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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-24
WJarrenton Hunt.

WARRENTON, VA, February 90
There Is nothing doing this week in hunt.
Ing. Everything Is frozen up here, ana
the hounds cannot go out
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European Racing Dates for 1907

' .
European Racing Dates for 1907.
Lincolnshire handicap, one mile,
March 10.
Liverpool grand national. miles
Sac yGards March %.
Great Metropolitan. two miles ana
e quarter, Apr.l IS.
Two thousand snlneas, one mile, May
one thousand suineas, one mile
May 8.
Chester cup, two miles and quar-
ter, May S,
Kempton Park. great jubilee, one
mile and quarter, May II.
Manchester cup. one mile and half,
May "a,
Epson Derby, one mile and half,
June 5.
The oaks, one mile and half.
June /.
Grand PriS dc Paris. one min and
scven-ei;itS, June 1G.
Liverpool cup. one milo and three
quarters, July so.
Goodwood cup, two miles August ].
The st. l.eSer, one mile six furlongs
| and la2 yardS, GGptcrGber n.
Doncastnr cup, about two miles, Sep
TENDER 49,
Jockey Cub stakes one milo and
/ three quarters October 3.
| The C@arewitch. two miles and
quarter, October 1G.
The CnmbridgeGhre, one mile and an
4 eighth, October 30
Dewhurst plate, seven furlongs, oc-
4 tpber 81,
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men Of the world, ana IN admitted
right 70 the title, ''Thc Animal King"
His mother wna Emily Wombwell,
and his grandfather, who was "the
4 original Snowman OF tho family, mede,
his start rs a boy in London in 1906.
Young Wombwcll happened to be on.
the Limehouse dock one day when an
8 East lndinnan came IN, Ihe captain
had boa constructor, which he was
willing to sell for q small sum. The
boy bought 1t and exhibited it around
London. This was tho beginning OF
the Wombwcll menageries, which. ut
] the death of its founder number OF
Years later, had grown to be tho larg-
est geological collection travelling
Left to His Children.
The menaEeries We're left to the
three clliidren-Emra, the mother of
3 G. Bostoei,; Harriet ana Charles,
later knighted BY Queen Victoria The
two girls cacli rarri ed-Emma Mr..
1ostock and Harriet, Mr.. Edmunds.
The show was then divided. one-half
travelling as the Bostncls and Womb
Will Menagere and tho other as the
Edmunds Royal Windsor Castle Me-
nagerie. getting the title from the
fact that itonce showed before roy
atty at he castle.
licoad shows are practically I'm
knit IN in the British, Isles and II is
customary. even to this day for the
largest to travel III caravans. 1t took
over three hundred horses and n large
number of wagons to transport the
tBostock and Wornbwell Menagerie.
and its advent into any town meant
the practical suspension OF business
and general holiday
Not for the Church.
The parents Of the Animal King
had no intention that their con should
follow the show business. They de-
sired him to be q Clergyman, and at
an early age placed him in school at
Il NleYerdon College, near the town OF
Norwich
Brought up from earliest childhood
with wild beasts for playmates, the
embryo dor1liniell had the love for ami
mails dnsrained II his being, and he
turned his do,fnitory at school into q
/ veritable menagerie. The upshot, after
q while. was that he was given the
choice Of either packing off his ami
mails and snakes or going himself
Young Bostocl, chose the latter and
Joined the show The lion trainer of
the aggregation at that time was q
u big Moor, who was the feature of the
8 show, Shortly after the return Of
young Bostock tho trainer got mad
and beat the lion. The boy recognized
that the animal had been wrongly
handled, and that 1t would perform
better under kind treatment than un-
der n club. Going to his father, he
4 asked to he allowed to take the place
Mpf the brutal trainer. THE lion knows
me. and will perform al right" he
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To Hold Meeting.

Atler consulting with Miss Gulloy
ana those associated with ller In oper.
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Came to America.

