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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-05-22

A little girl IN Middletown, N. Y,
was attacked by rooster because she
pulled its tail feathers. Let the graft
ers beware. The public may some day
emulate the rooster and play that the
spoilsmen are like the little girl.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-05-22
Death of Mrs. Frederick Huber.

UtdtH OF WITS, FTVutTTCk F1UbeT.
Huber, of 812 North Cherry street,
died Saturday evening. The deceased
was SO years of age and had been a
resident of Canton all her life. Fun.
eral services will be conducted by
Rev. Nau, of the First Reformed
church, Tuesday, at p. m, from the
residence.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-05-22

Congress evidently regards the
sugar, tobacco and rice monopolists
as a large and influential majority of
the people of the United States.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-05-22

FOR SALE-Large cocoanut oil bar
rels, capacity 10 barrels; the most
lasting cisterns. Cheap. JOS Bieehele
Soap Co., Canton. 1913 18-w4
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-05-22

The worlds international commerce
will aggregate fully $4,000. 900, 900 in
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-05-22
Death of Leo c. Smith.

Leo c. Smith, of TT East Fifth
street, died yesterday morning of
diabetes. The deceased was AZ years
of age, and has been a railroader
for a number of years
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-05-22
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-22
Uniform Divorce Laws.

All but three states were represented in the divorce congress called by Gov ernor Pennypacker of Pennsylvania. The congress was called for the pur- pose of agreeing upon some plan to secure as nearly as possible uniform divorce statutes throughout the union. Pennsylvania took the initiative, and forty-two states, and the District of Columbia, reported. Congressman Un- derwood and one or two of his col leagues in Congress represented Ala bama.
 The last census disclosed 19S,914 divorced persons living in the United States. It is known, too, that nearly 70 1000 divorces were granted in 1903, and these facts led Governor Penny packer in his opening address to de- clare that the proportion of divorces to marriages is increasing wltn alarming rapidity. He asked the delegates be- fore him to do something to limit and check a stream which promises ere long to be a flood.
 After an animated discussion the divorce congress decided that federal divorce law was not feasible, aud it adopted this plank of plan:
 "When the courts are given cognizance of suits where the plaintiff was 1omiciled in a foreign jurisdiction at the time the cause of complaint arose. it should be insisted that relief will not be given un- less the cause of the divorce was includ- ed among those recognized in such for eign domicile."
 It is plain that this section would. if
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-22
Russian Claims in China.

The awakening of China comes none too soon, for Russia is not only hesi- tating over the evacuation of Man churia in accordance with the Ports mouth treaty, but under secret con sessions secured before the war with Japan she is pushing troops and agents into Mongolia, a vast province that stretches westward along the Siberian line a distance of 1500 miles. It lies next west of Manchuria.
 Infantry and Cossacks are known to be ouartered at Urga in Mongolia, and the Russo Chinese bank holds a con cession for railroad from Lake Baikal to Picking. Urga is on the proposed line. It is on a river that flows into Lake Baikal.
 The situation in China is still in- secure, despite the alliance of Japan and England, and another war may be- come needful before the grip of the Bear on China is fully dislodged
 Much depends upon the rapidity with which a real effective army can be built up in China. Much, too, hangs upon the action of Japan. Japan and England have agreed to protect the integrity of China, and the secret con sessions granted to Russia and its bank add to the complexity of the sit uation. It is not easy to build rail road from Lake Ballal to Picking, but if Russia be allowed to build such a railroad the independence and integ- rity of China would become even more doubtful than they were before the war came on between Japan and Rus sia. The Chinese minister in Washing ton recently declared that no more "concessions" would be granted in China to foreigners, but the issue in Mongolia relates to concessions al ready granted, and kept secret. Re cent accidents in the form of news have disclosed them.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-22
Paved Streets Needed.

