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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-10-13

ID. A. r. MEMORIAL HALL.-With
elaborate services ground was on Satur-
day broken for The Memorial Continental
Hall ofthe national society of the Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution, at
18th and ID streets northwest, Wash
ington. The ceremony also marked the
twelfth anniversary of the founding OF
the society of the Daughters of the
American Revolution. Mrs. Charles n.
Fairbanks, president general of the
order, ofliciated, assisted by the surviving
founders of the national society. The
spade with which the earth was turned
was presented by the Montana society
through Mrs. Walter Harvey Weed,
vice regent of that State, who read a
poem written for the occasion by Ella
Wheeler Wilcox.
The spade is made Of gold and silver
taken from Montana mines, and is set
with blue and white sapphires from that
State.
Mrs. Fairbanks made an address in
which she pointed out the great lines on
which the society was founded dozen
years ago, and the fact that the member
ship has now grown to 40, 900 women.
The society, she said, did not exist for
pride of family or blood, but to aid in
preserving the eternal principle OF
liberty.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-10-13
ErishtfuI Accident to Aeronauts

Paris. Oct. 13.-M. De Bradsky, the
French aeronaut, and companion
named NORM were killed by the falling
of De Bradsky's airship this morning.
The pair started in a navigable balloon
from the station near Vanguard, at 1917.
The airship made a successful ascension,
sailing, evidently, under perfect control,
over the Grand Boulevard, and of in a
northerly direction. 1t had not gone
for any great distance, however, when
something was noticed to be wrong with
the ship. Suddenly it fell precipitately
to the ground and the life was crushed
out of both the occupants. De Bradsky
and his friend intended to sail over
Madeline and return to their starting
point. They changed their mind, how
ever, when they were in the air and
made eyolutions over Paris, lasting an
hour. The ship behaved magniiicently.
De Bradksy then changed his course
and when the balloon was oyci st Aims
the ropes holding the passenger car to
the airship broke. The balloon was
several hundred feet up in the air at
the time and De Bradksy and NORM fell
with terrific force. NORM was instantly
killed and De Bradksy expired few
minutes later. The balloon relieved of
its weight rose rapidly and disappeared.
The experiment would have proven a
complete success but for the ropes break
ing. The airship's two propellers
worked beautifully and the balloon
obeyed the helm in excellent style.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-10-13
END OF NEW ORLEANS STRIKE

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The New Orleans street car strike,
which had been in active operation Tor
fifteen days, ended last night by COM
PROMISES and concessions made by the
railway company and its employees
During the fifteen days not car was
run in New Orleans, except those en-
gagged in the United States mail service,
and there has been a great deal OF yio-
lence and rioting. The strikers showed
themselves very strong from the start,
having the backing of all labor unions,
which contributed literally to their sup
port. and having majority OF the
people with them. They were strength
ened bv the fact that election day Is
near The democratic politicians feared
the labor vote would 60 to the repub-
Ican candidates. The New Orleans
Railway Company was requested by the
MAYOR not to run its cars for a while, a.
he thought he could settle the differ
enccs without rioting or bloodshed.
Negotiations we're begun, but proved a
failure. Mayor Capdevielle offered his
services as mediator, so did the merch-
ants committee and Others, but with
out accomplishing anything. When
all negotiations had failed an
attempt was made to run the cars.
The striking menand their friends show.
ed themselves aggressive and violent, and
the cars could not be run. An attempt
was made by the mayor to organize POI
lice force of citizens to support authority,
but it failed because of the popular SYM
pathy for the men, and an appeal was
made to the governor for assistance.
Governor Heard went to New Orleans
three days ago and after exhausting ef-
forts to bring about a compromise, called
out the militia. Some difficulty was en-
countered with the city militia, many OF
whom were members of labor unions,
but when the troops from the country
parishes began pouring in Saturday II
naturally changed the situation. The
country companies were greeted with
mingled cheers and Kisses, and the out
look seemed to promise bloodshed. The
men secured recognition of the union
and 20 cents an hour. The loss to the
company and strikers by the non-running
of the cars has been Sl06, 600. The
company loses about so, 900 in damage
to its property, the State about $50, 600,
the expense of calling out the militia;
and theaters, hotels, and restaurants, ETC.,
lose $500, 900 from the interruption to
business caused by the strike.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-10-13

speciaI to the Stock Ticker says "a
man who has been closely associated with
President Roosevelt in his efforts to
settle the coal strike said this morning
that the end would probably come this
week. He said that tremendous pres
sure is being put upon those who are
standing in the way, notably upon Presl-
dent Baer"
Philadelphia, Oct. 19.-President
Baer is comforting, today, with President
Cassatt, of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
IN the latter's office. General Louis
Wagner, President of the Board of City
Trusts and a leading citizen of Philadel-
phia, is also present The purpose of the
meeting cannot be learned, as yet.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-10-13

SOAP.-A large variety of choice TOILET
and LAUNDRY SOAPS for sale by
y. G. MILBURN.
CHEAP-Fine Grain GRADUATED Sugar only
sc per pound at
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1902-10-13

CHOICE SUGAR CURED HAMS and
Breakfast Pieces, small sizes, just received by
a. MTlHITRN
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-02-12
LAND FRAUDS IN EMMETT.
Titles Still Badly Mixed as u Result Of
FORGED Papers.


