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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15


Hog cholera is working havoc in herds
near Waterloo.
The annual session of the Iowa chapter
of the Eastern Star was held ut Daven-
port.
A. b. Johnson, farmer of Fort
Dodge. was killed by falling off his
wagon.
Rev. Ingram, of Fort Madison, has
accepted a call from the Christian
Church at Abba.
Work is progressing favorably on the
water works system at Danbury and all
the pipes have been laid.
Fire on the farm of w. II. McNul-
ty,. near Garwin, consumed the barn and
granaries and their contents.
The State pharmacy commission dur
ing the past year has collected $21, 36O
from itinerant vendors of medicine.
John Ruecker of Des Moines, late OF
the Fifty-frst Iowa, had his left hand
taken off at the wrist in planing ma
chine.
Several valuable horses have died re-
Gently in the vicinity of Grinnell from a
disease which so far has baffled yeteri.
nary surgeons.
A man giving the name of John Leon
ard, presumably from Columbus, Ohio,
was run into by Northwestern freight
at Tama and killed.
The infant child of Orval Brooker Of
De Soto was attacked by a vicious dog
and one side of Its face torn to shreds.
G. w. Carey, a farmer, living near
Marshalltown, was thrown from his
wagon in a runaway and severely in
jured.
james Fade, an old and respected citi-
zen Of Muscatine, committed suicide by
cutting his throat while respondent over
an incurable disease.
With the aid of an X-ray apparatus
bullet has been removed from the leg
of Fred Knutson, of Charter Oak,
which has been there for over four years.
The next annual convention Of the
Royal Arch Masons of Iowa will be held
at Des Moines.
The rural mail delivery around Steam.
boat Rock is not satisfactory, as only
one part of the township has the deliy-
cry.
David Reese worked clever conf.
dence gaIAe on George Jones, q farmer
living near Des Moines, and secured
$1,000 in cash. He has not been seen
since.
The boiler in Smart's grain elevator
at Spencer exploded, tearing through
the roof of the building and dropping
some distance away. No one was in The
immediate vicinity at the time.
~ II
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15

United States to hold aloof. 1t may be
set down us certain that any attempt to
break through the Monroe doctrine, say,
by an invasion Of Canada, or the seizure
Of the West India Islands, would arouse
a dangerous sentiment in this country,
and this sentiment, it may be remarked,
is one of the strongest defenses Great
Britain could have for the defense Of
her possessions on the North American
continent.
1t must always be remembered that be-
fore any nation or combination of ma
tions would dare seek to attack the Unit
ed States, either at home or in the far
East, the British fleets must first be de-
stroyed, and after the destruction of a
British feet the enemy's squadron would
be In poor condition for another battle.
Changes In the Maps.
And, finally, when the struggle was
ended and the international congress met
to arrange Its terms Of peace, the geoe.
raphers would have to prepare new maps
Of Europe. Asia and Africa.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15

construction material from the steam
ships Of the Southern Pacific Company
to the same company's cars for use on
its southern California, Arizona and
New Mexico lines.
The length of the wharf proper is
4,2S2 feet. 1t is fifteen feet high above
extreme high water. In the alignment
of the pier there are two curves; on the
shore approach there is a ten-degree
curve extending 200 feet onto the pier,
and 1000 feet from the shore end there
is seven-degree curve to the right,
both curves being tapered or spiraled.
The trains run to the extreme end Of
the wharf.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15

The resemblance between Admiral
Dewey and General Grant is strikingly
close. The merit record of the one in
the naval academy is almost Identical
with that of the other in the military
academy. They were mt about the same
place above the bottom of the class,
they were deficient in the same studies,
and their, conduct marks were much
alike. The one reached the highest po-
sition in the army and the other in the
navy. In modesty and dignity of per-
sonal bearing they are singularly alike.
They resemble each other also in their
disposition to award full credit to their
subordinates In every achievement.
Their manner of speech is identical. 1t
is direct, terse, right to the point, and
in plain, vigorous English, such as the
plain people can understand. In an
other respect they are also alike-name-
~, in securing the cordial admiration
of all foreign powers with whose repre-
sentatives they came in contact. Both
of them, in the words Of Dewey,
Scratched gravel" and had their re-
ward.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15

