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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-19
City Council.

The Council met in regular month
ly session Monday evening and all
were present but DIR. Scott and B.
W. Green's. The monthly report of
the city treasurer, @. j. Seeds was
approved.
Permission was granted B. Hoag
to erect a. coal house between his
electric light plant and the road on
the north side of his plant. The
building committee was instructed
to renew the insurance on the boil
ers at the water works. The petit
ton of property owners for sewer
starting at the south extremity of
Franklin street and running east to
Wayne street and then north to the
alley between Main and Fayette from
there running east to Reynolds
street was granted.
There being no further business
the Council was adjourned to Mon
day, June 25th, when they will meet
to complete their plans for the con-
stfuction of this sewer. The follow
ing bills were allowed:
Fireman's Fund.
Protection GO: %
NJ Denton Co. ... ....,-'...........~ e g g
+. Dewey. labor......, ..................... a5l
| Water Works.
He'll d Collier Coal Co., coal................ 80 4:
&. Hruby. salary and expenses ...... ....". SO "
". l.. C1ilard. .............". Is u
1 Rlectrlc Lights.
NJ. l.. h. & P. Co., lights ...............- l47 o.
4 Co pOraliOn.
Al. Bruce. repairs ..................... 20 q
Eclipse Lumber Co. lumbsf.............. =. 81 s
A. Wltheral. q
+. lleWey, laDOr..
3. ID. Frentress 10 G.
Boone Blank Book Co., supplles...,........ 8 N
ChRs. Mattox. u
Democrat. printing $3.50. ..,............. o
.......,................ 10 81
Del. Co. News. printing ................. is .
Del. 90. Tel Co., rentals ................ &c
E. Hruby. salary .....................,s 25 l
Perry Aldrch, labor. Observation-Disclosures. II o
Barnd, police .................. .... 9 Q
u. CLARK, supplies................. 1000. s
I. I. Of yer. salary. Observation-Disclosures. 40
VIM aJewell, labor Observation-Disclosures. sc z
&. w. Sedgwick, salary............... .. 10
G. A. ballard, sand .....,........ AZ
c. Whitman, labor. ....................... 81 Z
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-06-19

cuGcItdlucu TWO ROOu CIOWuS u04C
last Friday. The performances
were meritorious and those who wit
messed them were well pleased. The
people of this vicinity like good
shows and literally patronize all
good entertainments.
Memorial services for the de-
ceased members of the w. R. G. will
be held at the NJ. E. church Sunday
June %. Address by Rev. Wagner
at 1920 q. m. Post and corps are
requested to meet in the basement
of the church at 10 o'clock. Ap.
propriate music will be rendered by
the choir.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Harrison Of
this city have received word Of the
election of their daughter, Mrs.
May Douthwaite to the vice presi-
dency of the Woman's International
Label League of which she was a
delegate from Colorado Springs to
the Biennial Convention at Logans-
port, Indiana.
The regular June examination
for teachers will be held as usual in
the Superintendent's office. Fol
lowing this there will be another
state examination held there in July.
1t is recommended by the State
]. Departmentlthat all who can will
take thes.Iana examination. Those
who have renewal of certificate
must have these before July lst.
John Rrngman donated all acre
of ground to SIS. Peter and Paupt
congregation at Petersburg OF
which will be built a fine two stor!
brick hall FOR the. use of the villag'
and congregation. We learn thu
t building will be 4OxlO0 feet AM
q that work on the same has alread.
Q begun, Petersburg has a most en-
t terprising congregation.-Dyers
vile News Letter.
The National tribune., 1907-09-05
SUNDAY OBSERVANCE.

