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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-04-21
To Consider Grievances.

Hazleton, Pa, April 1.-THE con-
ciliation board will convene here TO.
morrow morning when grievances con.
cerning the demand for check dock
ing bosses will be the principal mat
ter under discussion. Employees of
the Delaware and Hudson colleries
have called the joint meeting for the
purpose Of securing these bosses as
at one or two colleries the dockage is
very excessive and in order to pro-
tect themselves against injustices OF
this nature they say check docking
bosses must be appointed. Long
standing grievances OF the Cox Broth
ers & Co. employees will also be taken
up by the conciliators.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-04-21
New Buildings at carrollton.

Carrollton, April 17.-Quite lot
Of building will take place here this
spring. Already ground has been
broken for several new dwellings,
which are intended for tenement
houses. With the present building III
sight the square the town will present
quite a different appearance by fall.
Rents here are very high and the
new houses will probably be the
means of bringing rent within rea-
son. Some property owners in town
realize twenty-five per cent on their
investment.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-04-21
Contracts Let.

At their meeting Monday the coun-
ty commissioners let a contract TO
M. M. Herbst for putting up awnings
at the court house windows. The
price is to be $114.21.
A contract was also made with the
Diebold Safe G. Lock Co. to put In an
iron door and grating in the county
Jail, so that it will be safer and Tess
liability OF prisoners escaping. This
Is work that the grand pu,ries have
recommended and the sheriff has ask
ed for number of times. 1t is to
cost $134.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-04-21
POOR PROSPECT.
For Crops Of Early Veg-
etabIeS and
Fruits.
FROST IN THE SOUTH

Knoxville, Tenn, April 17.-Advices
received from all of the southeast
ern states indicate that the freezing
weather of Sunday, Sunday night and
Monday has played havoc with crops
of all kinds and that the damage VIII
approximate hundreds Of thousands Oh
dollars.
All of the early vegetable crops are
ruined while the peach trees and oth-
er small fruit bearing shrubs nave
been SO badly frosted that 1t is hke-
lv there will be no Truit crop TINS
year. -
FROST IN KENTUCKY.
Louisville, KY, April 17.-Several
hundred thousand dollars has Deeh
done TO the Kentucky fruit crop by
the heavy frost of last night. IL IS
reported that more than one halt OF
the strawberry crop and the entire
peach crop have been destroyed.
SOUTH CAROLINA SUFFERED.
Charleston, S. c., April lI.-Ihe
frost throughout this section has
damaged truck farms greatly. A con-
seryative estimate of the damage IN
this immediate vicinity is reported TO
be more than 100000.
COLD IN ALABAMA.
Birmingham, Ala. April 17.-SeV'
eral hundred thousand dollars dam
age has been done by the frost In
northern and middle Alabama. All
early vegetation has been killed and
truck. which was we'll advanced, must
be planted again.
FROST FEARED AT NORFOLK.
Norfolk, Va, April 1.-THE indica'
tions here at midnight are that there
will he a general freeze over tide
water Virginia by early morning. Ice
and heavy frost are predicted by the
weather bureau. The weather is nov
cold and the mercury is steadily going
down.
CHILLY AT BALTIMORE
Baltimore. Md. April 1.-THE ther
mometer dropped to "a degrees toda!
while in many other parts of the state
it was below freezing. In the imme
diate vicinity of the city the crops
suffered little or no damage. Else
where. however, heavy ice formed on
the standing water, and but for the
fact that the atmosphere was dry
and kept so by high wind, vegSa
tion would have been ruined. AS II Is
the loss is expected to be heavy,
TEXAS ESCAPES.
Dallas. Texas, April 17.--So TAR
owing to the strong winds and cloudy
nights, Texas fruits, vegetables, and
other crops have not suffered from
the rains or cold weather. A freeze
is not expected.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-04-21
RUSSIAN FLEET
Takes Refuge in Chinese eay--Jap
anese Protest,


