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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01

But for the prevailing sentiment
of Iowa some years ago" says Elk
Secretary Shaw in his letter to Ed
tor LATE Young, Senator "Allison
would have been president of the
United States, for the convention be.
lieved in Allison, though it did no,
at that time believe in Iowa" us
not this the equivalent Of saying
shat at the time in question Allison
did not represent Iowa?
While it is none of our affair, it
seems to US thatit would be quite
advisable for Alllson's campaign
managers to respectfully request Mr..
Shaw to say as little as possible 70,
or about their candidate
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
Terrible Fate.

There is something which will mp.
peal to every American In the horror
of fate invoked upon Henry james.
ST.. by his son, the novelist, and re-
corded in the letters of u. l.. Godkin.
The young man had been worsted in
argument and exclaimed:
Then may your mashed potatoes ar
ways have Jumps in them!'--Youth's
Companion.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
Druce's Remains in Coffin

london, Dec. 3o.--Thc body of
Thomas Charles Diuce. in Higllgate
Cemetery, was exhumed during the
morning, just fo.ty-three years to a
day after its burial. The coffin was
found to contain the remains of n hu-
man body, thus exploding the roman
tic tale told by Robert G. Caldwell and
others, who swore during the recent
hearing of the bruce perjury case that
it contained a roll of lead.
The bruce vault has thus given up
its secret after ten years Of legal pro-
ceilings. which have cost, all told. Il
considerable fortune.
The charge of perjury against Her
bert bruce is effectively disposed Of.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01

School boys use the motto, "There
is no excellence without great la
bor," and after their school-boy days
they realize the truth Of the motto
in everything they do or attempt to
do. For the sweetness of the rose,
they wipe away the blood drawn by
its thorns; for the victor's wreath,
they count their many scars; for the
glories Of the mountain top, they
look back upon the trials and dan
gers Of the trail up which they
clambered.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
An Extremely Uncomplimentary
Eulogy.


An English Woman author was
snubbed by the Pilgrim Mothers
at a recent banquet in New York and
this is the way she wrote them up;
Never in all my young life have
seen an aggregation Of frumpss and
tabby-cats. Bless my soul, what a
crew they were! A lot of breastless
slab hipped, pancake footed frightf
that went at their fodder tooth ane
claw and licked their stubby finge,
tips after they were through" Now
will the Pilgrim Mothers be good:
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
The Commission Plan Before the Su.
preme Court.

The legality Of the commission
plan for the government of cities,
which we believe had its origin in
Galveston, Texas, and which has re-
Gently been adopted with some mod.
ification by Des Moines and Cedar
Rapids is about to be passed upon
by the Supreme Court of this state.
The hearing in the case has been adj
vanced, owing to the short time be-
tween now and the spring elections,
and>a decision is expected in the
course Of few weeks.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
Onions Sold at a Bargain.

New York. Dec. 2S.-Onions were
sold at 4 bargain i'll New York yester-
day. The chief of the seizure division
of the customs house auctioped off
4,473 boxes of Spanish onions which
arrived ON the steamer Erika and on
which the consisnees refused to pay
$3.50 duty. Spanish onions ordinarily
sell at from 30 cents to $1.1O bushel.
but these only brought from IL to 10
cents. the total amount realized being
$499.7O, only n little. over half the
amount of the duty.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
Secretary shaw's NIother-in- Law Dead
Clinton, Ia, Dec. 30.-NIrs. John
Dunn, mother of the wife of eX,Sec-
rotary of the Treasury Shaw, is dead
Mt Camanche, aged eighty-ninc.
We're Selling Farm Machinery.

w ~ s'hH'ffs, TIT III K'h'NIfIEssTy.
New York. Dec. -Record-bleak-
ing shipments NJ agricultural machin-
cry manufactured in the United States
are about to be made to Europe; six
big steamships having been chartered
for the transportation OF everything
conceivable used in farming work.
These cargoes during the next four
months vii! aggregate no less than a
quarter of n million tons. representing
a value not far short of $25,00O,OOo.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
CAIN COMMITS SUICIDE
Convicted Murderer of g. H. Morris
Cuts His Throat with a Razor
in Jail

