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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-05

Ind. In 1S41. He
attended the district
school, and at the
age Of 10 was Its
principal. His fam
lily was poor and 1t
was not until he
was 10 that his ia
Their was able to
send him to Asbury
now De Pauw)
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-05

An big headlines and roarin' type was
jist because some cuss,
Some city jake, with bout the sense Of
Hiram Jinnin's shoat.
He'd gone an eat his daily grub 'thout
putin on his coat
The 'riginal shirt-waist man." they says,
says they, "at last has camel
An allow, fer city dude, he showed
tibet he wuz game.
But If the Jacob Townsend goods they
really want to see,
Jist let 'em come to Plunkville town an
take look ut ME-!
-Robley D. Stevenson, indianapolis
Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-05
Finds Runaway Wife.

young farmer named Irwin, who re-
sides near the Hopewell school house in
Pleasant Valley township, has located his
runaway wife in Chicago. Mrs. Irwin
fed from home several days ago, leaving
her husband and children, including an
1S-months-old baby, behind.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-05
Doing Fancy Work at Home

.'They say that Mrs. Grindly does
great deal of fancy work."
81 should say she did. When she can
find nothing else to do she ruffles her
husbands per."-Detroit Free
Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-05

Mrs. Malaprop- That Miss Sereleaf
does nothing but flirt. She's regular
croGuette.
Mrs. Lapsus-And no chicken GRO
quette, at that.-New York Journal
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-05
ORIGINAL sHIRT-wAIsT MAN.

Las Saturday. when I'd druv in to Bar
ber's giner'l store,
Some drummer throwed paper down an
left it on the floor;
And the very fust thing see when its
pages I did scan
u got them fine words from book wuz,
"Lo, the shirt-waist mani"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-05

with all the men in evening dress.
how are you going to tell the guests
from the servants?'
well. the guests are polite to the hos
tess."-Detroit Journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-05

Mangled and bruised almost beyond
recognition, the lifeless body of Roy A.
Neuse of Centerville was found lying on
his back in the center of the Rock Island
track one fourth Of mile west of the
Charlton river water tank. Neuse left
home in company with Claude Wilkes
and young Jester, taking night freight
train for Eldon. The three boys were
put off freight three miles east of
Drakeville on their return. They walked
into Drakeville and in an attempt to
board west-bound train were kept off
by the crew. Roy, however. succeeded
in catching the third car from the engine,
and it is thought was riding the rods
when the accident occurred
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-05
OF INTEREST IN IOWA
A DIARY OF NOTEWORTHY HAP.
PENiNGS.
Peculiar Stroke of Lightning-A Boy
Ground to Death Under Car Wheels
State Council Levics Taxes ON Ex-
press Companies-Dics in Well.


Sherman jackson, foreman Of the Peter
Hopley stock farm, southwest of At
lantic, met death by lightning, while two
men, G. ID. Bernard and Andrew Chris
Jensen. seated OH the same wagon, had
miraculous escapes. Mr.. Jackson and the
two men had been out liking wire fence.
When the rain and electrical storm came
up they started for the house, but the
storm overlook them. One man was driy-
ing and the other was seated on spool
Of wire just behind him, while Mr.. Jack
son was in the rear end of the wagon.
The lightning struck the horses, killing
them instantly, and passed the two men
ahead of Mr.. jackson and struck the
latter killing him instantly, the others
receiving but slight shock. Mr.. Jack
son was horribly burned
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-05
JOHN CLARK RlDPATH.

Noted American Historian Who Died
in New York Recently.
John Clark Ridpath, the historian,
who died recently in New York. was
born in log cabin In Putnam County,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-05
answering a Timid wooer.

