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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-20
CONGRESS- IN BRIEF.
Work of the Lawmakers in tho Senate and
in tho House.

AL LILO HOUSE.
Washington, Feb. 14.-Durlng the
greater part of yesterday the senate
was engaged in executive session and
in the counting of the electoral vote
Late in the afternoon consideration of
the agricultural appropriation bill was
resumed, but little progress was made.
At night session the District of Co.
lumbia code bill was read.
The house devoted the day, excepting
an hour and half consumed in count
ing the electoral vote, to the sundry
civil appropriation bill. General de-
bate upon this measure was completed,
but little actual progress made With
the bill
Washington, Feb. 15.-The senate
considered yesterday without COM
pletion the agricultural appropriation
and held night session for the read.
ing of the District code bill. During
the session Hale, Lodge and others
uttered warning relative to the great
approprlations-nearly $1,000 OO.O 900.
An executive session was held.
The house discussed the sundry civil
bill and also had lively debate for
political points. Forty-three pages of
the bill We're completed.
Washington, Feb. 16.-The senate
yesterday passed the agricultural ap-
preparation bill and put in the re-
mainder of the day on the ship sub
sidy, Teller giving notice that 1t would
not come to vote If he could help it.
The house put in day of filibuster-
ing and did nothing, because it was
regular private claims day and Can
non, failing to get the regular order
set aside, managed to prevent action on
the private claims.
Washington, Feb. 1S.-In the senate
Saturday, when the unfinished bust
ness-the shipping bill-was laid be-
fore the body, Spooner moved to pro-
coed to the consideration of the oleo-
margarine bill. BY practically unani-
nous vote the motion prevailed. Thus
the subsidy bill was displaced as the
unfinished business and the oleomar-
garine bill was placed in that order.
1t was debated an hour and then near
ly 300 bills not objected to, including
1871 private pension bills, were passed.
The house made little progress with
the sundry civil appropriation bill. At
p. m. public business was suspended
to allow the members to pay tribute to
the memory of the late Representative
HOGecker of Delaware.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-20
Mother and Chi,d 7AI,eee1 Mnrd.,.r,

Topeka, Kan, Feb. 1S.-Sheriff Cook
yesterday arrested Mrs. Maggie Cum
Minis and her a14-year-old daughter
Edna, on warrant charging them
with the murder of John Cummins, q
quarryman, divorced husband of Mrs.
Cummins. The daughter is charged
with putting poison in the coffee drank
by the father: Mrs. Cummins is
charged with instigating the crime.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-20
Will Try Her Hand In Indiana.

Kokomo, Ind, Feb. 1s.-Kokomo rel
atlves of Mrs. Carrie Nation have re
ceiyed letters from the Kansas REFORM
er, stating that she will visit Indiana
in the near future. perhaps in the
month of March. The w. G. T. u.
of this city is preparing to entertain
Mrs. Nation and will aid her in Cruz
SADIE against Illegal saloons.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-20
DREAM ABOUT TO COME TRUE
Mississippi River To BE Hnrnessed to
Machinery In Factories

Machinery In Factories.
Burlington, Ia, Feb. 15.-The dream
of years is just about to come true in
the realization of the plans of the Ke-
okull and Hamilton Water Power COM
pany, by which the power of the Mis-
sissippi Is to be utilized for furnishing
the motive power of the factories Of
Burlington, Fort Madison and Keokuk,
Ia, and Hamilton, Warsaw, Carthage,
Nauvoo, La Harpe and Quincy in ILL
nois.
Burlington capitalists are being in
vited to join the enterprise, and it is
quite possiblest that a monster stock
company will soon be organized. The
Des Moines rapids extends from Mont
rose to Keokuk, a distance of twelve
miles. The total fall at low water is
twenty-three feet, and at high-water
mark sixteen feet. The river passes
through gorge In the limestone bluffs.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-20
Cleared OH the Doctors, Testimony,

Muncie, Ind, Feb. 16.-The jury
yesterday morning rendered n verdict
of not guilty in the trial of Joseph
and Charles Heating, charged with the
murder of their brother-in-law, Allen
Robinson, a year ago. The evidence
of the doctors was that death re.
suited from apoplexy.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-20

Marsl4Rltown, Ia, Feb. 1S.-The
conyaiMion of the Central Iowa Teach
ersnssociation closed Saturday AFTER
<3<66n. Superintendent Ed Y. Cuth-
Ebert, of Ames, was elected president,
and Miss Caroline Anderson, of Mar
shalltown, secretary.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-20
He yynrted to Join HI, wife

