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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-06-02
STRUCK MINE
Russian Cruiser Attempt
ed 10 Leave VIadiv0s-
ok-..SkrydIOff May
Have PeriShed.

London, May 31.-(Wednesday)--
The Toxic correspondent Of the Daily
Express reports that the cruiser
Cromoboi Of the Vladivostok squad
ron with nearly 300 men on board is
sued from Vladivostok in the hope
of joining the remnant Of Rojest-
vensky's fleet and that il struck a
Japanese mine and sunk with ali
hands on board. The correspondent
says It is believed that Vice Ad-
Cromoboi.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-06-02
HEAD BLOWN OFF
John Morgan of West Lebanon Meets
Tragic Death.

Massillon, May 30.-John Morgan,
aged 23, residing with his parents at
West Lebanon, was found dead in his
room this evening with the top Of his
mead blown off.
Immediately after eating supper the
young man went upstairs and in a few
minutes a shot was heard. On enter
ing the room a ghastly sight presented
itself Morgan. was discovered sitting
in chair next to the wall with the
entire top of his head literally torn
away by the discharge of shotgun.
1t is not known whether the affair
was the result of accident or deliberate
intent. An investigation will be made.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-06-02
Durham's Retirement piscredited.

Harrisburg, Pa, May SO.-Rumors
IN Philadelphia to the effect that In
surance Commissioner Durham will
retire from Governor Pennypacker's
cabinet are discredited in this city,
1t is believed that this story grew
out of the report that Durham is
about to retire from the party leader
ship. Mr.. Durham will undoubtedly
remain in his present office until
political conditions in Philadelphia
shall have been readjusted.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-06-02
SQUADRON DESTROYED
Official Advices Received by state De.
partment from Griscom.


partment from Griscom.
Washington, d. c., May 30.-The de-
struction of the Russian squadron has
been complete.
The state department was officially
advised of that fact this afternoon by
Minister Griscom at Toxic. His mes
sage conveyed the further informa-
ton that the commander-in-chief, Ad-
,niral Rojestvensky, Rear Admiral Vol
kessam and Rear Admiral Nebogatoff
were prisoners of war Admiral Ro-
sestvensky is serious injured a shell
having exploded near him. The intel
!igence that six out of the eight battle
ships had been destroyed, the flagship
among the number, and that the re-
manning two had been captured, has
borne out the statement in these dis
patches last night that Togo's victory
would be found to be greater than gen.
orally supposed.
The battleships destroyed are: Kniaz
Guvaroff, Alexander ILL.,, Borodino, Osl'
yabia, Navarin and the Sissoi Veliky.
The orel and the Nikoli l. have been
captured,
Out of the total number of seven
protected cruisers, the AlmaZ is the
only one to escape. 1t has reached
Vladivostok, but it's usefulness is over
1t will never be permitted to leave thai
port.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-06-02
ROjeStVenSky Is a
japanese Prisoner

capped the fury of the Japanese on
slaught, only three have been definite
ly reported. They are the Almaz, a
;hird-class cruiser of 1926 tons; the
Jemtchug, another cruiser, and the
hospital ship orel, which have put into
Vladivostok.
Fighting continues off Oki island.
The Occidental and Oriental Co. S
steamship Doric, which has arrived at
Shanghai, reports passing the Izamrud,
cruiser of the Aurora class. and a
gunboat, probably the Kazarsky. The
latter was leaking.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-06-02

lOldl ',..,..'''' Z
]. T. Schroyer moved that the re-
port be accepted which was carried
unanimously.
To get the matter before the com.
mittee Ray Harbert moved the action
of the Central Committee on April
%, with regard to the selection of
state delegates to be rescinded. II.
M. Martin, of Mapleton, opposed the
motion He said he was for Welty
for governor but he did not like the
idea of this committee taking the
power out of the hands of the people
in the selection of the state dele
gates. "If | were a delegate" he
said, 81 would support Welty as long
as he is in the field but after that
the delegates ought to be free to
vote as they please" Schroyer got the
floor and said that If Mr. Welty could
be assured at once of Stark county's
delegates he would at once enter the
race. james d. Barry wanted Welty
to select his own delegates but Chair.
man Kaufman said that Mr.. Welty
declined to do this. Gregory then
got the floor and introduced the fol.
lowing resolution:
Whereas. There is and has been
for some time past a growing sentl-
nient in favor of the Hon. John G.
Welty as candidate for governor,
and for the presentation of his name
at the coming State convention to be
held in Columbus, June 9th and 28th.
The high veneration and esteem in
which he is held by all who know
him and the confidence in his unques.
toned ability, honesty and integrity
as well as his loyalty and devotion
to the Democratic party clearly fit
him for that honorable and important
Office.
The committee believe it to be it's
duty to give expression to the wishes
and desire of the party as its choice
among the several candidates al.
ready in the field and with that
view the following resolution was
unanimously adopted at meeting OF
the committee on Tuesday, May 30th
Resolved that we unanimously fa
vor the Hon. John G. Welty for gov
ernor of Ohio and the presentation
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-06-02
Miraculous Escape.