Why won't you let me kiss your
she-Beeauss you ask ne to.--New
York Press,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-05
KANSAS. FIRST CAPITOL.
1t Was Erected in 1885, and Has an I,
xerastSr,.y A;a<arv

:erestins History.
In the State of Kansas there are
seven capitol buildings, including the
present handsome structure at Topeka,
not yet completed, but none has q more
romantic history than the ststshovss
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-05

Where Running Is Impossible.
1t is impossible to run at an altitude
Of 1900 feet above the sea.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-05

Pawnee did not make town. The
cholera broke out the next year at Fort
Riley and the people fed. The State
house stands out on the plain, deserted,
the roof gone and the interior place
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-09-05

The rain falls, but it gets up again IN
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-09-10

loss of four killed. The Kurds re-
ported to Turkish headquarters that
Spaghank was full of Armenian eevo-
lutionists, whereupon Ali Pasha, mill
tary commander of Bitlis, surrounded
the village with strong body of troops.
The Armenians tried in vain to defend
themselves against the superior force,
and almost all of them men, women
and children, were put to the sword.
Some OF them, with the village priest,
sought refuge in the church, which was
burned, with all its contents, dead and
living. OF course, the Turkish official
report is very different. According to
Ali Pasha, Spaghank was a nest of
brigands, who fired upon his soldiers
and then retreated to the church, out
of which they had to be smoked. He re-
grets to say that villager or two and a
priest were killed accidentally, but in
evitably, in the process.
Perhaps when the Sultan's sorrow
over the Chinese massacres wears away
he will weep tear or two for the mur
dered ones of Spaghank.
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S. COO, Buck" TiinrichSen has collected
u good many dollaxs by his industrious
canvass of the western states, and sew
eral thousand dollars has been secured
through the appointment of official
representatives of the committee In
the rural districts, but the supplies
from those sources would not pay the
printing bill not to speak of mysterious
I funds that have been sent to Maine and
! West Virginia. Croker can get all the
money he wants and can furnish the
national committee with an abundance
of means If he really takes an interest
in the election of Bryan, for Tammany
| Hall has methods of raising campaign
funds that are not within the reach
Of ordinary political organizations.
| Through the police Of this city millions
of dollars can be raised in a. few days.
Every saloon, every gambling place,
every disreputable house, every pool
room, every quacll doctor, every crook
and every other individual and interest
| that is exposed to police persecution or
prosecution can be assessed for any
sum Mr.. Croker thinks necessary, and
he has the machinery to collect 1t.
Every groceryman who puts a basket
Of potatoes on the sidewalk or exposes
tray of radishes or lettuce, in front of
his shop can be made to pay for the
privilege. Every corporation in New
York-and there are partic-
ularly those who furnish supplies to the
city government, and others that are
dependent upon police protection or
can be pinched in a way known by ex-
perience how easy 1t is for Tammany
Hall to get campaign funds.
1t was less than two years ago that
the city authorities made a raid upon
the Manhattan Railroad Company from
several different directions, because the
management refused a conlpressed-air
company, controlled by Mr., Croker and
his friends, permission to hang their
pipes from the arches of the elevated
tracks. The board of health condemned
the railroad cars as unsanitary, and
forbade their use; the same body con-
demned the structure of the elevated
railroad in several important places
and ordered it removed and replaced,
which would cost a million or more dol
lars. The board of public works passed
resolution directing the removal Of
the elevated tracks and stations from
Battery Park, which is city property,
and various other orders were issued
for the embarrassment of the company,
although they were never obeyed The
company declared that these attacks
were intended for blackmail the news
papers took them up, the stock Of the
Manhattan Elevated was tumbling
down the scale ON the stock market, I'M
til the Tammany people, who were
holding up" were compelled to aban-
don the fight There have been, how
ever, good many reports of COM
promise between Mr. Croker and the
railway people on a financial
basis Chicago Record.
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EXPANSIVE.

