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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-03-01
Merchant Kills Policeman.

Augusta. Ca, Feb. 27.-E. NJ. Fuller,
4 grocery merchant, shot and killed
Policeman Walter s. Wilkins. While
making his rounds with another Off
Ger Wilkins tried the back door of the
Fuller store and Fuller, mistaking the
officer for a burglar, fired two loads Of
shot directly into Wilkins face.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-03-01
FOR FLEEclNe TOURISTS.

Hiah Police Officials of Salt Lake City
Arrested.
Salt Lake City, Feb. 27.-George
Sheeb, chief of the Salt Lake police
department, and George Raleigh, chief
of detectives, were arrested during
the day charged with completely in a
conspiracy to fleece tourists and trav-
elers passing through Salt Lake City.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-03-01
Loses 100000 II Jewels.

Paris, Feb. PIN. schif, q prom
inent jeweler here, has lost jewels
valued at 100000. schin went to the
postofice and while writing a tele-
gram placed the parcel containing the
Jewels on the floor. When he looked
for the package It had disappeared.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-03-01
Serious Disorders H. siberia.

st. Petersburg. Feb. PA dispatch.
received here announces that serious
disorders have broken out in the
Biski district Of the province Of
Tomsk, Siberia. Troops with i've field
guns have been sent to the scene from
Barhaul. Il
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-03-01
Increased Pay causes insanity.

Kankakee, ILL.,, Feb. 27.-To an In
crease of wages from $35 to $50 a
month, which ne could not under.
stand, is attributed the insanity Of
Phillip Couture, a painter at the I'LL,
nois Western hospital, who was a lda
Judged insane and committed to the
same institution.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-03-01
Ship subsidy Bill Taken, .Up.

Washington, Feb. 27.-The house
resolved itself into committee Of the
whole for the consideration Of, the.
ship subsidy bill. with Mr.. Cqrrier Of
New Hampshire In the chair. Five
hours are to bs devoted to general
MEDIATE.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-03-01
Two-cent Fare in Indiana.

Indianapolis. Feb. 27.-Governor
Hanly has signed the Blaid 2-cent fare
act. It has no emergency clause and
goes in effect with the publication Of
the new laws about May or June.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-03-01
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

japanese children are to be admit
ted to the white schools Of San Fran
cisco under certain restrictions, skilled
and unskilled laborers coming from
Japan are to be barred from the main
land of the United States and Amer
lean %laborers, skilled and unskilled,
are to he excluded from Japan. This
is the basis of the agreement between
President Roosevelt, Secretary Root,
Mayor Schmitz and the San Francisco
school board as an adjustment Of the
anti-Japanese agitation brought about
by the segregation Of Japanese chill
dren in the schools of San Francisco.
Notification of the existence Of a
state of war in Central America has
reached the. state department in the
shape of a cablegram from American
Minister Combs, dated at Guatemala
City, as follows: "The minister Of for
eign affairs for Honduras telegraphed
that Nicaragua, by its invasion of
Honduras, has terminated the pending
negotiations for a peaceful settle
ment."
The British embassy at Washington
is now the best paid post In the Brit
ish diplomatic service. the salary Of
the ambassador having been raised
with the appointment of James Bryce
to $4,000 per year.
Assistant Paymaster w. p. Sypher,
u. 8. N, has been dismissed from the
navy on account Of technical embez-
element.
Hon. James Bryce, the new British
ambassador to the United States, has
arrived at Washington.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-03-01
CONGRESSIONAL ooINes.

The so-called Colonial policy" of
the government came in for bitter de-
nunciation on the floor Of the house
by Representative Clark of Florida IN
connection with his resolution calling
upon the secretary of war for a state
ment of the amount the Philippine
islands have cost the United States.
Tho resolution was tabled by a vote
of 165 to 103.
The four years contest against Reed
| Smoot as a senator of the United
States from Utah vas ended Wednes-
day when forty-two Of his colleagues
voted to sustain him as against TWEEN
| weight for the resolution to unseat'
him. Added to this there were nine
! pairs, making the actual standing on
the resolution 81 to 81.
The postofice appropriation bill, the
largest ever reported from the COM
mittee on postoffices and postroads,
has passed the house. All the pro-
| visions relating to increased pay af-
fecting 80 per cent of the postal en-
| ployes and which had been stricken
! out on points of order were restored
to the bill. ls
The house committee on interstate
and foreign m has decided to
make a favorable report on the Town
send bill providing for the appoint
ment of a commission by the pres
| ident to arbitrate labor troubles which
threaten interstate commerce.
The conference report on the immi.
| grafton bill, an amendment to which
bars Japanese laborers from the Unit
ed States, was agreed to by the house
ayes 1871, nays 101.
The house has passed the bill reg
| ulating the working hours Of railroad
| emnlQYes by q vote of 279 to Q. tM
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-11-13

