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ion leaped to the conclusion that there
 was decision representing financial power and authority Of the first mag nitude and likely to effect, by it's infu- ence and example, the control of cor porate management as a whole, that the retrenchment period was ended, and
 that the way was open for the enjoy ment by stockholders of a fuller share of earnings, secure in the capacity of their property to care for the require ments upon it and to maintain the earn ing power thus defined.
 The convulsive rise in Union Pacific and Southern Pacific aroused some anx- iety at first, owing to the distress of an
 uncovered short interest which was in- dicated The movement elsewhere in consequence was feverish and irregular for a time. The general deductions
 drawn from the dividend action on the
 Pacific Were too important and far reaching, however, to allow the general advance to be long restrained. The
 new income basis offered by the Paci- fics themselves, especially Union Paci- AtNt ANLt DOSAl NlOG 4OOll lOA IGduJ uSl- ment in the price that the rise was viz orously extended by spasmodic move ments.
 Other stocks most acutely affected naturally were those in which condi- tions bore the close analogy to those of
 Union Pacific. Pennsylvania and New
 York Central were the principal exam
 ples by reason of their large stockhold- ings of controlled companies. The in-
 crease in the Union Pacific dividend was definitely assigned to the resources
 of it's income from investments. Hence
 the analogy. The strength of the mar ket, however, became fairly comprehen- sive. Union Pacific's extreme high price was 179 3-4, compared with 162 5-S last might. Southern Pacific rose to S9 early in the day, an extreme advance of 7-8, but did not rise again to that level lat CT. Pennsylvania gained 6, New York Central and the active list generally from 1 to points. The irregular clos ing below the best of the day was the natural result of realizing the days in- viting profits.
 Bonds were irregular Total sales,
 par value, $2,93OOOO
 United States bonds were unchanged
 on call.
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hAw oRK STOCK MARKET

On the New York Stock Exchange. reported by Prince & Whltely. Bank. ers and Brokers. 52 Broadway, New York, and l6 Center street. New Haven, Conn
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) L2. AAD4I3A MOCK MARKa4
Wall Street Electrified by U. P. and S.
 p. Dividend.

New York, Aug. 17,-Union Pacific on a ten per cent dividend basis and Southern Pacific on five per cent. dividend basis. Official announcement of this result of yesterdays meetings of the executive committees of the two companies electrified Wall street all most immediately after operations in the stock market had begun to-day, Speculative excitement blazed up of sudden and instead of burning itself out in flash, as Is not unusual on such an outbreak after period of continued speculation, the flame thus kindled in- creased and spread until practically all parts of the stock exchange list were embraced in the excited demand for stocks.
 Wall street unquestionably was taken by surprise. Yesterday rumor mongers who alleged that Southern Pacific was to receive a semi-annual dividend of 21-2 per cent, rather than the expected 2 per cent. were regarded as extrava- gant, AS for the prospects of Union Pacific stockholders. the most hopeful. prophet offered no suggestion that more than SIS per cent. for the half year would be disbursed on that stock. The dazzling effect of the announcement ot a regular 5 per cent. semi-annual divi- dend on the speculative imagination was thus magnified many-fold' opon-
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Boston Stock Quotations.

Reported over private wires of Horn- blower & Weeks, members of New York and Boston Stock Exchanges New Haven ofnce. s7 Center street.
 H.gh I.oR. Bid Aakeh
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consolidated stcck Exchnnge.

Reported over private wire by " ?. Smith & O.. 7l Brbacway. N. r.. New Haven office, $40 Chapel street, Norman A. Tanrer. Manager.
 High. Low Bid Asked
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Chicago Market.

Reported over private wire by ". b Smith & Co, 71 Broadway, New York New Haven office, 24 Center street; Nor man A. Tanner. manager,
 Open. High Low Closc
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Cotton Market.

Reported by Dick Bros. & Co., mem bers of New York Stock and Cotton Ex- changes. Branch office No. 33 Center street
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Adams Express As. 1s47. 102h 10s Rranford L, $ W. bs. zg2T. iO7 :: Inter. Silver deb 6A 193S.. 90 92
 dc 1st Gs. 194D...a.. 107A 10Sh Middletown. 3.65, 1909 .,.. 100 .. N Fl. Gas cons As, 1910-1g IFS 1S0h N II Water con As, 191o-15 166h =. ~. II. City Park ss....... 2yf s, N. II. City Park sAs..... 100 .. N. H. Sewer 4s. 1914. ...,. 103 . NH City Bridge 3tss..,. 101 N. L. Gas & Es bst 5s, 1927 105 107h New Milford Wa, P 1932...: 105N N. l.. Gas, 5s, 1928 ,......., 101 .. S N E. Tel 5s. l94s....... ;. 120 Swift & co. 5s, f9t4. . 101h 1021s United Ill. 4s, 194oy....... |. sSh 
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voc.r STOCK QUoTAmoNu.