Hong Kong, April 1S.-It is report
ell here that the Chinese government
has received information that the
Russian feet under the command Of
Vice Admiral Rojestvensky, has taken
refuge in a bay on the Chinese coast
north of Hong Kong. 1t is stated that
the japanese government has made
an urgent demand that the Chinese
officials send word to the Russians to
get out at once and also that japan
has told China that she will be held
strictly accountable should the Rus
SLAMS use neutral harbors for the pur-
pore of taking on stores or resting.
A report is in circulation here, but
1t is not confirmed that the America
Mary, a japanese scouting ship, has
been damaged as the result of con-
fiict with Russian cruiser. 1t is i'm
possible to trace the origin of this ru-
NOR.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-04-21
Business Chance.

Carrolton, o., April 17.-C.
D. Pelly will assume charge OF
the Commercial Hotel here this week,
succeeding e, J. Guist, who has con-
Quoted the house for the past five
months.
This house has been known for
years as the Aldridge house and his
been conducted OF late years by Chas.
Aldridge, but Ill health compelled him
to give up the active management.
Z The house enjoys large patronage
and the new Landlord will make mum
ertus improvements.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-04-21
KANSAS CITY IS
SHY OF OFFICIALS
COUNCIL DEADLOCK SHUTS UP
MOST OF THE OFFICES.
Mo Money Coming in, None Paid Out,
and No Licenses Can Be
Issued.

Kansas City, April 17.-Owing to
protracted deadlock in the city coun-
Gil whereby members of that body re-
fused to confirm appointments made
by the mayor, the Offices of city clerk,
comptroller assessor and city physi-
clan became vacant at noon today At
that hour the Offices in question were
locked UP and the business of the city
practically came to standstill.
With the closing of the comptroller's
Office all income from water rates. IL
censes and building, boiler, elevator
and plumbing permits ceased. All re-
ceipts for water bills, licenses and per-
mits have to be countersigned by the
comptroller and the city can receive
no revenue from these sources until a
comptroller is agreed on. The comp
troller also approves the bond of the
other city Offices and no other ap-
pointees can qualify until comptrol-
Ter is In Office.
Without a comptroller the city can
pay out no money for bills, salaries
or judgments as that Office, under
the law, is required to certify all ap-
preparation ordinances. There can also
be no apportionment of the revenues
to the various departments. In fact
the vacancy for which the seven Dem
ocratic aldermen of the upper house
have refused to confirm the mayors
choice, blocks the financial business OF
the city in everything except the re-
ceipt of regular taxes.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-04-21
WENT TO OHIO
Hasn't Seen Her Husband Since, and
Wants Divorce.

Plttsburg, Pa, April 1.-THE d.
vorce case of Mrs. Mamma Mccullough
Of Washington, Pa, against John Nc
Cullough, of West Twenty-second
street, New York, was heard before
Judge Young today. Mrs. Mccullough
alleged her husband deserted her In
Norfolk, Va, in August 1901, going
to Ohio. She has not seen him since.
Mrs. Mccullough was visiting in New
York and met her husband. Three
weeks later she married him. Since
the alleged 6esertion she has resided
with her father-in-law, William r.
Oliver, wealthy merchant of Wash
ington, Pa. The case was not con
tested.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-04-21

The statue was erected about four
years ago and arrangements had bezn
made for a subscription to be taken
up among private citizens to pay foI
it. Billman went ahead with the sta
tue and delivered it to the city, 1t
was set up in City park and eiabor-
ate exercises marked it's uEyeiling
However, Billman, through a mlsun-
derstanding on the part of the commit
tee, never received payment and to-
Gay. while all city officials were absent
at a municipal league meeting, he
carted it to his home, where he de-
clared it will stay until he is paid in
full
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-04-21
Joseph Jefferson still Alive.

