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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-16
GENEROUS JOHN D.

Oil Magnate Said to Be Planning to
Give Away Money.
John D. Rockefeller has asked the
aid of Congress in disposing Of a large
part of his wealth for the benefit of
mankind. The first step was the in
PRODUCTION of bill to incorporate the
Rockefeller Foundation in the District
of Columbia. The bill was introduced
in the Senate by Senator Jacob H. Gal
linger, Of New Hampshire. 1t was re-
ferred to the committee on judiciary.
The scope of the foundation is broad,
although its purposes were embraced
I'm short section OF the bill intro
duced. hissection reads: THAT the.
object OF the said corporation shall be
to promote the well being and to adj
vance the civilization Of the peoples
of the United States and its terrific
ries and possessions and of foreign
lands in the acquisition and dissem-
ination Of knowledge, in the proven
ton and relief of suffering. and In the
promotion of any and all of the ele-
ments of human progress" Mr.. Rock
efeller is silent for the present as to
the purposes of the Incorporation.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-16
DUST EXPLOSION KILLS.
Two Dead, 90 Hurt in American
Maize Company's Roby Mills.

Two Dead, 90 Hurt in American
Maize company's Roby Mills.
An explosion of dry starch powder
in the plant of the American Maize
Products Company at Roby, Ind. early
on recent evening probably killed
two men, injured twenty-eight others,
two probably fatally, wrecked three
story building and broke windows in
South Chicago and In Hammond, Ind,
three and five miles away. Fire fol
lowed the explosion but companies
from South Chicago and Hammond
confined the flames to the wrecked
building.
Thirteen Of the itwenty-eight ben In
jured are in the South Chicago Hospi-
tai. Ten were taken to their homes.
Seven men are missing. FIVE OF these
have been seen since the explosion. but
later disappeared. and the bodies Of
two. the names not ascertainable, are
believed to lie under the debris of the
building. .s.5 I,
The explosion occurred few min
utes before O'Clock, just before the
night shift at the factory arrived, in
the dry starchhouse of the sugar re
fining plant. Thirty men work there
The force Of the explosion hurled most
Of the men clear of the building, but q
number were rescued from under pieces
of wreckage Flames shot high in the
air and bricks and timbers were thrown
for rods.
Calls for assistance in fighting the
flames that threatened the entire plant
were sent to South Chicago and Ham
mond, and two fire companies from
each place responded. The fire was
not extinguished until late in the
night. The damage is estimated at
$4,000.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-16
PRICES UP m ALL COUNTRIES.
Statistics Show Advance in Meat
Figures Thronoh ont World.
Cincinnati Post.

Statistics Show Advance in Meat
II Figures Throughout World.
The advance in the price of meats
in the United States In recent years
seems to correspond, in measure at
least, with conditions which have
caused increases in meat prices
throughout the world, not only in
those countries which do not produce
much meat, but also in Argentine,
Australia, New Zealand. Canada and
other countries which produce a sur
plus for export. The government has
gathered some interesting statistics
upon the subject. 1t is found that the
advance in the price of fresh meats is
less than in sailed and preserved
meats and in nearly all cases the ad-
vance has been less in beef than in
pork or mutton. SIS e II
In Australia beef preserved by cold
process advanced in export price from
1928 per 100 pounds In 1893 to $40 In
1908. mutton and lamb from 1882 per
100 pounds in 1899 to s6.47 in 1908,
From Canada the value of fresh beef
exports advanced from an annual aver
age Of 81 cents per pound in 1893 to
80 cents In 1909. that Of mutton from
81 to 11.2 cents; pork from 3.S to 3
cents and butter from 1s.1 cents to
"a cents.
All the European cities show, whSs
ever statistics are available. higher
wholesale prices in the local markets.
In Moscow, Russia. beef Of the first
quality has advanced in price per
pound from SO cents in 1908 to 10
cents in 1908. Berlin shows an adj
vance in beef from 1872 in 1896 to 1876
cents in 1908, pork from 1873 to So
cents,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-16
GENERAL STRIKE TIES
UP ALL PHILADELPHIA.
General Walkout in Sympathy with
Street Car Men Takes Effect
at Midnight.
MILITIA IS HELD m READINESS
Labor Leaders Assert 100000 Union
Workers VIII Obey order-1m-
partial Estimate 10000.