Mr.. Bostotli ilrst cafne to this caun
try 10 the Worlds 17a!l. in Chicago. IN
1893. with the boxing kangaroo, Big
Frank, with whlGi he played the Cir
cult OF the vaudeville theatres later.
lie then introduced til" famous IN
Stalnablc, inan-killins Hon Wallace and
followed :ths venture ~ bringing a
small collection Of wild animals to the
United statea. Tho cXhihNion from
that has grown TO the pregeut Gigantic
Bostock enterprises, with not only the
immense aggregation here, hut wild
animal groups and trainers In practi-
cally every capital and large sity III
Europe,
Mr., Bostock is not only show
manager, He Is an animal trainer
and deserves his title, 1.-THE Animal
King" quite as mach from the fact
that he Is q trainer OF trainers as that
lie is n traner of beasts. lie has
never yet allowed y man or woman
trainer . go into n den OF wild ani-
mails whose Mace he was not pep
fec,ly coinpateut and willing to I'LL
at any time.
Industry and integrity arc the Key
notes Of Mr. Bostpch's character, and
. II is on, these that tho success OF his
I enterprises have been buin. Tho AMI
mai King Is N worry busH man; yet
all VINO meet him never fa!i5t6 be i'm +.
pressed bY his uniform Gourtegy and
d geatelnanline6a. lFe rs Rrll-rcnl. b0tt
IN the classics and current leaalne,
He also speGlis fotn' or I'VE differeus
languages, and ntyer lprgpta the fact
that nlonay sDeuks them af
IS q
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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-14
NASHVILLE.

John Mulvehill and wife left
Tuesday morning for q visit with
relatives at Cedar Falls.
M. Maroney is visiting this week
with relatives in Green.
George Goldsborough Of Dundee
spent a few hours i'll our burg Mon,
day.
Mrs. j. Weber was passenger
to Manchester Monday.
Miss Josie Hogan is spending the
week with relatives in the country
Ed Gallery and wife are the hap.
Ply parents of baby boy born Aug.
ust End.
We understand that Mr.. Utley has
purchased the Huick Valley farm
south of town also that Clarence
Blanchard has purchased Mr.. Ut.
ley's farm.
Will Carmcdy who has been as
sistant operator here for some time
has secured a position as operator
in Dubuque and will commence
work there in the near future.
John Moran will take Wills place
here. We wish both young men
success.
Miss Gertrude Strain of Yankton,
S. Dakota, is spending her vacation
at her home here.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-14
A London Foo.


Nothing has such Il bewildering ef-
feet as fog. Only animals which find
their way by scent can get about in 1t
with any certainty. Birds are entirely
confused by it, Tame pigeons remain
all day motionless and half asleep,
huddled up, either in or just outside
their pigeon houses. Chickens remain
motionless for hours during heavy fogs.
No bird sings or utters call, perhaps
because it fears to betray its where
abouts to an unseen foe. During one
very thick fog blind man was found
wandering about certain district of
London. This man was in the habit of
coming up every day from suburb,
carrying notes and parcels, and had
scarcely ever lost his way before.
Asked why he had gone astray (for he
was quite blind, and 1t was supposed
that weather would have made no diff
ference, he said that in a fog the
groundhi sounded quite differently,"--
London Chums. =
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-14
Gulf Stream, Fruit.

The superiority of certain English
fruits has its origin in cause little
suspected. 1t is the blessed gulf
stream which does 1t. Foreign grow
ers are every bit as acute as the Eng
lish, 1t may be, but they have not the
right atmosphere. The gulf stream
lmpnrts Il beneficent humidity to our
atmosphere which results in our fruit
having the thinnest and finest skins of
any in the world. The English straw
berry is without equal for flavor. The
English grape, though it may not have
the fine flavor of the Spanish, has the
best skin. The French tomato is as
thick skinned as the English field
grown. The English apple eclipses its
rivals because of Its thin skin. Every
fruit according to Its climate. Grown
in Il different atmosphere, the English
apple would shrivel in Il day; here,
helped by the moisture from the gulf
stream, 1t ripens within the thinnest
of Jackets and Is as much superior to
the foreign or colonial apple as Il peach
is superior to parsnip.-St. James
Gazette.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-14
They c.:s Ric!,t There,