What we have been previously saying
in The National Tribune as to the pow
erful help of the trades unions in the
matter of Sunday observance is en-
phasized by the proceedings at the Ma
tional Convention of the Master Butch
ers. The butchers are everywhere
working hard for more rigid observ
ance of Sunday as a day of rest. They,
in connection with other organizations,
have secured the observance of the
Sunday laws in many States. In New
York there was much opposition, par
ticularly from the Jewish butchers, but
firm attitude was maintained, and
buy good meats on Saturday night these
would keep over Sunday If the saloon
closing laws were enforced, they would
spend less money for beer and have
more for ice and for meat The Jewish
butchers were induced to open their
markets Saturday evening at o'clock,
when they could sell all the meat that
was necessary.
They are having some trouble in Ohio
in securing enforcement of the law
which prohibits the opening of places
Of business on Sunday except those of
Jewish merchants Strong influences
are being brought to bear to secure the
more rigid observance of the Sunday
laws. and among these influences is that
of the Hungarian priests especially in
Cleveland, who are bringing the hoclls
solidly to support Sunday closing.
The most unsatisfactory report came
from Washington, D. c. While the
public markets are compelled to be
ciosed, the small groceries are allowed
to be open. The Master Butchers COM
plain that this ruins their Saturday
night trade, and that the Sunday morn
ing shops sell meat which is unfit for
consumption since the inspectors are
rot on duty on Sunday morning.
The general feeling in The Convention
was that great progress was being made
in the direction of Sunday closing for
all manner OF business.
The National tribune., 1907-09-05
Ex-Gov. TAYLOR. OF, KENTUCKY.

The last card played in the long and
tortuous proceedings arising out of the
murder OF Gov. Gcebel. of Kentucky. is
and that side of the case It will be
remembered that there was strong basis
for alleging plot to railroad eX-Gov.
Taylor and other prominent Republi-
cans into the peDitentiary upon the pre-
text Of Completely with the assassina-
ton. Mr.. Taylor took up his residence
in Indiana, and the Governor of In
diana refused to surrender him to the
Kentucky authorities. The six separate
trials to which Caleb Powers has been
subjected in the attempt to punish him
for the assassination have fully demon
strated the unfairness and vindictive-
ness of the lower Kentucky courts in
the matter. This has been SO manifest
as to turn fair-minded Democrats
against the proceedings, and compel
the authorities to make some show o.
fairness to regain their lost position
they, therefore. made a great show OF
immunity from arrest if eX-Gov.
testify in the forthcoming trial of Pow
ers. Mr.. Taylor replies to this that he
has now for seven years borne a weight
of calumny and persecution that has
been almost insufferable to an honor
able man. So far as his testimony is
by it. since he has already testified in
the fullest manner by depositions. and
if there was anything expected to be
gained from him by cross-examination
the Commonwealth Attorney has failed
to do it Neither the Commonwealth
Attorney nor anyone else has any power
to grant him immunity, but if he will
give sufficient assurances, backed up
by the promise of citizens of Kentucky
in whom Mr. Taylor has confidence that
he shall have a fair trial, Mr.. Taylor
will return to Kentucky and welcome
such an ordeal. Mr.. Taylor concluded:
I'm other words, if Mr. Franklin Will
cause what remains of the 100000
corruption fund to be returned to the
Treasury of Kentucky, no part of it to
be used in these prosecutions, thus put
ting my case On the same footing as
other criminal cases; will guarantee
that all trial juries in my case shall be
composed of six upright Democ AMI
a like number of upright Republicans;
will guarantee that bail Will be granted
me within the limits of 100000: viii
dismiss the indictments against all par
ties used as prosecuting witnesses eX
cept myself, leaving them free to tes-
tify without fear, coercion or restraint,
and, last but by no means least, will, in
advance. by mutual agreement, select
an able, upright and impartial Judge
to try my case. I will, without any
promise of immunity, voluntarily and
gladly return to Kentucky, not only to
testify in the Powers case, but to sub
nit myself to trial before jury of
my native State
The National tribune., 1907-09-05
VETERANS IN THE HOMES.

Among the complaints that come
from the Soldiers Homes is that the
veterans there when employed receive
but one-iifth to one-half the pay of
civilians who do the same work The
civilian employees get better bed and
| board than the veterans, and have sep
arate sleeping rooms instead of a bar
rack. They are given uniforms, but
they are of much superior quality and
cut to those furnished the veterans.
Against this complaint the officers OF
the Homes allege that the veterans do
not do anything like as much work,
and cannot be called upon for the hard
and continuous labor that is expected
from the civilians. Another complaint,
is that the uniforms furnished the vet
Grams are ill-ftting. cheap and coarse
and frequently secondhand. They are
said to cost about 81 apiece. 1t is al
legged that some of these garments are
patched. the caps stained and greasy,
the shirts coarse and heavy. and so on.
The rules of the Homes compel the vet
erans to take these uniforms and wear
them. as no one is admitted to the din
ing rooms unless in uniform. Other
privileges of the Home are also denied
them.
This is a matter of reform to which
we call the immediate and earnest at
tention of the Governoss of the Homes.
The United States Government certainly
can afford to furnish neat and tasteful
uniforms of good quality to the veter-
ans. The difference in cost is not great,
and certainly the inmates deserve cloth
ing which will preserve their own self
respect. Giving this will greatly con-
tribute to the maintenance of good or
der and discipline in the Homes. and
whatever additional cost there may be
will be THIS more than compensated
for.
The National tribune., 1907-09-05
NATIONAL TRIBUNE HEADQUARTERS
AT SARATOGA.