LOCAL STOCA QUOTATIONS. FurnJshed by Kimberly, Rcot & Day, Bankers and Brokers, la3 orange Street. s.
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Miscellaneous SGocEA
 Far. Bid. Asked.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-14
The Illinois centrals Change OF Presi.
dent.

It is quite safe to say that ma.
iority of the people who live ad.
jacent to the lines of the Illinois
Central Railway, and most of the
stockholders of that company were
well satisfied with the Management,
of the company's affairs under the
presidency of Mr.. Fish. There is
also wide spread feeling that under
the new management the Central
may be used for speculative pur.
poses. Some think that the triumph
of Mr.. Hartman over Mr.. Fish will
hasten the coming of the big United
States railway, with Uncle Sam as
president and general manager. And
then there are others who take an
optimistic view Of the future. They
see the Central double tracked from
Omaha to Chicago, to enable it to
handle its new from ocean 10 ocean
traffic, and the interests Of the adj
jacent country greatly promoted
Be this as it may the day will prob
ably come when the Illinois Central
will value more than it does at
present the services of a man in
whom the public has! confdence.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-14
The Meaning Of the New York Election.

The combined power of all the
trusts, all the millionaires, all the
newspapers, except his own, all the
republican organizations, all the
trust owned democratic organiza-
tons, apd the Federal administra.
ton, was unable to prevent Mr..
Hearst from securing majority Of
the votes cast in each Of the five
bo:oughs Of Greater New York.
And in all the industrial centers
Inside of the big city Mr.. Hearst
lead the democratic forces so far be-
yond their vote Of former years that
he alone of all the candidates on his
ticket fell short of an election. Such
result against such odds is moral
ly a republican defeat, a repudia-
ton Of the alliance between the re-
publican party and predatory
wealth.
The people ar, tired of the extor-
tons practiced upon them under
the guise of protective tariff, tired
Of the lawlessness of incorporated
wealth, tired Of being deprived of
SO large portion of the wealth pro-
duced by their labors.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-14
BAD CROP YEARS.
When R;rds and Animals Do No
Nate ct tl.c aIati.,r. Seaso:,.

When Rirds and Animals Do Not
Nate ct tl.c sIatint; Season.
when birds anu animals 10 not
mate at the mating season, il is a sigl
that bad year is coming, said farm
er.
"Quails. gophers. rabbits ana SOUR.
rels all refuse 10 mate IN certain
years. These years afterward turn
out to be bad ones. Tie qaails are
particularly weather wise. By instinct
the little wild creatures know that al'
lack of rain or for some other reason
there is to be a grass famine and a
seed famine, and, insiead of pairing OF
and mating and setting up houselseel,-
ing in little families of two, they re.
main minated i'll the large bands III
which they have flown all winter, liv-
Ing, as 1t were. a kind OF apartment
house life. That year inevitably turns
out bad one, though the. bachelor and
spinster qnaiis. with n good deal of
picking and scratching, manage to get
enough to eat But to feed families of
+ little ones in such Il famine year would
he impossible.
In California the squirrels in u fam
Inc year not only do not mate: tiley do
not even live. They become dormant.
As by miracle, they remain dormant
until season OF plenty comes with
the next winters rains. Exchange.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-14
NAPoLHoN's ACCOUNT BOOK