This city has passed the chert and slag stage of its growth and no street paving is now acceptable or eeonoml- cal that is not smooth and durable. Anything below brick or bithulithic will no longer meet public expecta- tions or increase the value of abutting property. Tt is to be hoped said Mayor Ward, recently, that property owners will consider such matters broadly and lose no time in realizing that they are doing themselves injury as well as retarding the growth of the city by opposing the paving of streets
 The entire business district between the railroads, from the new union sta ton to at least Fifteenth street, should be paved, and the sooner it is done the better-the better for the property owners and for the city. Whatever Qub6LlOn lnCl6 llh9 bV III iCAohACA hS the time for doing such work in other parts of the city, there is none when the business district is considered. And the alleys in the business district need hard pavements as much as the streets.
 The interviews presented in The Age Herald yesterday and today call as rule for a general paving of the city, and they may safely be accepted as an expression of public sentiment on that subject. It is, however, a subject that must be treated in detail by property holders in each street, and when they see that the way to increase the value of their property consists in street pay ing, they can be trusted to put down good pavements as fast as the work can be well done.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-22
Conveniences at Ealrview.

"Electric light service is being installed in the business houses and residences at Osceola and Fairview by the Birming- ham Railway Light and Power company and with the other conveniences already attained this section will be as well sup piled with public utilities as almost any section of the dlstrlct' said resident of Fairview yesterday.
 We already have city water and most of the houses in that section were wired for electric lights when they were built in the anticipation of early service. Work men have been busy for some time cut ting In the power and within a few weeks most of the houses in Osceola and Fairview will be lighted by electricity Gas for lighting ard fuel purposes is also prom ised for the near future, in fact, I un- derstand that the gas pipes have already been laid part of the way.
 There is a movement on foot to in- corporate this section into a town and when that is done a fine sewerage system can be constructed as the contour of the country will afford a very fine drainage. One of the county trunk sewers runs through the section and connection with it would be an easy matter.
 With the quick car service already established and the other conveniences soon to be supplied this will be one of the most popular suburban residence sec tions in the Birmingham district"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-22
Federal Quarantine.

Occasional sporadic cases of yellow fever occur in Havana, about one h every ten or fifteen days, and this fact creates nervousness in our gulf ports. The Mobile health board has decided to begin the inspection of passengers from Cuban ports on March l, but no formal quarantine will be declared against Cuban ports at that time. Pas sengers from Cuban ports will be ex- amined, and if any one of them shows an abnormally high temperature he will be detained to await possible de- velopments.
 But the precautions of Mobile will not be taken, so far as is known, at Galveston, Ship Island, Pensacola or New Orleans. In other words, each port is adopting it's own schedule, and each is thinking more about it's trade I1dn IL IS dDOul JllS uCdlbh VI 'hS pSC pie in this country.
 It is true, there are no mosquitoes in any of our ports at present, but long before May l they will be full of mos quitoes. and then the danger of tnfec- tion will arise again, and there will be no concert of action along the long coast line of the gulf at the hands of the state authorities.
 And yet Congress hesitales to pass the Mallory Williams bill-a bill so mild and gentle that it would not offend even the stegomyia fasciata. Congress hesitates because the south does not speak out plainly in favor of the bill. It is a bill that is good so far as it goes, and 1t is probably all the south can secure this year. Let it then be passed, and that, too, speedily, for within sixty days the danger of infec- ton will be upon our ports, and there will be no unified quarantine unless the bill becomes a law.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-22
 INGALLS, FUNERAL HELD.
Many Bare Their Heads In the Street
 In Spite of Rain.

