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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-17
What Struck Him Most.

(San Francisco WaVe)
An Irishman who. after honorable ser
vice in India, returned TO England and
found place as a butler in country
family was telling his experience in a bat
tle-the advance. the gallOp. the charge
and how one rider fell dead from his
saddle, the death grip OF his fingers on his
horse
What struck you most forcibIy when
all was over and you looked back to it?''
asked a friend.
"Ah," said the old servant. refiectively,
Il think, sir, that what struck me most
met
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-17
Wanted Her to Keen Time.

(St- Louis MirrOF.D
While Hans Won BulOW was leading he.
orchestra at Hanover peculiar noise per
Faded the theatre At first he thought IL
reSemDled the HUtter OF wings. but soon
ne discovered an elegant lady tanning her
SELF in one of the boxes close DV. BuloEv
nXed his eyes on the offender in a manner
which meant reproOf. The lady. not heed
ing this, was suddenly surprised by the
leader dropping his stick and turning to-
ward her.
Madam" he cried, If fan you must.
please, at least, keep time with your in
fernal nuisance
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-17
Have Wages Increased ?

year since 1882 For the sol establish
ments the following figures are given:
Average days opera
Average annual earn
ings ............s.......s 404 p SS954S Sggs. 50
average daily wage. Isl 1.36 LIS
IhGs, though working on an average
eighteen more days in 1S9S than 1896. there
was a decline OF 5000 in the average
year earnings For the S5S establish
--a sss Tor which statistics are given since
=Ssz the figures are as follows:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-17
.OOKERY.

Also included in the Rockefeller es-
tate is the old Landrine house, "here
Andre halted for refreshment- The very
step is still preserved where ne sat
while eating his frugal meal of bread
and milk. his captors meanwhile stand
ing guard over him The Rockefeller
mansion is the French classic style,
with a Greek finish. It may be men
toned that the weekly pay roll OF the
men employed in landScaping the.
Rockefeller grounds averages from
$4,000 TO SO, 000
Outdoor statuary and landscape deco
rations representing many hundred
thousands, if not a million dollars, claim
first attention at 'Ferncliffe. Rhyme
beck. the John Jacob Aston place Inc
greenhouses too. are noteworthy, anu
roses are carried into the house every
in every nook and corner where they
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-17
Not Like other women.
washington Star. ]

Inc empress dowager OF China is one
OF the rev women in the world who
would run away from the opportunity
10 meet all those distinguished mill
tarY men.
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The Approach

TIT AEp4OdCH
OF cold weather suggests heavier
weight underwear. Our lines of finn
weights will please you.
BROWN, TERRY & WOODRUFF co
loo Main Street.
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THE DAILY HERALD

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street, Salt Lake City
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receive a single copy OF THE HERALD
should Immediately notify the publishers
Readers who unable 70 purchase
any railroad train in Utah. Idaho. Ne
vada. Wyoming or Colorado. will oblige
us by reporting that fact
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shoula always give former as well as
present address
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-21
had just assembled, it was not known

had just assembled, 1t was not known
that Washington was dead until Dec. IL
two days afterward.
News travelled slowly in those dGys;
cable. telegraph. telephone and postal ia
cilities were an unknown quantity, and
It took days and weeks to transmit infor-
nation then, where seconds and minutes
figure now in this rapid age of invention
and improvement.
The Alexandria Times was the first
newspaper to announce Washingtons
death, printing on Monday. Dec. 16, a
single paragraph obituary, thus: ut is
our painful duty first to announce to our
country and to the world the death of
Gen. George Washington. This mourn
about II o'clock. On the previous night
tory affection in his throat. which in less
than twenty-four hours put a period to
his life."
The New York papers did not get the
news of Washington's death until Dec.
10. and it was four days later when the
Boston papers published their first in
formation. President Adams issued a
proclamation advising all citizens to wear
Grape on the left arm for thirty days and
setting apart Feb. %, Washington's
birthday, as day when special services
in honor of Washington should be held.
New York paid its tribute to the de-
parted President on Dec. 81. No carts,
carriages or horseback riders were allow
ed in the streets through which the fun
eral procession passed on the way to st.
Papl's Church, where Gov. Morris deliv-
cred the funeral Grafton and Bishop Sam
uel Provost conducted the religious ser
vices.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-21
wAsAlNeIoNs LAST YEARS.
Ideally Happy We're the Great States

Ideally Happy We're the Great States
man and His Wife.
At the time OF his retirement to Mount
Vernon, after the expiration of his term
as President, 'sthe tall figure of Washing.
ton was only slightly bent, and he was
still supposed to weigh upward Of two
hundred pounds" writes William Per-
rine of "The Last Years Of Washing
toms Life" in the Ladies' Home Journal.
Excepting his gray hair and his false
teeth, and some trouble in hearing, there
was little of the usual appearance of age
in his muscular person, his gait and his
strong, pock-marked face. He was affa-
BILE and merry with his best friends, but
while he had the true hospitality of a
Southern gentleman in inviting every Wis.,
itor from a distance to his table or to 0
bed over night, his politencss was gener-
ally formal. Yet il he particularly en-
joyed the conversation of guest he
would pay him the compliment Of listen
ing to him until after 8 o'clock, or even
of lighting him with the candle to a bed
room for the night. Mrs. Washington
ut this time was healthy, pleasant and
transformations little woman, still showing
traces of good looks and with seldom any
other thought than of playing respectfully
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-21

The coal mine operators of Iowa will
meet in Des Moines Feb. %.
The Christian Church at Bedford will
erect an editice to cost $1,000.
A narrow gauge road connecting Clear
Lake and Fertile is now assured.
The debt on the Western College at
Toledo was reduced $14,551 last year.
Rev. 4. j. Reznor has resigned the
pastorate Of the Christian Church at FL
lott.
7 A paper box factory, to employ one
hundred girls, is to be established at Des
Moines.
Mr. and Mrs. D. f. Drummer of To-
ledo have celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary.
Work on the big $50, 900 elevator to be
erected at Davenport will begin us soon
as possible in the spring and it is expected
that it will be completed by fall.
Miss Lena Meihlan of Burlington was
crazed by attendance at revival meet
ings. She has been Judged insane and
sent to Mt. Pleasant for treatment.
Harry Naylor drove through the ice ut
Clear Lake with team. One of the
horses was drowned and the young man
had very narrow escape from death.
Four new bankruptcy cases have been
filed at Keokuk, making total of 143
since the law was passed.
Owing to family troubles, Thomas
O'Brien, Dubuque teamster, drank a
quantity of carbolic acid and died about
ten minutes later.
At Clear Lake Il feud of long standing
broke out afresh when John Callahan
stabbed Nell Lambcrtson, the city mar
shall. Lambertson Ind gone to the Ed
mundson house to quell disturbance and
found Callahan there. In the trouble
that ensued Lambertson was cut several
times about. the back and shoulders.
The damage in the Woodbury. building
fire at Marshalltown is now estimated at
$4,000, fully covered by insurance.
A shocking accident occurred at Ames,
and as result Il. F. Cooper, we'll
known and well-to-do farmer, lies dan
gerously injured. He was thrown from
the platform of way car on the North
western and fell between the buffers.
A serious fire occurred at Star Center,
which resulted in the total destruction of
the Star creamery, one of the largest
creameries in that section. and the gen
eral merchandise store of Codner & Pei
mer. The loss ON the creamery is placed
at $4,000 and on the general store $751;
600.
At Pennington, Willie Trent, colored,
while cleaning well for Noah Davis,
colored man, was entombed about thir-
ty-fiye feet under rock. He was liber-
ated by James Rhuark, coal miner, as
sisted by others.
The rumor is renewed by the presence
of Milwaukee surveyors running a line
between Boone and Lehigh that the Fort
Dodge road will eventually pass into the
hands of the Milwaukee system. They
are very DESTROYS of securing Des
Moines outlet to the twin cities and by
purchase Of the twenty-seyen miles own
ed BY the Fort Dodge and building be-
tween Boone and Iehigh their pet desire
could be realized.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-21


injustice of his treatment by Congress
must have been sore temptation to
him. And when he watched the intrepid
Hamilton dash ON to victory in the re-
doubts Mt Yorktown he must have felt
the weight of the heavy burden he was
bearing rise from his great heart SO that
1t beat the faster, for he knew that
should CORVALLIS surrender the war
would probably result victoriously for the
American arms.
The same quiet. firm. far-seeing charac-
ter led him through the years Of his life
after he had laid down his sword. When
he stepped out of the position Of COM
mander-in-chief of the victorious army,
asking no reward, and quietly returned
to the privacy of his own home. he fore
Swallowed the character of the nation he
had SO largely helped to make. 1t should
be nation Of itself, not dependent on
England or any other country under the
globe for its customs or It's policy. 1t
was to embody principles hitherto UNI
heard of in the annals of history. It was
even in the distant future to take upon
itself the yoke of a burdened and op-
pressed people, to free them from their
oppression and to give them back their
country with no thought of price or ad-
vantage. And yet this was q man.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-21

day ana expired between 10 and IL
o'clock Saturday night, his death being
directly due to a cold in his throat and
lungs. The room in which Washington
died in his Mount Vernon home is one
of the most interesting portions Of the
colonial residence OF the first President.
Washington's last words spoken to DIR.
.Craik were: Il am just going. Have me
decently buried and do not let my body
be put into the vault in less than three
days after am dead"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-21
Washington In French Eyes.

Eugene Robert, in the Revue Chre-
tienne, the leading French religious
monthly, has an excellent article on the
life and character of the great American
who is not nearly as well known in
France as is Franklin, but whose life
contains many lessons for the French.
The tales he tells of Washington during
the war and Of the simple nature that re-
fused higher Office than that of the
President must seem astounding to his
readers. Nj. Robert says that two grand
sentiments were the soul of Washington's
life, an ardent love for the fatherland,
to which he sacrificed all, and his invaria-
BILE fidelity to duty, in which he was I'M
influenced by considerations of friendship
or by the fear of enemies. The secret
of his character is found in faith, for he
had faith in his cause, his people, their
future, and in God. That gave him a
confidence that brought him victory in
peace as well as in war.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-21

her role Of mistress of the house of
country gentleman, of caring for the ne
groes, or of amusing herself with her
knitting. She had great pride in her re-
.ceipt for making cherry bounce and on
a midsummer day she cut out thirty-two
pairs Of breeches for the men working
on the farm. She had said that she and
the general felt like children just releas-
ed from school when he left the presi-
dency, and she told of her satisfaction in
settling down again to the duties of an
old-fashioned virginia housekeeper.
steady us clock, busy as bee, and
cheerful as cricket
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-21
Struggling with Death,

Among the poyerty-stricken peasants
of Russia each winter finds many vic
tins of starvation, but adds also to the
experience of those thousands whose
one and only object is to solve the
problem Of keeping soul and body to-
gether. Their only solution of the
problem was found In the example of
the lowest orders of administrators
nation-and when the sun begins to
fall the peasants seek forgetfulness Of
hunger in the lozka or winter sleep.n
Great heaps of peat are piled up, and
what grain there may he is baked into
hard loayes of coarse bread. Around
the great oven that stands in the cen
ter of each poor hut the low wooden
cots of the family are arranged. The
fires are started. There is almost no
ventilation In the huts, and that is.
part Of the campaign against death.
The members of the family will lie
down in the winters sleep and soon
lose consciousness. One alone of the
family will stand guard-to feed the
fire. The atmosphere is sitting. The
sleepers lie in a torpor, more dead than
alive, but at least unconscious of the
deadly pangs of hunger. But hunger
Mt last manifests itself. Once each day
the sleepers rouse from their stupor, a
crust of bread for each is taken from
the hoard, soaked in water and munch-
I'd. The guard is changed and again
he sleepers crawl back to their cots.
And SO, day after day, night after
night. the long fight against starvation
is kept up--until at last, the spring
comes, and with 1t new life and new
hope.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-21
soldiers, Ho1ne Report.

The current report of Commandment q.
O. Horton of the Iowa Soldiers Home at
Marshalltown shows the following in ref
erence to the membership Of the institu-
ton: Men present, $40; men absent, 122;
total men, 671; women present, 40; wom-
en- absent, Z; total women, Al: total mem
bership, 71S. The following membership
has been enrolled since the building was
first erected and occupied: Men, 2.046;
women, &c; total of 2,122.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-21
Short State Items

The town of Turin is going to incorpo-
rate.
The smallpox scare around Des Moines
has abated.
A fine flowing well of pure water has
been discovered at Dayton.
The dates for holding the Hardin
County fair have been fixed for Sept.
A.
The prohibitionists at Fairfield have
started action against sellers Of liquor
there.
The Dubuque. Water Company has ac-
copied the city's offer of $5A5,0O0 for its
plant.
Edgar A. Rydar, a farmer near Rowan,
died suddenly at his home from heart
disease.
William j. Bartels of Dubuque dropped
dead while playing with his children in
the kitchen.
An effort is being made to organize
stock company ut Iowa Falls to manufac-
ture end-gates.
A postoffice has been established at
Larinda and William V. Harrison ap-
pointed postmaster.
The council at Clarion has passed reso-
Iutions that all residents be vaccinated
to combat smallpox.
Charles Bumgardnenof Indianola COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself. No
cause is assigned for the deed.
Schools, churches and public meetings
have been suspended at Albion OH account
of fear of smallpox contagion.
Howard, the 5-year-od son of HI. U.
Box of Rowan, was made very sick by
overlooking the stomach with popcorn.
The report of the librarian of the Des
Moines public library shows that the
number of readers last year was 1885,
Rev. ]. A. Davis, pastor of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church at Mason City.
has accepted a call from Telluride, Neb.
Two BOYS named Wood and Tom Lee,
living near Pacific City, were working
with shotgun when it discharged, lodg-
ing the contents in Toms side. The in
| jury is not fatal
Fire which started in the Irby Clothing
store of Rudd destroyed 900 worth of
| property and wiped out almost block Of
| the village stores. Two men were in
| jured while working about the burning
buildings.
AT Ruthyen G. H. Matthiesen, who has
| worked for Alex. Ruthven all winter, was
badly hooked in one of his legs by mad
boar pig. The tusk cut into the bone
Of his leg and several stitches were taken
to close the wound.
About 1000 head of cattle are being
fed in and around Rock Rapids for mar
ket, and MS consequence elevator corn
cribs in that vicinity are empty.
Charles A. Stone, fireman on the llli-
nois Central, fell through a bridge at
Manchester and received injuries which
resulted in a severe fracture of the skull
and other bruises. The distance he fell
was about thirteen feet.
The little son of Seth Gilbertson, liv-
ing two and one-half miles south of Den
yer, overturned a kettle of boiling lard
from a table. spilling the contents over
the right side of his face and body. His
head neck and shoulders were scalded
VI a terrible manner,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-21
New Marrow Gauge Road.

The narrow gauge railroad connecting
Clear Lake with Fertile is now assured.
The surveying on this road was done last
fall; now the promoters are buying the
right of way, and as soon us the frost is
out of the ground work will be begun and
it will be pushed with the utmost rapid
ity until finished. Subscriptions for the
road are coming in rapidly, and many
farmers through whose land the road
passes are donating the right Of way.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-21
Sayings of W. J. Bryan.


The money question is as important
now as it was four years ago.
No tomb is strong enough to hold
righteous cause.
The power Of the present administra-
ton is being used for the payment of
political debts.
We must advocate measures that are
the best for the people and deserve the
support of all.
No relief from the trust ever will be
brought about by the Republican party.
The silver question is not in the keep
ing of any one man. More than $780,
600 people voted for 4bimetallism in
1886.
The gold standard is not an American
standard; the gold system is not a
sound system.
Down with the money trust, the in
dustrial trust and the International
land-grabbing trust.
Expansion can only be applied prop
erly to extending the limits of repub-
lie without any change in Its character.
My contention is that a republic can
have no subjects.
How do the Republicans know that
God opened the door of the Philippines,
pushed us in and shut 1t?
We must sympathize with people
fighting for independence rather than
| with n monarchy that is trying to take
IT away from them,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-21
NEWS TRAVELLED SLOWLY.

