Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-09-09
THE NEWS IN BRIEF {.
Happenings Of the Week Given
in Condensed Form.
Items of General Interest Concerning
Our Own and Foreign Coun.
tries Grimes, Casu.
alties, Etc.

The United States officers and sail
ors of the battleship fleet are still being
lionized at Melbourne by the Austria
lians.
A movement has been started in
Mexico to again elect Diaz president.
Portugal faces budget deficit of
s., GOO 600.
The critical condition Of Charles B.
Roberts Jr., the victim of the board
walk shooting at Atlantic City, binders
the police In their Investigation Of the
case.
Maskette, the Futurity winner, may
be sent abroad by Keene to enter next
years Oaks
Both parties closed hot fight in
Vermont and are confident OF big
gains in the vote, which Is expected
to slow the trend on national Issues.
The Massachusetts Socialists at their
state-convention in Boston nominated
a complete ticket headed by James
Il. Carey of Haverhill for governor.
1 Inspector Tucker of the Indiana
board of health reports that many
dalries about Hammond and through.
out Lake County are in very filthy
condition.
| President Roosevelt entertained the
visiting Olympic athletes at his home
near Oyster Bay.
The eleventh convention of the Ma
tional Master Bakers association Is in
i coccinn ot sJ,,dtnnapolts
i Ten thousand people In Augusta,
Ga, are In actual need Of clothing and
bed clothing.
Congressional conventions We're held
i in all districts Of Illinois to formally
ratify the selections made at the prl.
maries.
Charles S. Millington. of Herkimer,
N. ". was nominated fof congress rs
the successor of James Sherman, vice
'lpresitlcntial candidate of the Repub-
Il lican party.
1 Three officers of the regular army
made Il balloon ascension from Fort
), Meyer, near Washington. and landed
at Pocomoke, Md, after successful
trip
Europe has been thrown into a
turmoil by Emperor William's demand
that Mulai Hafid be recognized i'm
mediately as sultan Of Morocco.
: 1t has been decided that Taft will
i not go to Sandusky in time Monday t.
!. participate in the Labor Day celebru
ton there. He may leave here Mon
day evening for that place. that NOR,
time-may be had on Tuesday for {
q visit to the Soldiers Home there he
fore the "Trip to Cincinnati. &
The fall manoevures of the depart
ineilt of the lakes. u. S. A., have open
led at Fort Benjamin Harrison, neal
indianapolis.
The United States government en-
: tered the Chicago subtreasury robber,
case by securing a continuance of Fitz
: gerald's herring in order to inyesti
! gate the evidence.
Mayor Busse, OF Chicago touche,
i by sweltering citizens appeals, re
prieved the straw hat until Sept. Il
Conditions are dismal at the Sleeps
heqd Bay track on account of absenc
of betting. 5.e,l FL
Democratic managers plan an activ
campaign in the hope of winning I'LL
nois for Bryan and Stevenson.
" The wife of Harry Thurston Peck
: professor of Latin in Columbia un,
c editor of the Bookman, was granite
n divorce. at Sioux Falls, S. D., o
k charges of dcsertion. sal
I. William Randolph Hearst in
speech Mt indianapolis made "A vigol
GUS attack upon William Jennine
gryan, whom he declared unfit for. til
high Office of president.
Colonel Henry NJ. Nevins, OF Ne,
Jersey, was chosen commander-in.chie
y OF the Grand Army OF the Republic
John II. Rockefeller is descendar
II of barons in the south of France, til
d family dating from as early as 90
r. according to the report of an expel
It made to a family reunion at Alban.
al n. Y.
Harry X. Thaw's frequent outing
are likely to be stopped by a new tur
!, in the legal proceedings
Aaron S. Watkins, accepting the Pr
:, hibition nomination for vice presiden
u says the United States government