The soap-"How do you stand in pol
itics?" The Sponge-"I am an expan-
sionist. Chicago Record.
! Here comes a fellow ] don't care to
see," remarked the banana skin on the
sidewalk "I'll just give him the slip
Philadelphia, Record.
ister-in-law--"How like his father
the baby Is" Mother-"He's certainly
/ like him in some ways. He generally
keeps me UP half the night"-Punch.
Didn't you feel dreadfully when you
| lost your gold handled umbrella ?" mo;
I'd expected to lose it for so long that I
was glad when it was gone'-Chicago
Record.
"rhe Chinaman must go,' said the
dentists victim as he stretched himself
out in the chair of torture. so must
the tartar" remarked the genial oper-
ator.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"If there were law compelling a
groom when he says, with all my
worldly goods | thee endow," to give
an inventory showing just what he has
there would be fewer marriages that
COLL lUI lEllEL tAlGiLtlOlIS llpIli Tue
brides parents.-Atchison Globe.
Mother-Goodness How did you hurt
your finger so?
Little Son--With a hammer.
"When?'
"a good while ago"
Il didn't hear you cry"
mo mother; | thought you were out"
Stray Stories.
Airy.--"You know" said Senator
Sorghum, reprovingy, II told you that
what I wanted from you was good,
breezy speech" Well" answered the
professional orator, II thought that was
what l gave you. Nearly everybody
who heard it said my arguments were
only wind Washington Star.
Corrected-City Editor - Evidently
you didn't get a very close view Of
Nookash's summer place" Reporter
mot very close Why?" city Editor
You refer to 1t az a magnificent
marble pile whereas it's a frame
house" Reporter.-"Is It? Just cross
out marble then, and insert wood T.
Philadelphia Press
"Why don't you eat your chowder
Mr. Hallroom?' asked the boarding
house mistress; Hs it cold?" Yes" re-
piled Mr.. Halroom; cold, but not
clammy"
"They tell me old Skinem has lost all
interest in his business" Yes the
court convicted him of usury and de-
clared all his loans cancelled. Omaha
World-Herald.
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NOT IERE PROEIT4 RE

1t Is not surprising to read that the
railroads are not making much out of
their passenger business. The Railway
World points out that every railroad, in
order to furnish a reasonable accommo-
dation of the public, must run a great
many of it's passenger trains with too
few passengers to pay the actual train
expenses. 1t must make enough profit
on its better patronized trains to make
UP for this loss and leave a margin of
profit besides, else its passenger traffic
cannot be said to be on satisfactory
basis. Taking the United States as
whole, only little over one-fifth of the
total earnings Of railroads are derived
from the passenger traffic A large
proportion Of American railroad lines
are conducting their passenger traffic
at a loss, while others are merely pay
ing expenses and deriving no profit
proportionate to the investment and
the volume of business done. This is
certainly not a satisfactory showing.
But two remedies, the World thinks,
are availa ble-to increase the volume
of traffic or reduce expenses. In both
these directions, 1t adds, there is
room for successful work" An in
crease of rates would hardly serve, it
ie, eyplained as that would tend tn re-
duce the volume OF travel.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-09-10

The Republican national committee
will spend 100000 this year on cam
paign literature. The different publ
cations now number fifty, and the list
Is growing every day, with a proba bill
ity that there will be one hundred be-
fore the printers stop. These publica-
lions vary In size from leaflets of eight
pages to pamphlets of thirty-two and
sixtyfour pages. Every issue of the
campaign is covered by from two to a
dozen different publications. The Re-
publicans make no secret of the large
quantity of reading matter they are
handling, and heavily laden teams are
driving 10 and from the building at all
weeks from 100000 to 100000 docu-
ments have been shipped OUT to differ
careful system of handling the li:era-
ture has been installed, the same as
would be employed in any large whole
sale house. Documents received are
credited as so much stock, and the slips
for distribution all pass over the SD
perintendent's desk. There are blanks
Of a peculiar form to accommodate the
different kinds of shipments, and every
thing is run like clockwork.
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MORE GREAT LAKES EXPANSION

| MORE GREAT LIKES EXPANSION.
| The Great Lakes are going to be
greater than ever in a commercial way.
The Carnegie and Rockefeller combina-
ton has given orders for ten great
freight steamers which shall carry
American steel directly from Lake Erie
ports through the Welland canal and
across the Atlantic. These ten vessels
will cost $500 900 and are to be built In
Lorain in Cleveland and in Detroit.
Nine vessels have been ordered to ply
the Great Lakes to supply these with
ore. Four vessels to export wheat d.
rectly from the Great Lake ports are
now under construction in Chicago. In
the whole some $4,000 900 will be spent
in ship-building on the Great Lakes in
the next year.
What the effect of this new enterprise
will be upon the commerce of New York
and other eastern seaports, and upon
the earnings of the trunk line railroads
is an interesting thing to think about.
1t can hardly be favorable.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-09-10
The Lock of Her Hair.