Convicted Murderer of g. III. Morris
Cuts His Throat with a Razor
in Jail.
Dies .sIoines, Ia, Dec. 2S.--By means
of q razor which was Struggled to
him during the week ]. c. CAIN await
ing transportation to the penitentiary
at Fort Madison. on sentence to life
Imprisonment for the murder of Chas
III. Morris, Il wealthy mine owner,
slashed his throat in the county Jail
here. Death was not instantaneous,
and the frenziel man with his own
hands tore open the gaping wound
thus completing the act OF suicide.
Cain had hcen notified by turnkey
that the sheriff would take him to
Fort Madison. why didn't You tell
mo that last night?" he asked. ~
Didn't know it until tlis morning." re.
piled the turnkey. well. III he ready
for them" answered Cain, and few
minutes later lie had cut his throat.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
CHE Dfn1orrat.
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY /, 1905

Like a child's outgrown toy bur-
led in the family garnet the Ameri-
can ex-President is a melancholy
product Of our government system
-GroYer Cleveland.
If Cleveland while president had
not done u in his power to de-
stroy the party that made him presi-
dent, the condition of ex-president
might not burden him with so much
melancholy. Mankind in all ages
has loved lover and despised a
traitor.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
KNOCKS Ont Sunday C,os, o

Chicago, Dec. 2s.-"Not guilty. was
the verdict returned by the jury in the
case brought against Thomas Cham
a!cs, proprietor of the Savoy saloon
and restaurant, by the Chicago Law
and Order league for keeping his sa-
loon open on Sunday. 1t is believed
the verdict will practically bring an
end to the Sunday-closing movement,
as it is regarded as Indicative of pub
lie opinion.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01

Our refusal to trade with the peo-
pie Of the Philippine islands on any.
thing like fair terms, or permit
them to trade on fair terms with
the people Of other countries. is a
national disgrace, a national sin for
which the tariff benefciaries are
responsible. May the day soon
come when these heartless interests
will cease to dominate the govern
ment of this country.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
FIVE MEN MEET DEATH.
All Are Train Hands, and No Passen.
ger Is Hurt in a Collision in
Miciiqnn

~ p
Detroit. Dec. 2s.-speeding through
dense fog at forty miles an hour a
Grand Trunk passenger train collideil
head-on with a double-header freight
train half mile north of Lenox,
Mich. Five trainmen met death, four
being killed instantly, the fifth dying
three, hours later. All of the passen-
gers escaped injury except baby,
who was only slightly hurt.
The dead are: Engineer Bennett. OF
the passenger train; Engineer Bohow-
Ski. of the first freight engine; Fire.
man Boughner, Switclman w. G. Tay-
lor-all of. Detroit. and Fireman Albert
Mccall, of Port Huron. The passenger
locomotive plowed underline engines of
the doube-headerandth the trainmen were
buried in the wreckage. Their bodies
We're terribly mangled and scalded by
the escaping steam.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
Big Fire at San Francisco.

San Francisco, Dec. 27.-Fire de-
stroyed nearly the centre block bounded
by Mission. Jessie, First and Second
streets. Several factories and stores
We're burned out and the loss will
an cunt to more than 100000. Most
of the buildings destroyed We're only
temporary affairs so that the loss was
principally in stocks carried by the
firms involved.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
Illinois Politician Dead.

Chicago. Dec. 2S.-Former State
Treasurer Henry Wulff, for years a
prominent figure in politics of Cook
county and Illinois. is dead. News OF
the death came rs n shock in political
circles. While it was known that lie
was suffering from serious sickness.
few knew that death was imminent.
He was one of the most widely known
politicians of the state.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01

For strategic and other reasons
the location of the great locks on the
Panama Canal has been changed
from an exposed position near the
coast to a zone that will be out Of
reach of the guns of a hostile fleet.
Such a change would seem to be ex-
ceedingly advisable.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
ARCHBISHOP WHO OBJECTS
Doesn't Believe in -Honeyed Words
with a "Bfs Stick" In the

st. Louis, Dec. 26.-Archbishop John
j. Glennon, in a sermon, declared that
1t was u serious mistake from many
viewpoints to send the United States
hatteship feet on its tour half around
the world lie deprecated the spectacle,
he said. because 1T is Il season of
peace on earth and good will towards
men," and then intimated that the adj
vent of the fighting fleet in the waters
of the Pacific savored of the hypocrti-
cal.
With a great fanfare of trumpets, he,
said, it was announced to the world
that the fleets mission was one of
peace, but in reality there was secret
note of menace in its sailing. The pol
icy to be deplored, he said, was Gar
rying the palm of peace in one hand.
while the other holds. the key to the
hold wherein is the $4,000, 600 pounds
of ammunition for fight or frolic.'"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
Farmers Should not Reduce Their
Stock of Breeding Hogs.