In accordance with its usual custom
The National Tribune has secured head
quarters at Saratoga near to Nationa
Headquarters for the convenience of it
subscribers and friends. Its headquar-
tiers will be parlor 4 and rooms CO and
20 in the United States Hotel, directly
along the piazza from the G. y. r. Ma
tional Headquarters. II invites all it
friends to meet there, and to make its
headquarters a convenience for receiy-
ing their mail and papers and for meet
ing their comrades. We need not say
that such place Will be very desirable
for comrades coming from long dis
tances to meet one another. They can
by correspondence make appointments
to be at National Tribune Headquarters
at such an hour of such a day. and this
will save them the tircsome and fire.
que;-.ly discouraging hunts that they
have TO make to meet their long-sepa-
rated comrades.
The National tribune., 1907-09-05
90. WHERE Is THE AMEN p,

Apropos of the article in last weeks
National Tribune on the differences be-
tween American and British Method
translation from the Welsh by the
Rev. j. Wynne Jones, pastor of the
Memorial Presbyterian Church, BaIti-
more:
A Welsh poet, after years of dissi-
patton. returned to the home of his
childhood. On a Sabbath evening he
attended services at his mothers
church, thinking the sound of the
Amen" which marked the fervor of its
worshipers in early days would awaken
dormant feelings. TO his great disap-
pointment he listened in vain. Its old
time enthusiasm and spirituality were
not so apparent. Inspired by such re-
Election the poet. wrote in Welsh verse,
,"Oh. Where is the Amen?" which has
found its best expression in this plaint-
i've Welsh melody:
often sit thinking and thinking again
What came of the glorious and touch
ing Amen?
I've looked for it, searched for it, pulpit
to door
To hear it resounding from gallery to
floor.
Where is the Amen? Oh, the glorious
Amenl
If it is in the heart let us hear it again.
The Church has seen times when the
famous Amen
Moved earth and moved heaven, both
angels and men.
"Amen.' thru the sermon, the prayer
and the song.
A power that melted the hearts of the
throng.
But now l am sad, as hear 1t no more
Oh, God, send it back with its power of
yore!
Though preaching is pow'rful and melt
ing in tone,
And touching the prayers before the
great throne,
Gods people are worldly, inactive and
cold,
And sinners aggressive, both young and
the old.
Heart-lovins Ameni Soul-stirring Amen,
Come back to our meetings, and movo
us again.
oh, fathers and mothers, I pray YOU
again
For the sake of the young, don't quench
the Amen,
But let it out loudly. and shout 1t
along,
"Amen." is the chorus of heavenly
Heart-moyins Amen! The Spirits
The Heavens are calling, Revive 1t
AGAIN."
The National tribune., 1907-09-05

What must bring a decided chill tC
the ardent war spirits of Japan is the
frost with which the proposition for q
Japanese loan was met in England Tho
English, have heretofore been rather
liberal lenders to Japan. which has got
ten from them about $1,000, 200, 900
The London financial papers say that
there is some nervousness in England
lat the difficulty which the japanese
Government finds in balancing its ac-
counts" The official statement of Jap
anese finances is responsible for this
nervousness, since the ordinary ex-
penditures of the Government are ST
very close to the utmost that can be
raised by taxation as to leave nothing
to be set aside for the reduction of the
debt. There was very disquietine
item in the budget of S40,000.000 need
ed for the forces in Manchuria and
Korea and the settlement of floating
indebtedness arising out of the war
Japan's debt now amounts to over $780,
100000, which is all that the country,
even under the most burdensomc taxa
ton, can carry, and any untoward Cir
cumstance may lead to Il default IN
payments of interest and principal.
There does not seem to be any oppor-
Gunity for retrenchm since Japan
must maintain large army and navy
in constant readiness for the time when
Russia may undertake to recover Man.
churia and Korea.
The National tribune., 1907-09-05
THE TEXAN ANTITRUST LAW.