West Palm Beach, Fla, April 49,
1850 a. m.-Joseph Jefferson is still
alive. He has rallied somewhat. DR..
Potter. his physician and some mem
bers of the family have retired for
the night II Is thought that he will
live through the night. IA
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-04-21
storm Injured Fruit.

Carrollton, April 17.--The snow and
wind storm that swept over this por-
tion Of Carroll county on Sunday
was very severe, and reports from the
farmers coming into town, is to the
effect that the storm has injured the
fruit quite severely No damage is
reported in town.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-04-21
STANDARD OIL
Delighted to FIJI Mr.. Garfield With
Information.

Independence, Kan, April IL
Commissioner Garfield and Mr.. Co
nant, his assistant, came to Indepen-
dence today. Mr.. Garfield decided
last night to see the Standard Oil peo-
pie and get their side of the oil in
vestigation at once. Before he had
been in town ten minutes. Mr.. Gar
field was in the office Of the Prairie
Oil Co., the Kansas cad Of the Stand
ard. The Prairie officials assured Mr..
Garfield that they would gladly fur
nish him all the information they
had and rendered the service of their
Office force to assist him. =
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-04-21
CoIIIery Burned.

Scranton, Pa, April 1.-THE Fred
erick Warnke washery, at Duryea,
valued at about fiften thousand dolf
lars, has been destroyed by fire.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-04-21
M'KINLEY STATUE
Hauled Away by Sculptor and Held
For Debt.

Logansport, Ind, April 17.-Charles
D. Billman, a local sculptor today
backed a dray up in front Of the
heroic statue of William Mckinley
and with the use Of block and tackle
took it away and placed it in his back
yard.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-20
In JUST DISEAVOR

One of the most encourag ing features
of the late legislative session was the
steady growth in disfavor of the board
of control. Adjournment found it with
more enemies and fewer friends than
it ever possessed before This is due
largely to the activity of its members
in lobbying for or against bills suppos-
ed to affect their interests. No state
board can thus participate in legislative
work and endeavor to influence it with
out arousing just antagonisms. The
business of every such board is with
the work committed to it and not with
the lobby.
The board of control comes out with
new enemies on account of its attitude
toward the bills aimed at reducing its
powers and functions to their proper
place. The friends of the university
are not pleased with the bitter opposi-
ton which they had to meet. and their
triumph does not make them forget the
obstacles thrown in their way. The
friends of the institutions at Faribault
Which~did not secure similar relief are
highly outraged. They attribute their
misfortune. properly, to the board of
control and will not forget it. The
whole state is indignant at the opposi-
ton to proposal to require from this
body--that publicity in the making of
contracts which is the only safeguard
against abuse and scandal. The nlan
TO involve the state in incalculable ex-
pense for the purpose of building I'm at
saltwater a manufacturing concern
was the pet project of the board of
control, and although not wholly suc-
cessful, it went far enough to show TO
the public it's dangers.
All of these things are going tn he
remembered. Within the next two wears
the feeling throughout the state against
the board of control, not as individuals
but as body charged primarily with
the duty of supporting and building
up state machine, will increase
Party feeling will tend in the
same direction. 1t has not escap-
ed the attention of Republicans that
Democratic board of control is some
thing upon which they had not counted
AS soon as they can discover some
pretense for a change of front, they
VIII IND as many objections to such
board as they did to leaving the state
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-20
CLEAN BASEBALL