New York, February 21.-The funeral of John A. Mccall, late president of the New York Life Insurance company, was held today at the Roman Catholic church of the Blessed Sacrament on seventy-first street. The church was crowded and the street in front of the church was filled for half a block with hundreds of per- sons who could not get in the edfice.
 brief service at McCall's home No. 54 West Seventy-second street preceded the church rites. The Rev. Matthew Taylor rector of the church, celebrated the high requiem mass
 When the casket was brought from the church many men in the street barred their heads and remained uncovered de- spite light rain which was falling. The pa1lbearers were John R. Hegeman Dr. s. Oakley Vanderpoel, Alex E. Orr George w Perkins. John C. Whitney, Ed mund D. Randolph, s. M. Ballard and George Austin Marsh.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-22
TIDINGS FROM MAY IRWIN
 ANENT A LECTURE TOUR

she doesn't eat 1t. And there's where May is wise as she Is witty.
 Of course, she has her limitations Her performance Is not equal to her knowl- edge and her wish. Somebody once sent her-here in Westinghouse whole gallon of terrapin She had complained that she had never had enough. She referred. naturally to the real thing and not to the decadent stuff one gets in New York and delphia-something drowned in hideous dark gravy and composed of heaven knows what. She wanted enough, just once, she said and so a good friend of hers went to an ancient colored person. and abont D. m. sent her a gallon as they cook 1t at the Mary land club and In certain homes in Balti- more and Washington, where the cave- dwellers still survive and where the tra- ditions of Reverdy Johnson and hls con- temporaries are perpetuated in true rev. erence. But she couldn't manage it. She had to give a teacupful to her little sister. It was the bitterest moment of her life.
 All the same May Irwin is thoroughly qualified to instruct the wealthy in the art of wholesome and luxurious living. She may not be able to eat everything in the house herself, but she knows what's good, and how to fix 1t, and she can impart her information and experience to the darkened minds of millionaires with absolute lucldity and grace. Upon the whole we had rather hear Miss IT, win contrast the iniquities of the average smart set dinner with the beatific art of those menus she is capable of pre- pairing than sit through plays which die when she is off the stage As for the upper classes the dinner-givers, etc, her tour would be a boon to them and to their guests. There is really no reason why the rich should not dine as well as the poor do.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-22
Southern Development.

"A writer in Moody's Magazine" re- marked a member of the Commercial club, points out that in 1895 about 5000 locomotives were necessary to maintain the train service on the four principal rail way lines traversing the southern states east of the Mississippi river The freight traffic was of such proportion that less than $500 cars of this class were then necessary to equip these lines In the last ten years, however, the records show that the expansion of these transporta- ton systems has been so rapid that 5000 locomotives are now in service, and the freight, equipment has been increased to 100000 cars.
 Moreover the locomotives now in use are capable of hauling nearly double the average trainload of 1895, and the freight cars transport about 50 per cent more merchandise. It also appears that the mileage of track through the construc- tion of extensions to these railway sys- tems, has expanded from 10000 miles to over SOOOO miles. or over 50 per cent.
 'The class of commodities transported has been changing with the increasing prosperity. For instance. one railway which gained nearly 100000 tons of freight in one year carried larger amount of building material, such as ce- ment, brick and lime, indicating that there was an extensive increase in the con struction of warehouses, factories and dwellings. Another increase, on this road, was 100000 tons of fertilizer, and the transportation of general merchandise in- creased to the extent of 1,606000 tons"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-22
A HARD-clDER HEAD.
the Washington Post.

From the Washington Post
 Captain Ryan, the new British naval at : tache, said at a dinner in Washington: ''The strength of the heads of some of our old-school farmers is quite incredible
 "At harvest supper, a feast similar in it's way to your Thanksgiving dinner, there was an old farmer who had drank a good deal of champagne. The moment his glass was filled he would toss it off, and then of course, it would be filled again
 But the old fellow grew quieter and quieter the more champagne he drank. A frown settled on his forehead. His eyes flashed angrily under his heavy gray brows
 Finally. when the waiter filled his glass with wine for the twelfth or thlr- teenth time, he shook his head and said:
 James when are you going to put the whisky on the table? These mineral! waters are getting tedious
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-22
BirmIneham's oButtinskys.' ,

