Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-06-18

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over 100 members, has been organized
at Davenport.
John NJ. Work OF Des Moines will be
the socialist nominee for Congress In tho
Seventh District.
Mrs. Mary Bennett OF yes Moines was
probably fatally burned y the explosion
of kerosene lamp.
The Northwestern is spending consid-
cradle money improving Its depot prop
erty Mt Marshalltown.
Roy Sargent of Boone was shot through
the foot while cleaning gun. 1t was
accidentally discharged.
The managers Of the Southern Iowa
Normal, Mt Bloomfield, have increased the
faculty to six members.
Hon. E. A. Munger Of Chicago has
been secured to. deliver the Fourth Of
July Grafton at Ottumwa.
Mrs. w. e. Hilliker of Red Oak fell
down stairs and sustained q fractured
skull. She may not recover.
DR.. Josinah Royce, the great Harvard
philosopher, will give the commencement
address at Grinnell this year.
John johnson, Waterman in Bur
lington planning mill, had foot badly
crushed under heavy timber.
The work Of grading for an electric line
from Des Moines to the site Of the new
army post has been commenced.
Williamsburg High School defeated
Grinnell in the annual oratorical contest,
securing IA points to for Grinnell.
The street car system at Red Oak will
be abandoned. 1t has proven an unpopu-
lar and unremunerative investment.
The Waterloo City Council will issue
no more permits to saloons, deemtns the
number already in operation sufficient.
The 2-ycar-old child of Mrs. ]. Merthn.
who lives about four and one-half miles
from Algona, was almost instantly killed
In n runway.
President +. w. Hinitt of Parsons
College will deliver the Grafton at the
class day exercises Of the Burlington
High School.
A dwelling belonging to Mr.. Carson,
east of What Cheer, has been destroy
ed by fire. The family were in the house.
but oil escaped.
John Schurman, quarryman, had his
ohuit u Huuhiy hCaA A~oseAASNt
as the result of an accident and barely
escaped instant death.
Henry Josnson, farmer residing 9
mile north Of LeNiars, has been arrested
on charge Of assault and battery. John
son attacked Mrs. Il. Lawrence Of lie
Mars with horsewhip. johnson claim
ed the woman had accused him of theft.
Arrangements are being made for the
establishment of glove factory In Des
Moines, which will be operated a. q
branch of an Illinois factory.
Charles King, farmer living three
miles from Blockton, took carbolc acid
with suicidal intent, but will probably
recover. No cause is known for the act.
Prof. A. B. Warner, who has been
superintendent Of the Missouri Valley
public schools. has been elected to the
superintendency Of the public schools Of
Tacoma, Wash.
Frank Briggs of Des Moines was as
saulted by footpads. and for several days
it was feared his injuries would prove
fatal. The crime occurred within half
block of the police station.
1t is proposed by the First NJ. =.
Church mt Des Moines to sell their pres
ent church building to the Unitarian So
ciety, and to erect new building ade-
quatc for their requirements.
DIR. Carl Sundbcck, representative OF
the King of Sweden, is now calling on
the Swedish settlements in Iowa. taking
notes and inquiring into the condition of
the former subjects Of Sweden.
The abstract of Jefferson County per-
sonality as returned by the assessors
shows an aggregate of So, COZ 1902 as cou,-
pared with $3,723.413 in 1901. There 10
m increase OF $4,000 in Fairfield city,
but decrease i'll nearly every country
district.
OF the sixteen young men who entered
the contest at Atlantic for the appoint
mcnt from the Ninth Iowa Congression-
al District to the Annapolis academy but
thirteen were able to undergo the physi-
cal examination. and but eight finished
the regular examination.
George Hammond. an Alton banker, 10
years old. was seriously injured in rum
away His collar bone was broken and
he suffered internal injuries.
AT Marshalltown the board Of trustees
for the library building rejected all bids
for the reason that they were in excess
of the amount of money appropriated.
The store Of Allen Grossman, the Clin-
ton furrier, was the scene of whole
sale robbery. Thieves entered the build
ling, gaining an entrance through the
front door by means of skeleton key,
and carried away goods which in the ag-
gregate will reach the value of $1,000.
A cloudburst at Durham washed away
several thousand acres of corn and I'M
dcrmined the Burlington track for sew
eral miles, blocking traffic on the Keokuk
branch. An aged farmer named Ward
was killed at Louisville by tornado.
which damaged the hotel and wrecked
barns and windmills.
Judge Shiras, in the federal court 1t
Dubuque, handed down an opinion In the
bankruptcy case of William @. Green.
The court holds that the individual cred
itors and the creditors Of the firm Of
which Green was a member have equal
rights to the assets of the petitioners.
This is ruling on point never before
covered.
The sixty-two houses at the town Of
Wapalluka, will be moved to the vicin-
ity of Bussey, where new mine has
been located.
Mrs. Sarah Hunter Of Fairfield has
just died at an advanced age. Her aged
husband survives. They had been mar
ried seventy-three years.
John Olson, suffering with hydrophobia,
died in the county hospital in Chicago.
Olson was liveryman of Ellsworth. He
was bitten in the lip by a dog four weeks
ago and went to Chicago for treatment ut
DIR. A. Lngorios Pasteur institute. AZ
ter giving him treatment for some time
DR.. Lagorio sent him to the German hos.
pital,