The causes for whatever decline in
interest in baseball may have come
about in recent years are to be found
in the attitude of the men at the head
Of baseball petty jealousies and
their failure to run the game in the
interests Of its patrons; in syndicate
ism, system Numerically opposed to
true craftsmanship; in the transfer
ring Of games and buffeting about the
players Of certain clubs, setting the
regularly provided schedule at def
ance; in the rowdyism which goes I'M
rebNked and in the miserable method
of appointing and assigning umpires.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15
LARGEST OF AL OCEAN PIERS.

Built by Railroad and Extends a
Mile Into the sea.
The cut shows the largest ocean pier
in the country. 1t was built by the
Southern Pacific Railroad at Port Los
Angeles, Cal, in 1893. 1t is regular
port for passenger and freight coast
steamers, and is also United States
port of entry. 1t is twenty miles dis
tant from Los Angeles and two miles
from Santa Monica, Cal. The chief
commercial use Of the wharf is in the
transshipment of cargoes Of coal and
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15

Rev. Mr.. Dalton, of st. Louis, is ar
ranging for the removal of the Catholic
summer school from Madison to Du-
buque. The school is national in scope
and includes six archdioceses-AliIw
kee, Santa Fe, Dubuque, st. Paul, Gin
cinnati and st. Louis. Instructions are
given by the most eminent Catholic edu-
Gators of the country.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15

Thomas Shelton Harrison, the Amer
lean diplomatic agent and consul gen.
eral in Egypt, has an article in the
Forum about Egypt Under Lord
Cromer" Mr.. Harrison says that the
native working classes in the larger
cities are fairly we'll off, but that there
is class for which there is little OF no
employment. Crowds of Egyptian
youths, half educated and more or less
well bred. are striving for small gov
eminent clerkships, posts in the banks,
positions on the railways, and so on.
They will do no manual labor, and they
must have what the French call con
sheraton They must have genteel
employment. Egyptian and American
youths are much alike in disposition II
what Collins T.. Huntington says of the
latter is correct. He asserts that they
are overeducated to such n degree that
they acquire dlstaste for all labor
which is not suited for Il gentleman"
and that as consequence young men
spurn manual labor and work where
they may have to wear Overalls and
ly paid but respectable positions. So
Mr.. Huntington wants the number of
years spent in the school room cut
down, and no attempt to carry the
education of the mass of young boys
beyond the point required to enable
them to cope with the practical details
of business. But. if overeducated
American boys and half-educated Egyp-
tian youths shun manual labor, because
it Is not genteel, and il girls who have
next to no education will not work in
other womens kitchens because So
cial stigma attaches to domestic SER
vice, then the possession or lack of ed
ucation does not seem to have much
to do with the matter. There appears
to be all the world over preference
for ''genteel' employment. Perhaps
that preference is stronger in Europe,
where young man would rather
starve ON the meager salary of gov
eminent employee and have social
status" than do what he considers an
inferior grade of work and earn much
better pay; but there are IL great many
American youths who seriously believe
that they would demean themselves by
manual labor. Overeducation is not
so much to be blamed for this as in
herited ideas about the greater respect
ability of certain kinds of work. What
Is needed is crusade against the curl
Gus classification of work as genteel
and not genteel, rather than against
this alleged overeducation of which Mr..
Huntington speaks. There was time
when it meant teaching a boy more
than his parents lsnew-even if they
could neither read nor write-and thus
educating him beyond his station in
life"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15
Burns Many t.ck, of GRAIN.

A very destructive fire supposed to
have been set by an east-bound Central
freight train about one mile east of Bar
nun, burned over territory half ni.e
wide and over one mile long, burning
grain stacks and large amount of hay
and straw. A hundred men from Bar
mum and Tara after long, hard fight
succeeded in subjugating the fire and
saving the buildings on the two farms.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15
Run Town aud kill.d.