An echo of the Lund land fraud cases
in Iowa has reappeared in the courts of
Emmett County. G. L. I4und, one time
wealthy land owner of Algona, was dis
covered in frauds by means of forgeries
and Misrepresentation, and when arrest
ed five years ago Immediately commit
ted suicide. After his death it was
found that his frauds were scattered all
over northern Iowa
Recently suits We're commenced in En-.
met County against five farmers by Mrs.
Claudia Lund, widow of the deceased
man, claiming her dover interest in The
lands now owned by these farmers. II
appears that in practically all of Lund's
transactions lie signed his wife's name to
the instrument by power of attorney. In
the cases in Emmett County this was
done, and recently the Supreme Court of
Iowa has held that wife's dover in
terest cannot be transferred in this man
ner. AS n result she brings suit to re-
cover her one-third wrongfully decided
away by her husband. In each of the
five cases the land-eighty acres in each
case-was purchased of Lund by the pres
ent owners for 500, and each tract is
now worth enough so that the widows
dover interest is at least double the orig
inal purchase price.
A large number of similar cases are
found in northern Iowa, and the title TO
practically all the land once owned by
Lund will have to he settled in court
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-02-12
BUTTER PRODUCTION.
Splendid Showing Made by the States

Splendid Showing Made by the States
Dairy Interests.
During the year ending Sept. 80, 1900,
there were shipped out of the State Of
Iowa S9,SO6,645 pounds of butter, net
increase of 4,425,93O pounds over the
year previous. These figures have been
given out by the State dairy commissions
er and will form part of his annual
report. They will prove surprise to
many dairymen who have been predicting
trat the butter shipments in Iowa during
the past year would fall away. The large
increase over the year 1900 is attributed
by the State dairy commissioner largely
to the rapid growth in the manufacture
Of process butter in the State.
During the past year process butter
factories have sprung up over the State
very rapidly. Nearly all of the butter
which is received by these factories and
worked over comes from outside the
State, so that the butter shipments as
listed by the dairy commissioner do not
represent the actual number of pounds
manufactured in Iowa. The above fig
pounds shipped out of the State. The
net shipments for the past year were
I5,437,5 $50 pounds. In 1000 the net
shipments were T1,719,329 pounds.
Reckoning on this basis, there were
shipped out of the State 1,437 pounds
of butter per square mile during the year
1901. During the previous year the ship
ments averaged 1850 pounds per square
mile, making an increase for this year of
u pounds per square mile.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-02-12
FOOD FoR SCIENTISTS.
lIsterestins Discoveries Made by Brids.

Excayators at Fort Dodge.
Bridge Engineer Fl. o. Keith, in charge
Of the construction Of the new Great
Western bridge at Fort Dodge, has sew
eral pieces Of wood In his offices remark
able for the fact that like the pieces re-
GENTLY found by some well diggers in the
forth part of the city. they We're found
at distance of thirty feet under the
ground. In speaking of them, Mr. Keith
said: I'VE have found in all three kinds
of wood, all at the same depth and evil
IDENTIFY part Of native forest growth.
One kind Is the same fine grained wood
as was discovered by the well diggers
and appears to be cedar, another l would
call tamarack aud the third has every
appearance of mulberry, if it were not
for the size of the fragments which we
have unearthed.
"We have made another interesting
discovery in the course of our work, and
that is the finding at the depth of TWEEN
ty feet under the surface layer of rich
black loan, such MS would not disgrace
any Webster County farm to-day, and
which was evidently fertile pasture land
in some ages gone by. This stratum
overlies that on which the former forest
trees have been found. The trees grew
on much coarser soil. There appears to
be no doubt that the whole Des Moines
valley, and especially the region inme.
diately surrounding Fort Dodge, has wit
messed surprising geological changes in
| the past and the discovery of so many
evidences Of this fact within the last few
weeks is certainly interesting proof
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-02-12
Glaciers Passing Awnx.

