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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08
NEWS OF THE STATE
Happenings Which Are Of General
Interest to All the People
of Iowa.
MATTERS REPORTED By wlR7
Telegraph News of Events Witch
Have Occurred in the Hawk.
eye State During the
Past Few Days.

Dubuque, Ia. Jan 6.-Two persons
were killed and one perhaps Totally
injured in collision between a pas.
senger train on the Chicago, Bmling.
ton and Quincy and freight train on
the Chicago Great Western railroad in
East. Dubuque. The dead are: J.. w.
blanchard. of Lacrosse, engineer of
the passenger. train. and Winfield Nc
Ganshey, of East Dubuque. The worst
injured is w. H. Smith, freight brake.
man, legs badly crushed, may die. Air.
brakes failed to work.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08
Increase in Now York Births.

New York, Jan. 1.-The stork made
1926 visits i'll New York city during
1907, according to statistics prepared
by the commissioner of health. This
is an increase of 1851 over the previ
Gus year, when 111,172 births were re-
ported. During the year there were
79.205 deaths, giving death rate o!
1S.4S per thousand. In 1906 there
We're TG,203 deaths.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08
shaker the Hands OF 5. a4b.

Washington. Jan. 9. President
Roosevelt received Mt the White House
a New Years throng of well-wishers
which was three hours in passing his
hand. Mrs. Roosevelt and the mem
hers and Indies OF the cabinet were
his assistants. Though curtailed in
mmber--5.G45-by more than thou,
sand over the preceding New Years
Day the reception was resDlendunt in
all the incidents of tradition which
have accumulated to its interest for
more than hundred years.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08
General Manager coodnou Resigns.

Chicago, Jan. &c. A. Goodnow,
general manager of the Chicago and
Alton railroad, has rendered his rcsig-
nationand negotiations now under way
may result in his being made president
of the South Side Elevated railway
the position recently held by Leslie
Carter. The news of Goodnow's resig.
nation was received with considerable
surprise in Chicago railway circles.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08
Presiding Elder FOUND Guilty.

Philadelphia, Jan. 4.-Rev. William
II. Shafter, one of the local presiding
elders of the Methodist Episcopal
church, was declared guilty of the seri-
Gus charges preferred against him in
reference to his relations With Mrs
Martha j. neichley, postmistress of
Morgantown. Pa. The ecclesiastical
court has decreed that DR.. Sliaffer be
suspended from all ministerial func-
tons and church privileges until the
annual conference, March 49,.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08
veteran Newspaper Man Dead.

Denver. Colo, Jan. G.-Wil,inm I.
Dailey. who with William N. Byeis
founded the Rocky Mountain News III
1850, is dead at his residence here aft
ger an Illness of several months. Mr.
Daley was horn in Tifin. o., In 1888
Before coming to Colorado, Mr.. DALEY
was connected with newspapers ii
Iowa and Nebraska.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08
ALL THREE ARE NOW FREE
Haywood, Pettipone and Meyer Are
Acquit of steunenberg Murder
Jury Sets Pettibone Free.

Boise, Ida, Jan. G. - George A. Pet
tibone was acquitted of the charge of
conspiring to bring about the murder
of Ex-Governor Steuneberg. The de.
PENDANT, his health shattered beyond
hope of recovery by the two years of
his Imprisonment while awaiting trial.
will go ut once to Denver, where lie
can die q free man.
The Indictment of Charles n. Meyer,
president of the Western Federation
of Miners, was dismissed, soon after
the verdict in the Pettibone case was
announced. That against Jack Simp.
kins. who never has been caught, re-
mains, and Harry Orchard lard, M..44e colt
fssssa>e That he committed the crime
and tried to drag others to the gallows,
is vet to be tried. Otherwise the pres,
ecution of persons connected with the
Western Federation of Miners is at IN
end
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08
Youth Sentenced for ManslaushtM.

Des Moines, a.. Jan. 3.-Nincteen:
year-old Roy HOWARD, convicted OF
numbering Miss Martha Picray on the
night of Nov. 30, was sentenced IL
eight years in the penitentiary at
Anamosa. He was given the maxi
mum for manslaughter. Howard at
tempted to shoot down a Jealous rival
and shot Miss Picray instead. He
pleaded an Incident as an excuse.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08

State Superintendent Riggs in a
recent address makes the statement,
that there are now in Iowa over five
thousand teachers who have no
qualifications for the positions they
occupy, and suggests as remedy,
the having Of fewer schools, and the
paying Of larger salaries to teachers.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08
Reduction Affects Thousands.