Lovers of the national game would
the directions issued by the president
of the American association would be
followed in that and all other leagues
III the country. He says that he wants
and intends to have clean baseball. He
directs umpires to take charge of the
game, to enforce its rules vigorously
and to punish offenders by suspension
instead of by fine. If this is done, the
Objectionable features of this great
sport will be eliminated.
The trouble is that we have heard
directions and promises of this sort
before. 1t has always been in the DOW
er of a baseball management to do
away with the incidents of the game
that have detracted from its interest
and annoyed the spectator. The UNI
pire has dictatorial powers and is re-
sponsible only to the management. If
he exercises them in the right way and
- DdShSu up III IL, there WOulQ QUICKLY
be an end of all rowdyism on the field
That this would add to the attendance
as well as to the enjoyment is too clear
for argument.
The suggestion that the umpire en-
force the rules under penalty of sus-
pension is excellent. AS a rule the fine
cuts little or no figure. 1t has no ter
rors for the hot tempered, and it can
easily be paid or RENTED on the quiet,
so as TO leave the offender free. Some
times there is reason to suppose that
he is even encouraged in this way
Suspension is a more serious matter.
1t not only involves loss of salary, but
absence from the field; and thus pre-
vents absolutely for a time, if not al
together, a repetition of the offense
Let the rules be enforced and our IA
vorite game will be more a favorite
than ever.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-20

capitol in executive charge. The next
legislature is going to meet with a
strong bias against the board of con-
troll.
These are the conditions under which
we may hope for a genuine reform. The
board of control ought not to be abol-
ished, but it's work should be limited
properly. The control feature should
be done away with. A board of audit.
to pass upon all the accounts of the
different institutions, and a central pur-
chasing agency, with enforced public
ity mall of its proceedings, are desir-
able. To this estate the board of con-
troll should be reduced. We see great
hope of such a change. carrying with
it safety and benefit to the state, in
present conditions and in the general
public distrust and disapproval which
the board itself has provoked.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-20
The Kaiser's Play for Position

No one needs to be told that En-
peror William spoke with premedita-
ton at Tangier. The early conception
OF him as rash and inconsiderate
person has been pretty thoroughly dis
slpated by this time. His motives in
this public warning to France were
probably mixed, but it is generally
agreed that he wished first of all to ex-
press his resentment at being left out
of the Anglo-French agreement That
ne can expect to make German inffu-
ence paramount in the Mediterranean
is hardly possible. But now that Rus
STA is drifting away from her old ally
and falling into a position where a
German alliance would be more valu-
able 1t is good politics, perhaps, to re-
mind France that Germany still has the
power TO make herself disagreeabie
The emperor looks with particular jeal-
ousy upon the growing French friend
ship with Great Britain. which he sees
no means of interrupting, and which
gives the French government a freer
hand than it has enjoyed since the war
Oh iSIO.-Providence Or. ID Journal.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-20
THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1905
A BUSINESS DETAIL

In connection with the announce
ment made on the first page of this
mornings issue a brief statement of
business details is necessary.
T h e Globe does not owe a dol
lar in the world except the ordinary
current monthly bills. These will be
paid at the usual time and place.
The results of the proverb contest
will, of course, be announced as soon
as determined and the prizes awarded
will be paid. This announcement will
be made during the present month.
Subscribers who have paid in adj
vance will receive refund in cash
for the uneXpired portion of their sub
scription term as soon as the amounts
can be determined from the books.
The last issue of the St. Paul
Globe will appear Sunday morning,
April 80
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-20

heretofore always left open to private
contract, is making a mock of the word
liberty" We are apt to forget that
the very existence of liberty implies
the right of a man to make fool of
himself if he pleases; the right to do
something hurtful to his own best in
terests if he knows no better. The
fundamental theory of a free govern
ment among a free people is that the
individual shall be left free to work out
his own salvation at his own. cost. pro-
vided only that he do not interfere
with equal liberty for all others.
This is natures way. She does not
protect us against mistakes. She puts
us in world full of mystery and
crowded with perils, and obliges us to
make our way through 1t at our own
cost. knowledge comes and character
is builded by error as we'll as by
foresight. Doubtless there might have
been an order of things in which each
of us should have had supernatural
warning of mistake, and direction
what to do in any emergency of life
The point is that this is not the actual
order. The state. which is nothing but
the collective wisdom of the average
community, cannot perform the task
that omniscience has not seen fit TO
try. Whenever it enters this field it
not only blunders egregiously, but it
jeopardizes the very existence of lib
erty itself.
The case in question ought to be-
come landmark in Jurisprudence. We
need an era where the whole impulse
shall be away from increasing the CEN
tralized power of the state, and toward
the freedom of the individual. We
need to have less interference with the
right of private contract. Society will
take care of itself and evolutionary
law will work wholesomely, as it has
done for some millions of years, even
though our legislatures should let both
of them severely alone. Above all, the
great labor problem will be solved most
satisfactorily and permanently where
there is least interference on the part
of the state, except for the purpose of
preserving to every man his equal op-
portunity and his equal right to work
when, where and how he pleases.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-20
MURDER TRIALS AS BOOMERS