The history Of horses, especially
of thoroughbreds, goes to prove-that
parts Of ireland and Australia are
the very best cradles for horse
breeding in either Europe or else
where, with England as the second
best, perhaps the equal. The sug-
gestion has been thrown out that
the secret lies in lime subsoil.
The reason for the supposition is
little obscure. The present writer
has found that partridges bred on
such soil are heavier and stronger
and, it seems, fly faster than others;
but this is hardly an analogy that
can be applied to the horse. There
are other curious analogies. 1t has
long been noticed that the best high
jumpers among human athletes,
even when the scene of their feats in
America, are of Irish decent. 1t is
not less certain that the best jump
ers among horses, especially large
percentage at Continental concours,
derive their origin from Ireland,
with Australia and England as oc-
casional rivals. From the statist stics
emerges strong presumptive evi.
dence that the climate even more
than the breeding skill tends te
strengthen the strain.-London Out
look
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-11-13
Queens Taller Than Kings.

Queen Alexandria is taller than
King Edward. The czar of Russia
is much smaller than his beautiful
consort, and the German empress
has greater height than the en-
peror. The king of Italy is known
as one Of the smallest rulers of his
time, and scarcely reaches to the
shoulders of the royal regal Mon
tenegrin princess whom he married
about II years ago. The queen of
Portugal is also taller than King
Carlos, and likewise the queen Of
Denmark. Queen Louiseisi a Swede
and belongs to a nation of big peo-
pie. The queen of Roumania and
the queen ofSpain also equal, if they
do not exceed, their consorts in
height-London Tit Bits.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-11-13
Wizard Edison,s l atest.

Had any man save Thos. A. Edi-
son said he would within year
make it possible for men to build
their own houses for $1,000 in
twelve hours, he would have been
adjudged crazy. But when the
wizard of Orange spoke, everyone
listened.
-"Yes, there it is," said Edison,
when asked if the stories circu-
lated were true. He pointed to a
house, three stories including Ibase-
ment, built of concretel "That is
what my invention will do" he said
simply.
Pressed for details he went on en-
Enthusiastically: 81 have constructed
cast iron molds, the inner facings of
Of which are nickel steel. These
molds taken to any building site
and clamped together, form per-
feet house, with hollow walls.
"The concrete, mixed per prescrip-
ton, is poured into the mold, being
raised to the roof by machinery. BY
nightfall the shell holds rapidly
hardening house of concrete.
Everything save doors and win
dows is perfect. In a week the iron
mold is removed. In another the
concrete has hardened. The house
is ready for occupancy. 1t will
be warm in winter and cool in sum-
mer.n
"But how about the plumbing,
furnace pipes, wiring and other de-
tails?"
"There is no plumbing to be
done, answere the shrewd-eved man.
when the molds are set up, the
gas and water pipes, the electric
wiring, the furnace pipes, the tiling
around the tireplaces and in the
bathroom, the bath tubs, lavatories,
kitchen sinks, etc., are in place.
The house will be thoroughly sani-
|tary. The only wood pssd in the
house is around the edge of the
floors, and it is in place with the
other things when the concrete is
poured. Thus the owner will also
have perfectly fireproof house.
''I am doing this for the working
man who is doing his best to bring
up a family. In few years the ten
ements will be deserted and instead
the suburbs will be composed of con-
crete houses, built in molds.
''The houses will not be all alike.
l am leaving the patent open to
everyone and competing companies
can spring up and design different
sorts of houses. Of course. I have
patented the house, but l will give
anyone the right for nothing, provid
ing the proper sort of concrete is
used, reinforcement plans followed
and an artistic product turned out. D
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-11-13

Heirs of Geo. Washington are
seeking to recover a large sum from
the government on account Of lands
granted him along the Ohio river
which subsequently were opened in
advertently by congress to settlers.
An administrator of the undistribu-
ted assets of the estate was appoint
ed yesterday by the circuit court of
Fairfax county, Virginia, on petit
tion of the Observation-Disclosures
Washington and S. w. Washington
Robert E. Lee was appointed ad-
ministrator. He is the grandson of
General Robert Z Lee and great
grandson of Light Horse Harry
Lee, Gen. Washington's chief of staff.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-11-13
Iowa's Boy Wonder.