Lewistown, Ills, Feb. 1S.-La Fa-
yette Butler committed suicide at his
home here by shooting himself in the
right temple. He was 70 years old
and had been a resident of this vicinity
for forty-tive years. Butler has been
Respondent since the death of his wife.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-20
Extra Session of congr.,.,

Washington, Feb. 1s.-The president
told senators who called upon him Sat
urday that congress would be called in
extra session as soon as the Cuban
constitution w:s received.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-20

Sioux City, a., Feb. 15.-That Sioux
City will be a member of the Western
Base Ball League Is now considered a
certainty. Hulen, of Pueblo, says that
he and his franchise are to be trans
fprred
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-20

st. Paul, Feb. 1S.-At the Peoples
church yesterday DR.. Samuel G. Smith,
in his sermon on ''The reign Of law"
referred to present conditions In Kan
sas, and criticised the new crusade
without reserve.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-20
No Progress on the Tax Reduction Bill.

No Progress on the Tax Reduction Bill.
Washington. Feb. 1S.-The confer
rees on the war reduction bill held a
meeting Saturday which lasted for an
hour and half. Nothing was accom-
plished. No vote was taken. There
scans practically deadlock.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-20
SENATOR PLATT BEREAvED

Wife of the New York Senator Dies After
Long Iliness.
New York. Feb. 14.-NIrs. Thomas
@. Plat. the wife of United States
Senator Platt. died early in the day
ut her apartments in the Fifth Avenue
hotel, after Il long Illness. Senator Plat,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-20
TROUBLE BREWING FOR RAIDERS.
Women Who Stand a Chance of criminnl
Proaecution-Nntlon

Proaecution-Nntionnl
Atchison, Kan, Feb. 1S.-B. P. Wag-
gener general attorney of the Mis-
souri, Pacific railroad, in view of the
breaking open of the Missouri Pacific
depot at COTS, Kan, last week by wo-
men temperance crusaders, has
advised the company in protecting its
depots against raiders to treat them as
common burglars. Waggener is strong
in his denunciation of the manner in
which the depredations We're commit
ted. He says penitentiary offense
was committed at COTS, as the depot
doorwas broken open. The women, aft.
er breaking open the depot, destroyed
some Intoxicating liquors they found
there.
Lanham, Neb., Feb. 1S-This town
is in an uproar over the liquor ques-
tion. Money has been raised to clean
out the joint-keepers.
Valentine, Neb., Feb. 1S.-A band
of women belonging to the w. G. T.
U. visited the saloons yesterday and
warned the proprietors against main
taining gambling devices.
Beloit, Kan. Feb. 1S.-There was a
free-for-all fight here Saturday after
noon resulting from the feeling arising
over the joints. The temperance men
and women insisted on making an in
spection Of the places to see If their
orders regarding closing had been OBJ
served. and while they were doing SO
a fire alarm brought the engines and the
hose was turned on the reformers, who
would have cut the hose had it not
been for display of revolvers.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-20
ONE WRECK CAUSES ANOTHER

Passenger Train Dashes into Derailed
Freight-Engineer Killed.
Philadelphia, Feb. 1S.-The south
bound express train on the Philadel-
phia, Wilmington and Baltimore rail-
road, which left here at 1920 in the
morning, was wrecked short distance
below North East, Md, at / As in the
morning by crashing into derailed
freight car. Engineer Edward Mead,
aged 43 years, of Wilmington, was in
stantly killed and Fireman George w.
Meyers of Ridley Park, Pa, had both
feet crushed and sustained a fracture
of the leg. None of the passengers
was injured.
The baggage car, mail car and three
passenger coaches We're thrown from
the track and traffic was impeded for
several hours. AS the express train
was passing the freight the latter be-
ing on the north-bound track, the axle
on one of the freight cars broke,
throwing the car in front of the pas
senger train, causing the accident.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-20
SHE CALLS ON HER BoNDsMEN.
But as They Don't Appear She Accept. a
Joint-Keeper.