Matt Champion, of Denison, was killed
by gravel train on the Milwaukee road
near Kenwood. He was walking down
the track from Kenwood to where he
was working for farmer when the train
struck him. He was not noticed until
the next morning, when the crew went
back to work.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15
CHAMPION WOMAN GOLFER.

A New York Girl Player Wins the
Much-coveted Trophy.
A New York girl, Miss Ruth Under
hill, Of the Nassau a.. ~ Golf Club, is
queen of the women golfers of the
United States. On the links of the Phil.
adelphia Country Club she defeated
Mrs. Caleb +. Fox, of the Huntington
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15
city refuse. the Plant,

The town Of Otto is having very Sc
rious time with its new system of water
works, and the matter may end in a huge
law suit. John Ward, of Audubon, the
contractor, was persuaded by the manu-
facturers to use steel riveted main in
stead of the ordinary cast iron. These
are leaking badly, and the city will not
accept the job from the contractor.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15

Valley Club, by score of 2 up, with i
to play, thus becoming the national
champion. That she should win against
Mrs. Fox was a surprise to those who
had watched the playing Of both Of
them during the tournament. Miss
Underhill is a member Of the Nassau
Golf Club of Blencoyer. L. I.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15

t,oas of the continent. Transconup
entail lines from east to west will join
Portuguese territory on both sides of
the continent and the Germans will
probably also have similar means OF
communication between their settle
ments. AT the north other lines will
skirt the Mediterranean coast and thus
Africa will be banded to civilization by
iron rails and the telegraph, and the
conquest will be complete.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15

After the wars in the Philippines and
South Africa and I'LL other disturbing
issues are settled 1t will probably be
found that Don Carlos has kept pre-
tending right along without missing u
day 4-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15
Rnmored NiilMaukee .xten.,on.

NUm0Feu MiIWaukcc ,.XteHsfOn.
1t is believed that the Milwaukee is
headed for Marshalltown. A gang of sur
veyors are at work near Green Noun
tain, locating line which will strike the
old survey 81 the projected Marshall-
town, Winona and Southern. The sur
yeyors say they are in the employ Of the
Milwaukee.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15
Money Found IL Main nas.,

1t seems almost incredible that in
the neighborhood of $4,000 in actual
cash should have been confidcd to let
tiers during the last year. and harder
still to credit that the most exhaustive
efforts failed to find the owners of one
fourth Of thut amount. The envelopes
which are addressed are kept on file
for four years, blank ones not SO long,
but in either case liberal margin Of
time is allowed for claimants to appear
before the money is finally turned into
the treasury to the credit of the Post
Office Department. In addition to the
money contained in letters during the
same period, something like $4,000
was found loose in the mails. 1t is
officially styled loose MUNICIPALITIES
Home Journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15

A cigar trust with capital of S15.-
100000 has been formed. This is prob
ably the only recent trust whose prod
uct is expected to go up in smoke.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15

A man in the East has deserted his
wife because she made unpalatable
custard pie Yet there are worse
abuses of the pie habit--she might, for
example, have made them of dried APP
Mes
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15

The language of gloves is now being
promulgated. Young men have long
understood with fenr and trembling the
language of the mitten.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15

All the same. many are in doubt
whether Britain's action in the troubles
leading up to this war has been caused
by real gold or guilt.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15

II human existence is relieved, of Its
struggle, the New York Sun Is afraid
that the human race will multiply too
rapidly for the food producing abilities
OF the earth and that in consequence
famines and scourges will come. That
is Malthusian to the core. There is no
present prospect, however, of human
existence becoming picnic. A paucity
or children is becoming the rule In
many families of the middle class. as
well as of the families in the so.called
upper classes. If 1t were not for the
influx Of the foreigners to this country
the population would not increase yery
rapidly. The native populations are
not multiplying as rapidly as they used
to do. The collaborating is largely per-
formed by women who are foreigners
by birth or of immediate foreign dc.
scent. The States where foreigners
have not settled in large numbers dur.
Ing the past generation show com.
paradvely low rate Of Increase In popu.
lation. The chances are against popu-
lation multiplying in excess of the
food producing capabilities of the soil.
1t should also be borne in mind that
the limit Of the food producing capabil.
tiles of the soil has by no means been
reached. 1t will be reached only when
no man undertakes to cultivate more
than ten acres of ground and makes
that produce as much as is now har-
vested from an eighty-acre farm.
Whether that can be done or not is
question, but the productveness Of the
soil can be greatly increased and the
population sustaining power of the
soil can be multiplied many times over.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15

