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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-06-07
Another item of in
terest to the ladies

is a special Offering of II dit
ferent styles of fine blown
tumblers, rich engraving
and banded patterns, best
crystal glass, at . cents each,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-06-07

Rocky Mountain Tea not simply laxative.
Its Il wonderful remedy for every kind of ache,
constipation, Indigestion. bad blood--Smith's
Pharmacy and Gregg y Ward
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-06-07
Farm for Sale.

The Clark farm. consisting of 200 acres of cul
II is located about miles south east o
Manchester on the Delhi road. For particular
address or call on Bronson & Carr, Manchester
Iowa,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-06-07

Portland Cement.
have on track car load of Atlas Portland
Cement, which will sell on very close margin
% SHERN TURSEis
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Is P under
Store.
The Steam


is a good deal different from the
laundry of len or five or even two
years ago. Methods tAat used to
be the best in use are now discarded
and the consequence is that new
and improved machinery has done
away Very largely with the wear
and tear of clothes, the cracking
and blistering of linen and other
familiar annoyances. The modern
laundry is place where linen is
treated as linen: where the utmost
care is taken in every detail Of its
treatment, and where the patron is
assured that his work will be as
carefully looked after as if it were
in:the hands of his wife. That's the
kind of laundry we are running,
and we would call your attention to
some of the improved machinery
we have been adding to our plant,
making us more confident than ever
that We can do your work to your
taste, no matter how particular you
NAV he. First Won should seq
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-06-07

Are on sale daily at all ticket offices of the Chi
cago Great Western Ry to points In Oregon
British Columbia, Idaho and Montana. A good
opportunity to travel cheaply. Consult any
time tables. etc. or address, F. H. Lord, General
Pass. b Ticket Agent. ll3 Adams St. Chicarn.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-06-07
Horses Wanted

GIRL WANTED.
odo house work. MRS. cHAs. E. BRONSON
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1899-06-07

Use Aunt Mary's Pickiing Vinegar. 2sw
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-08
GAS BILLS ARE LAID
OVER FOR A WEEK
FINANCE COMMITTEE FAILS TO
PASS UPON THEM.
Collins and Attridge Decline to Ac-
cept the New Rate at Adopted
by the Board.

The action or rather lack of action of
the Finance Committee of the Supervt-
sors on the municipal gas bills yesterday
could not have been the cause OF the new
slump in the price of gas stock. But not
withstanding the price broke from S79@,
the closing price on Thursday the high
est price for yesterday being $73.
The Finance Committee met during the
afternoon, Chairman Perrault and Messrs.
Collins and Attridge being present. The
chairman asked what was to be done with
the bills for lighting the streets and pub
lie buildings for December, January and
February and the question arose as to
whether the new order reducing the price
of gas to 81 10 had gone into effect yet.
An effort was made to get Clerk Russell
to express an opinion on the matter, but
that gentleman declined to commit him
self He said the board had finally passed
the order and II remained for the Finance
Committee to decide whether 1T should
audit the bills.
The bills were then produced by Collins,
who said he would not audit them, as he
regarded the reduction from the old to the
new rate as unreasonable and unfair. The
lights in public buildings as originally
presented amounted to $4345 30, but they
had been reduced to S32oS So The gas
bills for t6e ,a6oe same "a b puTRoSes b b0Tgay
applied the new rate they showed
S6672 16. The bills for street lighting by
electricity were. reduced from $l0, ,9S9 90 to
sS243 IL While the gas bills for the same
purpose were reduced from $15,301 &C to
$11. .221 % The total amount was $39,-
724 Sc, while the reductions give total
of SIS .395 AZ. a saving TO the city for three
months of so 1923 39.
Perrault took the bills, saying. it was not
a question of fairness, but whether the
committee was to accept the new rate.
He thought the proper way would be TO
audit the bills, and if the company was
not satisfied it could bring suit for the
difference.
The chairman then signed the bills and
handed them to Attridge. who fingered
them gingerly for a moment and then
laid them aside without attaching his
name TO them.
After some further discussion Collins
suggested that the bills be laid over for a
week, and as Attridge thought that was
the best course to pursue 1t was SO Or
dered,
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-08
A JURY SAYS
NELL SHEEHAN"
WAS INSANE
Mystery of Her Suicide
Cleared Up.
WAS "BILLY ISAACS' WIFE
WAS "BlLLW ISAAcS' WIFE
CORONER HILL HOLDS A WEAK
KNEED INQUEST.
The Woman Was Married, Abused
and Deserted Within a Month
and a Half and Her
Reason Failed.