nus no AHey Ooht Appear She Accepts q
Joint-Keeper.
Mrs. Nation was taken to jail not
long after noon on second warrant
for her attack on the saloon in the
early morning. AT the time prepara-
lions We're being made for holding a
big mass meeting.
Later, while the meeting was at its
height, Mrs. Nation entered and made
her way up the aisle toward the plat
form. Most of the audience believed
that she was in jail and the cheer that
went up at the sight Of her must have
been inspiring to the Joint smasher.
Soon she began yolley of words.
Women, women" she said, as she
suddenly stepped forward with a
dramatic gesture, "Women, we must
be about the work of the Lord this
very afternoon. There are vet some
hell-holes here which have not vet
closed up in spite of the promises
to the contrary, and we must smash
them this afternoon, this very after
noon."
amen" Eyes, we WILL" exclaimed
100 women, many of them shedding
tears in their excitement The meet
Ing then adopted resolutions protesting
against the pending re-submission reso-
luton in the legislature, and as the
meeting adjourned. Mrs Nation asked
the Home Defenders" to meet her at
the close. She was going on another
smashing tour. But Deputy Sheriff
Lawson was waiting in the vestibule,
and when Mrs. Nation came out he
served her with another warrant. ITS
for defacing property" said the Off
Ger.
"pefacing property?' said Mrs. Ma
ton. why l defaced no property, /
just destroyed it. l never deface
any property. But come along, Mister
Officer, I'm not afraid of jail"
Fully 1000 people followed Mrs. Ma
ton and the officer. who was Obliged
to draw his pistol to keep the crowd
back, and it WAS with the utmost Diff
nculty that the Jail was reached. The
news of Mrs. Nations latest arrest had
reached the down town district, and as
the officer hove in sight with his pris-
oner the street In front of the Jail was
one seething mass Of humanity. The
Firebugs In Chicago Hotels.
Chicago, Feb. 15.-Fires were set
simultaneously on four floors of the
Palmer House last evening, and thirty
five minutes later fires We're discovered
on two floors of the Great Northern
hotel. Two men, supposed to be hotel
thieves. were seen to run from the Pal
mer House. During the excitement
$500 worth of jewelry was stolen from
one OF the rooms of the Great North
ern. Two other hotel fires of suspi-
cious origin are also announced one
in the Sherman House and the other
in the Hotel Grace. The four fires
convince the police that an organized
gang of incendiaries is operating in
Chicago. Good descriptions have been
secured of the two men who We're seen
running from the Palmer House, and
number of detectives are at work on
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-20
NO FIGHT AT CINCINNATI
Judge Issues a Permanent Injunction ant
Notice of Appeal La Given.

Judge Issues n Permanent Injunction and
Notice of Appeal Is Given.
Cincinnati, Feb. 15.-Judge HOLSTER
yesterday issued permanent injunc-
ton against the Jeffries- Rubin con-
test scheduled for Saengerfest hall in
this city tonight. The decree of the
court permanently restrained the man.
ayers of the contestants and the Saeng-
erfest Athletic association and all con.
nected with the proposed event from
proceeding at Saengerfest hall on any
date. Attorneys for the defendants
gave notice of appeal and took excep-
tions to the law and facts in the find
ing of the court. The ground Of the
judges decision was that the contest
proposed was a prize fight and not a
boxing match such as the law COW
cred
So there will be no contest between
Jeffries and Rubin or any one else in
Saengerfest hall In this city tonight,
and no other date has been fixed for
7he event. The permanent injunction
has caused the indefinite postponement
by the promoters of the contest.
Cincinnati, Feb. 16.-Everybody CON
nected with the Jeffries-R Rubin fight,
including the Saengerfest society, has
declared it officially off SO far as Gin
cinnati is concerned and no other place
has been suggested,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-20
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
nois Central will sell at greatly reduced rates
from points on Its line north Of Cairo, roundtrip
Homeseekers' Excursion tickets South to GER
tain pon IS on or reached by Its lines in Ken
tueky. Tennessee. Mississippi, Louisiana and
Alabama. Also to certain points West and
Southwest in Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota,
South Dakota. Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma
and indian Territory Particulars Of your ILL.,
nois Central agents
For a free copy of the Homeseeizsrs' Guide.
describing the advantages and resources Of the
South. address j. F. Merry. A. G. P. A., 1. G. R.
R.. Dubuque. Iowa. For information regard
Ing lands In the famous YazoO Valley Of Miss
!sslppl. address &. r skene, Landc Commissioner
Y. & NJ V. r. r Chicago.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-20

Fu 2 rtcuars sSass!ssf e =; IS 8. e
j. F. Merry A. Il. r. A., Dubuque, Iowa.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-02-20
HAMMOND, IA.