According to Prof. Forel, who has
made special study of the Alpine
glaciers during the past twenty five
years, the day of the glacier is gone.
They are deterorating slowly, but with
steady persistence. and diminution be.
comes more marked from year to year.
There Is only one exception to this
rule-that of Bowler. in the valley Of
Entremont, which since 1892 has
shown continuous growth. The famous
glaciers of the Rhone have shrunk 755
meters since 1874, or an average of
twenty-nine meters year. Many have
SO changed during the past few years
that old tourists after few seasons of
absence have failed to recognize them.
Some hotels once standing In the i'm.
mediate proximity Of glaciers are now
at considerable distance from them
to the serious loss of the proprietors.
Pail Mall Gazette.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-02-12

John Wineman, pioneer of Tama
County, is dead at Toledo.
College Springs has new savings
bank, with Il capital of $4,000.
The home of Frank Myers of Ottumwa
was destroyed by fire.
A bill has been introduced in the Leg.
islature to do away with tax ferrets.
The G. A. r. post of Oakland are rails.
ing money to erect a soldiers monument
Thomas Deering of Fort Dodge was
killed in runaway accident at Los An.
geles, Cal.
Burlington will vote at special cleo,
tion on II proposition to grant a franchise
to a gas and electric company.
Burlington business men are discussing
interurban electric lines. 1t is proposed
to build one to West Burlington.
Roy Ingles and Tom Slattery. Ottum.
wa youths, have been bound over to the
Mrs. Julia NooEan of Chester, los
years old, is believed to be the Oldest
person in Iowa, if not i'll the Northwest.
AT the dedication of Grace III. H.
Church in Des Moines. $4,000 was rails.
ed, thus clearing the structure Of az in
debtedness.
The commissioners for Iowa of the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition have ask.
ed for an appropriation of $2oS,OOO from
the Legislature.
The Clarence Telephone Company OF
Clarence has filed articles of incorpora.
ton. Its capital is $1,000, and II. Bal.
Ion is president.
Gov. Cummins has accepted the resig
nation of Perry d. Rose of Jefferson as
trustee of the normal school and appoint
ed b. II. Osborne OF Ripley.
The 1Swa Coal Operators Association
will hold mass convention in Des
Moines Feb. Is. The principal bushes.
will be discussion Of scale of wages to b,
paid next year,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-02-12

AT an Iowa farmers institute one of
the most ardent speakers in favor of a
bill before the State Legislature for
the preservation of the forests was A
farmer whom the writer found later in
the year hard at work in his wood 10,
cutting down trees for fire wood. This
man was not n fraud by any means,
but he failed to see the slightest incon.
sistency in his action, and yet it seems
plain that the only way to preserve til.
forests is for every farmer to take good
care of his own little forest IL he has
one; If he has not then he should make
haste and start the trees. 1t is all very
well to talk about the preservation OF
the few remaining great forests of lit.
tie value compared the five, ten and
twenty acre wood lots If such a one
could be found on every farm in the
country. III you have a wood lot
friend, take care of it; keep stock and
fire cut of 1t; scatter few seeds OF
forest trees over the ground every few
years and do everything possible to
preserve your small forest. If there is
no wood lot on your farm, set out the
trees or SOW the seeds next spring or
that twenty-acre worn-out pasture
Don't continue to rob nature; give her
chance and she will return to YOU 1,
hundred fold.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-02-12

Not only thosl who expect to sell
their surplus of potatoes and other
roots, but those who Intend to use the
tubers for seed purposes, should be
careful to guard against the cold
weather. When it gets so cold that
frost can be seen upon the inside of
the cellar walls, 1t is too cold in the
cellar for nearly all roots, but espe-
cially for potatoes and such others as
may be intended for seed purposes. The
Cooper system of cold storage places
the proper temperature of potatoes in
storage at "a degrees, or two above the
freezing point, while carrots may be
kept at 33 degrees, onions and parsnips
at 50 degrees. or just at freezing. We
have seen onions kept well at much
lower temperature than that, but an
essential requirement was that they
should tllaw out gradually, and with
out any exposure to sunlight or artifi-
cial heat How onions so kept would
have proved If they had been set to
grow seed we do not know, as we never
tested them But it is said that the po-
tato which has been in cold storage,
and even moi lower than "a degrees,
has been 30 chilled that it is unfit to
use MS n seed. Its vitality has been re-
duced, and while we have had sprouts
come from potatoes that were partially
frozen. the yield was not such as to
lead us to advise any one to freeze
their seed potatoes. We are also told
that long term of chilling at n tenn
perature near the freezing point is
worse for them than an actual quick
freeze.-American Cultivator.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-02-12