A Coroner's jury yesterday came TO
the conclusion that little Nellie Sheehan,
who took carbolic acid Thursday night,
committed suicide while temporarily in
sane. The deduction was based upon the
evidence of her brother, ]. d. Sheehan,
and W. c. Isaacs, known familiarly as
Billy Isaacs, who in the course of his
testimony admitted he had married the
girl in Oakland on February S. When
asked upon what he based his assump-
ton that his wife was insane, he coolly
answered that ii was because after he
had accomplished her ruin she had in
sisted daily that he should make amends
so far as he might by marrying her, and
that he had finally done so. When he
first met Nellie Sheehan he was living
with a woman whom he had introduced
to all his acquaintances as his wife.
Some three months ago she brought a
baby to him and since that time he has
cast her out TO get living as she might.
He neglected her for the Sheehan woman.
and remained with his new love until her
repeated requests that he marry her an
gered him. A threat of exposure and sui
eide and numerous other like potent sug-
geStionS finally brought him to time.
1t is said that he ill-treated her from
that time. The evidence her brother gave
yesterday proved that even in her. best
moments she was melancholy and the
cruel desertion of Isaacs worked upon her
until she was brought up to the point
where self-destruction seemed the only
relief from. the life she was leading
Isaacs did not dwell upon his treatment
of the woman in the testimony he gave
yesterday. He simply vouchsafed bare
outline of the girls story and with that
Coroner Hill seemed satisfied. In fact,
the Coroner's investigation of the case
was not marked by thoroughness. For
some reason nicely concealed somewhere
about Mr. Hills well-rounded person the
inquest was secret The newspaper peo-
pie were barred out. but the reason for it
Isaacs and the girFs brother were the
only witnesses, besides DR.. Shields, who
We're examined. Shields denied that he
knew anything of the girl or her story
tions.
The jury rendered a verdict of suicide
bv carbolic acid while temporarily in
sane"
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-08
Enormous Crops Will
Be Harvested.
THE DRY BELT IN THE LEAD
PULSE OF THE MARKET FELT AT
SAN QUENTIN.
Over 100000 Bags Sold and Or
ders for June and July Booked
Contingent on Manu-
facture.

The number of grain bags sold annu-
ally TO the farmers of the State at San
Quentin Prison prior TO the harvesting
season is an unfailing indication of the
crop conditions. More than that, the
Wardens ledger can even inform the
practced eye from what sections are
coming the heaviest crops. During the
last two weeks the orders from farmers
have been tremendous, and it is predicted
that this year the quantity of grain har
vested will be greater than that Of 1888,
and the major portion will come from
the dry belt Of the State, region where
crops were expected TO be a total failure
until the late heavy rainfall.
The reason why these predictions can
be made earlier this year than ordinarily
IS largely owing TO the warning given the
farmers by The Call that the Board of
State Prison Directors had found ii neces-
sary TO call special meeting and rescind
former order permitting bags TO be sold
10 any quantity, and even 10 cancel sew
eral large orders, in order to circumVent
q suspected scheme on the part OF specu-
latOrs TO corner the output of bags pro-
duced at the San Quentin jute mill and
thereby "cinch' the rural fraternity out
OF most Of the prOEts Of an excellent year.
Within ten days after the facts in this
connection We're published l,500, 900 bags
were sold in lots varying from 200 TO 50UU.
"a one day orders came in for over 10000.
Every bag on hand, over $500 900, has now
been disposed of and orders are being
booked for June and July sales contin-
gent on their manufacture.
The vast majority Of these orders have
come from the San Joaquin Valley, from
Kern, Tulare, Kings, Fresno and Merced
COunties-the dry belt, where before the
late rains the outlook was perfectly hope
less. The enormity of the crop can be
best estimated when the fact is borne in
mind that in no case have more than 5000
bags been sold at any one time, and from
the smaller farmers orders have been in
the hundreds.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-08
ISAAC w. JONES DEATH.
Preliminary Examination of Jules G..
Gamage on the Charge of Man
SLAUGHTER Commenced.