Philadelphia, Jan. G. Announce.
ment is made that the Baldwin Loco
motive Works of this city will run on
an eight-hour- instead of ten-hour
basis. The reduction in time will af-
feet 1880 men and boys and IS
equivalent to the suspension of more
than 5000 persons.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08
Attempt 10 Blow Up Bank.

Kansas City, NO.. Jan. Ca bomb
was exploded in the basement of the
magnificent three-story marble Eui d.
ing Of tile First National bank at the
corner of Tenth and Baltimore. in the
business center, a few minutes after
the moon hour The force of the ex-
plosion wasSterrific and caused much
damage. Three persons We're injured,
none fatally. There is no clew to the
person who placed the bomb and set
II off 7-stI
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08
Receivers for n Railroad.

Richmond, Va. Jan. 3. Judge
Pritclard, judge of the United States
circuit court. entered decree naming
S. Davies Warfield, of Baltimore, and
Il. Lancaster Williams. of Richmond.
as receivers to take immediate posses
{ sion of the property of the Seaboal9l
Air Line railroad. The placing of the
Seaboard Air Line system in the
hands of receivers follows a statement
of the scompany's earnings, showing
SIS, 49,. $50 on hand with which to meet
fixed charges of $3,175,43l, deficit Of
sac 5oS
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08
Student Mysteriously Shot.

Des NIoines. Ia. Jan. 10. w
Fetters. a Washington. Ia. student, at
terding Highland Park college of this
city. was mysteriously shot through
the body Just above the heart. Fet,
tiers says he is unable to explain the
shooting; that he was walking near til
club Ell route to school when lie was
suddenly felled with a bullet. The
ball from~a'ritie pierced the body. Fet-
terS maY die.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08
CONTROVERSY ENDED.
So Far as the President1s Con.
cerned, as to Command OF
Hospital Ships.
MEDICAL MEN ARE SUSTAINED
All Such Vessels To Be Controlled by
Officers of the Staff
Some Very Sharp Comment on AID.
mirai Brnwnson's Resignation
ana on line Officers us
Commanders.


Washington, Jan. 6. - President
Rooseyclts attitude on the question Of
the command of hospital ships in the
navy, which resulted in the resignation
of Rear Admiral Brownson, and Incl
dentally some caustic observations on
that incident and the controversies
among the naval officers and their adj
llercnts as to details of naval construc-
ton and methods of training We're
made known when Secretary Metcalf
gave to the press two letters from
the president addressed to him on these
subjects.
Does Not NIince His Words.
In the first OF these letters President
Roosevelt, without mincing words, con
dennis in unmeasrred terms the act of
Admiral Rrownson. declaring it to be
unseemly and improper. The question
as to which ADMIRAL Brownson took
issue with the navy department the
president declares Is; one as to which
there can he entirely legitimate DIFF
ferences of opinion. hut he adds there
is no room for difference of. opinion
as to the gross impropriety of the adj
niral's conduct in resigning sooner
than carry out the orders of his su-
perior officers in such a matter. The
officers of the navy must remember
tllat 1t is not merely childish, but in
the highest degree reprehensible. to
permit either personal pique, wounded
vanity, or fractional feeling on behalf
of some particular bureau or organiza.
ton. to render them disloyal to the In
tcrests of the navy and therefore of
the country as whole"
Ananias Society Prospers.
Regarding the controversies in the
navy the president admits there al
ways are and always will be defects
i to correct. 1t is well. he says. that
these defects be pointed out, but 1t is
also well that they should be pointed
out without 'hysterical eSaggeration OIL
malicious lntruthfulness.' He scath
insly rebukes those guilty of exploiting
them in grossly exaggerated form ii
the fancied interest of an individual
or clique of individuals or for the sake
of supplying sensational material mat
ter to newspapers. All this in the frs
1 letter.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08

Chicago. Ian. 3.-Dr. Nicholas Sem
is dead of heart diseaseAafter an ILL
ness of ten weeks. 'I'he malady is
Thought to have been the result of the
high attitudes of South America noun
tains during a recent trip made by DIR.
Sem to that continent, although the
disease did not develop until after his
return home. DIR. Sem was one of the
most prominent medical instructors
aud surgeons in the country. He was
siXty-three years old.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08
Negroes ordered TO leave.