Moji, Japan, May 31.-The captain
and first officer of the Admiral Max
timoff miraculously escaped death in
the sea after Sundays battle They
They were swimming about for hours
before they were rescued by the
Shimonasaki fishermen.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-06-02
Jury Tampered With,

Des Moines, Ia, May SO.--Another
chapter was added to the w. e. Brown
bank scandal when the trial of
Brown on the charge Of fraudulent
banking while president Of the First
National bank of Storm Lake was con.
cluded by the discovery that the jury
had been tampered with.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-06-02
Marcus StaleY Dead.

Marcus Staley died yesterday after.
noon at his home, Si1 Mahonjng
street, aged A. He had been a ma.
chinist with the Wheeling & Lake
Erie company for 23 years, and was
jaember of the Junior Order United
Mechanics and Woodmen of the
World. He leaves brother, wife
and two sonci
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-06-02
SUITS AGAINST LETTER
Brought by counsels of Austria, Italy
and Russia.

Chicago, May S0.-Suit for $150,000
Is to be brought by three foreign con-
euls in Chicago against Joseph Letter
as result of report made by Attor-
ney Frank Rockhold, who has just
completed an investigation of the ex-
ploslon in Letters mine at Zeigler. ILL.,.
April 3. Rockhold was commissioned
by the Austrian, Italian and Russian
governments.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-06-02
Unknown Man Killed at Atwater.

Alliance, o., May 30,-A foreigner
whose identity has not yet been learn.
ed, was killed by passing train
near Atwater Tuesday forenoon. His
body was horribly mangled and cut
by the wheels SO that it was almost
past recognition.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-06-02
WELTY A
CANDIDATE
STARK COUNTY COMMIT.
TEE ACCEDES TO HIS
WISHES.
SELECTS A DELEGATION
To the Convention In
structed in His
Interest.
SELECTS A DELEGATION

DECORATION LAY WeetIn9 " tHe SOHl'
mittee Results in a Harmonious
Gathering-Primary Action Re.
scinded-List Of Delegates Chosen.
The Stark County Democratic Cen
trail committee met on Decoration day
in the afternoon at the mayors of.
fee pursuant to call of the chair
man for the purpose of resembling the
action of the County Central Com
lnittee on April % with regard to the
selection of delegates to the state
convention. There were 33 commit
tcemen, a quorum, present as fol
lows:
J. G.. Warwick, w. F. Ream, John A,
Smith, G.. o. Hoover, II. M. Martin
Arthur Stimmel, Ed. c. Mong, H.
G. Crowl, Frank Lisch, A. B. Camp
Michael McVan, Hiram Sell, ]. j.
Snyder, A. Lennen, John Balzer, VIM
Clements, d. w. Kropf, Il. NJ. Hahp
Charles Palmer, Emil Kaufman, Fl
c. Pontius, James c. Deidrick, John
7. Schroyer. Peter Obringer, George
Eierworth, VIM. J. Streiber, Henry
Faulus, II. August Smith, ]. II. Reig
ner, Thos. Dagger, Ray Harbert, Jas
L. Barry and John G. Cedar.
Chairman Kaufman stated that the
-; 30 hn Y,nntinu IN aCppr
tain whether the delegates to the
state convention should be selected
now or on June 10. He said that in
asmuch as Hon. John c. Welty was r
probable candidate for governor, thai
tie sooner it became known over the
state, that Mr. Welty had his owl
county behind him, the better, as sev
cral adjoining counties stood read.
to indorse Mr.. Welty but were wait
ing to see what Stark county woult
| do
Under the apportionment of the
state committee Stark county is en-
titled to II delegates. Ray Harber
who was appointed onea committee t
district the county into delegate dis
tricts made the following report:
Canton, First ward ....,........
Canton, Second ward ............
Canton, Third ward ...........
Canton, Fourth ward and Can. tp.
Canton, Fifth waTA ..............
Canton, Sixth ward .......,.....w
Massillon and Perry TIPS. .........
Lexington and Washington ,Tps..
Lake and Marlboro TIPS .........
Plain and Lake TIPS ............
Nimishillen TIP. ..................
Sugar. Creek, Bethlehem and Pike.
Lawrence and Tuscarawas TIPS. E.
Osnaburg, Sandy and Paris Tps...
| Total
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-02-21