The shortage Of the 1907 corn
crop seems to have frightened the
timid ones into a desire to get rid
of all the hogs they can, at prices
fully one third below ordinary val.
sues.
Notwithstanding the present ex-
treme low price of all kinds of pig
stuff, the combined receipts Of hogs
last week at eleven Of the principal
hog markets of the country were
$4,000 against 100000 year ago.
And this condition has prevailed fo.
the past several weeks.
1t does not quire prophetic Wis
ion to see what may be reasonably
expected next summer and next
fall. The farmers who are selling
of their brood suws now will be
sorry then. The high price Of
grain will undoubtedly lessen the
1908 supply of hogs, and that will
mean better prices. 1t will take
some grain to feed stock of hogs
and pigl from now until they can
be turned into the pastures next
spring, but after that they can be
carried along until the new barley
crop is harvested with but very
little grain.
Inany event our farmers had bet
ter buy grain even the present
high prices than reduce their stocks
of swine below what they are norm-
ally able to feed and care for.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
His Uniform Barred Him.

San Francisco, Dec. 26.-W. Anger,
a machinist on the arlnored cruiser
Pennsylvania, says he was barred while
in uniform and sober from a place Of
public amusement in San Francisco.
According to Angers story he was re-
fused admittance to dancing acad-
envy. Shortly afterward several of his
companions were barred from the same
DlncP
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
Living skeleton Is Dead.

Providence, II. l.. Dec. 30.-Charles
III. Perry who Travelled with several
of the larger circuses for sixteen years.
figuring as the skeleton man. was
found dead in a hut in the outskirt,
of this city, where he had lately led Il,
hermt's life. Death was due to natural
causes. He was 6 feet, / inch high
and only weighed so pounds.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
Entire Family Cremated.

Boston, Dec. 2S.-Five persons were
burned to death in fire which de-
stroyed the house of John Clark At
WATERFOWL, a suburb, early in the day.
Every member of the Clark family
met death In the flames. The dead
are John Clark, his wife and theil
three children. John. aged eleven, Phil,
lip, aged nine and Doris. aged two.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01

The worlds yearly production of
gold has now risen in round num-
bers to $4oo,ooO,oOo, of which about
one-fourth is mined in the United
States. This increase in the pro-
duction of gold must increase the
general price of all commodities. In
fixing prices the quantitative theory
Of money governs in most instances.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
Dining Cars sDrx. in Iowa.

Des Moines. Ia, Dec. 3o.;-As a re-
suit of the liquor crusade now going
on in Iowa. the Chicago. Burlington
and Quincy railroad has issued orders
to dining car conductors ppohihiting
the sale of liquor while its Trains are
in Iowa, The order goes into effect
Dec. 81. II is understood the other
roads will take similar action.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
Winter Is Making a Record.

Minneapolis, Dec. 81. Up to the
present date the winter of 1907 has
broken all records for mild tempera-
ture as far back as the weather bu-
rcau has any record. Not once this
winter has the mercury gone below
zero, which is not Il little remarkable.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
Unions Want Government Relicc

New York. Dec. 3O-Declaring thar
over 125,000 persons are out of work
at New York alone the Central FEEDER
ated Union has voted to have Its execu-
tive committee undertake Immediate
ly plan for governmental relief and
submit it mt Il meeting next Sunday.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
Cant. Kulp To Be Rcnrimanded.

