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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-05-27

The banking business of the public ID respect.
fully solicited, and we assure All our customer
svery accommodation consistent with good bust.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-11

Emersons. Krakauers, Ivers G.
Ponds, Gablers, $3.50 to $500,
mahogany. walnut. oak and rose
wood cases. Pianos tested by
time, and used by your grand
fathers.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-11
Collins Are Made of Steel.
and Quite BurgIar-Proof

Inc burgalr-proof. coffin Is the latest
tnlng In the undertaker's trade. :, 1t is
easier to break into safety deposit vault
than to rifle one of these up-to-date cas-
kets. 1t requires drills and dynamite to
erect an entrance, and even then the
task Is harder than breaking open the
safe of a country bank, for there are
no cracks and seams in which to pour
nitro -giycerine. They are too heavy to
carry away, unless there is a large party
of grave robbers, and the ordinary ghouls
would be likely to seek some task less
| difficult than one requiring a Jimmy
and high-power explosives
, The depredations of grave robbers have
made these burglar-proof collins a neces-
sity. 1t Is said that medical colleges all
| over the country use 40, 900 human bodies
secting rooms. Not more than one-half
thus number are supplied by public insti-
tut1ons and morgues, where the corpses
are unclaimed. Consequently they resort
10 buying bodies, and the usual price
for one In good condition is $50.
In addition to this there are many
wealthy persons who have fear that
their bodies will be stolen and held for
ransom. as in the case of A. T. Stewart
It was this fear that led Bronson B. Tut
tie, millionaire at Naugatuck Conn., to
arrange 1or the manufacture of a metallic,
Durglar-proof coffin, in which he was to
De buried Many persons were surprised
at the steps he took to avoid the desecra-
t tion Of his grave. but, as a matter of
fact, he probably could have obtained a
casket Of this sort ready made.
The first burglar-proof coffin, so far as
IS known, was made for Ferdinand
Yznaga, brother of Consuelo, the dowager
duchess of Manchester.
Mr.. Yznaga died in March, 1881" said
Mr. Campbell the maker of the coffin.
The theft Of A. T. Stewards body was
still fresh in the public mind. and il was
feared that the same thing might be at
tempted with the body Of Mr.. Yznaga.
who belonged to a family of great wealth
We received an order for a coffin that
would be burglar proof as far as possible,
The casket was made in Jersey City, ur-
der our supervision. 1t was of chilled
steel, nearly half an inch thick, cemented
at the seams and hermetically sealed
Three tumbler locks, absolutely proof
against opening by the thieves, were
placed on It. When finished it weighed
more than half ton"
The burglar proof coffin now manufac-
tured is more properly vault. It is a re-
ceptacle for the casket, and In some cases
Is large enough to contain the wooden box
in which the coffin is sometimes encased
These vaults are of all sizes and are made
even for the bodies of children, SONS par
ents wishing to guard against the theft of
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-11

the bodies of their little ones. They ara
made OF No. II gauge charcoal hammered
boiler plate steel. The ends are of heavy
Tough maiieable iron. They are practically
seamless; the only seams are at the ends
lol the top and bottom sections are all OF
one piece. Before being put on the mar
heC they are tested by hydraulic pressure
70 see II they leak. They are guaranteed
no 70 De ar tight and proof against moisture.
l ne parts are r1veted together with cold
fectly headed -9 pel-
ea The top or lid fits into and over a deep
IldnSe ana leaves no seam But in order
TO guard against the possfbiIitv Of q creS,l
ice an elastic cement is used, and this he
comes so hard that 1t is as difficult OF en-
;s 1 bnis as steel When the lid is put on it
rs heId tight by ten automatic spring locks
tnat eaten from the inside These are so
adjusted that they do not close tInIesc the
t ttSp nus perfectly. Once the lid is put on
tne vault 1t Is impossible to open ii. Even
the relatives may not again look on the
explosives. ~
There is nothing gruesome about fbeqa
collins. They are finished inside in
white enamel, applied over two coats Of
Tust-proot. non corrodable paint The ex-
o Terror Is nnshed In steel gray. There are
eight heavy bar drop handles. which are
nrass-plated and highly polished and
lacquered. Owing to its construction the
comm Is capable of withstanding tons of
weight OF the earth. In some cases
them. A
Another style of steel coffin has an
opening only at one end, and through
this the body is inserted. The end plate
is then screwed on and so adjusted that
only an up-to-date burglar can open IT,
There are two small holes in the end.
In these a pump is inserted and the air
pumped out. The coffin then is filed with
what is known as "preservatfve gaso and
the holes are Theoretically sealed.
Although the burgIar-proof coffin Is
comparatively recent invention 1t IS
said 1000 of them have been sold to
guard against the depredations OF
ghouls. Last year some Cleveland grave
robbers ran across one in their OF ra-
tions. They evidently thought 1t 1pe-
less task, for they did not even try to
open 1t; at least there were no evidences
OF their work on the paint. Neither
did they take the trouble to put 1t back
into the grave from which they had partly
removed 1t.
1t Is the expectation Of the manufac-
turers Of the burglar-proof coffin that
before many years grave robbing viii
be confined to potter's fields, for with
greater use the cost OF the collins VIII
be brought within the reach Of all except
the very poor.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-11
POOR BACHELORS
S. WILL RESIST CUPID
They Form a League in Chicago
Weddings Wreck a Social Club.

