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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-14
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Mnslstr'lte-W What! DO you mean to
Say yo'ir husband struck you. and he
that physical wreck? Mrs. Maloney-
Yes. yer honor, but he's only been Il
physical wreck since he struck me-
Independent.
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Waterwo, ks Franchise Defeated.

Comcil Bluffs. Ia, Aug. S.-A pro-
posed franchise for the Council Bluffs
Waterworks company for Il term of
twenty-five years was defeated at Il
special election by vote of 2.1O3 to
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Elabberoasted Pa.

sFaOF5Vl SHSeeU = d
"Ah, pater, l am no end glad to be
home from college,"
whats that?"
Il am jolly well pleased, y'knaw."
Hank, clean out the old stall!
There's new critter on the place.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
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Gompers at Colihx Chautanaua.

Des Moines, Ia, Aug. 12.-Samuei
Gompers spoke at the Epworth League
Chautauqua at ColfaX, then hurried to
Des Moines and took the 1890 o'clock
train for Chicago. He declined to dis
cuss the telegraphers' strike except to
admit that he would be in Chicago sew
eral days looking into the situation.
Mr.. Gompers did not touch upon the
telegraphers' strike in his speech. al
though many persons, especially teleg-
raphers, expecting him to do SO, went
to the ColfnX meeting
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SENATOR BEvER1DGE MARRIED
Takes to Wife the Daughter of A. N.
Eddy, Chicago Man-Ceremony
Performed at Berlin.

Berlin, Aug. 9.-Miss katherine Ed
dy, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Angus
tIs n. Eddy, of Chicago. and niece
of Mrs. Marshall Field, was married
shortly after noon to Senator Albert
J. Beverdge, of Indiana, in the en-
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MANCHESTER MARBLE WORKS.
rs prepared 10 furnish Granite and Marble
! Monuments and Head Stones OF various de
signs. Have the county right tor Slps's Paten
Grave Cover; also dealer 10 iron fences. VII
meet all competition. 2tf ~
W. M. MCINTOSH.
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.MO0RS ATTACK AGAIN
Gen. pruAe's Forces the Object Ct
Their Assault-RepuIsed
Three Times.
ONE ATTACK Is MADE AT NIGHT
Total Losses Of the Natives Are Put Of
About 1000.
Reported Trouble at Mazagan is Dis
Slight Losses by Both
French and spanish
Naval Forces.

Casabanca. Aug. 10. = The AIoors
Thursday night renewed their attempt
to invade Casablanca, but were re-
pulsed with heavy losses by the fire
from the warslips. All the consulates
here are now guarded by machine
guns. The total of the Moorish losses
here is estimated at 1000.
Tangier. Aug. 1O.-News has hecn
received here that Arab tribcsmcn
who had gathered from the surround
ing country to the number of 5000 or
5000 swept down upon General
Drulc's camp outside Casnblanca
Thursday afternoon. They were driv-
en- off With considerable loss. Later
they renewed the attack and again
were repulsed. The French troops are
in splendid condition and spirits. The
warships supported them during this
attack by keeping up steady shell
fire on the horsemen.
All SSulet AT MhZuRAn.
When the French consul from Casa
l!mca arrived here he received Il let
ter from Muley Amin. the military
governor Of Casablanca, officially APP
proving the action of the Frencl,
forces and asking the aid of France
in INJECTING punishment upon agita-
tors. The latest advices received here
60 not confirm the reported lombard
mcmt oe Mazagan. .Advices from
Mogador dated Aug. Z. say everything
was quiet there then. and that no
trouble was apprahended unless ELL
ropcan complications resulted from the
, bnmhardment of Casablanca. Morocco
city is quiet.
Losses of the Europeans.
Paris. Aug 10.-Admiral Philibert's
, report to Marine Minister Thomson
says that Aug. I the Du Chnyla lost
five men killed. and adds that there
were also Il number of killed and
wounded among the Spanish forces
The Moorish losses OH account of the
cross-tire of the Galilee and Folbil
We're large. The camp material AM
| soldiers We're debarked ut night b!
the aid of the scarchliglts of the war
SHIPS. Special dispatches from Tang'el
estimate the Moors' losses in the for,
t3-nine hours fighting Mt from 1890 II
1000 men. Five Spanish gunboats ar,
ready to sail for Morocco from Sal
+! Sebastian. and the Spanish cruiser lie
panto is embarking marines at Cadi;
FOR Casablanca and Aogador.
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ANoERs q Philip
DRUGGISTS AND STATlONEks. Toilet
~ Articles, Wall Paper, Paints and Oils.
Corner Main aud Franklin streets,
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WM. pENNIa.