A general strike of the unions in
sympathy with the striking street car
/ men went into effect in Philadelphia
at midnight the other night. Stimuli
taneously 1t became known, despite
the denial of Gen. Clay. head of the
police force. that every national guard
regiment In the State Of Pennsylvania
has received orders to be ready to
en ' for Philadelphia at an hours
notice s.s
The labor leaders are shouting ex.
sultantly that 100000 men have lined
up with the striking motormen and
conductors. The police canvassers
make the figure less than 21.O00. An
impartial estimate is 10000, a little
more or a little less.
While the labor leaders are receiy-
ing moral support from their fellow
workmen in all parts of the country,
many associations Of employers have
sent letters and kilograms to the off.
Gals of the Rapid Transit Company
and the city officials commenting the
stand taken and urging them to re.
main firm in their determination not
to submit to the strikers demand for
union recognition. The struggle of
the Philadelphia Rapid Transit Com,
pany against the car mems union has
broadened into a fight between en-
ployers who insist on their right to
run open shops and labor unionism.
From now on the issue is the life or
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-16
NOTES or cuRRRNT EVENTS.

President Lewis, of the United Mine
Workers announced that an average
of 10 per cent increase in wages
throughout America has been granted.
Robert w. Higbee Of Detroit was.
elected president Of the National
Wholesale Lumber Dealers ,Associa-
ton at Cincinnati.
A Statewide local option Bill was
rejected, by the Maryland house Of del
egates by four votes
Patrick H. Houlihan, OF Chicago ba.
resigned as general mana ger Of the AL
tom Glover Leaf Railroad lines.
The international commission nm
control of tuberculosis among domestic
animals adjourned in Detroit, and viii
meet next in Ottawa. May 10. 20 and
81.
The Oklahoma State Senate ma sse,,
the House bill on the white slave"
traffic. Penalty for violation Of the
law is two to twenty-five years i'm
prisonment
At an election in Hiawatha, Kan
the commission form of government
was defeated by seventy-f1ve votes.
Mrs Grace Gayou, 10 years old wa.
shot and killed at a Kansas City store
by Louis Hillson, who killed himself
after he had beaten Jack Doyle, q RI
val for Mrs. Gayou's affections.
Investigation is being made of the
death of E. ]. McGannon. Clovis N.
NJ, business men, whose body was
found hanging in a cement plant. Les
ter Picks, a cousin. was arrested.
The striking mine engineers ut
Butte. Mont. voted to return to work.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-16


Bright's disease had become apparent.
p Senator Platt was born in Owego,
N. Y. July 10. 1888. He spent two
years at Yale. afterwards became a
druggist iand. moving to New York
City. entered the United States Elk
press Company service. of which he
was afterward manager and president.
After serving in the House he was
elected to the National Senate in 1881.
On account of patronage differences
with President Garfield he resigned
from the Senate, along with his col
league, Conkling. as rebuke to the
executive. In 1894 he led Reeds cam
paign against Mckinley, but was de-
feated by Hanna. AS compromise he
had the gold plank placed in the Re.
publican platform. In 1896 he was
again elected to the Senate. In poll
tics he is credited with having made
and later quarreled with William L.
Strong. Levi P. Morton. former Gov
ernor Black, B. B. Odell and Theodore
Roosevelt. Although reputed wealthy
his fortune was comparatively small.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-16
MOB RULES DALLAS, TEXAS.
Takes Aged colored, Man, from Court

Iakes Aged Colored. Man from Court
and Put Him to Death.
Snatched from before the par OF
Justice. where his trial on the charge
OF criminally assaulting a 2-year.old
white child was about to begin, Allen
Brooks, an aged negro. was lynched
in Dallas. Texas, by a mob OF 5000
men.
Brooks was seized in the courtroom
by fifteen leaders of the avenging mob
and was tossed through, window I'd
the main body, which waited like a
pack of ravening wolves for their
prey. in the street below. His broken
body was dragged through the streets
and he was hanged to the Elks' arch.
high above the heads OF the avenging
citizens. The mob was led by an old
negro. With it all hardly q loud word
was spoken. not shot was fired, and
above the dull murmurings Of the mob
could be heard the aged negro's pierc.
ing shrieks for mercy.
Afeer Brooks was hanged Dallas for
nearly three hours was in the hands OF
the mob. The jail was stormed and
death was threatened to three other
negroes. held on charges Of murder,
They had been spirited away, how.
ever. and after searching for them in
vain the mob dispersed.
The crime for which Brooks paid the
penalty was one OF the most brutal In
the history Of Dallas, Ills victim is
the daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs N. J.
Buyen.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-16