Mrs. Langtry's "reminiscences have
been suppressed, and gladness reigns
again in certain high circles.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15

Wireless telegraphy is an established
fact, but MINDLESS yacht racing has not
as vet been made practicable.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15

Remember this: When a man tells
you his business doesn't pay, 1t isn't fos
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15

Teacher-"J Johnny, what is thief?'
Johnny Hardup-"Dunno." Teacher
"Oh! yes, you do. Now, what would /
be II took money out of your pocket 2"
Johnny Hardup-"Why youse 'ud be a
peach. "-Ohio State Journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15
IOWA

The price Of diamonds is rising rap
idly. We must all practice self-denial
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15
Woman rrie. to Die In a Trunk.

Woman Tries to Die In q Trunk.
Miss Mary Gait, the keeper Of fash
ionable boarding house at Cedar Rapids,
who has been Ill for the past few weeks,
attempted to commit suicide in peculiar
manner while laboring under tempo
rary fit of insanity. Stepping quietly
away she went to her room, crawled into
a large trunk and closed down the lid.
She had been there more than an hour
when found and was almost dead.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15
OF INTEREST In IOWA
A DIARY OF NOTEWORTHY HAP.
PENlNGS.
Big Fire at De .soto-1n.pection Trip
Over the Omaha and Fort Dodge
Railway-Attempts Peculiar ui-
cide-Much Grain and Hay Burned.

One of the worst fires in the history Of
the town occurred at De Soto. The origin
Is not known, but the loss is up in the
thousands. The fire broke out in the rear
end of j. w. Blackman's store of gem
eral merchandise and buggies. There
was strong wind, and in spite Of the
heroic efforts of the fire department sew
eral buildings in the business portion Of
the town are total loss. Isaac Hoch
Il Son, general merchants and implement
dealers, suffered total loss. Their stock
was valued at $1,000 and building at ST.
300, with $1,000 insurance on both. j..
~. Blackman's stock was totally de-
stroyed. 1t was valued Mt $1,000, with
only 5000 insurance. The Jordan hotel
was totally destroyed, loss 81 600, COW
cred with $500 insurance. The building
In which was the stock of merchandise
owned by w. NJ. Roberts, across the
street from the burning buildings, caught
fire, and the stock was moved out md
saved. The same thing was done with
w. NJ. Burchard's stock of general mer-
chandise and the drug store of DIR.
Wright. All three of these buildings
were badly burned.
First Train yer New Road.
The first train over the new Omaha
and Fort Dodge Railway went into
Council Bluffs the other night. 1t was
the special Of Assistant Second Vice
President j. f. Wallace of the Illinois
Central, who is on an inspection tour of
the new road. The trip from Denison,
a distance of eighty-fve miles, was made
over thp nnyy ,,nad A hnuf aitrhf y.cnvan
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15

LIE the children learn to take care OF
the numbers of their own magazines
and to file them themselves for preser.
walton. Cut two thin strips of wood
the length of the magazine and about
an inch wide; bore three holes, one at
each end and one in the middle. With
sharp awl pierce holes to correspond
in the magazines, lay the sticks on
them, pas cord through the holes and
tie it.-Ladies' Home Journal.
The man who sells his vote probably
gets what he wants. but not what he
ought to get.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15