The late Andrew j. BAN, Well
known hotel man Of New York, was.
ut the time of the civil war, proprietor
of hotel in New Bedford. A num-
Der of colored citizens Interested in the
formation of military company called
upon him and Informed him that they
would be glad to form the company
and allow him to suggest the name.
provided he would pay for the equip.
ments.
Congressman L. d. Elliott has fitted
out a company of white men, and
throughout the war they will be known
as the Elliott Light Guards" said the
spokesman Of the colored men.
"Well,' said Dam, ''if am to equiv
and organize this colored company, !
shall insist that they be known as the
Dam Black Guards"
The company was never organized
New York Tribune.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-14
cOLEsBURG.

During the past week the saying
Make hay while the sun shines, !"
has been make hay while it rains"
instead. A good quality and guam
tity Of hay has been gathered into
the storehouses during the past two
or three weeks.
VIM. Adams and wife have as
their guests Mrs. Joseph Biggio and
son Lawrence, of Chicago
j. X. Bolsinger is making ar
rangements to hold Harvest Home
picnic here August %. Further
particulars will be given later.
Mrs. j. A. Bush was taken quite
sick Wednesday morning, and was
confined to her bed for couple of
days. We are glad to report her
much improved.
Mrs. Jacob Lands is enjoying a
visit from her sister. Mrs. Louisa
Kruger Of Waucoma.
Mrs. Ed Goldsmith is numbered
among the sick. Hope she may
soon be better.
Clarke Satterlee and Il. l.. Boil
singer drove over from Manchester
Sunday to spend the day with
friends.
Mic Burlage Of Dyersville, was an
over Sunday visitor in the city.
Rev. Ii. P. Mcbride has gone to
Evers, Kansas, for a visit with his
father who is preaching there
Mrs. Annie Stevens Of Sigourney,
arrived Wednesday for a short visit
with Colesburg friends.
T. A. Foote is lone widower
these days. Mrs. Foote and chill
dren are visiting her parents at
Postville.
Walter "Opens, wife and son.
Otto, and j. L Strader returned
from fishing EXPEDITION on the
Mississippi near Gutenberg Fri
day. The finny tribe was decrease d
by one and one only. Walter Ep.
pens made the catch and he never
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-14
Send Some Hlgh-up Trust Official to
Tail,

The trust disease which afflicts
the people OF this country can be
cured more quickly by sending
some hlgh-up trust officials to jail,
than by any fines which any court
could infict.
Standard Oil is the parent of all
the trusts. 1t was the first unlaw-
full combination of capital, for the
control of a particular line Of trade,
and every other combination which
has followed along has used the
schemes of the Standard Oil COM
pany as patterns to enable them to
debauch the country's business and
rob the country's wealth producers.
Ii the president, or responsible
head of the Standard Oil Co., could
be sent to the penitentiary for two
years wouldn't not be poetic Justice?
Would not such an object lesson do
more to knock down the trusts than
anything else that could be done?
Ii it were once demonstrated that the
Standards schemes and purchases
of immunity afforded no protection,
were no good, every trust would
tumble over in its haste to put an
end to the criminal part of it's bust
ness.
President Roosevelt and Attorney
General Bonaparte are reported to
favor criminal proceedings, rather
than large fines, and if they are in
earnest the law is broad enough for
that purpose.
The Sherman law passed in 1890
provided for imprisonment for two
years in addition to heavy fines, and
the interstate commerce legislation
Of 1887 and 1889 also provided for
the imprisonment Of all who violated
the provisions of those statutes.
The Elkins act of 1903 repealed
: the jail part Of the sentence which
could be imposed, but it was re-
stored again by the Rate Law of
1906, which has been in force since
June 20, 1906.
AS the law now stands all who
are convicted Of giving or receiving
rebates may be fined not less than
$1,000 nor more than $4,000, and
sent to the penitentiary for two
years.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-14
Flowers That Chance Color.