some L.. -Ssis.- sc During HIS Exile
at st. Helena.
There waS recently sold in London
the last BOP. of accounts of Napoleon
at st. Heleaa, from 1918 to 1921. The
expenses IRE cllssil,el by month and
We're kept by Piercoa. the cy-emperor's
maitre d'hotel. with entries by Mont
holon.
There are fanny corrections in pencil
by the august eyla hi... eli, fol. he
verified all the accounts a:ll changed
English money. where it was used. into
francs. Some of The ent!ie; are higialy
interesting. Thus. Oh Aug. II, 1919,
the fete of the emperor, hc"e is one by
Montholon: "Artlleial Covers, Is. Ex-
traordinary expenses. t Us.
Napoleon's resources at st. Helena
were very modest, but his tradesne.,.
as regarded their prices. never forgot
that he was an emperor though an
eXiled one. Among other occupations
to While away the time that hung so
heavily on his hands, Napoleon went
in for gardening, and a,aenr the cl-
tries are found: -Four wate.in :; cans.
II S.; , pairs of primers, 10: axes,
IA los. prices which look as if the
exile WAS simply regarded as !, subject
for fleeing. For mendmg the emper-
ors bed" IL is charged.
Toward the end of his life Napoleon's
nourishment consisted almost entirely
of chickens. pigeons, and eggs, and
! there are numerous entries for medi.
cines. In March, 1891, for instance,
thirty bottles of strip, one case of
prunes, two cases of Burgundy plums;
in April, ten bottles OF sirup. eight doz-
EN- oranges. eight dozen lemons.-Lon-
| don Globe.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-14

that it should arouse in US no spirit
of reckless pride, and least of ALA
spirit Of needless disregard of our
responsibilities; but rather sober
sense of our many blessings, and a
resolute purpose, under Providence,
not to forfeit them by any action of
our own.
Material we'll being, indespens-
able though it is, can never be any
thing but the foundation of true
national greatness and happiness.
il we build nothing upon this
foundation, then our national life
will be as meaningless and empty
as a house where only the foundation
has been laid. Upon our material
we'll being must be built a super
structure of individual and national
life lived in accordance with the
laws of the highest morality, or else
our prosperity itself will in the long
run turn out curse instead of a
blessing. Weshould be both revently
thankful for what we have received
and earnestly bent upon turning il
into means Of grace and not Of
destruction.
Accordingly l hereby set apart
Thursday, the twenty-ninth day Of
November, next, as the day of thanks.
giving and supplication, on which
the people should meet in theil
homes or their church, devoutly ac
knowledge all that has been given to
them and to pray that they may il
addition receive the power to use
these gifts Alright.
"In witness Whereof have here
unto set my hand and caused the
seal Of the United States to be affix
ed.
Done at the city of Washington
this 22nd day Of October in the veal
. of our Lord One Thousand Nine
Hundred and Six and of the Inde.
pendence of the United States the
One Hundredth and Thirty-frst.
(SeaD THEODORE ROOSEVELT
by the President:
! Elihu Root, Secretary of State"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-14

As walk along dark, lonely road
my ears are on the alert. glance to
right and left. lock over my Shout
der. Where did / learn this habit?
May it not be the memory disk giving
Off Its record? My savage ancestor
learned by long years of experience to
be specially on his guard in n lonely
place and in the dark. When my in.
dignatien is thoroughly reused find
my hands cllnch. there is n tightening
of the lips, the teeth are more plainly
visible, and the whole attitude is sug-
gestive of making spring. Here Is
trait OF early man. who gathered him
self together and sprang upon his en-
envy to rend him with tooth and claw.
/ have, often noticed that when people
use the word offensive 1t is accom-
panied BY CULVER of the nostrils and
an involuntary movement of the nose
The Imagination is still haunted by
that piece of Very offensive carrion
which my primitive ancestor with a
prejudice for raw meat found too
strong for him, SO strsng that his nose
rejected 1t at once.-Nineteenth Cen
tury.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-14
"Giye, Give"

From The New York World
There never was secretary of the
treasury who nursed Wall street SC
tenderly as Secretary Shaw. If it
runs short Of ready money he de-
posits more government funds with
the banks; if they purchase gold
abroad he makes advances on it free
Of interest. And yet when he re-
leases $26,O00,OO0 for their benefit
they express disappointment be-
cause it was not S4O,OOO,OOO. 1t is
the old story Of the horse leech's
daughters over again. Wall street
cries, GIVE, give!"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-14

Claude R Porter, the defeated
democratic candidate for governor.
when asked what the thought of the
election said, I'm defeated"
That's about all there is. to it. j
made the best fight ! could. l am
very proud Of the vote given me and
] want to thank the people Of the
state for the expression Of confidence.
To have come 80 near to being COVER
nor in rock-ribbed republican state
like this is some little satisfaction.
There never was a cleaner fight
made for governor than the one the
democrats Of Iowa have made in my
behalf. We deserved to win. But
we didn't and the great state of Iowa
will continue to be grander and
grander just the same. Ibow to The
will Of the people,"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-14
The Presidents Proclamation.

