Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-04-25
NOTABLE DEATHS.

wealthy resident of Waukegan, Ills, is
dead
John j. Owsley, ST., one of the fore
most pioneers of western Wisconsin,
as well as of South Dakota, is dead ut
Mendoza. Wis.
james Tuttle, pioneer Of Logan
county, Ills, is dead at Atlanta, aged
90.
Mrs. Sarah Pollard, the oldest army
nurse in the country, is dead in In
dianapolis, aged 93.
Samuel Howard, a well-known law
yer and veteran member of the Mil
waukee bar, is dead.
Miss Jennie O'Neill Potter, the we'll
known elocutionist, Is dead Mt New
York.
Jules Sachs. the musical impresario,
is dead at San Reno.
Otto Wuelting, the well-known Ger
man advocate of bimetalism, is dead in
Berlin.
Henson Robinson, leading citizen
Of Springfield, Ills, dropped dead in
the rotunda of the Leland hotel there.
]. NJ. McISinstry, grand secretary of
the Royal Arcanum, is dead at Cleve-
land.
DR.. s. 2. Sheldon, a well-known
Kansan, formerly state senator, is dead
at Topeka of heart trouble.
Lord Londesborough, cricketer, pa
tron of drama and friend of the Prince
of Wales. is dead.
Rev. Chas. Beecher, youngest broth
err Of the late Henry Ward Beecher,
died at Georgetown, Mass, Saturday,
aged 81.
THE FIRE RECORD.
John G. Donaldson was killed and a
man and boy probably fatally injured
| in 100000 fire at Newton Creek
and Grand street, Williamsburg.
Brooklyn.
Twenty-Five head of cattle and four
horses were killed in the fire that de-
stroyed the barns and residence of
August Slender at Picketts, Wis.
The town of Edinburg. N. D., has
been wiped out by fire and two lives
were lost
The plant of the ST. Louis Chronicle
was entirely destroyed by fire Satur-
day; the paper did not miss an issue,
however. Loss, $4,000.
The Utica, Ills, cement mill burned,
throwing 100 men out Of employment
ODDS AND ENDS.
Wolves have become very plentiful
near Sparta, Wis, and are annoying
the farmers.
William thinner of Clinton, H., hale
and hearty, celebrated his 101st birth
day.
Mrs. Mary j. Furman of Nashville,
Tenn, has bequeathed her estate. val
ued at from 100000 to $25O,OOO, to
Vanderbilt university.
Governor Roosevelt has appointed a
commission to investigate New York
and Buffalo tenement houses.
McGovern faxed to put out White In
six rounds at Chicago.
Latest ndvices received at kingston,
Jamaica, tell of the complete defeat Of
the insurgent forces In Colombia.
The Milwaukee presbytery has over
tured the general assembly to revise
the creed.
Rev. Hay Watson Smith of Little
Rock, Ark. has withdrawn from the
Presbyterian church. He says he sees
no possibility Of revised creed.
Mrs. Eliza Chrisman has left $780,
600 for the founding of a university at
Topeka, Kan.
The navy department has secured
a 5,000-ton steamer to carry food to the
starving in India.
The German government has sent a
gunboat to China for naval demon.
stration.
The flood situation in Wisconsin
threatens vast damage to bridges and
lumber interests.
The Ashantis have killed 500 loyal
Bekuls, and the British governor asks
for assistance.
Chicago is to have municipal tele-
phone system.
The Willamette valley, Ore, will
receive large influx Of desirable citi.
zens from Minnesota and Iowa this
year.
Elmer Harris, II years old. fell dead
| in Hamilton, O., at the end of boxing
bout.
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