In a monograph entitled CONNER.
cial Africa in $780," recently issued
by the treasury bureau Of statistics.
an interesting and exhaustive account
OF railroads In the dark continent ia
given. One Of the statements that will
probably be a surprise to many is that
about two-flfths of the great Cape to
Cairo" railroad is already constructed
and the prediction is made that early
In the next. century the north and
south lines will meet near the equator.
To be exact. this date is placed in the
year 1919, or about twenty years hence.
From this north and south line. also.
lateral lines are being pushed east and
west-one of these from Natal, another
from Lourenzo Marquee, another from
Beira to Salisbury in Rhodesia and
sun another from Zanzibar to Lake
Victoria Nyanza, probably to connect
at Tabera with the great "Cahe to
Cairo" road. The Interior will also. be
penetrated by roads now being
planned thus giving access, to Ill pek,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-11-15
where VIII America stand7

There can be no doubt that in such a
combination Of circumstances the sympa-
thy OF the great masses of the people Of
the United States would go out to Great
Britain. But when one goes beyond SYM
pathy he will reach domain of discus
sion in which it would be not only diff
cult but dangerous to enter
Unforeseen contingencies might arise
which would make it difficult for the
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-09-24
COURT.
The Grand Jury Presented its Report Yes
terday-Other Business.

The Grand Jury Presented It's Report Yes
terday-Other Business.
At 1920 o'clock yesterday morning
the Federal Court grand jury present.
ed it's report, and was dismissed. The
report was not made public, and for
that reason it is impossible to learn
what action was taken in the strike
cases. Judge Jackson announced that
he would be ready to take up the GRIM
inal cases Immediately upon the con-
clusion of the case of Neininger against
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Com
pany. District Attorney Gaines stated
that all but n of the parties were un-
der recognizance and they were direct
ed to report Tuesday morning, until
which time court was adjourned.
Charles .Loring, a is year old boy,
who a arrested for disorderly con-
duet nea the end OF the strike, was ar
raigned, and the district attorney re-
commended his dismissal. The boy
stated he had been in Jail for three
months. Judge Jackson administered
a reprimand and dismissed the case.
Most of the court officials returned to
their homes TO spend Sunday.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-09-24
BRIDGEPORT.

The Maple Hill Coal Company. OF
Barton. has put in a new fan which
will be ready to use the last of this
week.
The paving contractor worked on
Bennett street yesterday. To-day a
force win continue the paving of Pike
street. Tomorrow work will be COM
menced in Kirkwood.
Harry Stewart and Ralph Cunning
ham, of Cadiz, are spending Sunday
here.
Charles Cecil will be married TO Miss
Myrtle Duke on Wednesday.
Rev. w. Ia Dixon will preach his last
sermon to Bridgeport people tonight
in the Kirkwood church
Several from this place are thinking
Of attending the Dewey celebration in
New York.
W. w. Kennedy, OF Portland, was in
the city yesterday
s. Has Rims, of Cleveland, was here
on business yesterday.
Yesterday was pay day for the
Wheeling creek miners.
Miss Helen Dunlayy has sent out
cards for a reception to take place
Tuesday.
Miss Clara Tafel returned yesterday
from a visit 10 Berlin, Ont, and will
resume her duties In the public
schools Tomorrow.
Charles Daugherty and wife arrived
home last night from Philadelphia.
Mrs. Phoebe Hill returned yesterday
from East Liverpool, where she was the
guest of friends.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1899-09-24

AS the time for the session of the
Grand Lodge of West Virginia knights
of Pythias approaches, the local COM
mittees r renewing their efforts to
make the meeting a success, and to in
sure the enjoyment of the thousands Of
strangers who are expected to attend.
One of the hardest working committees
is composed of Chas. R. Goethe, Chas.
o. Roemer and Gala Mitchell, to whom
were entrusted the task of raising ST.
500 among the merchants Of the city,
to defray the extraordinary expenses
which will be incurred by the local
lodges of the K. of P. The contribu-
lions SO far received by the committee
aggregate about 81, 100. Several prom
Uses have been made, and these, to-
gether with others who have not yet
contributed, are expected to supply the
additional $500 before the close of the
week.
Following are the contributions re-
ceived up to last night: