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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-20
Lost Brothers Voice in rhonograph.

Lost Brothers Voice in Photographic.
On the 14th of May, 1881, George
Remington, brother of Peter Hem
ington, of Galesburg, Mich, enlisted in
the regular army and disappeared.
Persistent inquiry failed to discover
his whereabouts, the only fact to be
ascertained being that of his discharge
for disability soon after his enlistment.
Three months since Peter was in
Kalamazoo, where, by chance, he took
in an exhibition of which a monograph
formed part. Among other features
was fragment from the play, 1.-THE
Three Guardsmen," during the render
ing Of which one of the characters de-
veloped peculiar and scarcely notice
able stammer. Upon the request of
Mr.. Remington this part was repeated,
and that gentleman became convinced
that it was the voice of his long-ab-
sent brother, who had precisely SIM
liar impeachment in is speech. Since
the above occurrence the clew has
been persistently followed, and re-
Gently the two brothers were reunited
after nineteen years.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-20

At what age in a woman 10 it no
longer discourteous to entertain sus.
piclon that her teeth are tee good to b
natural:
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-20
Hanna's Blunderinr Speech.

Hanna's Blundering Speech.
Senator Hanna made his second
great speech recently, and the admins
tration organs pronounce it most extra
ordinary. He was defending the armor
plate contractors and the Times Herald
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-20
A Strange Pacif1c island.

The report that Lots Wife, perhaps
the strangest island in the Pacific, had
been damaged by an earthquake is de-
MED, and the claim made that the lone
some rock has been seen by recent nav
igators of that portion of the Pacific.
Lots Wife is in latitude 29:47 and
longitude 140:22:3O east, and is south
east of the island of Neppon, the larg-
est of the japanese group. Aeares, the
explorer, ran across it in 17SS. and at
first mistook 1t for ship. He called it
Meares' rock, but it had very likely
been discovered in advance of that time
by Spanish explorers who charted it as
Vela rock. The United States steamer
Macedonian passed it in 1854, and She,
too, mistook 1t for sail. Its rugged
peak rises nearly 800 feet above the
sea, and it can be seen for twenty-five
miles. There is great cavern in the
base of the rocky pinnacle and the sea
roars through it with voice of thun-
der. The diameter Of the water line is
about fifty feet. and it stands as an i'm
pressive monument to the force of Ma
ture in CONFUSION.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-20

,rhe pork packer has queer way of
doing business. After killing hog he
cures it.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-06-20

While the fool is waiting for an op-
portunity the wise man makes one.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-08
PAST AND FUTURE.

President Mckinley is elected by a.
larger electoral majority than he received
In 1886. The conduct of his administra-
ton during the past two years or over.
which has been distinctly in controversy
for the past few months, has received the
popular sustainment, and all that the
Democratic party, under the leadership
of Mr. Bryan, has contended for has been
repudiated. Mr.. Bryan stands TODAY no
more leader of the American Democ-
racy.
1t Is broad horizon which stretches
out before the Democratic party. Wise
and conservative counsel will enable r.
to adopt policy which In it's far-reachIng
national consequences will sweep that en-
tire horizon. Standing as we do on the
threshold of calamitous defeat, there is
little to justify dogmatism
1t would be easy for the GIob e. which
did not feel itself at liberty to give the
sanction Of it's editorial conviction Tn tha
canvass of Mr.. Bryan, to indulge ITSELF
either IN elimination or self-extollment
1t will do neither. From amidst the ruins
of defeat and disaster 1t would do all In
Its power to discover the promise Of fir.
ture success. The search Is certainly
not an encouraging one. But the clio b q
Will none the less surely make the search
AS the party was after the late Civil
war, SO it is today, something like a rud-
derless ship, drifting in the trough of the
sea, without officers Or men upon whom
can be placed the responsibility for it's
safe conduct into secure harbor OF
national policy
In the immediate future 1t may become
the G be to bespeak the sustainment
by its Democratic readers of a definite
policy. For the present it can do little
more than to express its share in the gen.
eral regret with which Democrats must
regard the present situation.
Mr.. Bryan career as a national leader
is closed. Some other man must take the
place which he has vacated. But no man,
and no few men, can place the Democ-
racy in the position which it should oc-
cupy i'll the political life of the nation
Only by devoted concert of action on the
part Of all those who still adhere to the
teachings of the founder of the party.
from the humblest to the most powerful,
can we hope for the secure re-establish-
ment of the Democracy in the position
which 1t has occupied for the past 100 years
as the exponent of sound constitutional
principle~and the true conservator Of
American individual liberty.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-08
FIBER COMPANY
Organized to Manufacture Paper
From Cotton and HuIIs.


