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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27
ARMY CHIEF Is HIT
Grave Charges Are Made Against Genera
Burlington.

Grave Charges Are Made Against General
Burlington.
Washington, March 25.-Another
scandal is disturbing the peace Of the
war department. This time the bureau
Of ordnance, commanded by General
Burlington, the man who was accused
Of having surreptitiously brought
charges against young artillery Off
Ger for alleged theft of the plans of
the new French gun last fall, is in
volved.
According to letters and other docu-
ments filed with the comptroller of the
treasury. General Burlington in July,
1899, permitted the Driggs-Seabury
Gun and Ammunition company Of
New Jersey. a private corporation. to
use the Frankfort arsenal at Philadel-
phia, including Its power, machinery
and workmen. all property and en-
ployes OF the United States govern
ment, to manufacture thirty-two six
FOUNDER guns. eight guns of heavier
caliber and 600 shells for the Colon
bian government.
This ordnance was not only manu-
featured in the United States arsenal.
but shipped from there. with the con-
sent Of General Burlington. to New
York. where 1t was loaded aboard the
ATLANTA. Gould's private yacht,
which had been sold to the Colombian
government and converted into Il cruis-
er. The cargo WAS taken to the capi-
tai of Colombia. The most extraordi-
nary feature of the matter lies in the
additional charge that after the
Driggs-Seabury company had held
control of the arsenal. with It's equip.
ment Of machinery and men, for sew
eral months in 1899, 1t was on n
second occasion enabled to manufact-
ure additional guns and shells. which
were also sold to the Colombian gov
eminent for cash.
The firm of local attorneys which
has made the great scandal public de-
mands that the comptroller of the
treasury stop NIL payments to the
Driggs-Seabury company until the
charges can be Investigated, and holds
that the company is under penalties
to the government amounting to $780,
600.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27
A FATHERS BLOODY DEED
Jacob Dearborn Mari. Farmer, Kills His
Three Children with an Az.

Jacob Dearborn MARI, . Farmer, Kills His
Three Children with an Az.
Clinton. Me-. March 22.-Jacob
Dearborn Mari, a farmer living eight
miles from this village. killed his three
children. Alice NJ. aged l8: Elvin, aged
8, and Helen, aged Z. with an az
shortly after the family had risen from
the dinner table yesterday. Mari had
been Respondent for some time, but
his actions were not such as to make
his wife believe that he had any seri-
GUS trouble to brood over.
The Oldest daughter was washing
dishes at the sink when her father
went by her to the shed and got an
ak. He came back into the kitchen
and struck the girl single blow on
the head, killing her. Mrs. Mari saw
this and ran screaming to the house
Of her husbands father. Samuel Mari.
The husband apparently walked up
stairs to where the younger children
were playing and dealt each n single
blow with the ax-handle, killing them
both. When Mari, ST., came In the
younger Mari was washing his hands
at the sink. He was asked why he
had done the deed and he said: ST
don't know" Later In the day he was
placed under arrest and taken to Wat
nrvilla
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27
CAR FORCED TO FLEE
Seeks the Security and secIusion
Of the Imperial Palace at
Gatschine.
DOUBLE GUARD ABOUT GROUNDS
sedition Rampant in Russia-Moscow,
Warsaw and Other Cities in
State of Siege.

st. Petersburg, March 25.-Czar
Nicholas III has fled from the capital
to the security and seclusion of his I'M.
perial palace at Gatschine, thirty-nine
miles from st. Petersburg, where he
is secreted. A double guard of Cos
sacks surrounds the palace, yet
;treachery is feared and he may flee
farther from the conspirators who de-
mand his life.
+: Sedition is rampant in Russia, and
extraordinary: precautions to protect
the life of the ear have. been taken.
The empire is OH the verge of a revolu-
tion. Everything goes to show the ex-
istence Of Il gigantic nihilist plot, be-
side which the clashes between stu
dents and Cossacks pale into insight
icance, although undoubtedly ramifica-
lions of the same movement.
In State of Siege. v.
Martial law in all but name exists
In st. Petersburg. while Moscow, War
saw, Kieff and other cities have been
publicly proclaimed to be in state
of siege. For the last ten nights the
troops of the Moscow garrison have
slept in their clothing. ready for in
slant action. 1t will be surprising II
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27
mAR OF RUSSIA.