To be nine years old and in a.
class in the public school with boys
twice his age, and football giants,
and yet lead that class in his stud
les, is the unique record of little
Malcolm Haskins Dowell, son of Mr..
and Mrs. George Dowell, in Wash
ington, la. This "brainy boy" has
practically stepped from babyhood
without any educational training in
to next to the highest grade in the
Washington public schools. Held
back by serious illness he has not
had an entire year of school work.
He is the grandson of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. G.. Haskins, Cos East Sixth
street, DesMoines, who have watched
this wonderful development with
pride. At 5 years Of age he de-
lighted to read to his grandmother
while she held the book. He slid
glibly over the longest words in the
book aud no Biblical common name
was beyond his powers of pronuncia-
ton. He would listen to stories
read aloud at 5 years Of age and
repeat them almost verbatim.
Shut out from the sports that
would delight other boys for the
past four years, undergoing severe
surgical operation last year and
racked with pain most of the time,
the boy pursued his school work at
home against the wishes Of his par
ents. When the time came this fall
for HIM to enter school for the first
time in year the boy jumped from
one grade to another by his qualifi-
tions, until it was found that he was
ready for the seventh grade, thing
unheard Of among normal children.
He can recite for both classes. While
j he studies his arithmetic for his next
class and know the context of the
book as well as the upper pupil re-
citing. This remarkable feat was
discovered last week when the boy
recited the story under considera.
ton by the other class in its entire
} ty and yet showed a full set of fig.
ures, completely and accurately
solved.
) Music is as natural gift as his
: memory. This has been demon
strated many times. Perfectly con
versant with the strings Of the piano
violin and mandolin, he can produce
= the same music on each instrument
/ a few minutes after it has beer
| played on another instrument. Rag
. time has no more the terrors for thi
3 remarkable child in digital dexteri
8 ty on these instruments than an,
D two-four exercise, supposed to b.
Q the best score for children of tina
y age.
He can initiate any chords o
n groups of chords with equal abilit
t on the instruments without flaw Q
n slur on a note. His mental perceI
n ton for music tones is absolutel
n accurate and no combination {
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-11-13

He can initiate any chords or
groups of chords with equal ability
on the instruments without a flaw or
slur on a note. His mental percep-
ton for music tones is absolutely
accurate and no combination Of
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-11-13
sR, IOWA, WEDNESDAY,, NoyEBnIER Is, 1907.