The passenger department of the Illinois Cen
trail Railroad Company has Just issued q neQ
edition Of Ham mond. Louisiana, as q Winise
Resort" beaut iful illustrated folder showing q
few of the winter attractions In and about Ham
mond, copies of which will be mailed free on
application to j. +. Merry, A. G. r. A., Ill. Cent.
r. r., Dubuque. Iowa.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-10
THE BUDGETS SOLICITUDR.
The Sydney Bulletin.

From The Sydney Bulletin.
Ordinary folk were much amused at an exam
pie of how seriously Her MajeSty's ships observe
the IaVy regulations which occurred during the
demonstration to welcome the GoVernor-C;en-
eral As the seven WarShipS steamed slowly in
tne up sydney iarbor, the flagship Royal
angS every few minutes. Each vessel in the
procession sol -n.nIy hove the lead" even the
tiny SUnboat karrakatta being most anxious to
learn if the It'd" Uhe water evidently deep
enough foi the big flagship in front of herr
~as sufficiently high to enable her to reach
nGuings.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-10
wlMNG rorrL4KIrY or JURIEs.

From Til, London Law Journal.
Is trial 10y Jury becoming less popular? There
would lrt3inly seem to be some ground for
btlirvnE that it is. The proportion of actions
= be tr!Cd without juries in the Queens Bench
Division during the present term is exception
al!y large, IA" jury cases number 30, and the
l. injury cases 100. Even more striking is the
Mt &c faith in trial by jury displayed by Nu-
iants in the county courts
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-06-06
COMMUNITY OF INTEREST"

Some of tho Effects OF the Great Rail-
road Changes Which Are Occurring.
Community Of Interest" seems to be
the watchword among the great rail-
road corporations, nowadays, and GER
tain persons who are apt to decide
upon topics of general interest, especi-
ally new ones, without thinking upon
the facts, have supposed that this
meant an arrangement Of interest only
to the railway companies participating
in the deals, traffic arrangements,
leases, etc, which show in the stock
transactions and engage the thought
and ability Of traffic and passenger
agents. 1t Is undoubtedly the financial
interest Of the corporations which
moves their officers to enter into con-
tracts, but the consideration Of this
topic necessarily includes that Of the
convenience, comfort and attractions
which they can offer to their patrons
II competition be less intense, and rate
wars be relegated to the dead past,
II means that more attention will be
paid to those inducements which will
bring business to up-to-date lines Of
transportation.
An instance Of the early profit Of the
public is most worthy Of mention. I'm
der the plan Of arrangements known
as Community of Interest" very close
pnlnfinnc houn hnny, 60 al hNt tha
Missouri Pacific System with the Den
yer and Rio Grande railway, the Rio
Grande Western Railway and the
Southern Pacific Railway and other
lines diverging from junction points.
So that now, for the first time in the
railway history Of the country, a pas
senger may take train at st. Louis and
remain therein until he has reached
San Francisco. The route is one Of the
most popular because OF its great
scenic beauty, and because 1t gives the
traveller the benefit Of variety of al
titude and climate, taking him across
the smiling plains Of Kansas into the
wonderful canyons of Colorado, and
through her most noted mining locali-
ties and by the great inland salt sea,
where a great religious organization
has builded city Of magnifcence in
an oasis Of the desert, and whose po-
litlcal power has been maintained in
spite Of the objections Of the concen-
trated power of the United States and
In the face of all the obstacles which
have ever, from the dawn of Christi
anity, contended against its establish.
ment by any sect or creed.
These places are Of great interest to
the traveller Of today and since they
may be visited with such ease in the
magnificent trains OF this monster sys-
TEN of railway, the tide of tourist traf-
flo Is being turned to them by natural
selection. The Missouri Pacific and
the Rio Grande reach all points in
Colorado, Utah and the West, and thus
Community Of Interest" among the
railroads already benefits the public in
such an everyday way as to convince
the thoughtless person that he must
revise his hasty judgment.
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-06-06

From Mrs. Amanda shumaker, IHa
has charge OF the Grammar Department
OF the Public Schools Of Columbia City,
Wash, also Past Grand OF IndepOnd-
ent Order Of Good Templars, DR.. Hart
man received the following letter:
Columbia City, Wash.
II can speak only good words of the
repeated benefits | have had from the
use OF Peruna.
"TOO constant application 10 wonA
last winter caused mo 10 have HeVeru
head and bAckache and draRRinR pains.
LcOnId nor stop my work, neither was
l NJ TO 20 on. Reading Of tho b0ne-
fetal results from tho uBO Of PernnAI
purchased q bottle and within q 6w
days after using II, began 10 feel better
II constantly improved and before
the seventh bottle was completely
used, all pains were gone, my strength
was restored, and | now seem ten
years younger
III I get tired or feel bad, Peruna 40
once helps me, and feel you deserve
praise for placing such conscientious
medicine before a suffering public"
Mrs Amanda Shumaker.
Matte d, Curtis, Secretary Legion Of
Loyal Women, Hotel Salem, Boston,
Mass, writes:
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-06-06
A Blaoksmltn. strange Experience.