not sad. L don't know why, but 1 feel
happy, wonderfully happy"
Turning away from the mirror, she
was just about to wrap herself in her
cloak when her sister entered the room,
carrying two narrow, white boxes. Bet
ty dropped her cloak, took the boxes
and, opening one of them, lifted out a
deep, rich red rose, fresh and fragrant,
proudly dropping its heavy head and
filing the room with its odor. Betty ex-
amined the box, but there was no card.
Laying the rose upon the table and
turning to the other box, she lifted
from its depths a long stemmed, half
blown pink rose, delicate and yet won
derfully sweet. This rose was also
without card.
How strange" murmured the girl
that they should both have had the
same ideap'
For moment Betty stood silent. The
two roses lay upon the table. Suddenly
she heard her mothers voice calling to
her that it was time to start. Wrapping
her cloak about her. Betty turned and
ran lightly down the stairs. A moment
later the sound of carriage wheels
rumbled along the street.
But the roses? There was only one
rose now lying upon the table, only
one, but its heavy perfume filled the
whole room, and its heart glowed like
great ruby.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-02-21
Too Much For the Cook

He was new waiter in a down
town restaurant, and after he had wait
ed on a man who was seated at one
of the tables the other noon he went
behind the cold lunch counter to eat
his own dinner Presently he dropped
down from his stool and whistled up
the tube to the cook on the second
floor. Where's that pie l ordered y
he asked. Hurry 1t up" The cooks
reply could not be heard He was evil
IDENTIFY a suspicious cook, and he pro-
voked the new waiter. The volley the
latter fred into the tin funnel sounded
like a bunch of firecrackers going off
in a barrel Heavens he spluttered.
Did you think / wanted 1t for myself?
1 haven't been here long. but I've seen
your pies. | haven't been disappointed
in love, and haven't got any domestic
troubles. When I'm desperate, I'll
take something easier to swallow than
one of your pies. There's customer
here waiting for 1t. He's no friend Of
mine or I'd switch him off on to crack
ers and cheese You'll know me bet
ter If l don't get discharged" The
pie came down with rattle, and the
new waiter resumed his meal.-Provi-
dence Journal
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-02-21
Bullying GUN BARRELS.
The Ruin That Is Wrought by Care

The Ruin That Ia Wrought by Care
less Handling.
have sold guns for ten years, and
in that time four of them have had
their barrels bulged, one by snow, one
by dirt, one by sand and one by some
thing else getting into it. One man
crawling through fence got a little
snow in the muzzle. He could not re-
move it with his finger, so concluded
to wait and shoot it out, which he did,
but he found bulge like a pullet's egg
on the end of the barrel. Another got
some earth In the muzzle and shot ii
out, and he. too, found the same kind
of bulge on the end of his gun. An
other fired his gun at ducks, which
knocked him over on his back and fair
ly got away from him. When he pick
ed up the gun he found narrow raised
band around the barrel fourteen inches
from the muzzle. In this case a wad
had probably lodged there. This Gus
toner thinks the manufacturers ought
to give him a new set of barrels. tell
him if the barrels had not been good
ones it would have been a burst in
stead of bulge, which might have
MANNED or killed him. Another man ly-
ing on point brought down duck with
broken wing which scurried for the
water. The man ran and struck the
duck with the muzzle of the gun and
In so doing got sand in it. He blew
most of il ont and shot oI1t the rest of
it Well, after that shot he found a
little blister two inches from the muz-
zle about the size of a mans little fin
ger
Moral--Do not shoot distractions of
any kind out Of your gun if you value
your life or gun.-Uncle Dan in Anna
teur Sportsman.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-02-21
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