CARPLNTER. CONTRACTOR q BUlLDRR
~ am now prepared to do ali work In my
une ~ good and workmanlike manner. Sstis.
faction guaranteed. Plans and estimates frr.
nianeI work taken In town or country, HhOp
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l'lsc"n'ent is the want of self relI.
ancc: II Is the infirW,ty " will.-Emer.
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J.M.PEARsE,
JUSTICE OF THE PEAOE AND COLLECT.
y Oh. All business entrusted to him given
pso a attenton. once In City Hall block.
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VETERINARIAN.

DIR. J. w. SCOTT,
" EIERtMAkY surgeon and Dentist. col e.
Main Street. Telephone as9.
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ALEX. sersraom.

kNERAL BLACKSMITH, horseshoeius .
no pay. Prices Reasonable, and the bost
WORK Guaranteed a share Of the public pstrot.
Sse u solicited. Shop Oh FRANKLIN street, near
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w. N. RoYNroN.

WATCHMAkER, Jeweler and EnRrayer
w dealer III Watches. Clocks. Silver and Plat
ed ware. Fine Jewelry. Spectacles, Cutlery
MUSICAL Instruments, ETC.. Main street.
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pAYeioiANs.

DR.. L. j. BOWMAN,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Manchester.
j Iowa.. Office in the Conger building on
franklin st.. opposite the City Hall Calls
answered promptly. Special attention given
g diseases Of the eye. ear. nose and throat.
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W. =. DREW.

DRY Goods. Carpets. Millinery. Hats ana
~, laps, laps: Boots and Shoes, ETC.. Main street,
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Under the very eyes Of home keeping
! Englishmen may be seen the extraordinary
length 10 which local self-government has
been safely carried in the status OF the
Cha mel Islands and Of the Isle of Man in re-
latiou 10 the imperial Administration The
small islands of Britain's coast are practi-
cally independent. They make their own
laws, manage their own affairs, and unless
they are specifically mentioned acts Of the
Imperial Parliament do not apply TO them .
The Channel Islands willingly acknowledge
the sovereignty OF the Crown and the au-
thority OF the Imperial Government, al
though raoially the people are French to
the marrow OF their bones. They retain
their own language, they have a system Of
military service and a coinage OF their own.
They remain Loyalty attached TO the British
Empire because the imperial Parliament
has never attempted to stamp out their
language or customs nor sought to force
British institutions upon a people who are
nom British in their cast OF mind. The same
thing may be said OF the treatment Of che
Isle OF Man.
Lord D~unraven suggests that theoreti-
cally il might not be difficult for a political
extremist Of the Unionist type to prove that
lne HTHe lnotbuIe vi bell- RONeTnTnent en-
ioyed by these islands must result in dis
aster; yet the history Of self government
in the small divisions Of the British Empire
conclusively disproves such arguments as
have been adduced against the application
OF a similar process OF ~devolution to Ire
land. deleRating 10 the people OF that island
the management Of their own affairs.
Our author recalls that the state Of things
in the Channel Islands Ia this: Guernsey,
Attorney and Sark are grouped together
under a Northumberland appointed bv
the Crown; otherwise their Governments are
separate. Jersey has a Iieutenant-Gov-
ernor NJ its own. Each island possesses
a legislature ot it's own, known as the
+Statcs," and zach Of these assemblies Ia
presided over by an Official styled a 'bailin =
who IL II nomlnee 81 the Crown, The States
are partly elected and partly nominated,
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JAPANESE ROMANCE.
Faith er Finds Daughter Under Strange Cir
cumstancet, Then Vanishet Again.

