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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-08-31
Reception for Rev. and Mrs. Lanridge.

AT the Baptist church Tuesday
evening reception was given to the
pastor and his wife, Rev. and Mrs.
Langridge, by the members of that
church. The members Of the
Methodist and Congregational
churches were also asked, and the
attendance was large. A short pro-
gram was given and the evening
proved to be very pleasant one.
MIR. and Mrs. Lanridge Shave made
many friends here during their
short stay among us, and we are
very glad that they ever decided to
cast their lot with us. The Baptist
people are to be congratulated on
securing two as efficient workers as
MIR. and Mrs. Langridge.-M Mail
Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-08-31
High School Notes.

Miss Boggs, Superintendent Of
the Manchester Schools, wishes us
to announce that any pupil or patron
desiring to consult her upon school
matters may find her at her office in
the High School building any morn
ing of next week during the hours
from nine to twelve.
And any housewife desiring a
girl to work for her board during
the school year is requested to SC
notify Miss Boggs before the COM
mencement of school.
School commences September II.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-08-31
Band Concert this Wednesda,


Band Concert this Wednesday
evening.
Delaware County Fair, septem-
Der 6-7-S-9.
Miss Florence Day is home
from her Okoboji vacation visit
Tho Highland Mobiles will meet
Monday evening, September 9Th.
Allexpected to be present. Supper
will be served.
The new fall hats at the P. New
comb store are very handsome,
Read their adv. this week for an
nouncements of bargains and new
goods.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-08-31
An Appropriation Of $1,000.

The Government Fish Hatchery
at Spring Branch has secured an
appropriation of $4,000 which will
be used in fixing up the grounds,
widening the creek, and erecting a
new steel bridge.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-08-31

For sALE:- Good hotel, three lots
furniture and business for sale cheap
in one of the best towns in the coun-
ty. Enquire of Byron Bronson, Man
hester, Iowa. 2ltf.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-08-31

ISL clarence Smith.
End Evans.
Bird Klaus.
Girls foot race, Is years, 30 yards.
LIST Gertie Holdrich.
End Bernice Carney.
3rd Flora Ash.
Fat men's race, us lbs. 100 yards.
LIST Ned Hoyt.
End AL Pemble.
Bird Fred Dewey.
Free for all foot race 100 yards.
LIST l.. A. Wells.
End Fred Graham.
Bird j. ID. Barker.
Small boys race, 10 years, so yards
list Farley.
2nd Barnes.
Ladies foot race free for all 80 yards
LIST Miss Ruth Marshall.
End Mrs. VIII Crosier.
3rd Miss May Crosier.
Ladies Base Ball Throwing Contest
LIST Miss Straub.
End Mrs. Robinson.
-3rd Mrs. Coffin.
Baby show l year old or under
LIST Mrs. Kephart.
End Mrs. Forester.
Bird Mrs. Jesse Barker.
4th Mrs Hamblin.
Egg Race.
LIST Pinch.
End Thorpe.
3rd Smith.
Pie eating contest.
lst Bert Turner, 3 minutes.
End Harry Noyes.
Heaviest person on grounds.
Mrs. L. A. Pratt, weight 236 lbs.
Bes. performing dog.
Jay Matthews.
Horse running race.
LIST Blanchard, GIL seconds.
End Holdrich.
Broad Jump.
LIST Clauncey burlington.
End Ed Hruby.
Bird Barker.
Tallest Person on Grounds.
Delbert Mead.
Flop, Step and Jump.
LIST Ed Hruby.
End Shepard.
Bird Barker.
Wheel barrow race.
LIST L. A. Wells.
End Fierstine.
Creased Pig.
Captured by Fred Graham, ct. al.
Two ball games kept a share oil
the visitors busy during the after
noon. In the first game, Oneida VS.
the Manchester Section boys team,
Oneida scored 26 and Manchester
IL. 1t was a wild and woody game
chiefly characterized by the roofing
of Senator Young, Jr., Section
Boys" sympathizer, and G. Hoag Of
Oneida. The big game Of the after.
noon was between Nashville anc
Spring Branch, the former winning
the purse by score of Z to 3.
After the day of out door enter
tainment, an evening Of dancing was
provided for the visitors. The dance
was held at the opera house unde,
the direction of Messrs. Chauncey
burlington and Claude Addison
Yseventy numbers being sold. That {
large per cent of these 10 couple.
stayed until the early morning
hours is evidence that the affair wa
a success.
The success of the day was o
course due to the enterprise of thos,
Woodmen and the merchants Of
Manchester, especially the commit.
teemen, whose work both before AMI
upon the day Of the fete and gift
for prizes made it possible to enter
tain so lavishly
To those men, we in common will
| some five thousand Woodmen, guest
give a hearty thank you for splen
did day.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-08-31
Manchester Markets.
Closing Out Sale.