fed in connection with cottonseed
meal and the roughage mentioned.
Corn was valued at 54 cents per
bushel, or Sl5 per ton, and corn
meal at $50 per ton, thus allowing
two cents per bushel for grinding.
The cost Of grinding the corn and
cob meal was also figured in. The
final result of the trial showed that
with ear corn it cost $S.32 to pro-
duce 100 pounds of gain; with
split corn it cost $9.0S; with she'll
ed corn, 5000; with corn meal,
1922; with corn and cob meal
ground fine, $3.50, and with corn
and cob meal ground coarse, S9.O1.
The average for the three first men
toned ways of feeding corn
was 81 90 per hundred weight
which includes the gains made by
no IS following the ste ers. The av-
erage for the other three ways of
feeding corn was SS.6S. The,form-
eri three lots made an average daily
gain of LAP pounds per head and
the latter l.52 pounds This test
therefore, indicates that there was
no profit in grinding corn for cattle;
in fact, there was actually loss.
1t it is fair to compare this result
with those obtained at the Iowa
station where heavier rations were
fed, the advantage is with the form
er. The average cost at the Virgin
ia station for 100 pounds of gain for
all six lots was 1881, whereas the
average cost for the three lots at the
Iowa station was $9.lO. In COM
pairing these results it must be borne
in mind that the corn in the Iowa
test was valued at 80 cents per
bushel, whereas that used in the
Virginia test was valued al 81 cents
per bushel. Oil meal in the Iowa
test was valued at $23 per ton and
gluten feed at $20.5O, and in the
Virginia test cotton seed meal was
valued at S2725 per ton. From
this we must conclude either that
the silage used in the Virginia test
which was valued at 50 per ton
greatly helped that ration or else
that the light grain rations proved
to be more economical than the
heavier rations at the Iowa station.
Since the price of grain varies -at
different points, it is perhaps more
satisfactory to give the gains made
in terms of feeding-stuffs consumed,
which in the experiments referred
to was as follows: In the three Vir-
ginia lots, that were fed whole corn,
cotten-seed meal, etc., CPL pounds
of grain and 1913 pounds of rough
age produced one pound of gain; in
the three lots fed ground corn, corn
and cob meal and cotten-seed meal,
$40 pounds of grain and l7.43
pounds-of roughage produced one
pound of gain. In the three Iowa
tests average of three, 1873 pounds
of grain and l2.9 pounds of rough
age produced one pound of gain.
We should be pleased to hear
from farmers and feeders who have
had occasion to compare light and
heavy grain rations for feeding pur-
poses and get their opinion as to
how to secure the most economical
gains.--Farmers Tribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-11-13
MANNING THE YARDS.

A Naval Ceremony That Is Not What
It Used to Be.
In the old navy, when United States
ships were actually ships with yards,
the bos'n's mates call, "All hands
cheer shipw was followed by much
more picturesque ceremony than is
possible now, when the vessels of the
navy are fitted with but single yard
and that only used for signaling. At
the word of command "dan the
yards" there was an amount of aero
batic scurrying on the main decks Of
the old ships that was calculated to
make the ship visitor hold his breath,
the thing looked so dangerous. The
men forward in bluejacket uniform
would fairly leap up the rope ladders,
and almost by the time the echoes of
the command had died away every
yard on each mast would support
scores Of men and boys, all standing
erect, most of them only held up by
the crossed arms of the men beside
them. This representation of cross
was held by all Of the men, and it
was their business to stand thus with
absolute statuesqueness. Then the
command Cheer Ship would be
bawled out on deck by the chief bos'n's
mate, and there would be a yell from
cathead to mizZen that couldn't help
but warm the blood of everybody with
III hearing Of it. When the men
manned the yards with all sail except
topsails and stunsails set, such a pic
ture was really beautiful, the mems
uniforms of blue standing out in sap
phire-like contrast to the cameo white.
ness of the shrouds. This was Il cere'
mony on all formal occasions. such as
the visit aboard the old slips of dis
tinguished men. And Man the
yardsw and "Cheer ship!". We're com
mands always given when one OF the
old clippers of the United States navy
was either departing for or arriving
l from foreign station.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-11-13
The wanderer.

Upon mountain height, far from the sea.
found a shell.
Aud to my listening ear the lonely thing
Ever Gong Of ocesn seemed to sing,
Ever tale of ocean seemed to tell.
How came that shell upon that mountain heighta
All, who can say
Whether there dropped by some too careles,
hand,
Or whether there cast when Ocean swept the
Land
Ere the Eternal hand ordained the Daye
Strange, was 1t not? Far from Its native deep
One song 1t sang
Sang of the awful mysteries of the tide.
Sang ofthe misty sea, profound and Wide
Ever with echoes Of the ocean ring.
And as the shell upon the mountain height
Slnvs of the sea.
So do ever. leagues and leagues away
SO do ever, wandering when may
Sing, Omy home. sing. o my home. of thee
e ugene Field.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-11-13

Not many Sundays ago promi-
nent preacher in Chicago delivered
rather long-winded sermon on
charity. While the sermon was a
good one many of the congregation
became disguised at its length, and
when the contribution box was
passed around there was very little
doing. The divine made an invest
CATION into the matter Of small offer
ings and discovering the reason for
it was very much chagrined over
the fact. Shortly after this occasion
he had to preach another sermon of
a like kind in the same place, but
he took care not to fall into the
earlier error and tire out his hearers.
His text was, HE that. hath pity
upon the poor lendeth unto the
Lord, and that which he hath given
he will pay him again" After re-
peating the text three times, he
added: "Now, my beloved brethren,
you hear the terms of this loan. II
you like the security down with the
dust. From Worlds Events Mag.
azine,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-11-13