From a Minnesota town in which a
young man is being tried for murder
comes the report that all the hotels
are prepared to take adequate care of
the influx of visitors that is expected.
It's an i'll wind that blows nobody
good, though perhaps it's only the
thriftiest individuals who can appre-
ciate to it's fullest extent the benefit
to be derived from the attraction rep
resented by so notorious an event.
Even in that progressive town there is
probably large majority who would
gladly forfeit the gain, provided their
burg could get rid of the blame of the
event.
The thrift displayed by the few, how
ever, suggests that with the taste for
murder trials that is being cultivated
by large number of people any pub
lie may wake up some morning to find
the announcement of the untimely
taking off of some esteemed citizen
followed by an item calling attention
to an advance in town lots and a rise
in hotel rates. 1t is the disposition,
nowadays, to take instant advantage
of any gratuitous advertising which
falls to the lot of city or Individual 1t
is possible that railroads in the future
will offer rates to scenes of crime that
enterprising municipalities will dis
cover source of revenue in the court
room chairs and that a diagram of
the house" will be provided for the
convenience of those who desire to re-
serve their seats.
Possible but not probable however.
For in spite of the undue prominence
that is given to murder trials nova
days, and in spite of the fact that
court rooms continue to be crowded
with morbid spectators, the sentiment
of the people continues healthy and
sane. Murders are repugnant to
large majority; suspected murderers
arouse in their breasts no hysterical
impulses that result in visits and the
sending of flowers to the cells of des-
peradoes, and murder trials are not
regarded by them as a superior form
of entertainment. There is no real
danger that such trials will ever be
seriously considered as a boomer" for
any town.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-20
LIMITING HOURS OF LABOR

The decision handed down by the
federal supreme court, declaring that a
legislature has no power to restrict
the hours of labor, would be of the
very highest Importance were it not
rendered, as most decisions are nova
days, by divided court. 1t is the old
familiar alignment of five against four.
The majority declared unconstitutional
a section of the New York state labor
law fixing the number of hours in bak-
cries throughout the state, and the
opinion was based on the ground that
the statute interfered with the free
right of contract between individuals.
However reached, the decision seems
to us to be reasonable and salutary.
One of the most dangerous tendencies
of the times, and one that has been
already carried too far in effect, is that
calling in the power of the state to
settle matters which should be left to
the determination of economic forces.
Except in the case of minors and 9TH
ers who cannot protect themselves, and
in regard to its own employees, the state
should have nothing to do with assign
ing limits to the labor day. Labor ev-
erywhere is now so thoroughly organ
lied that it can take care of this for
itself. If differences arise between en-
ployer and employe they should be set
tied as other differences are, without
calling in the aid of the law for one
party or the other.
1t is difficult, indeed, to see how the
court could have reached any other
conclusion without going to an extreme
most hurtful to the interests of labor
itself. If it is within the power of the.
legislative body to fix hours of labor
except in the cases above noted, such
power extends in both directions. They
may be shortened or they NAV be
heightened. In other words, the Iegis-
lature would be practically authorized
to reestablish involuntary servitude bv
lnstltuting day too long to be en-
dured. That this is improbable does
not alter the legal aspect of the oues-
ton. The point is that the power
ought not to exist or to be conferred.
The multiplication of laws in this
country, and especially the growth of
legislation tending to adjust conditiona