Closing Out Sale.
II. 9. Graham & Son are closing out
their entire stock of groceries for strict
y cash and all those indebted to this
firm are requested to call and settle at
once. 3ltf
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-02
WAR DEPARTMENT SAYS
NO EXTENSION OF TIME DE
 KIMBERLY AVENUE BRIDGE.

Notification Received to That Effect by Mayor studtey Last Evening-war prompt Action be Taken in the Case His Honor Mayor Studley received last evening the following note from the war department:
 To Mayor John 2. Studley.
 New Haven. Conn.
 Washington, D. O.. March 30. 1904
 Sir: The department duly received your application on behalf of the. City of New Haven for an extension of time beyond April Ii, 19G4, for the aitera- tions of the Kimberly avenue bridge over West river, between New Haven and Orange. In view of the facts that the existing bridge has been decided to be an obstruction to navigation, that as the result of such decision, navigation interests will be seriously damaged by it's further retention; that it appears from the reports of the engineer author ities that very slight public ifconveni- ence will result from itsremoval; and as the Superior court has decreed that this bridge shall be replaced within one year by lift bridge having a clear width of at least 45 feet, as required by the war departments notice; it is de-. cided that no extension of time for the removal of the obstructive part of the old bridge will be granted. but that no action will be taken by the department provided prompt measures be instituted by the proper officials to secure the re- moval of the obstructive part of the old bridge and provided further that such delay in action by the department shall in no way affect the right of other parties who may be damaged by the failure to execute the work as ordered.
 Very respectfully,
 A. SHAW OLIVER.
 Assistant Sec'y of War
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-02
YOUNG HAITKo CAPTURED.
sraa who shos isis Wife Brought to
 New Haven Jati.

Seymour, April 1.-After a search lasting three days Yacko Haitko. a Pole wfo shot three bullets into his wife's head last Tuesday morning, was captured early to-day by Constables Hill and Adams. They found the fugi- tive hiding in a hay now in a barn at Great Hill. He made no resistance when arrested. He is held in $5,O0O bail for hearing April 15.
 Detective Donnelly. of New Haven, who arrived here early to-day to assist in the search for Haitko, accompanied the prisoner back to New Haven, where Haitko will await trial in jail.
 Mrs. Haitko, who is at the New Ha- ven hospital is getting along fairly well in spite of her injuries, and although one, at least, of the bullets penetrated her brain, the physicians hold out some hope that she will recover. The cause of the shooting is not clear, but 1t is said that Haitlso was angry because the woman refused to live with him.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-02
TO PREVENT ACTION ON
 IMPEACHMENT CASE
REPUBLICAN HOUSE LEADERS
 TO FIGHT CONSIDERATION

Agreement Reached That Matter be
 Called Up Next Thursday-Attempt
 Case Recon mitted to Judiciary Conn
 mtttee-eharges That Papers Have
 Been Withheld.
 Washington. April 1-An agreement has been reached yesterday whereby the resolution to impeach Judge Charles Swayne of the northern district of Flor ida will be called up for consideration in the house next Thursday. The time is satisfactory to Mir. Palmer of Penn sylvania, who prepared the majority re- port Of the judiciary committe in fa- for of impeachment; and also to MT. Gillett of California, who prepared the chies minority report against impeach- naent. Speaker Cannon has agreed to Thursday for consideration of the reso- lution.
 An attempt will be made by some of the republican leaders in the house to have the matter recommitted to the ju- dietary committee, thus avoiding at this session vote on the merits of the case. What they contend is simple justification for this course has been found in the alleged fact that the testi- mony as published by the committee is not complete. The charge is made that important papers and affidavits have been withheld from the house and it will be insisted that before the house votes on the resolution it has a right to the information that was before the committee when it agreed to report a resolution favoring the impeachment of Judge Swayne. If the leaders fail in their effort to have the case recommit- ted. they will endeavor in some other way to prevent a vote on the merits of the case at this time. It is suggested as an alternative proposition that a day after the converting of thc next regular session of congress be set Ter a vote. The desire for delay is not generally shared by members of the Judiciary committee, either those who favor or those who oppose impeachment. MT. Gillett, who prepared the report against impeachment, said yesterday that he was willing that the matter be dis posed of at once on it's merits after a proper time for debate.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-02
TiBErANs SPRUNG SURPRISE.
British Force night isave mes D,saster
 but for Goodness.