We see so many stories in the papers these days" said a chronic kicker last night. about the greatness of Birming- ham and it's people that I believe it would do the people good to tell them something of their meaner side.
 For instance. last Sunday morning an announcement was made in the paper that the Vanderbilt GIee club would sing that night at the First Methodist church. The people got wind of Something free and they hocked into that great auditorium from all over Jones valley. There were over 5000 of them there and shame to re- late there was in the contribution box that night only S24-less than one cent for each man, woman and child in the build ing! :
 And the next night when the Wander bilt boys gave their very excellent en- tertainment at the theatre, there were less than 15O paid admissions in the house
 Birmingham good town, but it takes the prize on its 'butinskys' and cheap skates"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-22
BETTER TIMES ARE
 PREDICTED BY POPE

Rome, February a.-The Pope had a secret consistory today chiefly to create nineteen French bishops in the dioceses made vacant through the Franco-Vatiean struggle. He also preconized the Right Rev. w. H. oConnell, coadjutor to the archbishop of Boston as archbishop of Constance. and the Right Rev. A. s. Bernard as bishop of St. Hyaclnth. Can ada.
 The whole ceremony was in line with the vatcan's attitude towards France. The pontiff delivered an allocution sum marking the ideas set forth in his recent encyclical, showing that necessity has, tended it's appearance, as certain publi- cations may have deceived the faithful regarding the real intentions and feelings of the holy see;" even a1ludng to the pastoral letter of Mgr. Bonomelli, arch bishop of Verona. who advocated the principle of the separation of the church and state.
 Much interest was displayed in the sudden presence in Rome of Cardinal Logus archbishop of Armagh and pri- mate of all Ireland who arrived here on purpose to be present at the consistory ana or 0dlQlndl MdLultus dfcuDlSiADp Ol Toulouse, who went to France to attend the funeral of Cardinal Perraud, bishop of Autun and he returned here i'll order to take part in the consistory.
 The Pope was much affected while de- livering his allocution. He said he was compelled to accomplish q painful duty of his office and summarized his recent encyclical, saying that the law providing for the separation of church and state in France was contrary to divine right and contrary to the welfare of society who must live in peace with the religion The coneordat, he added, was broken in an unworthy manner and it would be difficult to form another. The pontiff solemnly condemned the separation law as being injurious to the church as the law to control the public worship which was not recognized by the Pope and the bishops.
 These, however, said the Pope in con- clusion would not prejudice the in- alienable rights of the church. He ex- pressed the hope that better times would
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-22
UPHoLDS DAKOTA LAW.
Divorce Granted There Holds Good In
 England.

London, February 21.-The validity of a Dakota divorce in England was today affirmed by Sir John Gorrell Barnes, dean of divorce court division of the high court of justice. The question was raised in the case of Mrs Armitage, who petltoned the court to declare her marriage to Ed ward Armitage valid.
 She formerly, as the wife of Charles Gillig an American living in London and South Dakota, obtained a divorce on the ground of desertion and subsequently married Mir Armitage. MT. Gillig last year began proceedings to nullify his marriage on the ground that it was his first and was not binding and that con- sequently his second marriage was in- valid Justice Barnes has now decided against Mir. Gillig's contention
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-22
Hunqary's Dream of Freedom.

