Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-10-09

term. The highest enrolment heretofore
was 256.
A tramp giving the name of Harry g.
Reynolds of Des AIoines was killed by
freight train on the Iowa Central at New
Sharon.
Henry Hess was sentenced by the Dis
trict Court at Burlington to one year in
the Fort Madison penitcntiary on the
charge of forgery.
1t required only three hours to take the
testimony in the case of the State vs..
Bradshaw at Ottmmwa. The defendant
is charged with murder in the second de-
gree.
w. j. Mcneil, who left his home in
Davenport thirty years ago, aud who has
since been mourned as dead, has return
ed. His home coming was great sur.
prise.
Ackley has two residents who are first
cousins OF President Roosevelt-Van
Worst Roosevelt and Theodore L. Roose-
welt. Theodore I. looks very much like
his illustrious cousin.
The grand jury of Appanoose County
has indicted Sheriff Clinic, Constable
Smith and Justice Henderson for con-
spiracy to rob the county in Illegally col
lecting fees for con6ning tramps under
the yagrancy law.
The will of Mrs. Martha G. Callahan,
who died on Aug. IL, filed for probate
in Des Moines, gives $4,000 to the Tus-
kegee Normal Institute at Tuskegee,
Ala; $4,000 to the Home for the Aged,
Des Moines; $1,000 to the Woman's
Standard at Waterloo, Iowa, and $500 to
the w. c. I. U. of Iowa. Other requests
to relatives aggregate about $4,000 more.
With Fireman Bert Simmons at the
throttle, two passengers welding the fire.
mans shovel, and Engineer A. l. al
bright lying unconscious in the baggage
car, passenger train No. oil the Illinois
Central pulled into Fort Dodge the other
day. The train was passing Ascot when
it came to sudden stop. Conductor Nc
CONCEAL hastened to the engine, where
he found Albright lying unconscious on
the floor of the cub in the arms of the
fireman, who had stopped the train. AL
bright had been struck on the head by a
mail crane while looking ont of the cab
window. Albright never regained con-
seriousness.
The people of Newton had hardly re-
covered from the terrible murder of DIR.
b. NJ. Failor when another supposed at
tempt at life has been committed. While
Albert Lufkin, retired capitalist, and
one Of the Oldest residents of the city,
was sitting in the parlor Of his home
surrounded by his family, some unknown
person stole upon the porch of his resi-
dence and fired 32-caliber shot, but for
tunately for Mr.. Lufkin he was leaning
slightly forward in his chair and the bull
/ let, after breaking the window glass and
tearing the shades, struck the back of
his rocking chair and lodged, with no
one harmed, in the woodwork at the OPP
posite side of the room. There is no clue.
The United States government and the
city Of Clinton are now engaged in build
ing unique river park along the Father
Of Waters. Congress appropriated $685.
600 to remove the sand bars in the river
in front of Clinton. The city, under the
State law which authorizes cities and
towns 10 build parks erected stone and
cement wall fifteen feet high and four
feet wide in front of the business section
Of the city. 1t is in the shape of semi
circle. The government engineers then
/ contrived to pump the sand from the bars
| in the river up over the wall. and the
space has been filed nearly TO the top of
the wall. The city will cover the sand
| with rich soil, grass seed will be sown,
trees planted and the park otherwise i'm
proved. 1t is the purpose of the city
| gradually to extend the park up the riy-
err SO that 1t will take in several more
acres.
State Auditor Frank Il. Merriam was
| granted decree of divorce by Judge
Holmes of the District Court in Des
Moines. Mrs. Merriam, who was charg.
ed with desertiOn, made no opposition
to the decree. The proceedings were be-
| gun in August under sensational circum-
/ stances. The general understanding was
that Mrs. Merriam was the wronged
party, but 1t is said that she does not be-
lieve in divorce and would not begin the
suit. An incident in Merriam's career
that preceded the divorce action, though
not directly connected with it, was fist
| fight between the auditor and his in
surance clerk, Edward Camp, who found
his wife in Merriam's Office in the Equit.
able building. Camp broke into the office
and there was stormy scene. While
Merriam secured the divorce, Mrs Mer-
RAM is given ample alimony for support
of herself and child. She is also given
custody Of the child.
J The will of Mrs. Martha @. Callahan,
who died at Des Moines in August, leaves
over $4,000 to charitable institutions In
the State.
The Supervisors Of Crawford COUNT
were called upon to allow bill of $500
for medical services for treatment and
care Of smallpox patients.
Simpson College at Indianola, received
a gift of $500 to the chair Of moral
philosophy. This was given by William
Buxton, president of the Warren County
Bank, who several years ago gave $1O,-
900 us an endowment for the same pur.
pose.
Captain Will Point and wife arrived in
Oskaloosa from San Francisco, complet.
ing their journey from Manila. Captain
Point was q lieutenant in the Fifty-first
Iowa, and after that regiment was mus.
tered out enlisted in the Thirty-sixtll
| United States infantry. His time expir-
ed in March and since that time he has
held police commission at Manila until
he resigned to return home.
Joseph Hennel and his wife, who live
on farm near Otto, are mourning the
death of their infant son. The child was
asleep in cradle. On the floor was a
pan of milk. The baby in its sleep rolled
from the cradle into the milk aud was
drowned.
While running at terrific rate OF
speed, the roof OH car loaded with cat.
tie, in Burlington stock train, was
blown entirely off while between Brush
and Murray.
! Bank robbers dynamited banks at the
town of Hardy and st. Joe. AT the for.
mer they entered hardware store, where
tools were taken to do the work. They
entered the back door of the bank, .tixed''
| the burglar alarm and then blew the door
from the safe. The cashier had taken
home with him $1,000 in currency and
the robbers secured only $3.50. st. Joe is
sixteen miles from Hardy and they drove
to that town, where they dynamited the