Texas has brought climax to the
ITrust-Busting hysteria by the enact
ment of a law making the selling of
trust-made goods felony punishable
By from two to 10 years in the peni-
tentiary. The startling possibilities of
this law sets everybody to speculating.
Is Texas going to do without boots
and shoes, kerosene, sugar, barbed wire,
harvesting machinery, watches, beef,
plug tobacco, cigarets and many other
articles until Independent concerns can
be developed to make them? VIII the
travelling statesmen who traverse the
thenticated pedigree with every article
they sell, accompanied by a bond OF in
demnity to the purchaser?
Naturally, the passage of the law has
greatly excited the Texas merchants,
who find that they are in danger of the
lpenitentiary if they unwittingly sell any
trust made article. Some of them are
appealing to the Attorney General to
furnish them an official list OF the
trusts, and a schedule of the goods they
must not handle. This is a very rea-
sonable request, but will it not be easy
for the Attorney General to comply
with it. Other merchants are holding
meetings all over the State to petition
the Governor to call a special meeting
of the Legislature to repeal or at least
greatly modify the law, which will
throttle business and greatly enhance
the price of many necessities of life.
While we have no ill-will against
Texas. we hope the Governor will dc
nothing of the kind. 1t is time that the
country had sharp lesson on fool leg
lislation, and Texas is just as good a
place for that lesson as any other. Lei
the law stand ard be rigidly enforced
for while, until the people get thoroly
sick of 1t, and disgusted with the men
The National tribune., 1907-09-05
THE POSTAL SAVINGS BANK PROPO-
SpTION,

The PostmaSter-G PROPOSE
ton for postal savings banks does not
meet with general approval by the pa
pers of the country. Mr.. Meyers idea
would be to adopt something like the
British system, whereby a man obtains
card at post office, upon which he
pastes such stamps as may represent
what he wishes to save, and when
these have reached the amount of one
ShillinG-24 cents-he hands the card
into the office, and that amount is
placed to his credit. 1t is pointed out
that the postal savings bank system be-
gan in England before the savings
banks had begun to develop and there
seemed to be u real need for it. In this
country all the cities are very well
supplied with savings banks. which give
the greatest facilities and encourage
mcnt for people to deposit small
amounts. One of the best of these sys-
tens is the distribution to probable
savers of small iron banks, into which
they put their pennies and nicllels.
When the little chest is full it is taken
credit of the depositor. This arrange
ment seems to be quite as handy as
anything that can be devised by the
POST Office Department. If the Coy
ernment went into the business it would
have 10 pay an interest on deposits COM
pcting with that given by the private
savings banks say from three per cent
the money it wants at two per cent
and consequently it would be doing
business at a loss SO far as concerned
the use of the capital gathered in by
the Post Office department
This country is already doing aston
ishly well in the matter of savings
banks deposits. with the number of
banks, depositors and the amount on
deposit Increasing every year in the
most satisfactory manner. In 1906
there were 1879 savings banks in the
country, with S,027,192 dcpositors, who
had to their credit the astounding
amount of S3,4S2,137,19S. This vast
aggregation of capital far exceeds any
other in tho country or in the world
1t is more, probably, than any single
bank or corporation in the world can
control, and it IS almost half the total
amount of deposits in the savings banks
of the world The French and Germans
are supposed to be far the most saving
people in the world, and YET France has
| 100000 depositors to our 5000, 900
and Germany 100000. The average
sum to the credit of each of our depos-
itors is S39.17, where the Australians
have $41.97, the French $21.3S, The
Germans $4O.22 and the British s22.70
The Swiss depositors have the largest
average, $62.26. -
The National tribune., 1907-09-05
THE BRANDON. v. ". ROW.

