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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-08-17
LOBBY SECRETS
Barred BY GORE
McMurray Shown to Have Oper-
ated Campaign Of kilograms.
SHERMAN is NAMED AGAIN
Dispatch In Which Wee-President 10
Referred to Az Party to Plan
Is Read at In
qutry.

McAlester, Okla. ~ While ]. +.
McMurray, described by Senator Gore
as the king pin of them all in
tracts by which he and his associates
would be able to obtain ten per cent.
attorneys fees on the sale of 100000
900 worth of land owned by the Indi-
ans. the Indians themselves were be-
ing urged to send kilograms to Wash.
ington recommending the sale.
A few days before May 6, on which
date Senator Gore charged he was of.
fered a $4,000 or $4,000 bribe to in
duce congress to approve the con-
tracts, McMurray telegraphed to Okla
homa: Send not less than fifty let
tiers and kilograms and keep up the
work for week at different towns;
looks better here. We will win,
know"
This evidence was brought out in
the investigation of the land deal be-
fore the congressional committee
Senator Gore said he introduced it to
show the activity of the lobby at
Washington at the time the bribe is
alleged to have been made.
References to Vice-President Sher-
man and Senator Charles Curtis of
Kansas were made in letter intro
duced by Senator Gore. It had been
explained by Congressman G. F..
Creager that he and Richard Adams
had called upon President Taft and
that the president had announced his
disapproval of a plan to reopen the
tribal rolls so that more claimants
might enter, and his approval Of set
ting the Indian land question.
President Taft, 1t was said, wrote a
letter to that effect and declared his
willingness to have 1t given wide pub
licity. After the letter was made pub
lie George Scott wrote to Mr.. Adams
at Washington: Please say to the
| president that his course is to be com
mended. He has placed himself on
record in his letter TO you as against
the reopening of rolls and for a set
Element of our affairs. His office will
give prestige to our demands. With
I Mr.. McMurray there to state our
claims, with Mr.. Curtis and Mr.. Sher-
man, who understand better than
others what we want. and with the
assistance of the president. it begins
to look like we are coming into our
own"
Senator Gore stated he had not in.
troduced the letter because of the
mention of Vice-President Sherman
and Senator Curtis. The latter, to.
gether with President Taft. it already
had been shown in previous testimony.
had declared themselves against the
10 per cent. fee clause in the McMur-
ray contracts.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-08-17
SCORES ARE SAVED.
Passengers and Crew Escape From
SINKING Steamship or Alaska,


Sinking Steamship OF Alaska.
Juneau, Alaska. The Canadian
Pacific steamer Princess May struck
the north peer Of Sentinel islet
and sank within two hours. The
panic-stricken passengers aboard were
loaded into light boats and conveyed
ashore in safety.
Again the wireless played a prom.
inent part III the wreck. Within an
hour after the Princess May ran on
the reef every wireless station along
the coast had recorded appeals for aid.
Two fast cutters reached Sentinel islet
before the tunnels of the ship disap-
peared beneath the water.
1mpenetrable fog and gloom en-.
veloped the Princess May when she
struck with crash on the north reef.
tearing out almost her entire bottom.
The passengers and many Of the crew
were In their berths, and wild rush
for the decks followed the splinter
Ing and grinding as the rocks tore
through the vessels hull.
Women were among the passengers
and they added to the uproar with
their screams as they tried to climb
into the lifeboats even before they
were freed from the davits.
Captain Mcleod, who was in his
berth when the ship struck, ordered
the boat crews to work and drove the
passengers back to the cabins for
their valuables. The Princess May be-
gan to sink Immediately after she
rammed the reef.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-08-17
new TARIFF MAKES BIG GAIN
TREASURY FIGURES SHOW Ap-
VANCE OVER BANNER YEAR.
In First Twelve Months Act Produces
$75,ooo,ooo More Than

Washington.-The Payne.Aldrich
tariff law has produced in its first
year a revenue larger by $4,000, 900
than the sum collected in any twelve
months In the country's history, ex.
cept the banner year 1907. according
to treasury department figures issued
Monday.
During the first full year, ended last
Saturday night. the total ordinary re-
ceipts. including customs, ordinary in
ternal revenue. corporation tax and
miscellaneous, aggregating $678, $780,
BIG. exceeded disbursements by $780,.
214,029. These ordinary receipts were
larger by $15.O0O.O00, approximately.
than during 1907, and the 1907 re.
ceipts exceeded those Of any other
year of record by almost $50 900, 900.
Although there was a deficit of $751;
734,955 in the ordinary operations Of
the government in the fiscal year end.
ed June 30. 1909, there was a surplus
of more than $2O.OOO,oO0 in the year
which ended last Saturday, according
to the department.
The corporation-tax revenue was
$27,090,934. which is only 5000 less
than the amount assessed.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-08-17
THIRD OF IOWA BABIES DEAD
Health Board Calls Conference of PLY.
slclans to Check MaIadies-<one
Town Has Forty III.