From Cotton and HUlIs.
CNew York WORLDLY
The Thomas Fiber company. recently
organized In Trenton, n. J., may cut the
cost of paper in two. The fiber company
was formed to thoroughly test the dis.
coyery of Robert Thomas that pulp can
be made from cotton seed hulls at ons
half the cost of the manufacture from
wood pulp.
Robert Thomas, discoverer of the net
use for cotton seed huIIs, was for thirty
years in the paper-making business, ~
the South, and a few months ago. Y ailS
operating a small mill in Florida he
learned the chemical action which vii.
reduce the huIIs to pulp
Many attempts have been made to put
cotton seed hulIs to some use, but none
had been successful UP to the time of Mr.
Thomas's discovery.
The developments in the utilization of
the product of the cotton fields have been
many. The seeds were first discovered to
have valuable OIL; then the refuse of the
seeds made good cattle feed and fer
tilizer. Even the plants have been util-
lied. Thousands of tons of bulls were
thrown away In the cotton belt each
year These n9ay now be utilized for
paper making
The cest of producing the new pulp will
be about one half the cost OF producing
wood pulp A curious featureSof the new
pulp is that it's odor VIXEN burning cannot
be distinguished from that of wood pulp
and It has def1ed experts to tell It's origin
by any of the known tests,
It's tensile strength is very much great
er than wood fiber, which will make It
valuable for bags and wrapping paper.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-08
CAUSES OF BRYAN's DEFEAT.
To What the Chicago American At
tributes Democratic Discontinue.

tributes democratic Discontinue.
Hearst's Chicago American, which has
been among Bryans most ardent support
ers, In an editorial on. the election says
1.-The latest indications are that Nc
kinney has carried every state he carried
in 1896 and several that Bryan carried
then, including his own state of Ne
braska. 45
William Mckinley has been reelected
In most decisive fashion. His popular
majority is much less than in 1896, but
his electoral majority is enormous.
Through the haze of this defeat the
Democracy can see the victory that might
have been. Beyond doubt Mr.. Bryan
would have been triumphantly elected
but for two things.
''The first was the introduction of the
silver issue. Free silver was dead, and
SO unpopular that even its corpse was
enough to drag any man down to defeat
The second was the policy of cutting
loose entirely from the Philippines That
was not in accord with the spirit of the
American people. The people have evil
IDENTIFY made up their minds to dispose
of free silver once for all. The effort was
superfuous for free silver had ceased to
exist as possible policy four years ago,
but the voters were determined not to,
have the remains lying around any
longer
''The Democratic party has paid by two
defeats the adoption of an unpopular and
discrcdited issue. Free silver was defen-
sible in 1896, although even then its ad-
voeates had an uphill fight. But every
thing that has happened In the past four
years has helped, to bury it deeper in the
graveyard of obsolete issues.
''As to the Philippines The American
was the first, paper to advocate their re-
tention, but It never believed In attempt
ing to hold their affections with shot
gun, as Mckinley is doing. That policy
is as repugnant to the American people
as it is to the American, but the people
clearly thought, as between two meth
DDS of dealing with the islands. neither
of which they approved, they would take
the one that could be amended rather
than one that would be irrevocable
American public opinion believes in
the retention of the Philippines and in
the extension to that country of a truly
American form of government, under
which the Filipinos would have DO
provocation to revolt 1t believes that
free silver was dead in 1896, md is ten
times deader in 1900. This is ore issue,
at least, that will not be heard of again
in the Immediate future"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-08
GARDEN OF EDEN,
Dean Hall Thinks, Was OH the Island
O4 LHgOn.