CHICAGO, Oct. 10. = Matrimony
wrecked a club in South Chicago, and
from. the ruins a bachelors organfza-
ton has sprung into existence When
all but four of the members Of the
Montefiore Social club deserted to en-
ter welded life those who were left
hastened to grid themselves against
further danger by forming league
whose members are pledged to dwell
alone
The original twenty-five members of
the old organization have dwindled In
the last eighteen months to seven.
Matriomany has claimed the rest.
Five weddings during the last week
capped the climax. Then 1t was the
few young men and women that were
left determined to band themselves to-
gether to fight the matrimonial fever.
Although the bylaws of the Mon
te6ore club provided that any member
who married thereby lost his member
ship. President Maurice Greenwald
and Secretary Ray Kahn were the first
to break the rule. They were married
nine months ago. Closely following
their lead, Joseph Hart, who was Sc
lected to succeed Greenwald as presi-
dent, and the treasurer of the organi-
zatlon, Miss Anna Pitzele, decided to
wed. After that there was a rush to
get into the matrimonial column.
Yesterday there was a double we'd
ding that sounded the kneIl of the old
organization. H. A. Youngnan, A.
Cohen, Lewis Yassen and Henry Inger-
man found themselves the only bache-
Tors left. They promptly decided to
profit by the example of their fellow
club members. and formed the Bach
-elers' club. The rules of the new club
are strict, and prohibit marriage under
dire penalties.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-11

from the Canton Of Neuchatel was killed
In the Jura Mountains
Mont Blanc this year has been the scene
| Of several distressing accidents, especially
during the month of August when a
young Frenchman named Caiilex was
killed. He fell into a gorge, and when
MS body was found it was quite I'M
recognizable. A young German lady also
met her death on Mont Blanc. She
started to explore the Mer de Glaze with
out guides Another lady-Mlle. KIaeger
was killed on the Saentis while making
an excursion with two companions.
Fatal EdeIweIss.
The craze for edelweiss has cansed
many accidents, such as happened to a
man named Custer, who was killed on the
slopes of the Herrenruetli while irving
10 gather bunch of these flowers Quite
seventeen deaths during this year are at
tr1puted to the foolhardiness of people In
enaeavor1ng to gather this flower in near
ly inaccessible places
twenty nine people lost their lives. inciud
ing two ladies. The saddest accident
n1eo nov of the year took place on the
H fEen OF TINS nicd month, when the Rey John
lost his life near the Red Shelter. ST
George in the Engadine The Clergyman
was was accompanied by the best guide of
the district, a man named Sebastian
Platz. Mr.. Hartley was on his honeymonn
and took his wife halfway up the noun
tam ia NV. with 1, him, leaving her at the Boval
AoAAOAlCt A1ul 1t then proceeded tOWar
the summit, but on reaching the Crast
Aguzza he fell over precipice; dragging
with him the guide Platz.
During the last few days many more
accidents have taken place, the most re-
markable one happened on Mont Blanc
to famous guide named Balmat, who
died from heart failure when descending
the giant Of the Alps. Only two DAYS ago
six more Alpine disasters were reported.
very famous AlpiniSt, who has con-
quered the Mont Blanc the Wetterhorn
and the Matterhorn, told me some DAYS
ago that in his opinion the reason why so
many accidents have happened this wear
was due to the bad weather. The snow
In the Alps is at the best of times. dan
gerous. but this year it has been more scr
than ever. Further, savalanches have been
more frequent than in previous years: and
above all, many people have made excur,
sfonS in weather in. which, IL thew had
known anything, about Alpine Climbing
they would never for one moment have
ventured out Another great reason WHY
so many accidents have taken place is thes
growing tendency on the part of a large
number of people to climb mountains
without guides. This, said the AIoine ex.
pert, is the cause of quite SO per cent
of the deaths.
My own experience in the Alps tells me
that the dearest economy in the world Ia
to climb without experienced and Capable
guides. once attempted it myself and nv
so doing saved $40. 1, however. got q
broken leg. which cost me three months
OF suffering and more than $500.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-11