Hodge. Ia, Jan. q On hearing Of
an attempt by negro to enter Young
girls bed chamber at night a mob or
dered all the negroes in the town TO
leave. Forty-fve families, numbering
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08
Mothers Favor Child Labor Law.

lles Moincs. H.. Jan. 4.--The Iowa.
Mothers congress listened to an ad.
dress by Rev a. T.. Kepford, lecturer
for tile Iowa Anti Tuberculosis socie'
ty. Resolutions were adopted calling
upon tho Iowa delegation in congress
to support the Reveridge child labor
hill
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08
Bank Robbers Get 20 Gents

Harrisonvillc, Mo-, Jan. 4.-Robbers
dynamitcd the safe in the Bank OF
Raymore, at Raymore Cass county.
near here. but were unable to open 1t,
securing but 40 cents from the cash
drawer in the counter. The safe was
badly damaged. The robbers escaped.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08
Money to cnnrch nnd college,

Fort Dodge, Ia, Ian . Isaac
Gammoe. Il pioneer capitalist, is dead
here, aged eighty. BY the terms of his
will S5o,0Uo is divided between Tho
First Methodist church, of Fort Dodge
and Morningsidc college. at Sioux City.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08
Penitentiury for whitccappcrs.

IeHr'eHtI"F! i"r "H'IcC"PFIeTs'
Columbus, Ind, Jan. 6.-David Fox
md Jacob Kirk, charged with white,
aapping William l.. Nanest, of South
Bethany. last June, have been found
guilty, They will serve term nj
Michigan City of from two to fourteen
YcarS
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08
Boy Killed by Accident.

Kewanee, Ill. Jan. 4.-Grant Sam.
mons. eighteen years old, after well
coming his two sisters who had re,
turned home after visit, went into
the barn to feed the horses and was
killed by the accidental discharge of
rifle.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08
RockefelIer's Christmas Gif,

Chicago, Jan. 3.-Martin A. Ryerson,
president of the board of trustees of
the University of Chicago, announces
that John ID. Rockefeller has added
So. 1871 GOO to his gifts TO the university,
making the total of his benefactlons
over SO, 100000.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08
Would Stop All sunday Work.

Wouiu stop All Sttiuay work.
Burlington. las Jan. 6.-Committees
hay" approached Mayor unterkircher
with the demand that he enforce what
are called the blue laws against Sun.
day work The petitioners want him
to close all business enterprises. in
Guiding morning newspapers. restau'
rants, cigar stores and newsstands
They demand that paid church choir
singing be abolished. Mayor Inter
kEcher has taken no steps in the mat
ter.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08
New Chief of Navigation Bureau

Washington, Jan. 3.-After Il con-
ference with President Roosevelt Sec
retary Metcalf announced that Cap
tain 7. L. Pillsbury had been selected
rs chief of the navigation bureau of
the navy department. Captain Pills
bury participated in the conference he.
tween the president and the secretary
just prior to the announcement.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08
Mount vesuvius Busy Again.

Naples, Jan. 4. Mount Nesuvius,
after Il month or more of comparative
quiet, has again resumed activity. y
huge column of flame and smoke is
arising from large assures Mt the sum
nit of the crater.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08
POWERS JURY D1sAGREEs
Ten Are for Acquittal-Pardon To Be
Asked for Him--Recommended
for James Howard,

Georgetown, KY. ian. 6-Through
the inability of n jury to agree upon
his guilt or innocence of completely in
the murder of William Goebcl, Caleb
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08
Captain Goes Down with Ship.

New York. Jan. 4.-Seven ship
wrecked sailors, believed to be the
only survivors of the crew of sixteen
OF the Norwegian bark Germmic, were
brought here by the oil tank steamer
IIotlan Newton. Another boat which
contained eight men has not been
found. The captain of the bark, who
remained on board until all the men
found places in the small boats, went
down With his ship.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08
Editor Harden Is Sentenced

Berlin, Jan. 4.-MaXimillen Harden,
editor Of Die Zuliunet, was sentenced
to four months Imprisonment OIL the
Charge of ,libelling Count Kuno Won
MOltlse
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08

Occupation is one great source of en-
joyment No man properly occupied
was ever miserable.-L. p. Landon.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-01-08

Most men think indistinctly and
therefore cannot speak with exactness.
johnson.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-24
CAUGHT TAKING RING
IN JEWELRY STORE
Bride of Five Months Appre-
hended by WatchfuI Ala-
-e@s~ media Clerk geae &c. .