The text of the proclamation is as
follows:
"a Proclamation:
"The time of the year has come
when, in accordance with the wise
custom of our forefathers, it becomes
my duty to set aside a special day of
thanksgiving and praise to the
Almighty because of the blessin gs
we have received, and of prayer that
these blessings may be continued.
Yet another year of wide spread we'll
being has passed. Never before in
our history or in the history of any
other nation has a people enjoyed
more Astounding material prosperity
than is ours; prosperity SO great
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-14
How to Learn . Foreign Language.

How to Learn Foreign Language.
One may begin the attempts of free
expression, and thus SIN independent
use of the language, with a compare
lively small vocabulary. Conscientious
reading and well conducted conversa-
tons will then quickly enlarge the vo-
.cabulary and develop the facility of ex-
preston. But / cannot lay too much
stress upon the fact that the free and
exact rendering of ones own thought
in writing is the most efficient exercise
In acquiring language. In mere con-
versation we are apt to slip over diff
culties by permitting ourselves vague
ness and inaccuracies of expression
which would sternly demand correc-
tion-and correction, too, easily kept
in mind-when the written words look
us in the face. To quicken the efficacy
Of this exercise requires, of course, a
teacher able not only to pound gram
NAUTICAL rules into the head of the pu-
Pill, but also to stir up in the study Of
the language n mentally active inter-
est in the subjects spoken or written
about.-Carl Scllurz's "reminiscences in
McClure's.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-14

Many birds are provided with natural
spectacles, transparent membrane
called the third eyelid. This third eye
lid when not in use lies folded in tho
inner corner Of the eye. Two muscles
work 1t, spreading 1t over the cornea or
folding 1t up again much more cleverly
than man can put on or take off his
spectacles. But for its third cyelid the
eagle could not look at the sun. The
specialized bear belongs to Chile, Its
Latin name is Ursus ornatus. 1t Is
black, and around It's eyes pale rings
are drawn which have exactly the ap-
pearance of pair of goggles.-St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-14
sailor. ON strike.

That English soldiers or sailors
should strike for more pay in n way
such as we. are accustomed to III trades
sounds impossible, but such things
have occurred, the last time being in
April, 1897. when the sailors demanded
higher wages and literally struck, 9TH
erwise mutinying. The admiralty
agreed to meet their demands, but, not
doing SO at.once, the sailors aboard the
London struck or mutinled again. and
for ordering the marines to fire, there
by killing some men, Admiral Colpoys
and his captain We're made prisoners
by the sailors. On May 10 a special
act was passed granting the Increased
pay, and the king pardoned the mutt
neers-LondOn Telegraph
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-14
BARLEY KING"
O'NE1LL IS DEAD
Once Wealthy Chicago Traders Life
Ends as Agent for q st. Louis
Brewery.

Chicago, Nov. Oh. J. O'Neill, from
1880 to 1893 the barley king of the
world" and rated in Chicago during
that period MS worth many millions,
died i'll obscurity at Cameron, No., Of
heart disease. Public attention was
attracted to the O'Neill name last in
November. 1890, when the barley
kings wife was arrested in Montreal,
Cam. oil complaint of Chicago firms
who We're her creditors to the amount
Of $4,000 for tinery.
Her husband stood by her and paid.
the bills. Soon after this the O'Neill
fortune was lost. The trader tried to
re-establish himself at Winona, but
failed. AT the time of his death he
was buying agent for st. Louis
brewery, with headquarters at Cedar
Rapids, In.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-14
For ncr WeIs.re

Mrs. Goouhearr had made up hei
mind that liost of the SO called charity
of the present, day was not strictly
speaking, charity at all. Whoever gave
she had concluded. did SO for the pleas
ant sensation of seeing his or hel
name figure on subscription lists, ant
she did not agree with this ostentation
Here. my good man. she said on,
day last week to Il man who had beg
gel aims Of her, here is threapenn,
piece, and please to UNDERSTAND that j
do not give this because hope to bt
rewarded for my caarlty some day
but because it gives me pleasure t;
Go so.'
The burly beggar looked obviously al
the tiny silver coin.
Look ere, num- he said. IN this
ere wicked world we don't orften get
the chance to enjoy ourselves. Why
not make it a shiiiin' am ave a rea
good time?"-London Tlt-Bits.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-14
changes in the road in the near