matters are finally settled without
bloodshed.
Count Tolstoi, fully restored from
his recent illness and smarting under.
the decree of accommodation, has
been prominent in the recent disturb
ances, and that he has strong follow
ing is proved by the manner. in which
he is being idolized by the populace.
Activity on All Sides.
On every side is, to be seen evidence
of renewed activity among the oppo-
nents of the government. Large sums
of money are being distributed among
the factory workers of st. Peters
burg and of the other large cities of
the vicinity to. induce thems to Join
he movement against the goVernment,
which has thus far been led by the dis.
affected students.
The revolutionary movement has
now passed out of the hands Of the
students, however, and 1t is believed
that high court offfcialsrafe IN: tile plot
| 1t Is a mystery whence the coaspira
lftors money comes, j hut. indieatlen
point to hfgh sources abotts tile count
The fact is the secret police no long
er trust even the highest entourage .o1
the car.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27
RED FLAG IN MARsEfL1Es.
st.te of Siege May he Proc d---An moth
ar Ranlnanf.s,11i .nnn. a.. A..s.s

state of Siege May he Proclaimed--=Anoff-
err Regiment Of Troops to Arrive.
Marseilles, March 23.-The strike
situation has grown so serious that
the city will probably be proclaimed
under state of. siege. Another. regi-i
ment of troops arrived yesterday
morning. Eighteen thousand work
men are idle, and SO great is the dis
order that shops and cafes are closed
The people are scared by the wild talk
of revolution INDUCED in by the mobs
who throng the streets. cary red flags.
and boot and stone the gendarmes
Six hundred tramway employees
sioined the strikers yesterday. They
Amashed car windows and wrecked
the roads electric apparatus and COM
PEELED the companies to suspend all
traffic except where cars We're guarded
by soldiers. The gendarmes were
ordered to charge the mob, but before
they We're able to do SO some one III a
restaurant threw soda siphon at the
chief officer, who was hit on the head
and fell stunned from his horse. The
gendarmes then drew their reyolyers
and fired into the crowd, ,wbunding a
child and number of rioters. Troops
constantly patrolled the streets to
prevent the strikers Selling authority.
Late this$afternoon the strikers at
lacked .6nd wrecked two street cars on
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27
J. W. DoAHE DEAD
Was for Many Years . Psominsns Figaro
In Pclsl Life,

Was for Many Year, Prominent Bigore
In Commercial Life.
New York, March 25.-John w.
Doane, Of Chicago. died Of heart
disease Saturday night at the Holland
House, where he has been living since
the Windsor hotel was destroyed by
fire. Two days ago he began to be
troubled with pains in the region Of his
heart. Physicians advised him to OBJ
serve the utmost quiet, but, In spite Of
the care taken Of him, his condit on
steadily grew worse, until the end
came Saturday night. The doctors
knew that there was no hope for the
afflicted man after the first attack.
but did not expect the end to come SO
soon.
Mr.. Doane was the head of the tea
and coffee house Of ]. w. Doane & Co.,
Wabash avenue and Randolph street,
Chicago and IS Front street. this city.
Notwithstanding the fact that his
health has been failing for the past
two or three years, he gave good
part of his time to the care of his
business interests. He was born Mt
Thompson. Conn.,. q years ago and
passed away one day after his birth
day anniversary. He lived on farm
in the early part Of his life and left
for the west In 1855. He decided 10
take up his residence in Chicago and
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27
TORNADO In THE SOUTH

Destructive Wind aud Rain Storm Passes
Over birmingham, Ala.
Birmingham, Ala, March GA ter.
rifle wind and rain storm passed over
Birmingham and vicinity about 10
o'clock III the morning, during much
damage, the extent of which IL not
yet known, owing to the demoralized
conditions of telephone and telegraph
wires. A large number of houses are
reported to have been blown down in
the southwestern portion Of the city,
and one report says that 1000 persons
have been hurt. The entire police
force, fire department and all the am
balances in the city, together with
scores of surgeons, have been sum-
moned to the scene
The same storm swept over Iron
dale, seven miles east of here, and 1t
is said practically destroyed the bust
ness part of the town. Seven men
are reported killed there and many in
iured. Pratt City also suffered much,
the public school building being I'M
rooted and the First Methodist
church having Its steeple blown of.
Many negro cabins We're wrecked and
a number of people hurt. North Biz
mingham and other suburbs also suf-
fered. The wind blew a fearful gale
and rain fell in enormous sheets and Is
still falling. 1t is feared that when
full reports come in the damage will
be shown to have been very heavy.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27
"A New Cure for oousumption