Dean Hall Thinks, Was OH the Island
o9 LHzon.
Minneapolis Cor. Chicago Record.
Dean Hall, ge0logist in the University
CT Minnesota. calls attention to the fact
that the report of Dr. D. +. Becker. one
of the United States biologists. who went
with the army to the Philippine islands
contains the geological history of the
arhcipelago. which leads scientists to be-
Iieve that the islands comprise the gar.
den of Eden. the original home of man.
and that the Tagalo of today is direct
descendant FROM the man of Rorneo. mid
way In development between the ape and
the human species.
Dr. Becker reports that during the ter
tiary period of geological history these
islands Were in the midst of swamps and
shallow seas at the very edge of the
Mediterranean lake. which extended
westward to the Atlantic ocean. Later
the Bottom of the sea was lifted above
landsthe Alps. Caucasus and IIimalaya
mountains stand as the highest
points to which the ancient sea bottom
of limestone and shaIes was lifted. The
Philippines We're lifted. too so that dur
ing the later tertiary time the Philippine
islands were a part of the continent of
Asia and migration Of land animals and
ptdAIS loon place freely. linen came q
subsistence which cut off the migration
of animals to and from the islands, and
with this subsistence begins period Of
great volcanic activity ard huge guam
titles of lava were thrown out and spread
over the land and ocean bottom
There is no evidence Of land connee-
ton between the Philippines and Asia
from that tiIHn 70 the present There are
evidences OF constant oscillations. uaiift-
ings and sUbmergenees. hut 10 move
ments OF sufficient magnitude 10 make
6ry land across tine China sea-
But the item OF special interest as the
opinion OF the late Pref. Marsh that ore
OF the earliest haunts of the human
species WAS the Philippine archipelago.
with Borneo and othaf soata1ward-fvtng
islands The greet elevation which lift
ed the bottom of the old Mediterranean
sea into mountain ranges like tina Aims
and Hinlalaya sHti the foI3CwfEs; sub
mergenees CT the area oe ths China sea
beneath ocean waters had a profound cf-
feet uron the migration Of the human
race. IF It should be proved says DR..
Hall, that the original hSTae os man
was. as Marsh seems &c auggess. III he
Philippine is,arlsis. ti.en in bringing under
tie flaG tic original Garden CT Edcn we
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-08
LIBERTY AND TRADE.

1t Is somewhat more than mere sig
republics of the Western hemisphere the
United States has traded at a loss during
the enc hundred years that they have
been in possession of independence. It
is perhaps true, that there is no republic
in the Western hemisphere, aside from
the United States, In which there Is such
perfect freedom as in the imperial
province of Canada; yet Canada Is not a
republic, and in the minds of men the
world over is mere appendage of mon
archy. It may be that the Latin races
the traditions of republicanism, but the
Latin American states sail under color
Of that title. and are associated in the
worlds mind with the same sort of lib
erty that prevails in the United States
It might almost be expected as a matter
of course that their similarity in this
direction, and their geographical proxlm-
ity to the United States, might create
some sympathy of trade,-some faVorit-
ism,-between the smaller republics and
the greater one; but such has not been
the case.
The United States buys steadily at a
loss from practically all of the Western
republics, and sacrifices itself constantly
upon the altar of that chimera, that
dream, that Authorization of liberty low
ers, the Monroe doctrine With the de-
parture of Cuba from our control, it's Gus
toms, officers and shipping laws, will fall
. out Of our hands and be administered in
all probability in such a manner that,
so far as that island IS concerned and its
possible profit to us. the Spanish war
might as well never have taken place
For while it may be true that Cuban
ports will be convenient stopping places
for American vessels plying in the coast
ing trade between the Atlantic coast and
Porto Rico, yet our manufacturers will
have no favoritism shown them, and
they must continue to compete, as they
have always done, with the Europeans,
upon low plane of profit. If we re-
tanned Cuba we would get all the trade,
or practically all of it, and our ships
would carry all the goods.
It would be the same with the Philip
pines We're we to release them to them
selves. and exercise a mere diplomatic
protectorate over them. The treaty of
Paris is our flag of authority in the Phil
ippines. Every treaty is the paramount
law of the land, and must be enforced
the same as an act of congress. Chief
Justice Marshall laid this down as the
law in the early days of the republic
and the constitution declares it to be so
1t is the duty of the. executive depart
nent to maintain order throughout all
the land, conformably to the law of the
land. The liberty of Americanism is the
ideaIisnf of the world. To obey the law,
to participate in township, school district
county, village, city, state and nationcl
affairs is the pride OF american liberty.
Even the Sioux INDIAN, after fifty years
Of warfare. IS coming to an appreciation
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-08