Dcs AIo!nes. Ia.. Dec. 2s.-The court
martial trying Captain Kulp. of com
pany Il. Thirty regiment. fol-
legged failure to stop prize fight up
OIL the orders of Adiutant General
Thrift, on the night of Nov. 81, has
rendered Il verdict holding that Cap
tain Kulp, while he may not have in.
tentionally disobeyed the orders of Ad-
jutant General Thrift, he did so, and
the court recommended that he be rep
rimanded.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
Two More Devil Wagon victims

Des MONIES, Ia. Dec 2G.--One man
Will die and two are more or less scri-
ously injured as result, of an auto
mobile crashing into a cab. The fatal
~ injured man is Ralph 10y, and the
others are L. Gruenwald and c. II.
Eandervort,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
Just as Fresh. :

Mrs. Newwed-Are these eggs as
fresh as the ones got from you last
week? The Grocer-Oh, yes'm! Some
of the same lot. ma'am I've been
keeping EN- for you.-Picll- Me-Up.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
AS To LINE AND STAFF.
Definition of the Words .,Line" ana
'Staff' as Used in the Naval
Service = Metca1f
Is Silent.

Washington. Ice. % = Now that
the legality of the presidents proposed
action in the matter of assigning Il
staff officer in the person OF Surgeon
Stokes to command the hospital ship
Relief has hcen called in question ii is
proper tc state that the reliance of the
line officers is upon provision in sec
ton of the naval personnel act OF
March 3, 1889. That section, among
other things. WAS designed to clear IN
a doubt that existed as to the right OF
n staff officer to assume the title of q
line officer of Il corresponding grade
in the matter of pay. and emoluments
and length of service
The Law In the Case.
Up to that date staff officers had en-
jnyed what was called relative rank. :"
with which they Were not satisfied; so
in section the word RELATIVE" was
struck ont. so that all sections of the
revised statutes which, in defining the
rank of officers or positions in the
navy, contained the words the 'srela-
tive rank We're amended so MS to read
"the rank Of" 70 this provision the
following important qualification was
attached: "Eut officers whose rank is
so defined shall not be entitled, in
virtue of their rank. to command in the
line or in other staff CORPS"
Two interpretations Thereof.
Line officers understand this to mean
that no surgeon or engineer Gf there
shall ever he again commissioned en-
gineers), or Daymaster. or constructor.
shall be placed in position OH board
shin where he may command the move.
ments and actions of any person not of
his own staff corps. The staff officers,
for their part. hold that this act does
not in any sense ablidge any priv
ilege of rank formerly enjoyed by a
| staff officer.
Brownsnn No Longer Chief.
Admiral B"ownson relinquished his
position as chief of the bureau of navi-
| CATION Wednesday, and the duties OF
that Office are being discharged by
Commander Cameron McRae Winslow,
the assistant chief of the bureau. Com
mandcr W'inslow was not designated
or appointed chief of the bureau as the
result OF recent events, but signed all
| of bis mail as acting" CHIEF.
|
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
Curzon To Be an Irish Peer

London, Dec. 30.-Lord Curzon of
Kodleston, chancellor of Oxford uni
versity, has agreed TO allow himself
to be nominated for the vacancy
among the representative peers of Ire
land, caused by the death of Lord Xii
snoipa y d. =.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
AIiliinnaire prnns Dead.

Pittsbn,g. Dec. 27.-Lcopold VII
sack. siNty-eight years old, millionaire
banker. brewer and property owner of
this city. dropped dead of heart failure
ut his home.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
Eclipse of the Sun Coming.

Washington, Dec. 3O.--An eclipse
of the sun will occur Jan. 3. and will
be partly visible in the southern states
of the United States<and the western
coast of North America.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
Death Roll Is Probably 400.

Fairmont. W., Va, Dec. %. = Two
more bodies have been recovered from
the Monongah mines. making the total
recovered ;;5l. The death list proba-
bly, totals 400, and it is practically
certain that Il number of the bodies
will never he found.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
Beef ana Mutton Adrlft.