Doctor Robin and Binet of Paris
have announced to the Academy of
Science the discovery that tuberculosis,
or consumption, is literally consump-
ton, the burning up Of the vital tissues
in quick flame of oxygen; that inhal-
alton of an excess of oxygen causes
phthisis. The conclusion is that the
proper treatment is to shut off the sup
ply of oxygen, and in corroboration
they point to the relief obtained by
consumptives from residence in high
attitudes, where the atmosphere Is rare
fed and deficient in this element. II
the doctors premise is right their con
cluslon is sound, since the sure way *
cure any disease, assuming its curabtl
ity, is by removal OF itsi cause. Will
many alleged remedies for the malad!
have been discovered, tuberculosis con
tinues to carry off as many victims
positively and relatively, as before
The fact will hardly make people over
sanguine as to the benefits to. result
from the new Paris discovery. -Dubu
que Telegraph.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27
Star Chamber Methods in Iowa.

la
The governor, secretary, auditor and
treasurer of State constitute the execu-
tive council, q public tribunal or body
charged with the performance of many
important public duties. Two of the
present executive council favor the
abolition of the councils secret, star
chamber, un- American methods, but the
other two cling to the privilege of keep
ing the public in ignorance of the ways
and methods in which they transact
public business.
Just why a public official, in the
honest performance of public duty,
should desire to escape from the light
of publicity, is incomprehensible con-
duct. If the executive council deal
fairly and justly with every interest and
by all men, there is no occasion for
secrecy. If the council does not 80 deal
there in no excuse for continuance Of
its existence. Either the executive
council should transact its business in
the light of broad day, or not BIO given
any business to transact.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27
PLOT AGArNsr.LIFE.OF OxAR.S,
cGssacks and Workmsn.. eFisht-Kilssd
mud MQuuded Kent Sacrat.

GGssacks and Workmen" sFisht-Killsd-
s. and Wounded Kept Secret.
Z. London, March 25.@The Daily Mail
publishes the following, dated March
81, from its st: Petersburg correspond
ert:
yesterday jsaturdayl 500 workmen
from the Obucrower Metal works pa:
raded on the Neyskoi Prospekt. On the
way thither they demolished the state
brandy booths. Eight hundred Cos
sacks, with drawn swords, met the
workmen and n sanguinary encounter
ensued. The number of killed and
wounded is kept secret. The police
have discoveredia plot against the, life
OF the car. 1T appears that group
of students drew lots and that the IA
tai choice fcll4to the son of n promi-
nent general. The student told his ia.
ther and the latter Informed the ezar,
imploring him to leave st. Peters.
burg" ..
The st. Petersburg correspondent OF
The Daily Express says: I'm the last
encounter at Narva Gate 100 workmen
are reported to have been killed or
wounded by the Cossacks."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27


Chicago, March 25.-Twelve men as.
saulted in Chicago each day for no
other reason than that they are Jews,
with the average of one death a year
growing out of these assaults, were fig
lres presented yesterday at an indigna.
tion meeting Of Jewish peddlers. The
police, the speakers, declare, make little
effort to protect members Of their race
/ from the attacks of hoodlums. In sev-
eral instances, it was said, the police
had looked on when such attacks were
being made and had failed to interfere
After half dozen speakers had spoken
OH protest the Chicago Protective
League was organized to demand that
the police protect the Jews. A com.
mittee was appointed to perfect the or.
ganization.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27

st. Johns, N F.. March 21.-A furl-
GUS blizzard has been sweeping the
whole seaboard. The sealer Southern
Cross was forced into the harbor Of
Perlican in danger of swapping on
account of the heavy load of 2G,5O0
seals on board. Much anxiety Is felt
for the remainder of the sealing feet,
which must have felt the fury of the
gale. In such event, with over four
hundred men scattered about the ice
fields, disaster might ensue, rs only
too frequently happens.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27