Goodland Kan, June an. Il. AL
bertson, our leading blacksmith has
been a great sufferer from rheumatism,
He was so bad that he could not sleep
for the great pain in his arms and
shoulders, He had been afflicted for
years, but lately he was 80 mucn worse,
that he thought he would have to give
up his shop altogether.
Then strange thing happened. A
friend OF his recommended u new
medicine called Dodd's Kidney pills,
said to be n cure for Rheumatism. He
commenced to use them, and at once
began TO recover, His pain has all left
him, and he is q well man today, and
entirely free from any symptom of
Rheumatism.
To say that he Is thankful, is putting
It very mildly, He is delighted,
Dodds Kidney Pills deserve credit
for having cured this very severe and
almost hopeless case,
From recent reports, there does not
seem to be anything that they will not
cure, as very bad cases Of Brlght's Dis
ease, Diabetes Dropsy rheumatism
and Heart Trouble have been cured by
Dodd's Kidney Pills, even after having
been given up by our best doctors,
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-06-06
SPORT IN WESTERN CANADA.



and Ills stock Orowlng Fat He May
Have Plenty Of Shooting.
There is probably no country on tho
American Continent where the life OF
the farmer carries with II that assur-
ance Of comfort and success as does
Western Canada Nor Is there to be
found anywhere else such q pleasant
combination, Game abounds every
where and nowhere does 1t afford such
perfect amusement, A noted sports
man writing of the fayorlte pastime
says "There Is one particular spot
where | saw man drop seventy mall
lRrds one morning and bring them all
to bag, too, for they dropped In open
water or on fiat prairie. At the right
season OF the year you can SEQ black
lines and trlangles cut sharply out
against the sky all round YOU moving
very swiftly, and you begin TO wonder
whether you have enough cartridges
TO hold out, You can hear the prairie
chicken growing like barn-door fowls,
and n little to the northeast Is q bit
Of marshy ground, cattle-poached and
dappled with cleaning pools, where
the snipe are nearly as thick as mos
Qutoes A thin column of blue smoke
curling up In the distance shows you
where few wandering Indians nave
pitched their camp, but there Is no
other indication Of civilization In
sight. Still, the nelghborhood is we'll
settled, and a short drive will bring
you to farmhouse, where you can
buy the finest butter and the freshest
eggs for uncivilized prices,
A very short railway journey will
bring you to a country full Of deer and
the lordly wapiti, the king Of the deer
tribe the world over and down on, the
Nat, boggy land by the lake shores the
moose will stand knee deep in water
on the summer evenings ready to lie
down when the flies get bothering.
All day you breathe the wild free air
Of the prairie and at night you are
lulled to sleep by the surge and ripple
and splash of the waves on the beach,
broken now and then by the wlerd
banshee-cry of strange waterfowl" )"
Particulars regarding settlement Of the
lands of Western Canada can be had
from any agent of the Canadian gov
ernment, whose advertisement appears
elsewhere in your columns.
OLD READER.
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-06-06
Low Wages on Farms

The bulletin of the United States De-
partment Of Labor quotes some as
tonlshlngly low wages for farm labor
from the last annual report OF the
North Carolina Bureau OF Labor, The
average monthly wages paid wero:
Men, 1891; women, $527; children,
1858, In addition to wages, rations
to the value Of SSS2, and house, pas
ture, garden, ETC., to the value OF 1928
were provided, bringing the average
monthly earnings up to $3.50
Hutchinson gazette., 1901-06-06
Indlnn Terrltorr Ia Modnrn.

Senator ], V, Quarles OF Wisconsin
has been visiting Indian territory and
comes back with his ideas of that
region completely revolutioniEed. 81
was not prepared" no says, ito fnd
the territory In such an advanced agri-
cultural condition, In common with
most members OF congress, had IN
idea that Indian territory was n wild
cactus country, At residence only for
those who refuse to cultivate the arta
Of civilization, That country has the
maklngs Of q very rich state"