confidence as has been conferred on Gov.
Lind. is sustained in the mature judg-
men of the people.
The G 0 b e has striven hard to secure
the election of John Lind because it has
recognized in him a public official who
desired first and above all things the
welfare of the state, whose official con-
duct has been model and an example
for all men who might be placed in such
position as he occupied and who might
pc capable of manifesting, as he did, the
highest attributes of intellect ana con-
science in the discharge of official duty.
Amidst all the difficulties and en-
barrassments which attended the dis
charge of party and public obligation
in this campaign on the part of those
whose convictions led them to wish for
Democratic success. there never was an
instant of hesitation on the part of the
b e as to its duty with reference
to this gentleman whose entire conduct
as state executive has been distinguish
ed by such an inspiring devotion to the
welfare of the state.
Unemharrassed by the conditions
attending the struggle for ma
tional ascendency he would have
received such an Endorsement
as would have left no doubt what
ever of the popular acknowledgment of
the extent of his services to the people
of the state AS we write the indications
happily are that that acknowledgment
has not been wholly lost sight of in the
maelstrom of sustainment of the national
administration through Which we have
passed. Let US hope as more light is
displayed by the electoral figures that
John Lind may prove to have received
that public acknowledgment of his ser
vices as governor which public intelli-
gence and public gratitude alike demand.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-08
THE COUNTY ELECTION

The result of the county election is a
revelation. The Globe did not expect
that single Democrat would have been
elected save DR.. Miller alone. All Demo-
Gratis are surprised and pleased to OBJ
serve that we have won the county at
torneyship, the county treasurership, the
county surveyorship and the office of the
county coroner Had he not been
weighted down by a disastrous national
campaign we would have added to these
conquest5 the offices of county auditor,
s--eriff, abstract clerk and court commits
sioner-iH word all the county offices
save that of register Of deeds alone.
And this aforementioned Office in this
election is adequate to point a moral and
adorn a tale. The Republican gang
would never have thought of nominating
Mr.. NJ W. Fitzgerald for the position,
d.d the settled conviction net prevail
among them that the miserable policy of
political exclusion which they had pur-
sued for the past six years toward a
given class in the community would
cause their defeat. So good a
man as Mr. Fitzgerald could never re-
ceiv" the sustainment of such cabal as
now controls the local Republican ma
chine did some sordid influence of hope
or dread not influence them His vote is
a truly remarkable one. 1t teaches two
lessons: First, that when the best avail
able man is chosen for a given Office in
this city and county by any party he is
assured of success; and, second, that
mere makeshift in party nomination
must be paid fer in the penalties which
it invoices Mr.. Peterson is a man of
considerable force of character. we'll
informed gentleman AMI in all respects
personally estinable His nomina ton,
however, was never taken seriously by
the convention which made it, by the
public, or. as We believe. by Air. Peterson
himself.
There is profound suspicion and dis
like entertained on lie part Of the voters
ce Ramsey county toward the miserable
set CT small politicians who haze dcrli-
NEa:ed thc pa-sy since d:ssatsiied I,er1o-
chats eight gears ago Installed man
ne ned Wrighe. now fa:gotlen, N The
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-08

TO he Knocked Out by a Bear When
Net Looking.