Because of shortage OF wheat in
Mexico, the rate of duty has been re-
ddced by the Mexican government from
8 cents kilometer to cent.
"A dispatch from Constantinople to
London news agency states that the
powers will propose that Turkey sell
Cretesto Greece as the best solution of
the difficulty.
The municipal election in Philadel-
phia resulted in complete knockout
for the reform movement, the entire
William Pam ticket being overwhelm-
ingly defeated. The regular Republic
can organization swept the city. Not
one reform councilman was elected.
Tremendous applause greeted the
statement of Gov. Hughes during the
banquet that Taft would be renomi-
mated and reelected. He said: "The
American people are fair enough TO
recognize great man doing his duty
with absolute fidelity"
In the civil chamber Harold Wander
bilt, the young New York millionaire.
was condemned to pay workman
named Guignard s4.650 for injuries suf-
fered by him in 1907. when he was
struck by yanderbilts auto. Guienard
sued for $4,000. The court decided
that he was entitled to $2,250 for med
ical and doctors bills and $1,000 for
damages.
A number of Chinese girls, specially
trained in San Francisco, have begun
work in Pekin as central operators in
the telephone system recently opened
there. Subscribers. when ringing up.
address them as Lilly of the air" and
Butterfly that talks"
A narrow gauge railway is to be con-
structed to the site of the Garden Of
Eden; which Sir William Willcocks.
British adviser to the Turkish minister
of public works. thinks he has located.
The spot is an oasis situated in the
center Of vast desolate plain travers-
ed by four arms of the Euphrates. 1t
is located about $50 kilometers north
of Bagdad.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-16
FIVE DEAD IN RACE RIOT.
negro sl.ser- Of Deputy Sheriff,

Negro slayers of Deputy sherIRsl
Lynched by Florida Mob.
With three negroes dead as the re-
suit of a race riot in the neighbor-
hood of Palmetto. Fla. the wrath Of
the residents in that section seems to
be assuaged. The sum total Of deaths
/ is three negroes and two white men,
with one white man in the emergency
hospital in Tampa with bullet hole
through his head. The last of the
three negroes implicated in the muir
der of two deputy sheriffs and the IA
tai wounding of the third was lynch
ed by posse at dusk in the palmettos
on the banks of the Manatee River. He
had fallen asleep. and when he awoke
he was gazing into the barrels Of a
dozen rifles and shotguns. Even then
he showed resistance and reached for
his rifle. In a second he was riddled
with bullets.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-16
% KILLED IN ALASKA NINE.

Powder Magazine Explodes in Gold
Property on Douglas Island.
Twenty-three miners were killed at
midnight the other night by an ex.
plosion Of a powder magazine in the
1,100 level Of the Mexican mine, one
Of the group Of Treadwell gold prop
critics on Douglas Island, Alaska.
Eight men were seriously injured. Of
whom it is feared four will die. The
last shots had been fired by the shift
Of men twenty minutes before the ex.
plosion took place. and the men had
assembled at the landing on the skip
and were arranging to enter It and
go on top. The magazine, which con-
tains 275 pounds Of powder. was thir-
ty feet away from the place where the
men we're standing, and every man
was killed or injured.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-16
PLAN WORLD meeting.
Sunday School Convention in
Washington in May to Be
Largest Ever Held.
PUBLIC MEN WILL ATTEND.
Statesmen From United States and,
Other Countries to Be Leaders
Program Arranged.

The Worlds Sunday School Asso-
citation is to meet in triennial conyen-
ton in Washington. D. C., May 1924.
and preparations already are SO far
advanced that most of the speakers
and many Of the delegates are already
known. The plans, a correspondent of
the Chicago Daily News says, include
so many unusual and spectacular fea-
lures that there seems to be warrant
for the confident expectation of the
enthusiastic leaders that this will be
the most impressive demonstration Of
organized Christianity the country has
ever seen.
Probably the best organized of oil
the departments of Protestant Chris
tendon, the Sunday school. is able to
deal in reasonably exact figures. Every
State in the Union thas force of
( workers engaged exclusively in pro-
noting the Sunday school organiza-
ton. In most States every county has
its separate Sunday school organiza-
ton. The workers report more than
14,000,000 members of the Sunday
school in North America alone. Twelve
million more are found scattered over
the rest Of the globe. These 26,000,-
900 persons meet every week in more
than quarter Of a million different
Sunday schools.
1t is far cry from the obscure and
sneered-at ragged school, of Robert
Raikes, little more than hundred
years ago, to the Washington conven.
tion, with President, Governors,
Senators, Congressmeh, Supreme Court
Justices and worldwide business men
in attendance, not to mention the hun
dreds Of representative Christian lead
ers from all chimes.
One Of the spectacular exhibits at
the Washington convention will be an
array Of letters from the foremost pub
lie men in America, reciting their per
sonal relationship to the Sunday
school. This will be a rather aston.
fishing showing, the convention lead.
Eers declare, revealing real connec-
ton between Sunday school training
and success in life. A great parade OF
members of adult Bible classes will
proceed down Pennsylvania avenue. II
is expected that several thousand men
will be in line. A children's parade
for one afternoon of the convention is
also projected.
At the Jerusalem convention in 1904
there were seventeen countries and
fifty-five denominations represented
by $500 delegates. The meetings were
held in great tent pitched near the
traditional site Of the, crucihxion. The
1907 convention was held in Rome,
with session in the Coliseum. more
than LOO delegates being present. The
1910 gathering in Washington will
doubtless be the largest OF all.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-16
lE%REFa'j9kz(

Chicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to $40; hogs, prime heavy, 500
to 1902; sheep, fair to choice. $3.50
to $500; wheat, No. 2. SLIT to S1.ls;
corn. No. 2, BIC to 5Sc; oats. standard,
42c to 44c; rye, No. 2, i78c to 79c; hay,
timothy. $1,000 to $500; prairie, $500
to 1880; butter. choice creamery, csc
to Bic; eggs, fresh. zoe to 24c: pota-
toes, per bushel. SOC to 40c.
Indianapolis Cattle. shipping. $500
TO $3.50; hogs. good to choice heavy,
$500 to $10.35; sheep, good to choice,
$500 to 1915; wheat, No. 2, $1.16 to
SLIT; corn, No. 2, white, SOC to 60c;i
oats. No.2 white, 45c to 47c.
st. Louis Cattle, $500 to $500;
hogs, $500 to 1902; sheep, $3.50 to
$3.50; wheat, No. 2. Si.24 to sL25;l
corn, No. 2. Gle to &c; oats, No. 2,
43c to 44c; rye, No. 2, s7sc to soc.
Cincinnati-Catt $500 to $7.25;
hogs, $40 to s1O.25; sheep, $500 to-
$685.: wheat, No. 2, $1.2O to 1928
corn, No. mixed. soc to sic; oats,
No. 2 mixed, 47c to 49c5 rye. No, 2,
sS5c TO 86c. I'll III
Detroit Cattle. $500 to $500; hogs,
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $3.50 to 1925:
wheat, No. 2. $1.15 to $1.16; corn, No.
3 yellow, 60c to Sic; oats, standard,
Acc to 47c; rye, No. 1, Sic to S2c.
Milwaukee-Wheat. No. 2 northern.
$1.11 to $1.15; corn, No. 3, Gle to sac;
oats, standard, 44c to 45c; rye. No. /.
Use to Zoe; barley, standard, Toe to.
Tic; pork, mess, $500.
Buffalo Cattle. choice shipping
steers, $500 to S7.25; hogs, fair to
choice. $500 to 5000; sheep. common.
to good mixed, $500 to $40: lambs,
fair to choice. $500 to 1910.
New York Cattle. 1900 to $3.50:
hogs, $500 to 5000; sheep, $500 tc
$3.50; wheat. No. 2 red, $1.27 to SIPS:
corn, No. 2. 66c to SIC; oats, natural,
white. SIC to sac; butter. creamery,
2sc to 32c; eggs, western. 1sc to 21c.
Toledo Wheat, No. 2, mixed, $1.14
to $1.16; corn, No. 2. mixed, 6Oc tc
Sic: oats, No. 2 mixed, 45c to Acc;
rye, No. 2, 7sc to soc; clover seed,
1856.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-16
POLITICAL CoMMENT.

Former Governor Elrod. of South Da-
kota, has formally announced his can.
didacy for the governorship of his
State on platform OF rigid economy
in administration.
BY a vote of 100 to 8, the House OF
Representatives Of South Carolina
passed a resolution favoring an amend
ment permitting Congress to lay an In
come tax without apportionment
among the States according to popu-
lation. "a,
The Central Federated Union Of New
York Has decided to ask President
Gompers of the American Federation of
convention of Representatives Of the
unions to organize labor party along
the lines Of the British labor party.
In the last issue of the Commoner.
Editor Bryan has an editorial on the
Liquor Question in Nebraska" de-
claring that the Democratic parry
must divorce itself from the liquor I'M
fterests, as an alliance with the>saloop
is an alliance with vice."
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., will be a
candidate for the Legislature Of New
York from the Oyster Bay district. or
from one of the districts of New York
City. His friends regard it as a posi-
tive fact that he will be elected If he
enters the race.
The federal Incorporation bill With
was introduced in Congress recently is
not to be pressed for passage at his
President Taft has stated his willing
IN OF or 70
take the responsibility for having rec
commended 1t.
President Taft Is alarmed over the
situation in Congress, and has recent
ly expressed some concern over the
fate of his legislative program. He
continues to receive assurances from
Republican leaders in the House and
Senate that everything Is progressing
satisfactorily, but the President wants
to be shown. A 5
In leading editorial in La Follette's
Weekly Magazine, the Senator from
Wisconsin blames the new tariff law
and other measures which in recent.
years have fortified special interests
as the real causes for why prices are
soaring"
One direct result of the conference
between President Taft and the New
York State Republican leaders on Lin
coin Day was the decision to have the
legislative bribery scandal probed to
he bottom. A resolution to that eff
sect was brought in the lower house by
chanler, a Democratic member. and
this further put the matter up to the
Republicans.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-16
rH1s AVID rHA,r[-