) Manila, March 22.-lnsurgents have
attacked and burned tho ungarrisoned
iyillage of Uglus in the province Of
South llocOs. A detachment of the
Twentieth infantry overlook and chas.
tised the marauders. Colonel Schuy-
Ter, Of the Forty-sixth Volunteer infan.
try, has captured eight insurgent off,
GERS and 21S men at the village of
Ternate, In Cavite province. Gener-
ais Macarthur, Wheaton and Bates
reviewed the Twenty-nlnth and Thir-
.tyrsecond regiments yesterday.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27
Harrison q Capable Judge.

sAAS AsSPsSAASssAAs
Benjamin Harrison died muttering,
of the brave Beers whose struggles for
liberty had aroused his sympathies.
The ex- president ought to have known
whether OF not-the Beers were patriots
or scoundrels. He came of the right
kind of stock. His great ancestor was
hanged because he was one of the men
who had signed the death warrant Of
King Charles Of England. Another
ancestor signed the American Declar-
alton of Independence. The inherited
instincts of Benjamin Harrison were all
on the side of liberty and when he com
mended the Beers they were commend
ed by man who was capable of judg-
ing.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27
MURDERED HER OFFSPRING
Massachusetts. Woman Kills Her Six Chill.
dren and Attempts Suicide.


tiren and Attempts Suicide.
Cold Brook, Mass. March 23.-For
no reason which she is able to give,
but presumably while temporarily In
sane Mrs. Lizzie Naramore locked the
doors of her farmhouse home near this
village and brutally chopped her six
children to death. Then she cut her
own throat with razor. but did not
succeed in wounding herself fatally.
The deed was done in the most cold
blooded way, after apparently care
full preparations. She was rational at
night, and expressed sorrow for what
she had done. She was perfectly ra-
tional, too, and acting in her usual
way early in the morning, when her
husband, Frank Naramore, left his
home to go to his work in sawmill.
There were three boys and three
girls in the Naramore family, ranging
In age from Ethel, the eldest, 10 years
old, down to Lena. baby girl Of 10
months. The others were named
Walter, Charlie, Chester and Bessie.
An AK and club were used in the MUIR
ders, and all of the children were hor-
ribly beaten about the head with many
blows, anyone of which would have
billed
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27

AAohhOAs -AuASh sSs|A AC AAOES bluAu
afternoon papers, with recollections of
the earlier Chinese exaggerations. de-
cline to credit the sensational stories
from Tientsin and Shanghai. They
believe the Tientsin difficulty will be
readily solved by diplomacy. In re-
gard to the suggestion in the Shang-
hal dispatch that the Russian squad
ron has designs on Corea, the papers
think 1t highly improbable that Rus
STA has any present intention of risk
ing naval war with Japan, which,
they consider, would unquestionably
follow any forward movement Of Rus
sia In the hermit kingdom.
What Jnpaneae Minister Says.
The japanese minister, Baron Hay
ASH Tadasu, in an interview, does
not attach any Importance to the dis
patches from Shanghai and Kobe. He
says that IL Russia had any impor-
tant designs on Corea she would re-
Quire an army and not feet. The
minister had no information regarding
the reported mobilization Of the jap
anese fleet. Cablegrams received here
from Pekin are very cheerful regard
ing the rapid progress Of negotiations
there during the past week. The
American proposal to arrange for de-
manding joint damages from China
is being favorably discussed by the
powers. There appears to be a pros
pect for the adoption Of this PROPOSE
ton, although with some notifications
from Its original form.
A dispatch dated Tientsin, March 81,
says: The situation here remains I'M
changed. Both the British and Rus
hostility. There are about 1000 white
British troops in the vicinity. The
Russians are not numerous. It is ru-
mored that French detachments at
Yang-tsung and Lang Fang have been
warned that they may be wanted at
Tientsin.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27

Budapest, March 21.-Ficld Mar
shal Jablanezy de Centzyergy, CHIEF
of the gendarmerie department of the
ministry Of national defense. was shot
at in the street In the afternoon by a
man who offered him letter which
the field marshal declined to accept
Two passersby seized the would-be
assassin. who gave the name Of Johna
Gal, n former lieutenant of the gendar-
merle department. The prisonerssaid
he had been dismissed for no reason
and wished to kill the field marshal
-out of rnvanra
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27

after entering the Detroit conference
of the Methodist Episcopal church. At
the outbreak of the civil war he went
to the front as a chaplain, but re-
signed after the battle of Gettysburg
to become colonel of cavalry regi-
ment. In 1864 he left the army and
became assistant editor of The North
western Christian Advocate, in which
position he continued until 1872, when
he became editor-in-chief. DIR. Ed
wards was a delegate to the ecumeni-
cal conference in London in 1881. The
cause of DIR. Edwards death was heart
trouble, from which he had been Ill
for several DAYS.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27

