Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-18

terested.
A civil service examination will be held
at Atlantic May to fill positions in the
postofficc.
DIR. Samuel e. Bamford has been APP
pointed a pension examining surgeon ut
Sigourncy.
The depot Mt Bentonsport was broken
into by burglars, but nothing of value
was taken.
George w. Creath of Agency was Sc
verely bitten by a vicious pussy cat
few days ago.
A. j. Hcdrix of Des Moines has been
admitted to practice before the Interio,
Department.
The docket of the District Court al
Council Bluffs shows total Of 413 cases
now pending.
The amount of cash secured by thu
bank robbers at Hanlontown was found
to be $3.50.
Mt. Sterling voters refused by popu.
lar vote to allow their school grounds cut
by new street.
The Des Moines baseball club has def
nitely decided to have no Sunday game:
at home this season.
The tuition of outside students attend
ing the Keosauqua public schools amount
ed this year to 5000.
The total of appropriations for the com
ing year, as passed by the Des Moinea
City Council, is $195, 445.
The new telephone system for the farm.
ers in the vicinity of Slater is completed
and the wires IRE kept hot.
Dayton has just settled personal in
jury case in which she was sued for 81,
800 by the payment of $500.
The Mayor Of the city of Fort Dodge
has issued an order to his officers to clear
the city of all suspicious characters.
Two police court prisoners at Ottumwa,
doing time at the city rock pile, made
their escape from the officer in charge.
The Rockwell school board has added
to the curriculum of the high school,
bringing it up to college requirements.
The Congregational Church at Newtos
resignation Of its pastor, Rev. Baumgard-
ner.
The saloon men of Harrison County
have decided that they cannot secure
the necessary number of signatures, so
have voluntarily closed.
The Illinois Central will not remove
its yards from Fort Dodge to Tara, but
will greatly enlarge and improve its facit
tiles at the former place.
According to ruling in the Distria
Court Davenport's fire limits ordinance
is unconstitutional and frame buildings
can be erected anywhere.
A statement just issued by the Auditor
of State shows that since Dec. the de-
posits in the State and savings banks Of
Iowa have increased about $1,OOO,OOO.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Howard of Shen-
andoah have just celebrated their fifty
seventh wedding anniversary. Sixty-nine
direct descendants shared at the feast.
james Casey, farmer nedr Washing
ton, fell from n hay NOW recently. His
back was broken and he cannot recover.
Joe Tinkham, veteran of the sawdust
ring, is dead in Dubuque. the city in
which lie was born sxty-tive years ago.
When boy he Joined circus troupe and
as horseback rider, acrobat and clown
Travelled the world over with various or
CARNATIONS.
Judge Shiras in the Federal Court at
Dubuque rendered an opinion holding
that arson included the burning Of a
store building us well as house. Charles
Coin Of Des Moines, charged with firing
house occupied by him us store, fled
to Canada to escape arrest. He was ex-
tradited under the Ashburton treaty of
1912. He applied for writ of habeas
corpus, claiming that the treaty clause
covering arson meant only the burning
of dwelling. Judge Shiras held to the
contrary and refused the writ. The de-
cision is important, us it fixes prece-
dent as to what constitutes arson. The
point has never before been decided by
Federal court.
1t was stated that the Iowa Central's
depot at Bromley would be removed to
Minerva Jun .tion, but the company has
decided not to make the change.
Mrs. VIM. Sudbrook of Davenport was
found lying In the cemetery almost dead
from cold aid exposure. Illness is believ-
ed to have unbalanced her mind.
Mrs. Mtry Miller, so years old, living
alone at 1900 Washington street, Du-
buque, WAS found dead in her rocking
chair. Indications showed that she had
been detd for several days. Her only
up near the corpse.
The new treasurer of Council Bluffs
takes Lold of affairs with the city on
cash kasis, all the floating Indebtedness
having been taken up by bond issue.
A. Thayer, well known in Sioux and
Lyon counties and an influential and
highly respected citizen of Rock Valley,
came to his death from the bursting Of
blood vessel during q spell of violent
coughing.
The retrial in the case of Alonzo Rob-
bilu at Fort Madison, convicted preyi-
ou.ly for the murder OF his wife, has
again resulted in the jury finding a YER
di.1 Of murder in the first degree. The
previous sentence was Imprisonment for
Ike.
,Che President has nominated Smith
Mcpherson of Iowa to be United States
district judge for the southern district of
Lava. Smith Mcpherson was serving
Ills first term in the House.
The north-bound passenger train on the
Omaha and st. Louis road jumped the
track about half mile south of Silver
City. The whole train went into the
ditch. The rear coach left the track,
turned over and took everything else with
1t except the engine and Pullman. All
of the cars turned over on their sides
and all the pasengesr were severely
shaken up, The cause of the accident
is unknown. The damage viii not be
heavy,