Des Moines. Ia. That one-third
Of the babies in Iowa under one
year old have died since the hot
weather set in was the alarming con.
dition revealed by DIR. G. H. Sumner,
secretary Of the state board Of health.
Doctor Sumner attributes the unusu-
al death rate to four causes: Cholera
lnfantum. infantile paralysis. poor milk
and improper care. According to sta.
tistics. the first-named disease is the
worst In the history of the state. NJ
section seems to be free from 1t. and
Infants are dying by the score.
Doctor Sumner has called special
convention of physicians from all over
Iowa to discuss means to prevent ia
talities.
Infantile paralysis is becoming alarm
ing in many parts OF the state. There
are now more than forty cases In Ma
son City, and a number of deaths have
resulted there.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-08-17
CASHIER KILLED; GIRL SOUGHT
Arkansa. Bank omcer Slain Mysteri-
ousIy In Memphis.

Memphis. Tenn. Edwin Boy
sen. cashier Of the Bank OF Wheat
ley, Ark, was either killed by Miss
Eva Goldberg or shot himself acct
dentally In the Goldberg apartments
here. The young woman and her
mother were examined by the police.
They both asserted that the shooting
was accidental, the weapon being in
Miss Gcldberg's hands when 1t was
discharged and she being engaged in a
playful scuffi with Boysen.
A coroner's jury returned a verdict
that the death was occasioned by Miss
Goldberg or Boysen accidentally in
either case. Later Attorney General
Estes swore out warrant for the
young woman's arrest and officers are
seeking her now. Boysen occupied a
room in the Goldberg fiat. 1ll
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-08-17
TWELVE KILLED in CRASH
Passenger Train and Terminal Engine
Collide at lsnatIo, CAL, With
Fatal Result.

San Francisco.-Twelve persons
were killed in a head-on collision by
a passenger train and a terminal en-
CINE Of the California & Northwestern
railroad near Ignatio. CAL. 80 miles
from here Monday. The passenger
train was carrying delegation Of
Red Men on their way to attend the
state delegation at Santa Rosa. The
train was running at high rate Of
speed when the collision occurred.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-08-17
Il Was the Other way.

Il Was the Other Way.
Mr.. Jones" said the senior partner
in the Wholesale dry goods house to
the drummer who stood before him In
the private Office. you have been
with US for the past ten years"
y Yes, sir"
And you ought to know the rules
OF the house. One OF them is that no
man Of ours shall take side line"
But have none. SIR
"But you have lately got married.
Yes: but can you call that side
line, Mr.. Jones?"
Technically. 1t may not be-"
you needn't fear that having
wife is going to bring me In OF q trip,
any sooner
"Oh. l don't. 1t is the fear chat
having wife at home you'll want to
stay out on the road altogether!"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-08-17
History Cleared up

SboASty StSdtVo W.
The third grade was having his.
tory" Forty youngsters were ma.
king guesses about the life and char
acter Of the Father Of His Country.
when the teacher propounded a cues.
ton that stumped them all.
Why did aWshington cross the Del.
Alvarez"
Why. indeed? Not child could
think of anything but the answer to
the famous chicken problem: ITO get
on the other side." and. OF course.
that wouldn't do. Then little Annie's
hand shot into the air. Little Annie
crosses the Delaware every summer
herself. hence the bright idea.
Well. Annie?"
because he wanted to get to Allan.
tic City."-Philadelphia Times.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-08-17
BROWNE MUST STAND TRIAL
Judge kersten Denies Motion to
ouash Indictment and Orders
Case to Proceed.