He wore lock of her silken hair,
AS treasure, near his heart!
Another had won the maiden fair
And Fate set them fur apart
She to sway where the world was gay
And he iii the busy mart.
He kept the lock of her slllen hair,
He wore 1t day by day,
When skies were dark and when skies we're
fair
And when he was grave or gay
He had no right to the stllien strands,
But he treasured them, anyway.
Again she was free, and she still was fair!
She became his own, one day
The Lord had answered the lovers prayer,
So he ceased at length to pray,
And ere the wane of a year he threw
His lock of her hair away.
S. Z. Kiser.
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BRYAN MONEY.


| The Republican campaign managers
have been considerabl excited by re-
ports from Joseph Manley, who has just
gone home, that the Democrats of
Maine appear to be we'll supplied with
funds and there is a good deal of curl
osity as to where they came from. Sim
liar reports have been received from
West Virginia, Indiana, and one or two
other states The Democratic com
lnittee of Maryland can raise plenty of
money in Baltimore, and from the rail-
way and mining interests in that state,
but with the exception of ex-senator
Henry G. Davis, and one or two others
all the rich men in West Virginia are
Republicans, and Davis voted for Nc
Kinley four years ago.
The Democrats, however, seem to be
we'll supplied with funds everywhere,
although the men who made the largest
contributions in 1896, like Moffat and
Stratton, the Colorado miners, have
either returned to the Republican party
or are Indifferent to the results of the
campaign since imperialism became
paramount" Senator Stewart of Ne
vada, who shows the zeal OF a new con-
vert, and knows the inside Of affairs,
says the silver miners are not contrib
uting this year; that the Kansas City
platform and Bryan's speeches Of ac-
ceptance destroyed their interest In the
and none of them will con-
tribute q dollar to pay for anti-imper-
ialistic speeches. Mr.. Stewart Is OK
ceedngly bitter toward Bryan for aban-
doning the 16 to issue, and in CONVEX
sation usually refers to him as 1.-THE
Aguinaldo candidate for President"
Tho Republicans cannot even guess
where the Democrats get their money.
] have heard 1t asserted by these who
pretend to know, that Senator Clark
gave only $4,000 and Mclean only
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A CHANCE FOR TIsE SVLTiN.

The sorrow which the Sultan of Tur-
massacres did him credit, but it is not
recorded that he is sorry for what has
recently happened at Spaghank. Spag-
hank Is q little village of about $50 in
habitants, in the mountainous district
Of Sassun. In by-gone years the men
have defended themselves, with much
bravery against occasional irruptions of
drove off q. band of those gentry with
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-09-10

There can be too much zeal even in a
good cause. jealous w. c. T. U.
member got herself into trouble the
other day in a suburb of Cincinnati.
She met small boy returning from a
saloon with beer for his employer, a
druggist, intercepted the messenger and
poured the beer into the gutter. The
druggist swore out warrant against
her and she was arrested.
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ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants. Rents, and other small
advertisements, One Cent a Word each IN
sertion. Five Cents Word for full week
(seven times,.
Display advertisements, per inch, one IN
sertion, 81 20; each subsequent incer,lon, 4o
cents; one week, $500; one month, $40; one
year, $40. ~
Obituary Notices, In prose or. verse. 10
cents per line. Notices OF Births, Marri-
ages, Deaths. and Funerals, SO cents each.
Local Notices, 10 cents per line.
Yearly advertisers are limited to thsir
own Immediate business (all matter 70 De
unobjectionable), and their contracts do not
include Wants, To Let, For Sale. etc.
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in strength, efficiency and simplicity Of
construction, while 1t is 35 per cent.
cheaper to manufacture and is one and
one-fourth pounds lighter than the pres
ent Lee-Metford rifle. 1t has been
strongly recommended by Lord Charles
Beresford and there is little doubt that
it will be introduced into the British
army at the end Of the South African
campaign.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-09-10

