinct. sentiment, in. favor Of
church union. The spectacle Of a Meth
odist, a Presbyterian, Congregational
and, perhaps, a Baptist church in
town Of, say, 800 population, is force
full lesson to the denominations Of the
waste of energy which is resulting. A
Methodist minister said to me:
: ''Never in the world will we be able
to ChristianiZe the newcomers in the
Canadian northwest so long as the de-
nominations are "buckingo one an
other. It won It do. The evil results Of
such a method of conducting, church
the United States. believe the
churches should and will come together
in order to make the most Of the. excel
lent opportunity presented to us in this
new country
the near future will be determined at
a conference in Toronto this month.
Committees Of the best informed mem
| bers Of the Presbyterian, Congregations
al and Methodist churches in Canada
will endeavor then to come to an agree
ment that will make a merger Of the
three churches and all their auxiliary
branches.
The several churches believing that
the United States failed to educate and
i ChristianiZe the foreigners who came to
America even those who settled in the
l west, are endeaVOr1ng to prevent a re.
currence here of the social troubles that
have been caused by the aliens across
/ the border. An effort is being made tc
4 Christianize the thousands Of foreign
ers who have settled in colonies here
and there on the prairies before the rail
roads reach these colonies, and towns
lspring up and exert their baneful in
4 fuence on the ignorant and easily-le6
aliens. In nearly all Of these colonies
and there are hundreds of them, in
i Guiding 3Galicians, Frenchmen, Ger
mans, Scandinavian, Swiss, Russians
4 Firms, Hungarians, Rumanians and doz
ems Of others--the churches have mis-
Il sionaries. II
A Presbyterian missionary among tn,
Galicians told me that three out O.
! five Of the ministers working in the col
. onies Of foreigners are physicians VIII,
4 minister to the physical as well as t,
the spiritual needs of the people.
"A Minnesota Church Colony.
! There are several colonies in which
. the church is very strong---a few Wer
founded by the church. This is true o
the colony of German-Americans, tn,
first Of whom came from Collegeville
MINI, near st. Cloud, and took up home
steads forty miles east of Rosthern
!, Sask., in "a strip of land fit,
miles long I'D forty miles wide. TIL
81
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POLITE CONDUCTORS IN BERLIN.

=
One of the beauties of life abroad is the kind
attention lavished upon you by public servants
Take for example, the street car conductors
corner as with US, but make a run Of three
blocks without stopping. When. the conductor
sees passengers about to enter his car. he steps
off and, removing his cap respectfully, waits
tn all are seated when he he jumps on and gives
he offers ticket for the passenger to retain
and exhibit demand as evidence that the fare
has been paid.
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500 Line Homeseekers' Rates
To the Dakotas and the Canadian
Northwest every Tuesday in November.
Call at thte Ticket Office, 119 South
Third street.
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winter deter him. Nor will inclement
weather deter those new settlers in the
new northwest from attending meet
in'.' Already they are doing more for
religion, proporticnately, than some
older established communities.
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My One Fare via the 500 Line for

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Round Trip
To the North Pacific Coast, Portland,
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ed by Prince & Whitely. Bankers and Brokers, 52 Broadway. New York. and 10 Center Street, New Haven, Conn;
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TO ROMAN CATHOLICS.

|mmunication Issued Regarding Eas- ter Collection.
 The appended official communication, bich appeared in the current issue of b Catholic Transcript, was forwarded | the pastors of all of the Roman Cath |c churches in the diocese and read at k services on last Sunday: |sThe annual Easter collection for the bport of ecclesiastical students and the general wants of the diocese, Ill be taken up at all the masses in all
 e churches of the diocese on Easter nday, April 3.
 |The primary object of this collection
 to meet expenses entailed by the ed- |ation of young men for the priest |od. At the present time fifty-seven |hdidates for the ministry are pursu-
 E their theological and philosophical Ildies in the seminares of the United |htes, Canada, Belgium, France, Ger hny, Italy, Austria Poland and Swift bland. Seventy young men are re- ' wing their training in the classics | d modern languages at our own Die
 san Preparatory seminary |Besides the expenses incurred in the location of ecclesiastical students. |ere are many urgent demands for the |pport of other religious and charita- e work which depends in great meas |e upon the aid furnished by the dio- Ee, because there are no special |Irces of revenue to meet these de- Rnds.
 |sYou are requested to explain in your |ople the importance of the collection la to remit the amount received to the |ancery office on Easter Monday. |You will please forward also the |ual offering collected for the Holy Rnd on Good Friday.
 Very faithfully yours in Christ, MICHAEL TIERNEY. Bishop of Hartford"
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Government Bonds.
Chicago Market.

Reported over private wire by J. l.. Nc. Lean & Co.,, 25 Broad street, New York, and $40 Chapel street tHubinger Buldlng), New Haven, Conn. Norman A. Tanner, Man. ager:
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INSPECTING ROAD.

frhe formal inspection of the Central |ew England road, recently acquired the New York and New Haven road,
 bs begun yesterday. President c. s. |ellen. Vice President P. R. Todd, F.. Curtis and H. M. Kochersperger, eneral Superintendent o. M. Shepard | q other officials and directors, mak- |g a party of about fifteen persons, It at 8:30 o'clock yesterday morning to over the Central New Egland lines. hey started by way of Hartford and 5ll return to-day by way of Derby |nction A special train consisting of |e presidents and general managers |ivate cars was used by the party.