Chicago.-Nee o'Neil Browne must
undergo another trial on the charge Of
bribing Representative Charles A.
White with $1,000 to vote for United
States Senator Lorimer.
Declaring that the contentious Of
the defense, II upheld. would render
the bribery law fruitless. Judge Ker.
stem Thursday denied motion to
quash the indictment against Browne
and ordered the accused to trial.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-08-17

The predicamcnt of two men with
their wives who were held into the
night off Chicago by the failure Of the
engine Of their gasoline launch, and
who were rescued only after the WON
en- had sacrificed their skirts as
torches. should recommend the lash
ing of sweeps on the decks of such
craft, so that men can help themselves
In emergencies. A pair of muscular
arms applied to sweep would soon
re-establish confidence after accident
by giving the disabled craft motion
enough to creep toward shore.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-08-17
Sketch Of His Career,
Snake Venom Cures,

Rochester. N. Y.-Henry Hoefen. q
prominent druggist, who was in the
last stages of tuberculosis a year ago.
and who has been treating himself
with crotain. or rattlesnake venom,
has been pronounced cured by the
physician who examined him two
years ago and told him that he could
not live. The other night the physi-
clan told him that there were no indi-
cations of active tuberculosis and that
there were evidences that the cavi-
ties in the lungs had healed.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-08-17
SEVEN SURROGATE IN FIRE.
incendlary Blaze In EmIsrant Lodging
House at jamaica, L. l., iis
Fatai-TweIve Hurt.

New York.-Seven persons, two of
them women, were suffocated to death.
two were fatally hurt and ten others
were injured less seriously when an
incendiary fire destroyed an emigrant
lodging house at 100 Rockaway road,
Jamaica, Friday. But for the heroism
of one Of the occupants. who was
fatally hurt while attempting to save
others. the loss of life would have
been greater.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-08-17

Quarantine for lnfantile Paralysis.
Seattle, Wash.-Dr. j. E. Crichton,
commissioner of health. has issued an
order requiring that all cases of in
fantile paralysis be placed under strict
quarantine as soon as reported.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-08-17
CHOLERA DEATH RATE is High
e.s44 Die of seourse in Russia within
Week.

st. Petersburg -Russia's scourge,
the cholera, continues to spread with
alarming rapidity, particularly In the
southern mining districts and in this
city, where the conditions are fast
approaching the proportions of the
great epidemic Of 1908.
Figures furnished by the central
sanitary bureau show that In the week
from July 24-30 there were 1924
cases Of cholera and 6,944 deaths.
A report from the United Mine Own
ers' association. covering 4s mines and
four foundries. gives 1870 cases and
1880 deaths. The extent of the panic
among the miners ID shown by figures
furnished from IS mines. from which
$4,000 of the $4,000 employees have
fed.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-08-17
Gated in Flatbush. Long Island, where
he soon after successfully carried out

Gated in Flatbush. Long Island, where
he soon after successfully carried out
a reform movement.
Having smashed the political rings
of Flatbush. the young lawyer in 1885
changed his place Of residence to
Brooklyn, in which city Boss" Hugh
Mclaughlin had welded despotic pow
err for quarter of century. Mr..
Gaynor then studied the great Nc
Laughlin ring, and formulated a plan
for the overthrow of the boss" His
great opportunity came in 1889. when
the town Of New Lots was annexed to
Brooklyn. There was little water
company in New Lots known as the
Long Island Water Supply company.
The Mclaughlin ring secretly bought
up the company through dummies, for
$1S5,000, and then got Alfred C.. Cha
pin, mayor of Brooklyn, and his asso-
ciates to make contract to buy it for
the city for about $1,500,000-a profit
for the, ring of more than $1,000. 900.
Mr.. Gaynor denounced the deal as
a swindle and said it would not go
through If he could prevent it. The
mayor and the ring smiled and ig-
nored him. He, however. went about
Brooklyn, seeking for some taxpayer
who would allow him to use his name
as plaintiff In suit to stop the steal.
But none of the leading citizens to
whom he applied dared to court the
enmity of the powerful Mclaughlin
M a ol,ivo +ha ,,,,aro N, ont}op ~ x,bioh
was enough to make property owner
tremble, because everybody knew the
Boss was vindictive and unforgiv-
ing. Mr.. Gaynor, however, finally in
'duced one of his old clients, William
Ziegler, to allow the use of his name.
That suit, carried through every court
to the highest, defeated the $1,000, 900
water swindle and carried consterna-
ton to the ring. Mr.. Gaynor was a
comparatively poor man, but he paid
the whole cost of the 4 ht. $14,7O0,
out of his own pocket. 1t was great
victory and completely exposed the
rottenness of machine politics.
on the State Supreme Bench.
III III 1850 lAc pcOplS VI VIoOhlyu W.
came fully aroused. The sight Of one
man whipping the combined forces of
political corruption in battle after bat
tie stirred the city profoundly.
A mass meeting asked Mr. Gaynor
to run for mayor. He declined, saying
that he had worked to create public
sentiment that, would drive the ring
out Of power; that was his object, not
to get an Office for himself. A few
weeks later he was unexpectedly nom.
mated for justice Of the Supreme
court. He at first refused the nomi.
nation, but was finally persuaded to
run to help elect Mr.. Schieren, the
fusion candidate for mayor. The
election was tremendous victory for
reform. The standing ring majority
of 10000 votes was wiped out. Mr..
Gaynor was elected to the Supreme
court by a majority Of $4,000 votes,
and the whole ticket with him. That
was the end of the famous McLaugh.
lin ring. 1t never got back into power.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-08-17