Indianola, Ia, March Civ. f.
Haines, one of the states most impor-
tant witnesses against Mrs. Margaret
Hossack, who is to be tried at the
coming term of the district court.
band, was adjudged insane by the
commissioners and taken to the Cfar-
fed before the coroners jury that
Mrs. Hossack had tried to hire him to.
kill her husband.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27
sho. for rron.on and Murder.

Cape Town, March 21.-J. p. Nina
Der aud j. A. Neuwoudt We're shot ut
De Aar in the evening for treason and
murder in pursuance of the sentence
of court-mnrtial. The death SEN
tence was passed a week ago, In con-
nection with the wrecklng Of train
near Taasbosch, by which five men
were killed. General Kitchener con-
firmed the verdict. The garrison was
paraded and the prisoners were led
out Mt sunset. Death was instantan-
eous. A Dutch minister and relatives
remained with the prisoners till the
end. Two others connected in the train
wrecking were sentenced to five years
Mt Denal servitude.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27
snnllnox at Pakin. fila.

Pekin, Ills. March 25.-The small
poX has spreadGso rapidly here during
the last two days that the board of
health has ordered all the public
schools in the city closed for an in
definite period: Fifty cases have been
reported up to the present time, and
the. authorities are taking every pos
sible precaution to prevent the spread
of the disease. All 1uarantined houses
have been placed under guard and
the worst cases are removed to the
DeSthOuSe
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27
Philippine com.ni...on at ulo,lo.

Iloilo, Island Of Panay, March 21.-
The Philippine commission was well
coined on its arrival here by General
Hughes and his staff and Cadres were
duly organized by the Federalists and
gathering of citizens. Iloilo prov
ince is prepared for organization, and
the other provinces. 1t is believed, will
be ready by the time the commission
returns from the south. Panay is
nearly paclfied. The commission then
formally; examined the position of
Panay. From here the members Of
the commission will.proceed to Negros,
where they will remain three days.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27
LUXURIOUS CONvICTs sUBDUED
Hunger and Fear Of Being shot Does the
Business.

Hunger and Fear of Being shot Does the
Business.
Lansing, Kan. March 21.-Shortly
after midnight the most unique and
dangerous strike in the history Of
Kansas came to an end. Within two
hours 2S4 desperate penitentiary con-
victs had been removed from the state
coal mine here, khere. since Monday
noon, they had been in mutiny, hav-
ing captured the fifteen guards who
had gone down with them in the
morning. For thirty-siX hours the CON
victs were absolute masters of the sit
uation. They defied the warden of the
penitentiary and threatened to kill the
guards unless the prison authorities
yielded to their demands.
AS night wore on the warden held
consultation with his officers and
it was decided to attempt a rescue of
the guards and also to overawe the
convicts and force their surrender. Se-
lecting his men, the warden, with sew
ell or eight guards, entered the hoist
and were soon speeding downward.
Near the bottom Of the pit a heavy
fusillade was opened, the shots being
fired toward the top of the shaft. This
took the convicts by surprise, and,
thinking that the shots were Intended
for them. they fled, leaving the guards.
The armed guards then started after
the convicts and soon had the ring
leaders under arrest, when the others
surrendered,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27
Old-Time River Boats sunk.

Muscatine, Ia, March 22.-Two old.
time river boats. the Kate Keen and
the Nola X, have sunk to the bottom
of the Mississippi loaded down with
clinging ice and soaked with water.
Just as they We're almost ready to
come out of winter quarters and enter
upon another season, this disaster be-
fell them. An attempt will be made
to raise them as soon as the river
becomes lower. They are both the
property of Captain Hysell and have
been In service the Cos.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-03-27

Chicago, March 22.-Colonel WILL
lam S. Eden. manager of the Great
Northern hotel filed petition in
bankruptcy in the United States dis
trict court yesterday afternoon, sched-
uling liabilities of 81 1927 1868, with as
sets of $640.111. The. debts. We're con.
tracted. in the main. in connection
with the development of the hotel
and the Endorsement of notes. ~