ALAMEDA, Sept. 23.--Mrs. Jane Sea-
born. % years old, pretty, refined ap-
pearing and a bride of five months,
was taken into custody this morning
for shoplifting. She was detected in
the act of stealing diamond ring
from the jewelry store of o. +. West
phal, .1405 Park street. T.. +. Carson,
an employe in the store, observed the
young woman take the ring from a
o. T. Westphal. was STOPPING to secure
tray of stickpins. Mrs. Seaborn
placed the diamond ring in one of her
gloves and left the store, saying that
she, wanted to speak with a friend
near by and that she would return.
Carson followed the woman out of
the store and when it appeared that
she was not coming back he halted
her and invited her to return to the
store, which she willingly did. In the
the woman IL she did not take da-
mond ring from the tray. She denied
it. Carson then drew the glove from
her hand and exposed the ring.
Mrs. Seaborn was turned over to the
police and a. charge of grand larceny
was sworn to against her by Westphal.
Her husband, L. Seaborn who is en-
ployed by the Southern Pacific com
pany in San Francisco, was notified
and came to the police station.
Seaborn told the police and City Jus
tice r. B. Tappan that his wife was in
a delicate condition and that she had
been acting strangely of late. Justice
.Tappan released the young woman
case. up with the district attorney.
Westphal, upon learning of the young
woman's mental plight, asked that the
charge he had made against her be
sidered by the court and the district
attorney
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-24
TINY LAD KILLED
BY WAGON WHEELS
Runs in Front of Team and Is
Crushed Before Driver
Can Stop Horses
Little Ones Skull Fractured
and Doctors Skill Unable
to Save Life

OAKLAND, Sept. 2s.---Running play
fully ahead of his father and little sis
ter TO cross the street in front of an
electric car. which was standing at the
corner of East Fourteenth street and
Twenty third avenue about s o'clock this
evening, little Martin Muller. AZ years
old, was struck down and killed be-
meath the wheels OF a milk wagon.
which was rounding the car from the
opposite side.
The driver. Joseph Cabral. saw the
toddling figure too late to bring his
horse to a stop and the shaft hurled the
child directly in the path OF the wagon,
His skull was fractured by the wheels.
In frenzied haste the father snatched
the little form from the street and
rushed into the offices of DIR. Dodge
near by, but the boy died in a few
minutes.
In company with his father, l.. Null
Ter. an undertaken employed by Grant
ID. Miller. and his little sister. the boy
had started out for a walk down
Twenty-third avenue just before the
fatal accident occurred
Cabral was arrested and booked at
the city prison on a charge of man
slaughter. He was released on his
own recognizance.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-24
SYNDICATE PURCHASES
BIG HOLDINGS IN NORTH
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL


TACOMA, Sept. 23.-The Northwest
light and water company's holdings at
Kennewick and the light and water
company's plant at Pasco have been
purchased by a syndicate headed by
Robert Strahorn, president of the North
Coast railway: Both. companies con-
templated building electric lines.
The deal, Is believed to be one of
Strahorn's moves to get control of
favorable. lines to be used as feeders
for the North Coast. Several towns
line are to be reached by means of
electric lines.
The water rights secured by Strahorn
are. capable of developing practically
unlimited power. 1t is announced that
power plants are to be developed at
North Coast will be operated by cleo
tricity across the Cascade mountains
to Tacoma and Portland. Strahorns
operations are supposedly backed by
Northwestern railways, which 1t will
bring across the state, one from Spo-
kane and the other from Lewiston.
Henry lBratnober, mining engineer,
formerly of San Francisco, has obtained
franchises for water. lighting and tele-
phone services at Cordova. the Alaska
terminus of the Copper River railroad
now building. Bratnober discovered
some of the interior copper properties
which Morgan and Guggenheim are
building. railroad to reach. The
steamship Portland is now carrying
to Cordova dynamos, watermains and
telephones, switchboards and quantf-
ties of other materials. Bratnober, who
now lives here. is going north to super
intend their installation. He believes
make Cordova the largest town on the
Alaskan coast.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-24
MONTEREY OFFICERS
INVESTIGATE BOYLE
Look for Connection Between
MiIIiOnaire's Son and Mys-
teri0us Murders
authorities Believe Young Pris=
Oner Guilty of Brutal At
tacks on Women