Woman Sleep Walker Hurt In Fall.
st. Louis.-Mrs. Julia Bachus, forty
two years old. while walking in her
sleep Monday, climbed out of third
story window and fell 40 feet to the
ground. landing in truck garden.
She suffered only broken arm and a
few bruises.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-08-17
Holland,s consort is Hur4

Hollands consort Is Hurt,
The Hague, Holland. Prince Henry
OF the Netherlands. the consort Of
Queen Wilhelmina. fell from his BIZ.
cycle Thursday and suffered a frac.
ture Of the collar bone. Prince Hen.
ry, who follows athletic recreations
with enthusiasm. several times has
sustained injuries in these pursuits.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-08-17

Twenty-slx Go Down With Schooner.
Nassau, The Bahamas.-The schoon-
er Emma. bound from Nassau to Ina
qua with laborers on board for South
America. was lost near Castle island
Monday during storm and "a men
and two women, all negroes, were
drowned. Five survivors got ashore.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-08-17

That bitter taste in the mouth expe,
rienced on first arising in the morn.
ing. says an authority. may be re-.
moved by taking a little nux vomica
mixed with water. Should the expert
menter. however. desire to remove all
taste from his mouth permanently,
this can be accomplished by adding
more nux vomica.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-08-17

The discovery of defective armor
plate on the battleships Utah and
North Dakota after the ships had been
commissioned has caused agitation in
the navy department favorable to a
plan for the inspection of the plating
of every battleship in service. 1t is
fair to assume that If two battleships
could be provided with faulty plates
without discovery until the ships were
in active service there may be other
ships with poor plates that may have
escaped detection.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-08-17
Norman sleen MaIkar

Woman Sleep Walker Hurt In Fall.
st. Louis.-Mrs. Julia Bachus, forty
two years old, while walking in her
sleep Monday, climbed out of third
story window and fell 40 feet to the
ground, landing in truck garden.
She suffered only broken arm and a
few bruises.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-08-17
Wears Hobble skirt: i. Hurt.

Wears Hobble skirt; Is Hurt.
New York-Wearing her first hobble
skirt, Miss Lillian Shuttleworth. TWEEN
ty-three years old. of New Rochelle,
tried to run down a steep incline at
Glen Island Saturday and sustained a
fracture of her left leg when she
tripped and fell.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-08-17

The poor should be remembered this
hot weather, for their sufferings are
considerable. Ice often means health
to the sick and pure milk life for ba-
bies, but these are Injuries for which
the prisoners Of poverty must look to
their more fortunate brethren to sup
ply them. There should also be gen
erous public support of the various
fresh-air enterprises which do SO
much toward ameliorating the condi-
ttion of the poor in a large city during
the heated term.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-08-17
MONTANA FIRES ARE SPREADING.
Governor Asks Railroads to Assist In
Fighting Forest Flames.