Concerning the worship of the athlete
at public schools the Oxford Magazine
has the following: "It appears that a
few days back the vice chancellor re-
ceived the following letter from gen
tleman: How much would 1 have to
pay for the education of my son in
your university? Let me know if 1
besides rowing, should wish to learn to
read and write
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Notice to Contractors.
City Engineers ONCE. No. II City f

City Engineers Office, No II City Hail.
New Haven, Conn, Sept. 5, 1900.
| SEALED PROPOSALS will be received
at this office until p. M September 17th
1900
For constructing sewers In Summer street
between State and Franklin streets, Dewitt
street between Rosette street and the rail-
road, and Division street between Dixwell
and Shelton avenues
BLANK forms of proposal. and any infor-
nation concerning plans, specifications
bonds, etc, will be furnished upon applica-
No proposal will be received after tho
time specified, and all proposals not on the
bIanks furnished or not properly filed out
will be rejected.
The right to reject any or all bids is re.
served.
fy order OF the Director of Public Works.
ST SO {. W. KELLY City Engineer.
District of New Haven, IS. Probate Court,
September 5th 1900
ESTATE of ANN ELIZA ARNOLD, late of
New Haven, in said District, deceased.
An instrument In writing, purporting to
be the last will and testament of said de-
ceased, having been presented in Court, and
Hattie =. Arnold Of New Haven ha xeng
made written application praying that ~
same may be probated. and that letters tos-
tamontary may be granted, as by said APP
plication on file In this Court more fully
appears, 1t Is
ORDERED - That said application be
heard and determined at a Court Of Pro-
bate to be held Mt New Haven, In said Dis
trict, on the Goth day Of September, 1900,
at ten o'clock in the forenoon, and that pub.
lie notice Of the tendency Of said applica-
tlon, and of the time and place Of the hear
ing thereon, be given TO all parties interest
ed in said estate, by publishing this order
three times in newspaper having n circu-
lation in said District By order Of Court,
81 st ALBERT f. WbLLES, Clerk.
District of New Haven, SIS. Probate Court,
September 9th, 1900.
ESTATE of CORNELIA J.. GILL, late of
North Haven. in said District, deceased.
The Court of Probate for the District of
Now Haven hath limited and appointed six
months from the date hereof for the credit
ors Of said deceased to bring in their claims
against said estate. Those who neglect to
exhibit their claims within said time will be
Gebarred. All persons indebted to said es-
tate are requested to make immediate pay
ment to MAY c. GILL,
81 Sc EXecutrix
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The famous professor Of jurisprud-
ence. Senator Pessina, who is regarded
as the foremost living authority in
italy upon criminal law, did more than
any of his contemporaries to secure the
total abolition of capital punishment in
his fatherland But the renowned
scholar has been so deeply moved by the
recent succession of italian assassins
of kings and rulers that he has just
published "recantation" of his former
opposition to the death punishment in
all cases, and advises that it should be
adopted in the case of political muir
derers''
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HARD TO FIND REST.


| George Henry White, the only colored
representative in the Fifty-sxth con-
gress, has announced that he will not
be candidate for reelection from the
Second North Carolina district, and that
he expects to transfer his residence to
some northern city, there to engage in
the practice of law. In giving his rea-
sons for this determination Mr.. White
said. II believe the conditions of the
South will eventually cause many Of
our people to go to Cuba. Porto Rico,
Hawaii or the Philippines. There are
too many negroes in the South-that is
the trouble"
Perhaps Mr.. White will better his
condition by coming North. We hope
he will. But recent events in the North
are not of kind to encourage him.
There seem to be too many negroes in
the North as well as in the South They
are having a hard time Of it both in the
North and in the South, and it will be
a long time before they find the peace
for which they sigh and which is denied
them by cruel prejudice.