Nine persons were injured in col
lision of ferry boas in dense fog on
the Delaware River at Philadelphia.
Salary increases of 8 to 9 per cent
and other valuable concessions were
accepted by the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad telegraphers.
Commencement exercises at the Uni
ted States Indian Industrial School 1T
Carlisle. Pa, will be March 27-31.
After three weeks inquiry on the
high cost of living the county grand
jury at Louisville, Ky, reported its If
forts futile.
Fire starting from an unknown ca use
totally destroyed the oil tank of the
Oklahoma Refining Company at Okla
homa City, entailing a loss of $780,
600.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-16

Of commodities as a man does now
with 100000 as an annual income.
Automatic machinery and scientific
agriculture will bring about this re.
suit. There will be no manual labor
in the factories of the future. The
men employed will all be superintend-
ents, watching the machinery to see
that it works right.
THE work day will be eight hours
or less. 1t will be work with the brain,
done in wholesome, pleasant surround
ings. Less and less man will be used
as an engine or horse.
Clothes of the future, by the way,
will be SO cheap that every young
woman will be able to follow the fash
ions promptly and there will be plenty
of fashions
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-16
EX-SENATOR PLATT DIES.

> s 4 i v Is
Former Empire State Boss Falls Vic
u tim to Bright's Disease.
Former United States Senator
Thomas Collier Platt, Republican lead.
er of the State of New York for years
and intensely interested in the Repub-
lican party from its organization in
1856, died Unexpectedly the other
afternoon in his apartments, 1873 West
18th street, New York. He would have
been n years old If he had lived until
next July. The direct cause OF Mr..
Platt's death was acute Bright's dis
ease. For number Of years he had
suffered with palsy of the legs, which
necessitated his occupying wheel
chair most of the time Within the
last two years, though. evidences of
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-16
SAVES THnEE; LOSES OWN LIFE:
Crowd Watches Pitt.burs Man Slow
~ Die Of Incarceration,

Crowd Watches Pittsburs Man Slow
4 " Die Of Electrocution.
Before the eyes Of several hundred
horror-stricken promenaders who were
enjoying the sunshine in the pretty lit
tie Pittsburg suburb of Fair Oaks,
Charles Rommel was electrocuted while
attempting to save two of his young
daughters and young playmate from
meeting the same fate. Rommel had
just started from his home when, GROSS
ing the street, an, electric light wire
dropped and the children became en-
tangled in its meshes. He succeeded
in extricating them. but in throwing
one end Of the broken wire, which was
dead. he Inadvertently came in contact
with the other end. This completed q
circuit. and the sparks darted from
the mans face and body by the thou
sand. 1t was fully half an hour be-
fore the deadly current was turned off
and in the meantime the Mortified
crowd stood helpless. watching Rommel
die i353 l.asd3sk l a
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-03-16
KANSAS TO OPPOSE HANGING.
state omcial. will Ask TAFT to Com.
mute O,NieIs Sentence.

State Omcials VIII Ask Taft to Come
mute O'Niels Sentence.
Governor Stubbs and Kansas State
officers will appeal to President Taft
to commute to life imprisonment the
death sentence which was imposed by
a jury in the federal court two months
ago on Charles O'Neil. an army oficer.
Kansas has not had hanging since 1t
became State. Two years ago capt.
tai punishment was wiped from the
statutes. None Of the Governors Of
Kansas ever ordered prisoners hanged
who were sent UP for murder. They
were permitted to serve life sentences.
When the verdict Of guilty was render
ed in the federal court Judge John G.
Pollock ordered that O'Neil be con.
fined in the Leavenworth County jail.
until March 20, when he should be
executed. United States Marshal
Mackay is preparing for the execu.
tim y III $780, - ~ 49, ~ 1sis.