Not Looking.
South Williamsport Pa1 Special Plrila-
delphfa North American.
Charles Grouse, of South Wiliianlsport.
who had the novel experience the other
night of being knocked cut by a big
black hear. tells the story IS follows:
Hiram Boone and myself drove up into
Mosquito valley to catch cells. 1t was
dusk, and as I was about TO land a catch
I heard a noise In the bushes back ef me.
Thinking 1t was made by a COW, l didn t
pay much attention.
''An OF a sudden felt the warm breath
OF some thing en- the back of my Reck, and
as l turned around, I was struck in the
face and knocked on the bank into the
creek. lay there half dazed. but. foxtu-
natefy, with my head cut OF water. and
N a minute / heard Hiram give howl,
and he came tumbEing over the bank.
too.
Ny Lord. it's a bear! Hiram said. and
as we Didn't have any shooting irons we
made ourselves scarce IN that vicinity.
Flood was streaming down MY face.
and Roone was pretty well scratched up,
too. We went to Michael Bowcn's farm
house. where Hiram had some courtpias-.
ter put an hts sc<atehes I had To wait
uEti: I got home and cali 4 d5ctor to at
tend 20 me. never before had such Is
sensation as when was hit by tEa. bear.
IL BET he Weighed 800 poands."
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-08

OIL this; and whether the or,Iy good In
dian is a dead Indian or not, certain it is
that the world IS better off with the pillow
In the sod of the Dakotas than with the
Sioux warrior chasing the wild buffalo
across it's plains.
True, it is claimed. that by act of con-
gress, the Philippines may be released
unto themselves; but that may not be
questioned under the constitution, which
makes no provision for the relinquish-
ment of any territory once acquired.
But, however, that may be- the idealism
OF American liberty having once been
extended to any territory on earth,
either by treaty or by act of congress,
1t would be neither poetical nor a
philosophical action to summarily and
prodigally throw away the opportunities
Tor trade and increase to American ship
ping that are obtainable to us by their
possession.
with two terminal ocean shipping ports
under one flag. it follows, under the navf-
CATION laws, that all merchandise trans
ported between those ports will be car
RED in vessels flying the flag OF the
Two ports. That is the secret of the pros
perlty of the coastwise shipping of the
United States, which now employs over
one-third as much shipping in net ton
mage as Great Britain employs in all her
foreign carrying trade, in fact, almost
as much as one-half. Add to our present
coastWise shipping that which would
Iau TO US as auxiliary to free trade
between all the territory acquired by the
treaty Of Paris, and an American port
IN emma, which it is hoped may be ac-
CURED out of the present Chinese trouble.
and American shipping would at once
command the same respect in the mer-
camille ocean marine as that now held
oy our war vessels; and trade and liber-
ty an idealism in liberty, would so hand
III hand all over the world There wouId
then be no bantling republic in the West
ern Pacific calling loudly to US for pro-
lection, the while it purchases its man
ufaetured goods in Europe and pays its
freight none to European vessels.
Let 1t be ever borne in the mind that
treaty once ratified by the president
and senate, is the supreme law of the
land, as much SO as any act of congress
approved by the president; and that
when Porto, Rico, the Isle of Pines and
the Philippines were purchased from
Spain, it became the duty of the exeeu-
tive at Washington to preserve peace in
them at all hazards. 1t will thus be
seen that the Instruction in the Phifip-
pines is not foreign war, but domestic
instruction. Let it be futher borne in
mind that there is no provision in the
constitution Of the United States by
which congress may relinquish any terri
tory once acquired, and that only by
treaty can any cession of American terri
| tory be made to any other nation or
people, and it becomes apparent at once
that no president could let go of the ISL
ands except under stress of superior
power, and then only by treaty ratified
by the senate.