In spite of the assurances from WASH
'ington the irritation in regard TO Rocke-
feller's private postofiice" at Brandon.
y. Y. continues. 1t was stated from
Washington that the Brandon post Office
had been reopened. with Ludger Gre
nier as Postmaster. and the post Office
at Bay Pond. within Mr.. Rockefeller's
domain. had been closed. 1t Is now
said that this has not been done, and
the people make a special grievance
with the veteran L2mora. who was one
Of the patrons of the Brandon office. in
the fact that he had not received his
pension checks. and would be. there
fore, compelled to appeal TO the town
for aid. just how much there is in all
this we are unable to say. 1t appears
on the surface that Mr.. Rockefeller
which had been cut over. and proceed
ed to make a private park of it. allow
ing it to reforest itself. So far this
was commendable, and an effort to re-
pair the injury done the State by the
remorseless tree butchers. Brandon
~ Sto q iitlit iONH tStctDi4Siitt
at the time that the numbering was
going on and thereafter substantially
abandoned. 1t appears that RockefeI-
ler bought up all the houses except one
or two and whatever lots and other
property there may have been in the
town, and the Post-Office Department
finding no need for it abolished the
post Office. This arrangement did not
suit number of people in that locality
and whether they represent the citizens
generally we have no means of. know.
ing. They have been making a great
deal of talk over the persecution OF
Comrade Lamora, veteran, who
claimed the right to fish in the waters
which Mr. Rockefeller was endeavor-
ing to preserve. There have been sew
eral law suits and arrests, and it seems
that Comrade Lamora has at last been
left alone. Whether these discontented
ones are not using Comrade Lamora as
"a catspaw is another question upon
which we should very much like to be
informed.
The National tribune., 1907-09-05
SENATOR pErrus.s EDUCATION.

The story of the life of the late SEN
ator Pettus. of Alabama. raises the
question if. after all. our present sys-
tenn of education is the best that can
be adopted. Are the children not read
ing too much. so that their knowledge
IS superficial and not character form
ing? In the cid days children were
drilled necessarily on the Bible. They
heard 1t read constantly, they had to
commit to memory the best passages
from it. and its language was part of
the common speech of those around
them. Thus lessons of the highest NOR
alty were impressed upon them as the
supreme rule OF life. and in addition
they. learned the purest and strongest
English. Those who wanted something
more read Shakspere asSiduously. These
two books became authorities in ex-
preston. in SMILES and in modes OF
thought. man who was we'll ground
ed in them was finely equipped to meet
his fellow-men in the intellectual arena
Now there are no such authorities.
y young man or woman reads infinitely
more than his grandfather or grand
mother. but they read nothing that so
colors the warp and woof of their
minds and impresses them as the sum
of human wisdom and the best use of
the language. The most that they read
is crude thinking. slovenly written. No
one speaks or writes with such clear
ness and force as those of a previous
generation. 1t is all slack thinking. fol-
lowed by careless and uncertain express
sion.
Senator Pettus belonged to the elder
school. of which Abraham Lincoln was
the highest type. When Pettus went
overland to California with the '49ers
he took with him three books, the BIZ
Bile, Shakspere and Burns's poems. He
said of them some time before his
death:
Il read the Bible from cover to COW
er: 1 read the side notes; / read the
captions of the chapters; I learned great
parts of it by heart, and | haven't for
gotten them yet. / learned many of
Burns's poems by heart and much of
Shakspere in the same way, too
The National tribune., 1907-09-05

II is not often that man gets crowd
ed into two or three minutes the electric
satisfaction that must have come to
Stuyvesant Fish when he saw a good
excuse for knocking Harahan down,
and did it with neat completeness. OF
co-.se. fsticuffz are coarse brutal and
ali that, and really decide nothing. All
the same, there is at times a fuIness OF
satisfaction about a good linockdown
that nothing else can bring. Fish had
done much to advance Ha.ahan's for
tunes, at last bringing him up next to
himself, and regarding him as his mos:
trusted friend. Fish was tricked out
of the Presidency of the Illinois Cen
trai Railroad. Harahan was a party
to the trick, and profited by it 10 get
his friends place. The blow was not
misplaced at all. for Harahan had n
reputation as q bruiser before he got
too rich and dignified TO fight. Fish
has not lost anything By the episode,
but in some indescribabIe way Hara-
han seems to have lost a good deal.