A romance OF Japanese life is reported
from Osaka, where a young woman was
suddenly deserted on the eve OF her ex-
pected marriage. The fugitive bridegroom
left no explanations whatever, but instead
a considerable sum OF money TO be a dowry
for her when she found another sweetheart
to her liking.
The man, whose name is given as Saks-
motto. was a. years old, while the young
woman was only 20. This disparity Of age
was at first believed to he the cause OF bis
disappearance. Investigation. however,
showed that he had a much more serious
reason.
II was discovered that Sakamoto was
originally a well to do merchant in Osaka,
He married and apparently lived happily
with his wife until a daughter was born TO
them.
Then he suddenly turned all his property
into cash. deserted his family and vanished,
No trace could be found Of him and presently
his wife sickened and died, Then III" elrl
baby was taken in by another coupl" anu
hI fought up as their own child.
After twenty years Sakamoto returned
20 his native town ana presently made 'nA
acquaintance OF the family into which ma
daughter had been adopted. As soon "a
he saw her, 1t appears, he devcloPci an
Affection for her which he mistook for nali.-
monial inclination.
Az soon. however, as his betrotha' 10 ia
girl became generally known some co."
timers came 70 the front and cSni5'#''
the situation TO him, whereupuu "o CON
cluded that the least embarrassing g
TO do was TO disappear again, making 'an1'
some provision for his daughter, h""'''r'
before he left.
His Whereabouts has not been dlsco'er"'
though his daughter Ia eager 10 he renrl'"l
with him In their true relations and se0fcn
has been made for him. II IL beli"''s
that be has sailed for the United Statea'
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H..