The easier people make money the
easier they want to make it.
Among the many mysteries of child
hood is why grown people cry when
they are glad
There are some people who think
they have discharged their full duty to
you by praying for you.
What do you use most during the
day? Do you use the little white lie al
most as much as your shoes?
When man makes one mistake he
usually follows it up with three or four
before he RECEIVERS his balance
Don't be conceited; get any map of
the United States, and do you find any
mark on it to show that you are on
earth?
Every one admits that rich people are
not happier than the poor, or as happy,
yet every one is striving to become one
of the miserable rich.-Atchison Globe.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-02-21
A TAKER OF
CRUMBS
By Charming Pollock
Copyright. 1908. bu Charming Pollock
BY Charming Pollock

1.-THE red sun slipped over the edge
of the earth and left her sitting there.
She was very lonely. After a moment
she walked to the window and began
reading her letter for the fiftieth time.
Dear Lady O. Nine was its first line
Dear Lady O. Mime"
Anne Stacey's laggard fingers drop
ped from the typewriter keys into her
lap, and she whispered the last words
of the paragraph to herself almost low
ingly. The story was too nearly fin
ished to be written all over again, and
yet that was the very phrase which
opened the note lying at her side.
To epitomize the romance of her own
life was one thing, she thought; to use
its language was another. For an in
slant she was disguised at the recollec-
ton that she had intended to offer any
part of the little history for sale, and
she was about to tear the page from
the machine. Then came the reaction.
She remembered how many empty
hours she had spent in an attempt to
force something purely imaginary from
her brain. She knew the story she had
lived and written was an interesting
story and that she could dispose of it.
After awhile the tired fingers returned
listlessly to the keys, and the sentence
in her mind staggered across the white
sheet before her
The end of the procession had been
reached when the dinner bell rang.
Anne Stacey laid the completed manu-
script on her desk and added the note
to small bundle locked in her bureau
drawer. Then she stood before the mir
ror and patted her soft brown hair in
several places. The face that stared
back at her was a plain face-sweet
and honest, but far from beautiful.
The mouth was too large, the nose too
small, the eyes sufficiently far apart
to denote intellectually, but not near
ly close enough for that prettiness
which is worth so much more to wo-
man. Anne had been told these things
almost from the time that her eldest
brother had been able to talk, but she
sighed as she crossed her tiny room and
walked into the hallway A mingled
odor Of cabbage and burned beef as
cended the stairs with the noise of
many voices Then the bell rang again,
and Anne went to dinner
She had expected to make corrections
in her story afterward and to post it
when she went out for her usual car
ride. Instead, she unlocked the drawer,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-02-21
HUTTON'S ONE RECIPE.
1t Included a Paper Cutter, In
Eraaer and Ruhhar Rauda

1t Included a Paper Cutter, Ink
Eraser and Rubber Bands.
Perhaps the most ingenious and the
most original of all schemes for pro-
curing autographs was from a lady in
a western town. She was raising funds
for the building and support of public
library, and she had conceived the idea
of issuing a volume to be called 1.-THE
Authors Recipe Book" Authors from
all over the country, the most distin-
guished of authors-always authors
with capital A-had been good enough
to send her list of the favorite dishes
Of their own construction, with their
method of making them.
The cookbook was one of the many
forms of literature to which the recip-
lent had never turned his attention. He
had no more idea of cooking than he
had of milking COW or of Harvesting
a horse or Of setting a hen or of build
ing dynamo. He did not even care
what was cooked for him so long as it
contained none of the ingredients of
tripe and none of the essence of toma-
to. But he was asked to contribute a
paper which she would have repro
duced in facsimile, stating what he
could prepare most to his liking upon
kitchen range or in a chatting dish,
with his manner of procedure. This
quite nonplused him until he bethought
himself Of one particular and peculiar
delicacy in the evolution of which he
could safely trust his reputation as an
expert. In reply, for which he received
no thanks, he said:
''Take a long paper cutter; attach to
the same by means of rubber bands,
and securely, an ink eraser; insert the
ink eraser firmly into marshmallow
plug and hold the same over a STUDENT
lamp or study fire until the marshmal-
low begins to sizz, drops into the ashes,
puts out the light or burns your hand.
And eat while hotv'
He has never seen copy of ''The Au-
thors' Recipe Bookw-Laurence Hutton
in Critic.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-02-21
BREAD ON THE
WATERS
By A. NJ. Davies Ogden
Copyright. 1905. BY A. N. Davies Ogden