Helena. Mont. So serious has
the forest fire situation in north
western and western Montana become
that Governor Norris has telegraphed
the presidents of the three transcon.
tinental railroads beseeching their CO.
operation in fighting the flames.
A new and fierce burning is report
ed at the head of the Bitter Root val
ley, while the Saltwater valley of
rlathead county is still one OF the
worst antagonists the fighters have es-
sayed to control. and as yet ineffectu-
ally. Still another fierce fire has bro
ken out along Nine Mile creek. The
authorities have received advices that
lead to the belief that many Of the
fires are incendiary.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-08-17

The dean of Norwich Indignantly
denies that King George ever had a
morganatic wife and adds: King
George is man who. with wife OF
like disposition to himself. has been
wont during his leisure to sit in his
garden with his young children round
him, Just the same as any OF us might
do in our own patch Of garden" Also
the dean might have told us how
the kings tomatoes are coming on.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-08-17

University of Chicago professors
claim to be able to change the spots
on the potato bug. But as it does not
appear that the spotless bug has less
of an appetite for the growing potato
crop. it is not clear how far we are
ahead for the feat.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-08-17

DR.. Wiley. the celebrated health and
germ expert, says there is nothing
very dangerous about kissing. The
doctor probably means to have 1t I'M
derstood that danger is eliminated
when the kissing is done by those
who are not legally handicapped.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-08-17

New York.-Mayor William j. Gay.
nor was shot and seriously wounded
at 9:45 o'clock Tuesday morning as
he stood on the deck Of the steamer
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse at the
I steamships pier in Hoboken, N. j.
He was on the point of sailing for a
month in Europe. The bullet struck
the mayor in the neck back of the
right ear, burying itself in the region
OF the mastoid bone.
The would-be murderer was seized
and gave his name as Jules James
Gallagher. of 440 Third avenue. New
York. On being asked why he had
tried to kill the mayor, he replied:
"Gaynor has deprived me of my
bread and butter" Later Gallagher
was identified as former city en-
ployee who had been discharged re-
Gently.
The attending physicians and sur
geons are very hopeful of the mayors
ultimate recovery. They say that
about the only thing to be feared from
the wound is the possibility of blood
poisoning The wounded executive suf-
fers but little pain and did not at any
time lose consciousness.
Party Was Posing for Photograph.
Mayor Gaynor and number. Of city
officials were standing in group to
have their pictures taken. Gallagher
quietly walked toward them, drew
revolver and fred three shots. Two
of them went wide Of the mark, but
the third struck the mayor in the
neck, and he fell to the deck with the
blood squirting from the wound.
Officer Fitzgehring, one Of the
North German Lloyd guards, was
standing near. The assassin lifted
the revolver again to fire at his PROS
trate victim when the German police
man felled him to the deck with a
terrific crash from his club. A rush,
was made for the man, but captain
and officers of the liner, with revolv-
ers drawn, fought back the infuriated
spectators and police from Hoboken
were quickly ON the scene.
Mayor Gaynor was carried from the
ship on stretcher and taken to St
Mary's hospital in Hoboken. AS he
was being borne away he said in a
whisper: Say goodbye to the peo-
ple." When he reached the hospital
he was still conscious, though blood
from the wound kept getting into his
throat and choking him. Drs. Stewart
and Brewer of New York took charge
of the case and expressed hope Of the
mayors recovery.
Sketch Of His Career.
William ]. Gaynor was Of Irish-Eng-
lish stock and the son of man who
supported Gerritt Smith, the abolition
list friend Of John Brown of the Har-
per's Ferry antebellum period. He
was born on his fathers farm at Oris-
kany, near Whitestone, Oneida coun-
ty, N. Y, in 1851, the soil Of which
farm was cleared by his struggle for
bare necessities on that little farm
and Mr.. Gaynor's boyhood was one Of
hard toll
He studied law in Boston and 10
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-08-17
JAP prince Gives Up Rank,

Victoria, B. C.-Japanese newspa.
pers received here devote much space
to the resignation of his imperial rank
by Prince Teruhisa, son of Prince Kita-
shirakawa. He was Invested on July
90 and is to enter the navy as a mid.
shipman. This is the only instance
of the kind in modern Japan.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-08-17
Getting Back.

"In the game of life." observed the
literary editor. ut is always"
81 wish you wouldn't call lifo a
game interrupted the information
editor.
why not?"
Because it introduces the idea of
chance. In the great scheme of crea-
ton"
II wish you wouldn't speak of urea
ton as scheme" irritably inter-
posed the literary editor. THAT intro
duces the idea that creation is frame
up."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-08-17

First Girl Cooking at statue Of
Venus de Milo)-What terribly thick
waists girls must have had in those
days?
Second Grl-Yes. but perhaps the
gentlemen's arms were longer.-Hu.
man Life.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1910-08-17

And now they say that either a pho
nograph or pretty singing milkmaid
furnishing music in the stall makes
Z COW give more milk. The cows
artistic discerAment is apparently not
highly developed.