Photographic talk and other devices for
Ehumoring the crowd-which he knows
very we'll how to do-seem to have been
more than commonly effective in conceal
ing the feebleness and antiquity of his
dramatic structure.
60 An effort to bring together for re-
Union in Washington, D. c., the other
night all the girls of the original sex
stette in .Florodora," resulted in the pres
ence of only three of the known originals,
although many claimants were on hand.
Miss Daisy Green was the hostess. She
sent out invitations last week to 1899
girls, who, with her, made up the 10000
members of the original sextette, but only
two really and truly originals were there
besides Miss Green. They were Marie
Wilson and Margaret Walker, both of
Washington. In answer to her invitations
Miss Green received beautiful bunch of
kilograms Arthur Weld, who conducted
FlorodOra," wired:
"Kindest regards to sextette actually
worth its weight in gold.''
Thomas w. Diley sent this message:
Have ordered case of wine delivered
to you, and every bubble betokens my ap-
probation
VIII Carleton. who sang I'm the Shade
of the Sheltering Palm I'm the original
production, and Gustav Kerker. who wrote
the music for ''Winsome Winnie" were
the only men present
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-11
TRAMP NEPHEW FINDS
MILLIONAIRE UNCLE
Youth From Madeira Islands Has
Trouble in Locating Relative.

CHICAGO, Oct. 1O.-Robbed in Bos-
ston of $50, all In his possession, and
arrested for vagrancy in Chicago, Man
sffel Josef Brum, of the Madeira ISL
ands. had abandoned hope. Last night
he learned through kilograms that his
uncle, whom he set out to find three
months ago, is a millionaire in San
Jose, California. Brum, whose mother
owns a grocery in a small village in
the Madeira islands. started to find his
uncle, Anton Pashit, whom he only
knew was somewhere in the United
States. In Boston he was robbed and
fellow countrymen bought him a sec
SnDd class ticket to Chicago and told him
il would carry him to California.
ms Arriving in Chicago, unable to speak
word Of English or tell his destina-
ton, Brum was arrested for vagrancy.
When found by the police he was
kneeling in prayer at the entrance Of
st. Peters Roman Catholic church,
Polk and Clark streets. He was allow
ed to sleep in police station for two
months, and finally the police succeed
ed in locating the mans relatives.
Brum was put on the right train and
left chicago with a pass to his desti-
nation and several hundred dollars his
uncle had sent him.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-11
Many Mountain Climbers
Meet Death i'm the Alps

Never in the history Of Alpine climbing
has there been so many accidents as this
year. no fewer than 400 having taken
place, resulting in the loss of more than
100 lives: Last year 119 people were killed
on the Alps, and, according to statistics,
from the year 1890 to the present season
5S4 people have met with fatal accidents
while climbing.
1t is remarkable fact that the majority
of fatalities occur to German and Austrian
climbers. The Swiss come next then fol-
low Italians, afterwards English and
American. and, lastly, the French The
reason SO many accidents fall to the lot
of Germans and Austrians is that they
very seldom employ guides
A well known Alpinist, DR.. Kursteiner,
gives some interesting figures showing
that 81 per cent of the accidents occur
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-11

in the Central Alps, including Switzer-
land. Is per cent in the Western Alps, and
nearly so per cent in the Eastern Alps.
He says that although so many accidents
nave occurred, yet when it is considered
that at least 100, 600 expeditions are made
each year, the number of deaths Is not
very great In comparison to the number of
expeditions made, especially when it is
considered that quite 20 per cent of the
people who climb mountains are quite
novices at the sport.
The Awful Avalanche.
The accidents this year began early In.
May, the first happening to woman and
her children, who were swept away by an
avalanche near the hoSpice at the SiInp-
lon. Then Vienna merchant was killed
in the Tyrol. falling 1000 feet while at
tempting to climb without guide. Two
death on the Saleve. He fell $50 feet on
the rocks, and then rebounded and fell
another 800 feet below
Several more accidents followed on sub
Sequent days to German tourists in the
Austrian Alps, and on May 15 q lieutenant
of the French army, while making a
mountain trip near ,Brincon, fell over the
cliffs and was killed.
A strange death befell a German lady,
Miss julia Dillman, who was killed on
Mont Pilatus. She practically courted
death. as she went up without guides, and
wore ordinary shoes without nails, and
had not even a stick On the same day
German student was Killed near Feilaeh
very Sdu dcc1Qent look place some
days later on the Untersberg, two Bavar-
ian tourists-twin brothers-being over
taken by a storm and killed by lightning
On June Charles Schmidt, president
of the Geneva Society of Mountaineers,
met his death on the Mont Blanc Three
days afterwards a leading member of the
Berne Alpine club was killed by a fall
when attempting to make the ascent of
the Balmhorn without a guide.
Z Several more deaths took place in the
Austrian Alps, and i'll eacn OF these cases
the climbers We're unaccompanied by
guides. Prof. Holman, of Berne univer-
sity. was killed on June II by falling into
a deep navines not far from Mont Prem
A Curious Accident
A curious accident happened to DR..
Bauer on the Riser Kogel summit He
was with party of English tourists, and,
wishing to see over the edge of the rocks.
he incautiouSly went too near, and fell
into a gorge below. Perhaps one of the
saddest accidents that has happened this
year befell Prof. Groebli, Of the Zurich
college. who, with three students, was
killed by an avalanche. The next ac-
cident OF note took place on the Pizzo,
near Airolo, where three priests lost their
lives. and on the following day a youth
was killed on Mont Pilatus July saw
an accident on the Weisshorn. an ava
lanche or stones and snow Sweeping away
lAiee guides who were repairing a road
During the next ten days no fewer than
fourteen fatal accidelitS were reported
including $ne lady, who was killed on
Mont Reposoir. :. -
The Canton of Grfsons on August .
claimed three more victims; and lady
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-11
THEATRICAL sNOTES.