SAN RAFAEL, Sept 33.-J. A Bardin,
sistrict attorney Of Monterey county,
was in san Rafael yesterday investi-
eating the record of Charles Boyle. the
son OF millionaire Boyle, who is in jail
at Salinas. He is charged with the
theft Of two reyolvers from hardware
store in Monterey, but the grim finger
of suspicion is pointing toward him
in connection with the murder of FISH
erman Boyd and Of Mrs. Celos at Mon
terey.
Boyle is not directly accused of the
crimes, but the officers say that the
circumstances surrounding the muir
ders, coupled with the fact that sock
bearing the initials &C. B." was found
in cache near the scene of the Celos
murder, call for some special investi-
cation. When Miss Victoria Armitage
was assaulted a cache similar to that
found in Monterey was discovered by
Sheriff Taylor soon afterward on
Wolfe's hill. A man today came TO
Sheriff Taylor and said that he saw
Boyle coming down the Wolfe hill a
short time after the murderous assault
on Miss Armitage.
Taylor. said that he had been look
Ing for Boyle for several months, as
Miss Tucker, another woman who was
assaulted with a gas pipe. had given a
description of the culprit that Tailed
exactly with a description of Boyle
While -cOnversing with John Eagan,
the detective who was placed in the
cell al Salinas with Boyle, il developed
that the young criminal had perfected
the plans of several houses in San
Rafael xhich he said he intended TO
bIsrg1ar4ze when released Sheriff Tay-
Tor stated today that one of the resi-
dencss Hsas that Of P. W. Mccarthy.
who Is 1engaged 3n1the tea and coffee
business at san Franciscp.
u also came to Light today that
Boyle was expelled from the Hitchcock
military academy because he stole a
number of vaIuables and money from
the lockers of the gymnasium while at
tending the school.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-24
BALLOON AND MAID
WON BY AERONAUT
Woman Complains Son in Law
Failed to Pay Her for Big
Hot Air Bag =

OAKLAND, Sept. 23.-Mrs. Eva Will
son complained today to District At
torney Brown that her son in law,
Party Frisby, had carried away a bal
loon furnished by her money. He gave
numerous exhibitions with it in this
city and then went to Sacramento. she
said. There, Mrs. Wilson said, having
completed the conquest of the air he
made conquest of the heart of Miss
Myrtle Ceaney, an Oakland girl. They
set up together as aeronauts and went
to San Jose giving ascensions. Fris by
and his companion made excellent
profits, but he refused to settle with
Mrs. Wilson for his balloon, she said
Brown advised her, in view of The
fact that the balloon was at San 10 Sc,
that an attachment suit in that city
would be Mrs. Wilson's remedy. She
is a professional nurse.
Frisby was an electric lineman, who
after a long period of idieness turn ed
aeronaut.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-24
PRETTY CEREMONY
UNITES COUPLE
Miss Glend0ra Pedlar and Her.
bert E. Marchant Are
Married

OAKLAND, Sept. 23.-The wedding OF
Herbert E. Marchant of San Francisco
and Miss Glendora Pedlar was cele-
brated this evening at the home OF
the brides parents in East Oakland
Only the members of the Marchant and
Pedlar families were included in the
invitations to the ceremony and the
informal reception which followed
Miss Pedlar's wedding dress was OF
embroidered null. She wore a tube
veil and carried a spray OF white bios
SONS. Miss Claire Pedlar was her sis
ter's only attendant. Arch Marchant
assisted his brother as best man. The
marriage service was read by Rev
James A. Macdonald or San Rafael
who also officiated at the wedding OF
the brides parents. After the honey
moon Mr.. and Mrs. Marchant will live
in the bay cities.
The Bridegroom is young business
man of. San Francisco. Mrs. Marchant
is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. f. A
Pedlar
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-24
nELLE AND ATTORNEY WED

NAPA, Sept 23.-Miss Elizabeth
Strohi and District Attorney +. M.
Silva of Napa county were united in
marriage this morning at st. Johns
Catholic church in this city, in the
presence of many friends. The cere-
nony was performed by Rev. Joseph
Byrne and three assisting clergymen,
and was a nuptial mass. The bride
graduated from the Napa high school
and from the University of California.
She is a daughter of George w. Stroll.
prominent pioneer of Napa- The
groom graduated from st. Marys coll
college OF law in San Francisco Mrs.
Owen Duffy acted as matron of honor,
and. George Stroll Jr. was the best
man. The couple will reside in Napa
after a short wedding trip to southern
California.