Not only In the waters adjoining Britain
but wherever her flag waves the system OF
devolutlon will be found at work. The
process may be traced in all Crown colonies
and dependencies, which are for the most
part small communities controlled by the
mother country through the Colonial Once.
Government 10, indeed, carried on from
home, but through the medium Of Govern
ors and other public %oficers. assisted by
local councils. Naturally the amount OF
devolution and representation varies. For
one example, Lord Dunraven takes the
state Of affairs in Malta. In this island the
Governor appointed by the Crown is assisted
by an Executive Council and by a Council
OF Government, which consists Of six official
and thirteen elected members. When the
latter body acts contrary 10 imperial policy
as interpreted by the Governor the right
to legislate by order in council is used.
On the western side Of the Atlantic Lord
Dunraven ind another exemplihcation Of
devolution even more amazing in it's incon-
sistency with che political theory now advo-
Gated by official unionism. He points out
that the province Of Quebec In more essen-
TALLY French than France itself. The re-
ligion OF the people is Roman Catholicism
OF an almost medieval type. French is
the official language and the language
spoken by the majority Of the people
throughout the length aHd breadth Of a COL
ony controlled by French laws interpreted
by French jurists. In a word Quebec re-
mains al this day French to the backbone,
and there can be no doubt that nae the
Imperial Parliament interfered to apply TO
Quebec those principles which IL has forced
upon Ireland. Quebec would either be a dis
tressful country dragged after the imperial
chariot against its will. or would ere now
have severed it's connection with the United
Kingdom. Is a matter Of fact. quebec
has ceased to be q problem to British states
men because she has been trusted with free
institutions. The province Of Quebec en-
joys political autonomy with very few
reservations, made in the interest OF the
Dominion Of Canada.
II may he said that in the case OF the
great oversee confederations-the Domin-
ion Of Canada and the Australian Common
wealth. the principle at work has ieen
evolution rather than devolution. Lord
Dmraven comedies that his may he
theoretically true inRsmuch as the process
has been one Of building up. He insists.
however, that the principle Of devolution
is exemplifed ip the result, for authority
is delegated from the Imperial Parliament
to the Parliament Of the Federation, and
from the latter to the parliaments Of the
federating colonies.
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81 Russian ships. with a total tonnage o
10000. japan was weak in first class bat
j t'eships. having only six 81 commission al
/ against the fifteen with which the Russian
navy began the war,
Col. Murray recalls that the results OF
the war added six captured battleships
to the Japanese navv, besides four cruisers
and a number OF small craft. representing
an aggregate tonnage OF 104 000. II, Row
ever we deduct JprAn's lcstcs Ct two
battleships. four cruisers and other craft
which approximately had a tonnage OF
$4,000, we can see that the war brought the
Japanese navy a net tonnage gain Of only
5000. To the captured ships, nevorthe-
less. must be added the two hattleshiPs
Katori and Kaahima. commissioned In
1905. which had beer built in England
under the ~shipbuilding programme OF 1908,
and the two battlesh!ps, Aki and SetsuEs.
together With eight new cruisers, built or
building in Japan, and thirty new destroy
ers. tn author Of this book computes that
by the middle of 1907 the strength Of the
Japanese navy will approximate a tonnage
Of 100000, divided among II battleships,
81 amored and protected cruisers. 81 de-
stroyers and 70 torpedo bouts, besides 6
submarines and other small ACCESSORY
craft. That is to say. in the middle of the
current year Japan will possess a navy
equal in numerical strength to one-quarter
Of that Of Great Britain, and will rank fifth
in naval strength among The Powers, being
ahead Of Italy. and treading close or The
heels of the United States.
We are also reminded that the Japanese
have now five principal naval stations,
each of which is commanded by an Admiral.
There are the central station at Yokosuks
in a CORNER of the Bay OF Toxic; the station
at Kure near Hiroshima, situated in a
secure retreat in the Inland Sea; the station
OF Sasebo at he entrance to the Straits OF
Corea; the station Of Maizuru. centrally
placed on the north coast OF Japan. and
the newly acquired Port Arthur. where an
Admiral's command has been established
All these naval stations are strongly forth
fed, independent Of naval defence.
Our authors discussion OF the subject
ends with the reminder that the fighting
value Of the Japanese seaman has been
tested by two maritime wars, in both Of
which his imperturbable GOODNESS under
fire and stoical disregard Of death gained
for him the admiration of the world. Col.
Murray recognizes that much will de-
pend upon the energy with which Japan
expands her mercantile marine. upon
which the sea power of a nation rests even
more than upon combatant naval strength.
He sees that foreign trade and naval enter
prise 60 hand in hand, and that without
merchant shipping a navy is but al I'M
productive ncubus pom a country. He
holds, however. that with her incompar-
able geographical position, her magnificent
harbors and her immense maritime re-
sources, Japan should meet with no diff
Guilty in o~utstripping all rivals in the race
for commercial supremacy in neighbor-
ing waters and in securing ultimately
most Of the carrying trade OF the whole
Far Eastern world.
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lord on Irish rrobsms.