The preliminary examination Of Jules
c. Gamage on the charge of manslaugh-
ter in causing the death of the old lottery
ticket seller. Isaac w. Jones. was COM
menced before Judge Graham yesterday.
Gamage was defended by Attorney Rior-
The witnesses examined were those who
nothing new was elected They were w.
B. Jennings. DR.. Well Dr. Henry Dank-
roger, A. W. Brown, O. K McMurray
and Mrs. c. R. Delighes. McMurray tes,,
tilted that Gamage was driving at speed
of about ten miles an hour. Mrs. De
Hgnes. with whom the old peddlerr roomed,
testified that his eyesight was bad ana
once before he was run over. George G.
Gauld broker was called as witness
for the defense and testified that the old
mans eyesight was bad.
The further hearing in the case was
continued till next Wednesday.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-08
SAMOAN REVOLT.
General R. H. Conliffe, Who Wit
messed the Fight, Is Here.


General r. II. Conlffe of the British
army, who was reured in 1883. after see
ing service in Madras for fourteen years,
arrived on the steamer Mariposa from
Apia yesterday and registered at the
Grand.
General Conliffe was present at the
bombardment of the suburbs of Apia in
the effort made TO dislodge Mataafa's fol-
lowers.
II was simply an onlooker," said Cen
eral Conlffe, and took no part in the
putting down of the outbreak. When l
left Samoa, Mataafas men appeared to
be quieted, but the British and American
soldiers were on the alert for the least
sign of another uprising, which is re-
garded as highly probable. believe the
war vessels Philadelphia, Royalist, Por-
poise and Taurango will be able to cope
with the difficulty. for they are com
manded by splendid officers and manned
by fine marines.
There is no doubt that the proclama-
ton issued by the German Consul caused
the natives to revolt, and I cannot un-
derstand why he took up the cause of
Mataafa since the Berlin treaty expressly
excludes Mataafa from assuming kingly
honors. Admiral Kautz carried out the
DEGREES of that treaty and sustained the
Chief Justice who proclaimed Malietoa
Tanu King of Samoa, and in this he was
backed up by the British authorities"
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-08
Town Talk

The favorite weekly is replete with in
teresting matter this week. A hitherto
unpublished page of the Fairs history is
given in connection with comment upon
some features OF the Fair-Vanderbilt
marriage NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and Alfred
Metzger discuss musical topics and Mary
Francis describes the Golden Links. Mrs
John Pettee, Eleanor Giusti. Lardinois
5auer and Broderick are pictured. There
the various departments are all full Of
interesting matter. The World OF Law
contains matter not only readable to the
awyers, but to the world at large. So
,iety, club and political chat make up an
entertaining issue.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-08

rival was put aboard the Mcdowell
and taken to the island. The other
three are to augment the garrison at
the Presidio.
The unbleached "doughboys" of the
Twenty are sent out TO the
coast as a reward of merit. When the
fighting was on down in Cuba there
were no braver soldiers there of any
color than they, and they won more
glory than they could carry home in
the fight that brought about ToraIs
surrender. Colonel. Freeman is proud
of his command, and says he has had
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-08

Early in the morning Deputy Commis
sioner Charles Vogelsang got on the track
of two lots of undersized fish that were
coming. consigned to Paladini and to Mi
lini & Co. He made a seizure of both lots
and found that the information was cor
rect and that nearly all of the fish were
of the size that the law sets forth shall
be saved from the fishermens nets.
Some time ago large quantities of un-
dersized striped bass, amounting to near
" 2000 pounds were confiscated by the
State officers and distributed among vari-
Gus public institutions and the fishermen
found il Improbable to violate the law.
Yesterdays seizure will likely have the
effect Of checking the business for a time
at least
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-08