Truly times do change. II At the opening
night of Weber and Fields; one OF the most
interested persons IN the audience was the
veteran William Winter, who a year ago
wouldn't for worlds have gone to such an
undignified playhouse, says the Cincinnati
ENQUIRER. His presencelexcited some com.
ment among the actor folk present, and
one trreyerent person was heard to say.
Il wonder If he blew in here by mistake.
thinking It was Dalys. If he ever mis-
takes Lillian Russell for Ada Rehan.
there'H be trouble, especially when Russell
hands him those trousers.
The opening of the, season from a pc
cuniary point Of view has not been as
successful as was expected. From various
cities come reports Of receipts that are
below the average of the past three sea-
sons. Whether this is due to the disturb
ance in industrial quarters and in securi
ties IS not certain, but it Is a fact, never
theIess, that in a majority of cases there
has been a falling off in the receipts of
middle class companies have suffered even
more seriously. e1
The plan for the support of the actors
home here recently proposed by the trus
tees Of the actors fund, that members Of
the theatrical profession contribute one
ard. the support of the home is meeting
the Endorsement of the profession Miss
Alice Fisher was the first to sign the
agreement and other members of her
.COIIlpdHy nave Wncu- d I0dQy
to do SO. Robert EdesoH has wired an as
surance of his hearty cooperation in the
plan and the members of the Edwin For
est lodge Of the Actors Order of Friend
shtp~have Endorsed It by resolution.
Miss Maxine Elliott has been playing to,
large and friendly audiences in Mr.. Fitch's
latest play, Her Own Way" in the Cars
rick theater. and the piece seems likely to
prosper, at all events for a season, SAYS
the New York Evening Post 1t is not the
first time that Mr. Fitch, who Is capital
ton from the crudity, staleness and pow
erty of a dramatic theme, by a variety of
irrelevant episodes. M6athe present in
stance his trained babies. his domestic
details. his realistic feminine quarrels, his
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-11
Assassin. Is Rewarded

BELGRADE, Servia, Oct. 10.-Col.
Alexander Machin. the former minister of
IN the assassination of King AlexanS5er
and Queen Draga. has been appointed to
the command Of the Belgrade and Danube
division OF the army. The skupshtina will
adjourn next week for a month. so as
to give the government time to draw IN
contemplated bills ~
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1903-09-25

The Presidency of the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-daY Saints is bringing
much pressure to bear upon presiden Is
of the stakes, bishops and other general
authorities, to put stop to the practice
of card playing which has become so
common as to be almost universal; tax
ing the place of more profitable and less
harmful forms of amusement at public
and private parties and invading the
home to an ever-increasing extent If
one doubts the spirit engendered he has
but to needlessly lose game or throw
it to the opposing couple. then watch
his fair partners face if she has been
hitherto successful enough to have hop
es of the prize, Or heal of her private
opinion afterward.- Logan Journal.
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Unsatisfactory Market.

The cattle markets in Chicagv, Kan
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tinues very low. Good steers brought
from$3 90 70 81 25 on Tuesday, and since
then the prices have not raised. Cows
and feeders are still lower.
There are thousands of fat cattle on
Bear Lake ranges, but the low price
will keep many from shipping until a
reaction sets in.
The receipts on eastern markets is the
largest on record Chicago received 500,
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Shooting at Miner.

Mrs. Emerson, wife of doctor of
that name, and daughter of Hon Frank
Goodlng, was shot by her husband last
Sunday. The doctor was drunk at the
time and his wife was preparing to
leave him.
Mrs. Emerson will be remembered i'm
this city as Miss Gooding, she having
visited friends here about three years
ago.
The physicians attending her say she
will possibly recover
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