II IL the case for devolution and con-
citation which is set forth in the volume
The Outlook in ireland by the Earl Of Dun
RAVEN IL. =. Dutton Il Coz. The author,
it is well known, is the leader OF those Irish
peers who though Unionists desire TO live
ON friendly terms with their Nationalist
n~eighbors, and who came near procuring
the assent of the last Balfour Government
to a scheme of devolution by which most
il not all of the administrativ functions
now discharged by appointees OF the Lord
Lieutenant would have been transferred
to an elected council sitting at Dublin. In
the book before us Lord Dunraven does
not confne himself to the consideration
of the political problem but also discusses
the economic and social conditions of Ire
land. directing attention to her educational
shortcomings and financial burdens.
In the ninth chapter Lord Dunraven
points out that devolution is no new or I'M
tried thing, but tina many examples of II
exist in the British Empire, and that the only
occasion upon which the right Of self-gov-
ernmen. was denied to II portion Of the
British Empire was followed by a revolt
which eliminated In the formation of the
United States Of America As things are
now and have long been, autonomy in
varying degrees is the keynote ofthe British
Empire, The success Of that empire results
from the application Of two analogous
principles: first, the reservation to ancient
communities OF their distinctive character
istics. usages. laws. languages and govern
ing powers; secondly, the delegation of
powers to new and developing communl-
ties. The one failure of the British Empire
-Ireland-is due to the reputation Of these
principles and the attempt 10 obliterate
distinctive characteristics and usages and
to produce absolute homogeneity by force.
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and the government Of eaph island has
been and 10 conducted IA accordance with
the traditions OF the people and for the
purpose OF preserving their individual rharS
acter, their customs and their language.
Lord Dunraven goes on 10 show why the
circumstances OF the Isle Of Nan particularly
deserve examination and comparison. IL 10
inhabited by a Celtic folk whose character
ist'c are not unlike those Of the people OF
Ireland, showing distinctive peouliarities OF
race and system Of government. The po-
litical history Of the island Is full OF interest.
Since 1896 the ancient House Of Keys-whioh
it is claimed came into existence before
the British House of Commons-has beer q
representative body Indeed, the British
Government would only consent to CIV to
the island a right OF control over ocai
finance on condition that the old autooratic
and unrepresentative House OF Keys should
be reformed and made a representative
assembly. respons We TO the wishes OF the
islanders At that time the Isle OF Man
had no voice in the management OF Its
finances, and practically was treated az II
it were a department OF the Home once IN
London. With the introduction OF repre-
sentative government, however. the island
acquired a very large measure OF autonomy
under a Governor. appointed by the King
and assisted by first, IN Upper Chamber
consisting of a Council nominated by the
Crown and composed chiefly Of ecclesias-
tical and judicial dignitaries; secondly, a
representative Chamber, the House Of Keys.
That is to say. so far as the Celtic folk Is
concerned, the Imper al Parliament has
acted on the principle that the Isle OF Mar
be suffered TO regulate its " affairs
and does not attempt to include 1t in i'm
perial legislation
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w.

In the Aft eenth chapter the opinion is
expressed thai the rapid evolution OF naval
strength on the part of Japan is even more
astounding han the swift growth Of her
military efficiency. When the revolution
took place in 1858 there existed a founda-
ton of trained soldiers upon which to build
d military system. but the imperial navy,
on the other hand, had to start de noyo.
The policy of ISOLATION instituted by lye-
vasu and pursued for $50 years by his sue
cessors was prShibitive Of all commercial
and naval expansion outside OF Japanese
waters. and 30 thoroughly carried out
was this policy that to build an ocean
going vessel was a crime punishable by the
death penalty. Thus it happened that the
spirit OF mercantile enterprise was crushed
out of the Japanese people during the very
years when Great Britain was building
UP her sea power: nor was there any re-
vival OF the commercial spirit till the arrival
at Yokohama in 1859 OF the naval expedition
under Commodore Perry. whose instruc-
tons from the American Government were
to insist on the opening up OF trade and
the abolition Of the policy OF exclusion.
Then, indeed, the Shogunate Government
began. as best it could. to buy ships for
self-defence, and the princes of Satsuma
and Tosa did the same; but beyond these
few. vessels, mostly small and only seven
teen altogether. the Imperial Government
received no naval inheritance from it's
feudal predecessor.
II was therefore at the cost Of much
labor and learning that the foundation Of
Japan's future sea power had to be slowly
and thoughtfully laid During the first
twenty wears after the revolution not
much was accomplished. Officers and men
had 10 be trained in modern naval science.
The forgotten art Of shipbuilding had TO
he %reacuuired Dockyards had TO be con.
structed. plants had TO be set up. schools
had TO be established and qualified foreign
teachers had to he obtained With the
help OF English lent naval officers the
japanese applied themselves to the task
before them with characteristic assiduity.
and Mt the end Of twenty years Of work
they began TO reap the fruits OF their efforts.
In 1871 the japanese had, as we have said.
only IL small vessels of war with an ag-
gregate tonnage OF but 5000. In 1894.
whom they entered on their contest with
China their war vessels numbered ~
with an aggregate tonnage 81 al 900 After
that war naval expansion proCee1ed much
more briskly in Wow Of the preparation for
the conflict with Russia which was scen 10
hc inevitable. Betwccu 1905 and 1902 tIlo.-
10000 was spent on shIpbuilding, and At
the beginning Of the Russian war the jaLa-
nese navy mustered 10 warshlps, with an
aggregate tonnage Of ?75.ooo, against the