An aggregate of 100000 divorce
cases and 1,733,332 persons parted
by legal decree during The past 20
years will be shown by report be
ing prepared at the census bureau.
A total of 1900 clerks and special
agents have been at work for months
gathering this data and l40 are still
engaged in the task. There are
about 10000 remaining cases to be
Investigated out of the number stat
ed before the field work is finished
and the work Of compilation proper
can begin. 1t is estimated that two
thirds of the persons seeking divorce
or S66,666, have been successful in
their suits. The report in detail is
not to be made public until early
next spring.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-11-13
Expressed NauticalIy.

A certain admiral upon coming on
board a ship was met by an old class
mate with the salutation, Hello, old
fellow, how are you?" Observing that
the admiral had carefully combed his
back hair forward up and over to COW
er the bald top OF his head he added,
"Well, that's the first time / ever saw
afterguard doing foretop duty!"-"On
q Man-of-war."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-11-13
notes confuses him.

1lOIcS COuluhtS ulLl.
While the child has a mind of
wonderful brilliance he is in no way
abnormal. His body has kept pace
with the average age of a child of 9
years. His future will be watched
with much interest by students. At
a recent medical examination he was
found to be in normal condition,
but with brain unusually accute. A
brother was graduated from the
West high school in Des Moines last
year and is now student of law in
the Northwestern university. If the
boys health continues he will be in
high school at ten years, a graduate
at fourteen and a lawyer with a shin
gle from the Northwestern UNIVERSE
ty several years ahead of any of his
compatriots in the profession.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-11-13

The human eye is said to be II rather
Ill contrived piece of mechanism. A
celebrated German physicist is report
ed to have remarked that If an artisan
were to make for him piece of ap-
paratus SO poorly adapted to Its pur.
pose he would not accept it. .ta
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-11-13

A French journal, LIE Petit Pari-
sen, declared the other DAY that
American girls who had married
abroad, mostly for foreign titles,
had carried with them to Europe
the astounding sum of S900,0O0,000.
The Paris writer did not associate
this rather startling statement with
the reports of tight money" in
America, yeton this side of the At
lantic the fact that hundreds of mil
lions have gone out of the country
with the title hunters may well oc-
casion little financial as well as
social speculation. Upward of 400
American girls have married in Eu-
rope within comparatively recent
years. A local newspaper prints the
names of $50 American women who
have married titles.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-11-13
Tic I,nporte Mt Thine.

81 guess won't eat any dinner to.
day" said the first clerk.
"Why not?" asked the second.
because if | do I won't have any
time for my regular after dinier
smoke" e.".-Exchange
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-11-13

WillIe-Pa, our .'inferors" are just
people that know less than we do.
aren't they? Pa-No, my son; usually
they're people who merely know less
than we think we do.-Philadelphia
Press.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-06-25

Mrs. Nanny. of Middletown, N. ",
is visiting friends in town.
Edward Howell attended commence
ment at Rutgers College on Wednes-
day.
John N. Conkling, of the New York
Life Insurance Co. is taking his an
nual vacation.
First Assistant Engineer George
Cobbett has recovered sufficiently to
assume his official duties.
Adolph f. Fairwell. of the local
telephone exchange will sail for Stock
holm on July third for visit.
John J. Welsh, who has been con-
nected with the Morris Academy for
several years, has taken a position at
st. Paul's School, Concord, N. ii +, for
next year.
BENJAMIN D. Brink assistant physi-
cal director of the 23rd street New
York association has been engaged as
physical director of the local Y. M.
@. A. beginning his duties on Septem-
Der first
Announcements were mailed last
Friday of the marriage of Miss Leo
nora Brodhead Snyder, who for some
years has been a teacher in the Maple
avenue school and Joseph Alfred Jones
of Belvidere. TheRwedding occurred
in Red Bank, on May Is. Miss Snyder
had announced that she would not re-
turn next year but her friends were all
very much surprised at the news that
she was already married.