''There are many flowers that change
color" said the old gardener. "There
is the mutabue phlox, for instance.
At sunrise 1t is blue, and in the after
noon it is pink. Then there is hibiscus
hibiscus mutabills. 1t goes through
three changes in the day, from white
in the morning to rose at noon and to
red at sunset. Likewise the lantana.
The lantana is yellow one day, orange
the next and red the third. It's
changes are slow. There are other
flowers. too, that change. There's the
clicranthus chameleo that shifts from
white to yellow and from yellow to
red. There's the gladiolus versicolor,
that's brown in the morning and blue
In the evening. There's the colaca
scandcns, that moves slowly from
greenish white to II deep violet."-New
Orleans Times Democrat.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-14

signers Were advised that the com.
rany would not tolerate the malicious
delaying of important messages. and
that thedischarged operator would not
ce re-employed, the majority of the
GENERATING force quit work without no.
",rhe Chicago operators have pre-.
sented no grievances and the present
movement is an attempt to enforce the
closcd shop rule, which If successful
would take control of the compally's
affairs out of its own hands. Such ~
condition. as has been repeatedly
shown, is inimical to the confidential
and responsible character of the con-
rany's relation to the United States
government and to the public"
Oakland, Cal, Aug. 1O.-Samuel j.
Small, the national president of the
Commercial Photographers union. was
located in this city and submitted to
brief interview. He was reluctant
to say anything. ",rle subject" lie
said. "is too delicate to say anything
about. Mrs. Nichols is, of course, thu
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-14
Gbe De,1rofrat.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST IA, 1907
The Corn Crop.

We have before us Dun's Review
Of the 10th inst, and if we are not
greatly mistaken its roseate reports
of the condition Of the corn crop are
far from being correct.
Last week the writer took good
look at the corn fields between Man.
chester and Chicago, and never saw
them in worse condition the first
week in August of any previous
year.
All corn is late, fully three weeks
behind the ordinary season, and
nothing except a very favorable fall
can help it out. A warm frostless
September might ripen from half tc
two-thids of a crop, but a cold Sep.
TENDER would be ruinous.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-14
Poi.o ned With Diamond,

The jeweler replaced tenderly in its
case the unmounted pear shaped dia-
mond. II could kill you with that"
he said. Il could poison you with it.
You would die in few hours" "But
diamonds are not poisonous?" "In-
deed they are, ground up. There have
been a number of suicides by diamond
dust among gem cutters. Swallow
diamond dust, and death will ensue
very quickly. The symptoms will be
the same as though strychnine had
been taken"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-14

tires Of boastiig about it.:
q. F. Chapman of Manchester,
was calling on friends in town Sun
day. He was accompanied home by
Mrs. Chapman and Hazel and Mrs.
w. R. Locke who had been visiting
here for fortnight.
Rey. j. G. Erb of Manchester,
was Colesburg visitor the first OF
the week. Mrs. Erb and children
who had been visiting hereabout
for couple Of weeks accompanied
him home on Wednesday.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-14
SCHOONER SUNK
BY BIG STEAMER
Four Members of the Crew of the
Former Are Drowned-Col.
iisiOn Due to u Fog.

New York, Aug. l2.-The three
mastcd schooner Myroncas bound from
Rockland. Me-. for New York. with a
load of granite, was sunk in the, mid
die OF Long Island sound early in
the day in q collision with the Neptune
line steamer Tennessee, bound from
Fall River to New York. -Four mem
bers of the MyrOneas' crew were
drowned, but Captain Bclatty was res
cued by passengers on the Tennessee
and one of his crew was also saved by
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-14
Her View of II.

Don't you think asked Mrs. Old.
castle, that Miss Witherspoon has IL
patriclan face?" oh" replied her
hostess, hanging her 100000 necklace
over the back of chair II don't think
she has. She claims, at least, that her
folks We're all English and that there
amt q drop of Irish blood in her
veins. Chicago Record Herald.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-14
TRACING the Bullet.