but for Goodness.
 London, April 2.The colonial office has issued long dispatches sent by Col onel Younghusband, commanding the British mission to Tibet, through Lord Curzon, the viceroy of India, which confirm the story of the Associated Press concerning the engagement be- tween the British and Tibet ans near Guro yesterday, The dispatches add that 1t was a Lhassa general who fired the first shot, thereby melting the Ti- betans to attack, and that but for the fact that the Tibetans were so henmed in that they could not use their weap- ons the British loss might have been more serious.
 Later dispatches to the Associated Press show that so little was the onset expected that the British officers were eating sandwiches and adjusting cam eras. Mir. Candler, the correspondent of the Daily Mall, was sitting unarmed writing. He had narrow escape from death and received twelve wounds. Colonel Younghusband and his staff were not far distant and also were wholly unarmed, and it is evident that but for the personal courage and pres ence of mind of Colonel Macdonald and his officers a terrible disaster might have occurred
 The Tibetans displayed dogged fear lessness, apparently being misled by the smallness of the British force and ignorant of the effect of modern fire arms. The whole affair only occupied ten minutes.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-02
OFFICER OF BAITLESHIP
 MAINE SHOOTS HIMSELF
LIEUT-C0MMANDER E. T. VAR
 BURTON 4 SUICIDE.

Sends Bullet Through Ills Brain In Hts
 Cabln-No Cause Known for the Act
 Appeared In Best of Health and
 Would Have Been Assigned to shore
 Duty Within Few Weeks
 Pensacola, Fla, April 1.-Lieut. Com- mander Edgar Townsend Warburton, chief engineer of the battleship Maine, now in this harbor, committed suicide in his cabin on board the vessel to-day, shooting himself through the brain. Death resulted within forty minutes. The executive officer of the ship was passing the door of Commander War burton's cabin when he was startled by the report of a revolver within The bullet after passing through the brain came through the door and struck the rail of the ship, barely missing the ex- ecutive officer The latter notified the other officers and the door of the com mander's cabin was forced open. He was lying on the floor in pool of blood and the revolver was grasped in his right hand. The surgeon of the ship endeavored to stop the flow of blood without result. The flagship was signalled and the fleet surgeon respond cd but the commander expired shortly after his arrival.
 The bullet entered just above the right temple and passed out over the left ear. No cause is known for the of ficer committing the rash act. He ap- peared to be in the best of health and spirits, and within a few weeks would have been assigned to shore duty. Many of the officers expressed the be- lief that death was the result of an ac- cident and that the commander did not commit suicide. Commander Warbuy- ton had been with the Maine since that vessel was placed in commission. He was formerly on the Indiana.
 The body will be shipped to Philadel- phia, where his wife resides, to-mor- row.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-02
COAL MEN MAKE CHARGES.
Twenty-six Roads Entsring Chicago
 Accused of Violating Anti-Trust Law.

. Woht -sA nUhWa GBlChKO Accused of Violating Anti-Trust Law
 Chicago, April i. = Eight specific charges, each one pointed out as vio- lation of the Sherman antitrust law, are being brought against the twenty six leading railroads running into Chi cago in a bill prepared for the Chicago Coal Shippers association to be filed in the United States circuit court. The action is an attempt by the coal men to put the Chicago Car Service associa- tion out of business on the ground that it is an illegal combination of railroads.
 Its acts are said to be the enforcement of uniform system of demurrage and per diem charges on cars, which adds to the freight rates. The bill to be filed is petition for injunction against each of the railroads restraining them from continuing their membership in the as- sociation and from combining to form d similar organization.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-02
INTERCoLLEGIATE FENCING.
Yale Wei Down in the List in the
 opsntng Bouts.