AS the footman turned to come down
the steps after leaving the cards he
had held Miss Mallory leaned back in
the victoria with sigh of relief 1t
had been a long, tiresome afternoon,
but she had used her last card now,
and, these people being fortunately
out" she would go home and forget
her thoughts, for somehow Roland HUI
mason had been much in her mind late
ly. Strange that after three years of
absence the recollection of his clear
dark eyes and clean cut features should
linger thus wildly. And again Miss
Mallory sighed.
Why had he gone so suddenly and
sent no wordf Looking up to give the
order for home, the girl suddenly be-
came aware Of a woman standing but
a few feet away with gaze hungrily
fixed upon herself AS their eyes met
the woman came slowly forward
will you lend me $5?" she asked alb
ruptly. The voice was sweet and well
modulated, as Miss Mallory noted
through her surprise. Nor did the wo-
mans appearance suggest that of a
beggar. The girl hesitated. She had
always been cautioned not to give In
the street. 'Indiscriminate giving Is
the ruin of many" was her fathers
dictum. Yet In this case there was a
curious, half wild look in the woman's
eyes, as though she were enduring
some strain almost beyond her strength,
and Miss Mallory felt her sympathies
quicken. Roland Humason would give
his money. He never refused to help
a woman even while he laughed at
himself for a credulous simpleton.
Swayed by an uncomprehended i'm
pulse, the girl pulled out a crisp five
dollar bill
Take it." she said gently. Into the
tired face opposite leaped a light of
wonder, almost fear; then the tense
lines relaxed.
THANK you" was the simple re
Spouse, but Miss Mallory could feel all
that was compressed into the words.
II will send it back. You shall see.
But you must give me your name"
More to humor her than from any ex-
pectation of receiving the money, Miss
Mallory glanced into her cardcase. 1t
was as she thought. Her own cards were
all gone. Hastily pulling out one of her
fathers cards, she scrubbed her name
and address on the back and held it to-
ward the woman.
Here she said kindly Then, with
nod to the expectant footman, who
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-02-21

ION, ii she had not met you'll But
l dare not think of it. II have a pho
tograph of you l bribed your maid fol
it," he confessed shamefacedly. From
having seen it so often my sister felt
vaguely that here at last was a friend
although, of course, unwilling why
And so she dared to ask" Miss Mallo
~, who was sobbing unrestrainedly
lifted her face
"Oh, the dear woman she exclaim
ed brokenly. How glad l am! How
glad l am! And is she safer"
"Quite safe" was the thankful an
swer. 'The shock, your kindness, some
thing, must have strengthened and
braced her. She returned last night
And you can fancy what it meant tt
us. But when she showed me the bless
ed card which told me who it was that
had saved her it seemed to me as If
also had been sent message. Was
wrong, dearT' and the mans voice was
wonderfully tender The girl, puzzled
shook her head.
81 don't understand" she said faint
ly. Humason laid a visiting card In
her hand
"Lookw he said 1t was the card up
on which she had scrubbed her address
Turn it over" as the girl seemed be
wildered. A low cry broke from the rec
lips.
"Oh," she stammered, while the colol
flooded up to her pretty curly hair. az
was in a hurry. thought that it was
one Of fathers. r. Her confusion in
creased pitiably. But the mans strong
clasp had again caught the fiutterins
little hands.
II thought that If you had cared
enough to carry mans card In your
cardcase for three years that you mus
have cared a little for the man him
self" he said eagerly. "Was l wrong
sweetheart? Are you going to send me
away againT
The girl, her eyes fixed on the betray
ing bit of pasteboard wherein in fine
script ran the words. "Mr. Roland HUI
mason" dropped her head.
NO." she answered shyly. please
Dlease staV"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-02-21
Two way. Of Doing Business.

l have seen in London only one Office
where there is any real enthusiasm.
And the employees seldom have any in
terest in the business beyond drawing
their salaries In most of the factories,
and even in the Offices, they are taught
certain round of duties, and they are
allowed to do nothing else. They sell
dom suggest Improvements for fear of
losing their places, where In America
they'd soon lose their places if they
didn't make suggestions. Here it's the
firm in its private offices and every
body else doing as little as possible and
never stepping out Of the rut they're
put in, and there it's everybody work
ing together, coats of, and the head of
the concern glad to listen to the Office
boy and to do as he says if it means re-
sults.-Vanity Fair.