Sh"hSCo AZ tuc lOdu III Illo near
future.
The acquisition ofthe Illinois Gen.
trail will make Z. H. Hartman the
master spirit of the greatest railroad
system that the world ever saw. 1t
will have total mileage of 2s,74l
miles. The next largest system,
that of the Vanderbilts, has mile
age of only 20,493.
The Hartman system will extend
from the lakes to the gulf and will
have two lines from the Atlantic to
the Pacific ocean. 1t will enter al
most every important center of popu-
lation and industry in the United
States including New York. San
, Francisco, Chicago, New Orleans,
st. Louis, Baltimore, Washington,
! Portland, Seattle and Los Angeles.
1t will be a factor in the coal fields
of Pennsylvania and the fruit traffic
of California, in the suburban traffic
Of New Jersey, and the lumber and
grain traffic Of Washington and the
Dakotas, in the development of water
transportation on the lakes, on the
gulf and on the Panama canal.
4 Distribution OF MILEAGE.
The lines now controlled by Harri-
man, allowing him the Illinois Cen
trail, have been acquired for the
most part within eight and a half
years. They are:
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-14
BIG BUILDING aoLLApsEs
Eight Men Dead and Nine Injured
Too Much Haste In Concrete
Construction.

Long Beach, Cal, Nov. 10. = Five
stories of, the, central wing of the new
'S75aOO9 Bixhy hotel collapsed, carry
ing eight men to death in the tons Of
tangled wreckage. About $50 artisans
and laborers were scattered through
the structure at the moment it fell
and of these nearly 100 We're carried
down in the ruins. Tie hotel was be.
ing built of reinforced concrete.
Following is the list of dead: Frank
Morton and Alvin Deshaker, carpen-
ters. Los Angeles; Albert Hartle, car
penter, Long Beach; Il. NJ. Perkins,
stripper Long Beach; Carlton Bra
shear, carpenter, Signal Hill; Alton
Bjmson, laborer. Long Beach; Lewis
I'hilipps. carpenter Los Angeles; b. A.
Isnhbel!, carpenter. Long Beach. Nine
men We're wounded, their hurts con-
sisting of broken limbs principally. one
losing leg by amputation, but. none
Of them will die.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-11-14
Paving the Way for a Panic.
From wallace's Farmer.l

Secretary Shaw is paving the way
for panic. Every time money gets
scarce and high in New York the
secretary goes to Wall Street on q
relief expedition, which generally
ends in putting some more OF Uncle
Sans money in the New York banks,
without interest, and always in some
form of relief which helps bankers
and gamblers at the expense of the
government. His last relief OK
petition led to the substitution Of
other bonds and stocks in nation;
banks in lieu Of governmel t
securities, on the condition that the
banks should use these released
bonds as security for $1S,OOO,OCO
additional bank circulation and re
tire it after awhile.
According to the last statement,
the United States treasury has over
and above all liabilities the vast sum
of $224,594,77O, of which banks
have the use Of $l54,907 ,439, with
out interest. Every time the sec
rotary returns from relief ex-
petition interest falls and stocks 90
up. As the result of this going up
Of stocks, rates of interest rise, and
the immediate presence of DR.. Shaw
with his gilded pills is again re
quired.
When will this sort of financial
quackery come to an end? What is
the sense Of selling Panama canal
bonds whsn there is already enough
money loaned TO bankers without in
ter.st to keep the diggers going for
len years? When the secrt tlry has
played his last card something will
happen, and its desolating efforts
will not be confined to Wall Street.
The business Of bolstering up banks
and stock spectators may be good
one for them for the time being, but
it is wrechedly bad business for the
country at large.
The increased supply of gold and
the resulting increase in the cir
culating medium has advanced the
prices OF commodities SO much al
ready that the laboring man m ,st
needs have increased wage or starvc,
and as a result there is a great ur-
rest among the masses, which is
perplexing politicians just now. The
extent of it can be measured after
the 4th of November. There is no
need Of financial quacks to boost
prices of speculative stocks still
further.
The way to get sober is to quit
drinking. The way to get back to
normal conditions financially is to
quit stimulating speculation. Solo
mon said in mis- day that there were
three things which were never salts
fed. If he lived now he might add
a fourth-Wall Street. Conserva-
tive bankers and careful business
men will breathe sigh Of relief
when Secretary Shaw leaves the
cabinet The sooner lie leaves it
til better for everybody except the
N w York bankers andsspeculators.