Opentng Bouts.
 New York, April 1.-Seven teams of three men each, representing West Point, Annapolis, Columbia, Harvard, Yale Cornell and the University of Pennsylvania took part in the intercol- legiate fencing tournament, which be- gan in the gymnasium of the New York Athletic club tonight As each of the twenty-one foilsmen will have to take part in the eighteen bouts, 1S9 bouts will be necessary to decide the team. championship as we'll as the individual fencing champion of this year At the conclusion of the 18th bout tonight West Point led, having won fifteen and lost six bouts, The representatives of Harvard and Columbia universities tied with fourteen winning. and eight losing bouts, while the Yale men had won eleven and lost twelve. Cornell won nine and lost ten; the naval cadets from Annapolis won nine and lost twelve, while the Pennsylvania fencers made a rather disappointing exhibition, only winning three bouts out of twenty two. Individual honor were equally divided between F. w. Honeycutt of West Point, and H. W. Holmes, the captain of the Harvard university team, each of whom had straight string of seven victories.
 , The contest will be continued to-lnor- row afternoon and concluded tomorrow nigtht.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-02
JUMPED FROM SKYSCRAPER
NOVEL METHOD OF SUICIDE IN
 NEW FORK.

sidney Johnson Haydon Climbs
 Twenty-one Stories, Opens Window
 His Body Beoken- Had Letter from
 Unton Pacific 0ficfat.
 New York, April 1.--Sidney Johnston Haydon, of the Hotel Holley, this city, to-day jumped to the street from the top floor of the twenty-one story sky scraper at 42 Broadway and 55 New street and was instantly killed, nearly every bone in his body being broken.
 The building has just been finished and many of the offices are not occu- pied Haydon went into one of the un- occupied offices on the top floor of the New street side. raised 6 window and Jumped.
 Nothing is known about the suicides family or his business affairs. In Hay dons pocket was a letter from General Auditor Young of the Union Pacific railroad, indicating that Haydon had recently applied to him for position.
 Louisville, April 1.-Sidney Johnson Haydon, who committed suicide in New York by Jumping from the top floor of a skyscraper, wa sprominent as a rail- road man and related to many promi- nent Kentuckians. During his resi- dence in Louisville some years ago he was one of the chief clerks in the audit or's office of the Louisville and Nash vile railroad. After leaving Louisville he became auditor of the Choctak, Oklahoma and Gulf road. Later he opened an office as expert accountant in New York. He was bachelor His mother, Mrs. Anna G. Haydon, of Lou isville, is the only surviving member of his immediate family.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-02
Verdict for se5, ,uoo.

Greenville, S. C., April 1.-In the state circuit court to-day Mrs. Susan l.. Franklin of Newberry, S. C., obtained a verdict for $25,O0O damages in a suit against the Southern Railway, half of the amount sued for. The suit, was based on allegations that while a passenger on a train between Green vile and Atlanta, she was insulted and annoyed by man who made indecent proposals and that the railroad conduc- tor did not interfere to present 1t until she appealed to him, although was was in the car. She claims to have become seriously i'll in Atlanta on her arrival there in consequence of her treatment.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-02
ALI QUIET AT PORT ARTHUR.
Russian Report of War situation.

Russian Report of War situation. St. Petersburg, April l. A semi-off1c- l Ial dispatch from Port Arthur bearing ko-day's date says: aOur entire squadron left the harbor March 2S, making for the Miactas islands. At Il o'clock the cruiser Novik lighted steamer towing a Chinese unk. She would not stop until the torpedo boat vrimanlny fired two shots. was the Japanese steamer IHHa1iea Maru, on board Of which were found len Japanese and eleven Chinamen, va fious papers telegrams and maps and Two Whitehead torpedos. The crew was aken on boar our ships, after which the Eessel was taken in tow and subse- IIuently sunk. The Novik and accom- sSanying torpedo boats rejoined the &lhur.
 A "On March 29, the anniversary of the Russian occupation of Port Arthur was celebrated with religious service and military review. ' k"On March 30 occurred the funeral of he men killed on board the torpedo
 lot destroyer Silni during the Japanese
 ttempt to block the port on March 12.
 large concourse attended the funeral.
 ''The Grand Duke Boris arrived on
 he same day and was given a public Eelcone.
 Viceroy Alexieff, accompanied by Gen.
 ral Zhilinski, arrived March 31.
 "All is quiet"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-02
MASKED MEN ROB EXPRESS
SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRAIN HELD
 UP AT GOBLET, GAL.
Bandits Blow Open Car When E1prs.. Messenger Refuses and Then Kln Him -compslI Engineer to Take Them to Keswiek-A Posse NOW Searching for Them
Them.