If bullet to be fired by marksman
Is coated with a fine paste of gun.
powder and gum. says the Dundee
Advertiser, and then with thin Gov.
ering of some friction powder. the lat.
ter, rs the bullet passes out Of the gun
barrel. will ignite. ana In t.rn set fire
to the eunpowder paste. The bullet
will then leave Il long stream of smoke
behind 1t. Indicating the exact course
it has taken and enabling the marks.
man, If necessary, to correct his ain
for his next shot.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-14

Chicago, Aug. 12.-The gigantic
strike of tclegraphers has reached u
crisis. With every operator in the Uni
ted States and Canada ready to leave
his key ut the call for general strike,
President Samuel Gompers of the Am
erican Federation of Labor arrived In
Chicago and made the declaration
that the federation, with its 2,5OO,GO0
members and immense financial re-
sources, is backing the striking COM
mercial telegraphers.
To Hold Big Conference.
Secretary Eahley of the National
Civic federation, United States Labor
Commissioner Neill, and President
Small Of the Commercial Telegraphers'
union are rushing to Chicago to join in
big conference with view to secur-
ing peace in the telegraphic war.
A crisis in the affairs of the leased
wire men and operators working for
the press associations has also been
reached. AT TO O'clock the stock and
grain brokers We're called upon to
make decision on the revision Of
their wage schedules, providing for a
uniform and minimum scale of wages.
which in the larger offices will not be
less than $50 per week.
The Associated Press was given un.
til 1880 o'clock at night to agree to
raise its scale of wages to $50 and $50
a week for six days work. Its opera
tors now receive $40 week for seven
days work.
= Drastic Action May Come.
In the last twenty four hours condi-
tons have remained about the same.
Drastic action may come as result
of the message sent by Secretary Rus
sell, who is III charge of the strike stu
alton in Chicago, to all the locals Of
the Commercial Telegraphers' Union
of America. The message is as fol-
lows:
I'm view Of the fact that many Of
our locals throughout the country are
now on strike, you are directed to call
special meeting Immediately and
vote OH the following:
sAlil VIZ lpTtSeuL 10 DOtu COM =
panies the following demands: An
eight-hour day for operators, 10 per
cent. increase in the wage scale, equal
work and wages for men and women
in the service, the companies to fur.
nish typewriters for operators.
Failing in this, shall we declare a
general strike? Communicate your
vote to Chicago office of the union ut
once"
No Arbitration Says Cook.
General Superintendent T. P. Cook
of the Western Union Telegraph com
pany issued n statement at n. m. In
which he fatty said there will be no
arbitration of the present strike. Ar
engagements We're completed early in
the day to pay off all the striking OPP
orators. Mr.. Cook said that the com
pany has 225 strike-breakers at work
and is turning away applicants for
positions as operators. This latter
statement is denied by the strikers.
There will be no arbitration" said
Mr.. Cook. Il will not receive Il
deputation of the strikers. My only
communication for them now or Mt any
other time will be n circular letter
which l will send out to them today
1t will be brief and will read:
Having left the employ of tho
company you will call Mt once and get
| your Day.'"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-14
CAUSE OF THE TROUBLE
As Explained by President Clowry-
Also as Seen at Frisco.

Also as Seen at Frisco.
New York. Aug. 1O-Colonel Glow.
ry. president and general manager Of
the Western Union Telegraph com.
pany, gave out the following state
ment in relation to the strike at Los
Angeles ana Chicago: "On July 23,l
an operator at Los Angeles was
charged with maliciously delaying traf.
fic on important circuits he was dis
fic. AS a careful investigation, which
occupied several days. proved conclu-
sively that he was guilty Of deliberate
" 0bstructing traffic on important
circuits. he was discharged.
"A petitionsigned by other employees
of the office requesting his reinstnte-
ment was tliereupon presented to the
local superintendent, and when the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-08-14
Koreans Stay Japanese.

Seoul. Aug. PA company of thir-
ty-elght Japanese troops With two ma.
chine guns had five men killed and
five wounded on landing at IIang Villa
Island. twelve miles north of Chemul.
po. for the purpose of disarming n
small Korean garrison OF forty men
which was supported by several hun
dre1 rioters.