The West Virginia Experiment Sta
ton tested the value of soaking corn
for hogs by dividing some breed
hogs into two lots, alike as to size,
breed and sex. They used Western
corn AID for one 1t was ground into
meal, mixed with water and fed rs a
mash. For the other lot corn was
soaked in water until soft, the supply
being Kert up rs needed. Both lots
had all that they would eat up clean.
The lot fed on soaked corn consumed
2,13S pounds of corn and gained 555
pounds, or 3S5 pounds of corn for each
one hundred pounds of gain. Those
given meHl used 40 pounds for each
hundred pounds of gain, n saving of
25 pounds of corn, beside the cost of
grinding, or for gain of $50 pounds u
saving Of i30 pounds Of grain.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-02-12


1t is not many years ago that farmers
In the Western States were burning
their straw stacks to get them out of
the way. There was apparently no
market for 1t excepting at points where
the cost of transportation was likely TO
exceed The price for which they could
sell it. Now at nearly every market in
the States the price of good straw is
as high as tint of No. hay. and in
some places it Is higher There were
some who would not burn 1t, but put it
in the yards for the farm animals to
pick what they wished TO of it. and to
trample the rest into manure. After n
few years it was found that the farms
of these men increased in fertility and
Heductlveness. and the practice of
b"fiiing straw was nearly discontin-
ucl. even before the common use Of
the baling press made it profitable to
ship 1t to Eastern markets. A change
almost as great has taken place in the
opinion of the value of corn fodder 1t
Is but Il very few years since the corn
growers of the Western States cut no
corn fodder, but after picking off ears,
let the cattle and hogs in to pick and
break down the fodder or what they
would of it, and then it was task in
the spring to break down the rest so
that 1t could be plowed under Now 1t
Is nearly all being put through the
shredder, and made so fine that any
stock eats 1t, and 1t is thought as val
liable rs the average Western hay
New England Homestead,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-02-12

A correspondent raises the question
MS to the present attitude of the artis-
tic public toward long hair A decline
In hirsute luXuriance is noted in art
circles, and the correspondent is curl
Gus to know II 1t is fact that the
public has ceased to associate long hair
with the artistic temperament. Are
shaggy locks no longer sign of gen
ius? 1t is true that some Of the great
artists, particularly on the concert
platform, have recently excited the
wonderment of their former admirers
by appearing in public shorn of the
locks of crimpy hirsute that We're once
their pride and glory. On his last visit
to this country Paderekski had his
hair clipped away in front so as to re-
veal his eyes and portion of his ia
cial lineaments. While the impressario
was creating furore among the fe-
male musicians and endeavoring to ere
ate stampede for front seats 1t was
necessary to grow Samsonian locks
and to look utterly unlike all other hui
man animals. Now that he has become
the "fad" in the smart set, however,
1t Is no longer necessary to swell the
gate receipts by having his hair cut
crescendo. But there is a noticeable
shrinkage of shagginess in all depart
ments of artistic endeavor. Time was
when the poets, painters, musicians,
medicine men and preachers all Wore
long hair. The man who dallied long
with the barber could not hope to be-
come genius. But there are indica-
tons that we are approaching the
short-haired age, the age of strenuous
strife, where the race is to the man
who has no bushy punches on his face
or on his head for the winds to whistle
through and impede his progress.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-02-12

Butter for shipment or for the home
market should have much greater care
than is usually given at the farm dairy
OF course the size and kind of package
will depend upon the demands of the
customers. If tubs are wanted, see that
the butter is put in ,solidly. The top
may be smoothed off evenly by means
of straight edge or wire. A cloth is
then spread over the top of the tub,
and light layer of salt is sprinklet
over the cloth. If prints are wanted,
see that they are carefully and neatly
made, are wrapped in parchment paper
and carefully packed. Use special care
with small packages designed for Gus
tom trade.-New England Homestead.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1902-02-12

and artists; also to jewelers. and others
who have light machines to operate.
The engine is attached to wall and
a rubber tube is strung from the gas
jet to the hot air cylinder. Two pis-
tons, one n power piston similar to
the ordinary engine piston and trans.
fer piston (Which is long, tubular
shell closed at both ends, and also
called the hot air chamber), are its
main equipments. The air In the cyl
inder is compressed OIL top of the trans
fer piston, which is in the hot end of
the cylinder during compression stroke.
Just before the completion of the
downward stroke the transfer rises
slightly, allowing lie completion of
compression to occur in the hot end of
the cylinder, causing the air to ex-
pand, thus driving both pistons up
ward to the end of their stroke The
transfer piston drops back again and
forces the air into the cold end of the
cylinder, which causes 1t to contract,
and the operation is repeated, using
the same air over and over again.