 Sacramento. Cal, April 1.--Three masked men last night held up the Ore gon cypress, southbound, on the South ern Pacific railroad, at Copley, near keswick, killed w. J. O'Neil, the ex- press messenger, and carried off the contents of the express box. The train is known as No. 15, and stopped at Cop ley. . small station. for water. At the irain came to a standstill three men jumped on and cut the train in two. They went to the express car and told Messenger O'Neil to open the car. He refused, whereupon they blew open the car with dynamite, and deliberately killed O'Neil by shooting him through the head. The bandits then robbed the car Of it's contents, but it is not known how much they obtained.
 After robbing the express car the men cut the car loose, and, getting on the engine, compelled the engineer to go ahead. When near Keswick the men dropped off the engine and disappeared in the night with their plunder.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-02
hlppinE News.
Steamer

New York, April 1.-Arrved: Steamer Citta di Napoll, Genoa and Naples.
 Queenstown, April 1.--Arrlyed: steamer Campania, New York for Liverpool Handed mails and Droceeded).
 Plymouth, April 1.-.Arriyed: Steamer Bluecher New York for CherDourg and Hamburg (and proceeded).
 New York, April 1.-Steamer Lucania, from Liverpool and Queenstown for New York, is reported as having been in commu- nication by wireless telegraph with the NanH tucket lightship at 6:15 D. n..
 Liverpool, April 1.-Arriyed: Steamer Ced- rio, New York via Queenstoyn,
 Glasgow, April 1.--Arrived: Steamer Hi- bernian, Portland, Me.
 Boulogne sur Mer, April 1--2 p. m.--Arriy- ed: Steamer Noordam, New York for Rotter- dam (and proceeded,
 Glasgow March yo SssIed MoSs steamer saaa dna from latter port April D.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-02
APRIL FOOL JOKE.
Sensational Report of Another Attempt
 10 Kiu Pope.

Rome. April 1.-The alleged plot against the life of the pope, which was reported in London newspaper a few days ago and promptly denied by the vatican authorities had a sequel to-day in an ill-timed April fool'' story pub lished by an insignificant newspaper here. This story was to the effect that two anarchists who intended to make an attempt on the pope's life had been arrested at a door of the vatican with bombs in their possession.
 The Isservatore Romano, the vatican organ, most indignantly contradicts the story and points out the bad taste of such a joke.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-02
OFF FOR THE FRONT.
at Tokto Finally Per- mittcd to Leave.

Tokio, April 1.--3 p. m.-The first par
 F of foreign correspondents left Tokio br the front to-day. It consisted of |xteen newspaper men, mostly British lad Americans. From here the party
 pes to Moji Opposite Shimonoseki, |lDan), leaving there April on |apanese transport for their destina- |ons which is kept secret.
 The order of the Japanese authorities |lleashing the correspondents was joy |lsly received. It ended long siege at |okio. The correspondents appreciated De necessity for the government main- lining secrecy in regard to the move Tents of the troops, and their disposi- lon for the campaign, but chafed un- |r their extended idleness. A crowd |sthered at the Shinbashi station, |here the correspondents went on board |train, and cheered the departing writ
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-02
JAPS ADVANCE DRIVING
 RUSSIANS BEFORE THEM
REST BUT ADAY AFTER THE RE-
 CENT VICTORY.

Then Push Forward FoFty-flve Miles
 and After Brief Engagement Drive
 the Euemy Farther NOrth-SuEprise
 in London at Rapid Development of
 the Ad.ance-AII Qulef at Port Arthur
 Tokio. April 1-6 p. m.-Information has been received here from private source that the Japanese troops after dislodging the Russians at Chong Ju (about fifty miles northwest of Ping Yang) on March 2s, rested for one day and then advanced to Yong Chun (about forty-fve miles west of Chong Ju). After brief engagement they drove the enemy further north. the Russians retreating toward Unsan, a town eighty miles northwest of Yong Chun.
 St. Petersburg, April 1.--The Associ- fated Press is officially informed that up to the present the government has re- ceived no news to confirm the state ment sent by news aganecy from To- kio that the Japanese made another at tack on Port Arthur during the night of l March 30-S1.
 London, April 2.-There is no con- firmation of any kind of the report ca l. bled from Tokio to a news agency that a fresh attack has been made by the S Japanese upon Port Arthur. Some surprise is expressed here over 1.-the rapid development of the Japanese Radvance in Corea as indicated by the aseizure of Yong Chun, and although lit dtle is known of this movement, it is Supposed that the right flank of the < zJapanese army is making a simultane- Eous advance, and permission being |lgranted to the newspaper correspond Tents at Tokio to start for the front is |regarded as foreshadowing serious op- |erations.