New York, Dec. 2G.--Nearly 800 cat
tie and 1909 sheep are floating ont in
the Atlantic ocean. y cattle float load
ell with 3G5 head of cattle and 1000
sheep. on the way from Jersey City to
Brooklyn, sprang, n leak and sank soon
after 1t reached dock. In the mean
time LOCO of the sheep and all but
ninety-two of the cattle had eitherbeen
washed from the sinking float or We're
drowned in the hold as it filed with
water.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-01
Prominent Nebraskan Kills Himself

PROMINENT NeUFasKAh K1I1s Himself.
Lincoln, Neb, Dec. 3O.-Thomas
Worrall prominent in politics and the
man who exposed >the alleged grain
trust, committed suicide by taking pol
son. Tie body was found in his Of
flee.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-28
THE PLAY ITSELF WAS GOOD.
That Much, at Least, the Actor Critic
Had to Admit,

John Hare, the English actor, once
went to see one of Beerbohm Trees
infreQuent performances of Hamlet.
He would willingly have avoided Tree
for some little time afterward for rea-
sons obvious to others who. like him,
had seen this least impressive of this
actors roles
Hare chivalrously remained in his
box to the end of the play. As the
curtain descended on each act he had
dreaded the invitation of his fellow
player to his dressing room. where the
usual courtesies would have been ex-
pected.
Act by act slipped by without any
word from the stage, and Hare grew
proportionately relieved. AS the last
curtain fell, however, and Hare retired
from the box he found a messenger at
the door with "Mr. Trees compliments,
and wouldn't he come home for bite
Of supper with some friendsY'
At table Hare PARTED opening after
opening. yet not once did Tree refer
directly to his Hamlet. Hare on his
part dreaded every break in the con-
versation would bring the dreaded top
ic. After decent time he drew away
from table to go home. Tree accom-
panied him to the hall to put on his
coat. "Now's my hour" thought Hare.
Not one word from Tree. They shook
hands on the threshold, and Hare start
ed down the steps in happy relief.
Tree followed him to his carriage.
Hare heard him in dread. Still the
topic was avoided. Tree, with cordial
courtesy, opened the door. Hare slip
ped into the cushions of the carriage,
joyfully heard the door slam and drew
a deep sigh.
But before the horses started Trees
head was in at the window. and he
said, with blighting suavity:
"At least, John. you'll admit it's
good play
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-28
Which Are Xnu2

In this world there are two kinds
Of men-those who look upon the
bright side of things and those who
walk in the shadow and see nothing
but encouragement ahead
The cheerful man when he sees work
accumulate attacks it heartily and soon
clears it away, regarding his work as
fun. The other looks and looks, his
face growing longer each minute, and
then says to himself: How much
work do they expect me to do on my
pay? | can't possibly get through all
this today"
Then presently when he settles down
to work he finds that the cheerful man
has nearly finished and envies him
his light job.
He never thinks that the optimist
gets through by working steadily
without lettering to growl at what he
has to do. The thought that he might
work too hard never occurs to the
cheerful man.
Again, the disconnected one imagines
that his employer does not notice his
merits or the reverse and loses inter
est in his work This is wrong, for
every employer knows when young
fellow is doing his duty well. He may
not have time to give praise personal
", but he knows just the same.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-28
Just Like a Woman.

A well known judge had habit of
slipping his watch under his pillow
when he went to bed. One night,
somehow, it slipped down, and as the
judge was restless it worked its way
to the foot of the bed
After bit he awoke, and his foot
touched it. 1t felt very cold, and he
was scared and jumped from his bed
and shouted: My gracious, Maria
There's toad or something under the
covers! l touched it with my footw
His wife gave loud scream and
was on the floor in q moment
"Now, don't go waking the neighbors
up" said the judge. you get broom
or something, and we'll fix it quick"
The broom was given him.
"Now turn down the covers slowly
while l bang it. Put bucket of wa
ter alongside the bed, SO as we can
shove it in and drown it"
Maria fixed the bucket and removed
the covers. After three or four good
bangs they pushed it in the bucket,
and then they took it to the light to
investigate.
When the judge saw it was his
watch he said: 81 might have known.
1t is just like you women to go
screeching and fussing about nothing
It's utterly ruined now" = London
Mail.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1908-02-28
The Source Of Life.

In paleozoic times it was the earth
itself, not the sun. to which plant and
animal primarily stood beholden for
existence. This gives us most in
structive glimpse into one planetologic
process. To the planets own internal
heat is due the chief fostering of the
beginnings of life upon its surface.
Thus a planet is capable of at least
beginning to develop organisms with
out more than modicum of help from
the central sun. We talk of the sun
as the source of life. and so it is today
in the sense of being its sustainer, but
the real source was the earth itself.
which also raised it through its baby
hood.-Professo Lowell's THE Evolu-
ton of Life in Century Magazine.