Louis Kossuth led the Magyars in 184S, when they attempted by force of arms to gain their liberties. The attempt was crushed out, and now his son is leading the Bulgarian people against the same Francis Joseph in another attempt to gain the same con tinuing rights. The later Kossuth does not trust to guns so much as to public sentiment and moral suasion. The is- sue is, however, unchanged. The Hun garian parliament sitting at Budapest has been dissolved by the Fejervary cabinet, and the members of 1t were driven out by the police.
 Francis Joseph is King of Hungary and Emperor of Austria-Hungary. AS Emperor he is trying to govern Hun gary regardless of her constitution. Premier Fejervary has governed Hun gary with no parliamentary majority behind him, thus violating the Hun garian constitution. He proposes now to grant manhood suffrage in Hungary, and order new election, all of course outside the new constitution. As the Magyars are a numerical minority, he hopes to defeat them in their own country. His scheme is probably as visionary as it is unconstitutional.
 Apparently the contest arises over the use of Magyar words of command in the Hungarian portion of the i'm perial army. At present German words are used, and the Hungarian soldier does not understand them. But this Is on the surface only. The real con test goes much deeper. It is one be- tween autocracy and home rule, be- tween the Emperor and the people of Hungary. What, in other. words, is Hungary? Is it an Independent state? Or is it simply one of the parts of an empire of many tongues and many races?
 The rights of Hungary under the compact of 1867 are at stake. In 1S4S the Hungarians were defeated by Rus sian intervention, and after Sadowa they were defeated by false promises made by Francis Joseph to observe the constitution. new struggle on the part of theJ Hungarians for their tights seems to be inevitable. but 1t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-22
 APPEAL TO HUNGARlANS.
A Campaign of Education May Be
 Started In Foreign Countries.

Budapest, February 21.-Count Ste- phan Tisza, the former premier, pub lished in the papers this morning a long appeal to the Hungarian people not to permit themselves to be misled by the coalition party's insistence upon the use of Hungarian words of command in the army, in which course, he declares, that the party bids fair to wreck the economic and special we'll being of the country. The appeal will be distributed broadcast, and doubtless it will have much influence.
 The coalition party is discussing an appropriation to send delegataes to London, Paris and possibly to New York to hold series of meetings for the purpose of elucidating to the out side world the Hungarian struggle, aspirations and relations with Austria.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-22
IN HOTEL LoBBIES
The Finished Product.

Every beam and piece of steel, said an architect yesterday. that goes into the skyscraper on the Linn corner bears the magic word in raised letters Car negie.
 This means perhaps that basic iron was made in this district, possibly with in sight of the Linn corner, and was earted away to Plttsburg, there to be turned into structural steel by the steel trust. It was then carted back to thls district, and is to be put into the new fir teen-story skyscraper.
 'I have not been appointed to teaeh industrial economy to this district, but sometimes I wonder how long we must wait until structural steel becomes a pro- duct of this district. We lack q good deal of covering the ground. There is no tube mill in this distriet-no place where even beam of steel is fashioned. We have long way to go before we are fairly out of the woods
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-22
Confesses and Kills Himself.

before swallowing the fatal dose of poison, an act of self-destruction com mitted after all hope of securing a pardon from the Iowa legislature had apparently vanished, Sarah Kuhn wrote with her own hands a confession, in which she admitted putting to death her aged husband, Jacob Kuhn. The confession details the plot which re- suited in the death of her aged shoe maker husband and gave to her sup posed freedom to wed younger lover a hope never realized. Two years ago the legislature was split over the ques- tion of a pardon.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-02-22

WRAPPERS are now de rigeur for HO dogs especially automobile dogs, O says the proprietor of an animal boarding house. Howsomever, it can be interjeeted here that dog sweaters are hardly necessary in the mild and saln- brious climate of the south In Dixie light wraps and underelothlng of medium weight will be found sufficient for the most delicate canine constitutions. while elegant kimonas are being shown for home wear by dog ladies. Dog society in the south-that is the ultra set-is far from being so extensive as in the east, where all the dogs that are dogs seem to eongregate Caesar or Pompey, good old-fashloned hound-dogs that contribute to the joy of living down here. do not ride on automobiles when after eoons They would scorn such frumpery They are Abe Lincoln's of dogdom. The east ern pups are the Harry Lehrs.
 Among the new books received are, Great Expectations" by Willie Mizner and ITO Have and to Hold" by Nicholas Longworth Looking Backward" is ex- pected to appear shortly from the pen of that prolific humorist, John D. ROCK EFELLER.