never days trouble with them since
he took them out.
After the hard fighting before San
tiago was finished and the long wait
in the hot, disease-breedin trenches
ensued the Twenty-fourth suffered
more severely than any other regi-
ment from yellow jack and its kin
dred maladies. and though their men
were dying off by the dozen they stuck
it out without complaint They won the
favor of the department by their hero
ism, and when they were sent back
home they were ordered into the
Rockies to recuperate. Now they have
been forwarded here to brace up un-
der the life-giving salt breezes of the
Golden Gate, and San Francisco will
have an opportunity to see how it likes
its first colored regiment.
The detachment which arrived yes
terday was accompanied by head
quarters officers and the band. The
band is composed of colored musi-
clans. has a national reputation and
will doubtless prove a valuable acqui-
sition to the social as well as the busi-
ness life of the post.
The officers with the detachment are:
Colonel Freeman, First Lieutenant
Joseph E. Leech, regimental adjutant;
First Lieutenant Albert Laws, quar-
termaster; Captain Brett, command.
ing Company /; Captain g. w. Ruthers,
Company E; Captain H. w. Hovey,
Company L; Captain Ammon August,
Company H.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-08
SHE is LAID AT REST.
Funeral of Lillian Post, the Actress,
at Laurel Hill Cemetery.

The funeral of Lillian Post. the comic
opera singer, who died in Agnews Asy-
lum last Tuesday, was held yesterday af-
ternoon from Craigs undertaking par
lors to Laurel Hill Cemetery. A large
number of the friends. of the popular
songstress were present.
The pallbearers were ]. F. Bennett
William T. Harvey. George Blair, A.
Trueworthy. ]. F. Blake aud w. N Bat
tersby Rev. J. Worcester officiated at
the parlors and at the grave and the Tiv-
oil quartet sang Nearer, Ny God, to
Thee and other appropriate hymns with
rare feeling and expression.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-08
Laura CorfeId's Diamonds.

Laura Corfield filed suit yesterday
against I. NJ. Bedell and T. S. Spaulding
to recover possession of diamonds val
ued at $1,000. which the plaintiff alleges
she was unlawfully deprived of Septem-
Der II, 1898 In addition to possession of
the diamonds, damages in the sum of $500
is also asked for their detention
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-08
Yesterdays Insolvents.

Petitions in insolvency were filed in the
United States District Court yesterday as
follows:
Fred Bauer of San Francisco, liabilities
1924 assets none; Edward B. Durfee of
Sacramento a painter. liabilities Sl209 Il.
assets nominal; Herman II. Tariel of Sac
ramento. a cabinet. maker, liabilities
s30S8 81, assets $4,000, mostly nominal.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-08
Injured in a Collision.

Mrs. Helen Moss filed suit yesterday
against the Sutro Railway Company to
recover $4,000 damages for personal in
juries claimed TO have been sustained by
ants ears, which occurred at Richmond
and Commonwealth avenues April 9, 1897
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-08

THE aspect of affairs at the Pre-
sidio is, to say the least, dark. 1t
viii continue so until Colonel
Compton gets back from Honolulu
and again takes the helm. Four COM
panies of the Twenty Colored
Infantry got in yesterday morning
from Fort Douglas Utah, and their
commander, Colonel Freeman, ranks
all the other officers at the post and
has of a consequence taken command.
The companies that arrived are Z,
II, and L, Company II was ordered
to AlcaJraz, and shortly after its ar
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-08
Fine Fish for Invalids

The inmates of the French Hospital. at
east those who are able to partake of
substantial food. will dine on striped bass
to-day. over three hundred pounds Of
:hese fish were sent to the hospital
yesterday by the Fish Commissioners.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-08
ADVERTISEMENTS.

ME ills of conspire against domestic harmony.
Some arrangement of the generative organs is
the main of most of the unhappiness in the
household
The husband can't understand troubles The male
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-08
Bostonian PARTY,

The two MacDonalds and Henry Clay Barna-
bee were in jolly party at the Zinkand last
week after the opera.
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-08

physician only knows of them theoreti-
cally and scientifically, and finds it hard
to cure them.
But there is cure for them, certain,
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-08
SgDNHAMyS
PECULIAR
I'LL s