Was in the Tomb Two Days
Before New York knew 1t.
Had George Washington lived and died
at the close Of the present century in
stead of the last his death would have
been known at all four corners of the
globe inside two or three hours. whereas
1t was not known that he had passed
away for several days afterward. Even
in Philadelphia. the old capital of the
United States, where the Sixth Congress
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-21
Urging State Action.

Mrs. Ida Whalen Armstrong of Gin
ton, State regent of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, has issued circu-
lar letter relative to the State making
suitable appropriations for the purpose of
erecting monuments in commemorahon of
the part the ten Iowa regiments and bat
terry took in the battles of Lookout Noun
Gain and Missionary Ridge.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-21

Charles Wetherbee, young man of
10, and weighing about 100 pounds, fell
from a windmill at the county poor farm
near West Union. The distance was six
ty-five feet, yet strange to say, he was not
killed. On the way down he struck a
platform, breaking through two 2-inch
boards, and this circumstance probably
saved his life. AS it is both arms and one
leg are broken, and his entire body is
badly bruised.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-21
Washington.s Ease word ;.

Although some statements have been
made by early biographers of Washing
ton to the effect that he was bled to death
by his attending physician, DR.. Craik.
there was never any foundation for the
accusations.
Washington was only III two days.
having exposed himself to the inclemency
of the weather on Thursday. Dec. u.
He became violently i'll on the following
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-21

1OW" 11uH110CfH1cH 1SIcCt O1lVGIos7
The Southwestern Iowa Retail Lumber
mems Association met in annual session
at Burlington and elected the following
officers: President, G. p. McQuaid, WASH
ington; vice-president, +. A. Younkins,
New Sharon; secretary and treasurer,
Ralph 81. Burnside, Oskaloosa. Many
delegates were present. Minneapolis,
Chicago and St. Louis were represented.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-21
Found Dead In Bed.

Thos. Barrett, Clinton, laborer, who
had been working in the vicinity of Gala
mus for some time, was found dead in
bed at the hotel at that place, having died
during the night of what is supposed to be
heart failure. Deceased was tanner
by trade, but during his residence at Cal
anus had been engaged in outdoor labor.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-21

tiers during part of the revolution. He
lived there during the time that Con-
gress held its sessions at Princeton and
here Mrs. Washington entertained the
notables of the land. The house has re-
Gently been overhauled by patriotic wom-
en-. 1t contains many mementos of the
patriot and is visited annually by hun.
dreds of persons.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-21
An Ugly River. to Cross.

The Republican administration has
come to an ugly stream in the course
of its destiny. This stream is much
swollen and its approach and exit are
opposed by PERCEPTIONS banks. VIII the
Republican party be able to cross it
without abandoning the old protection
boat in which 1t has made so many safe
voyages? We will see.
Here are the islands of the Philippine
archipelago, many of which are as fer
tile as the valley of the Nile, that sugar
planters say cannot be devoted to the
growth of sugar except to the ruin of
the producer in the United States. The
Republican party, swept along on the
rising current of expansion of territory
mands the illimitable extension of terri
tory. On the other extreme, the Re-
publican party. relying on the govern
ment to protect the manufacturer of
sugar and of everything else by bind
ing with the chain of the tariff the do
nestle consumer to the home market,
whence competition is expelled, cares
nothing about how much empire is ex-
tended provided 1t does not bring dis
tant competitor into the field which can
not be destroyed by an inhibitory tariff.
The wide river of difference that
flows between these two extremes Is
the ugly stream the Republican party
must cross. However, it is a task and
quarrel that Republican expansionists
and protectionists must meet alone.-
Houston Texas Post.