these serious ills of women for al
quarter of century. Failure to
secure proper advice should not ,
excuse the women of to-day, for t
the wisest counsel can be had -
without charge. Write to Mrs. A
Pinkham for it. Her address -Sne~y4
is Lynn, Mass. aIE
Among the multitude of wo- e1S5H
men helped by Mrs. Pinkham FIN
and by. Lydia E. Pinkham's -5E
Vegetable Compound, is Mrs. JOSEPH
KING, Sabina. Ohio. She writes:
"DEAR MRS. PINKHAM-Will you
kindly allow me the pleasure of ex
pressing my gratitude for the wonder
full relief have experienced by taking
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. suffered for a long tim,
with falling of the womb, and those
terrible bearing-down pains, and i
seemed as though my back would neve
stop aching; also had leucorrhea, dui
headaches, could not sleep, was veal
and life was burden to me. Idoctorec
for several years, but it did no good
My husband wanted me to try you
medicine, and l am so thankful that
did. have taken four bottles of tn,
Compound and box of Liver Pills, ant
can state that if more ladies would onl
fair trial they would bless the day the
ment. My heart is full of gratitude to
her medicine has done for me. It is wo
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-08

practical and
sympat tn e tic.
Mrs. Pinkham
hoe haan o,,r;no
The San Francisco call., 1899-04-08
NEW WESTERN HOTEL.

Il EARNY AND WASHINGTON STS.-RE-
AA modelled and renovated. KING, WARD g.
CO European plan. Rooms, SOC to 81 so day;
SIS to IS week; IS to $50 month. Free baths; hot
and cold water every room; fire CRATES in every
room: elevator runs all night.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-25
SOME SUSPICIOUS CASES
And Three More Smallpox Vic
TINS Found.
ONE TRACED TO M'CANTS
Lived in the Same House With Him and
Was Not Otherwise Expcssd-Ap-
pears to Settle the Con-
troversy.

Up to last evening yesterdays rec
ord of smallpox cases discovered was
three cases. There were, besides, a
large number of suspicious cases re-
ported to the health authorities, which,
however, did not prove to be small
pox. The victims are Roy Roscoe of
220 East Silver street, James Poe of
Raidersburg and H. H. McKinnon.
The case of McKinnon is the saddest
imaginable Mr.. McKinnon is man
over 10 years of age and has been par
TALLY paralyzed for years. He was dis
covered with the disease yesterday and
was removed to the pest house. 1t is
greatly feared by his friends that
smallpox at his age and with his in
firmties, will be his death.
Mr. McKinnon's case would appear to
settle the controversy as to what
Charles McCants. over whom the po-
lice court trial Of DR.. Hanson arose,
was afflicted with. Mckinnon lived in
the same house in which McCants was
sick for 10 days before being removed
to his own home, and occupied room
directly across the hall from McCants.
He has scarcely been out of the house
for five years and more, and there has
not been any one in the house with
smallpox unless McCants had it.
James Poe came in from Raiders
burg night before last. He was feeling
badly and yesterday morning conn
menced to break out. He concluded he
had smallpox, so went to the city Jail
and made known his belief to Jailer
Boyle. The latter called DR.. Monroe,
who diagnosed the case IS smallpox
and sent Poe to the pest house.
DR.. Hanson reported to the police
yesterday that he had found cases at
424 South Dakota street. where he said
two women were afflicted. Dr. Monroe
was notified and visited the place, but
found the trouble was not smallpox,
but rash caused from vaccination.
DR.. Haviland received telegram
| yesterday from Parrott. stating that
| smallpox had broken out in a family
named Anderson. wealthy ranchers liv-
| ing near Parrott, and asking him to
send out an immune nurse. The family
| is a large one, there being seven or
eight children, besides Mr. and Mrs.
| Anderson. and DR.. Haviland under
stands that several members of the
| family are down with the disease al
ready DR.. Haviland secured the serv-
| ices of a Mrs. w. w. Pangburn, who
was taken to the pest house some
| time ago with varioloid and who has
| just recovered and has been discharg-
ed. Mrs. Pangburn left last evening
! for Parrot. -.-
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-25

brothels of the tenderloin district, where
he was robbed of $40. He complained to
a policeman, who, he claimed stood in
with the woman and gave him mauling
with his club. Later, he also claimed,
the woman in charge of the place gave
him his money back and he then went to
the officer and showed it to him. at the
same time telling the officer he believed
he was as bad as the woman who robbed
him. This, he claimed, was the incentive
for his arrest. The officers at headquar-
tiers looked upon the story with good
deal of incredulity, mainly for the reason
that it was the first time they had ever
heard of woman of the bad lands giving
back any money she once got her hands
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