Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1913-06-18

w. G. Macarthur. clerk OF the seder-
al court, has been notified Of the ar
rest at Chicago Of Or. Ralph Hanson,
DR.. Sarah B. Hanson, his wife. and Dr..
George H. Nc Call, who were indicted
by the federal grand jury at Des
Moines for using the mails q; to sell
fraudulent medicines They are be-
lieved to be the head Of the alleged
conspiracy to defraud residents OF
Iowa. @ b .S$ 3: u 7. III u
Donald Edgar, little son OF the Mar
shall county sheriff, prevented "a jail +
delivery. Drake Ashley, arrested for
robbing children's banks, had sue
ceeded in digging nearly through the
brick wall when discovered by the
boy, who told his father, Sheriff Ed
gar, who Immediately placed the pris--5
oner in solitary cell. RI 5f3
The far.famed $15,000,000 suit
against the Rock Island to collect ap-
proximately that amount in alleged
back taxes due Polk county has been
commenced at Des Moines by Kistle
& Wright, Council Bluffs attorneys,
who were retained by the board OF su-
pervisors to prosecute the suit.
One OF the most important real es' !
tate deals to- be closed in Iowa farm
lands recently is the purchase of the
Hennion holdings southwest OF Ne.
Eyada, a few days ago, from the own
er, Foster G. Hennion, by local peo-
Pile. The consideration for the 1913
acres was about 100000. ST, +.
The barn OF John Claussen. at New
ton, was destroyed ysfire. The origin
of the blaze Is not known. One horse
was rescued. Twenty-four tons Of hay
and fifteen tons Of straw were destroy
ed. The barn Of v. H. Morgan was
struck by lightning and totally de-
stroyed. a s53s 81 s.5 @
"a $1,000 pendant set with big dia-,
mond, the jewel Of the grand COM
mander, was presented by the Scot
fish Rite Masons in session at Sioux
City to J. D. Richards Of Washington,
D. c., sovereign grand commander
OF the southern Jurisdiction.
Unable to secure $4,000 bail Louis
Prescott, divorced husband of Cora
Prescott, whom he shot at Clear Lake.
will remain in Jail at Mason City un..
til his trial in September. Mrs. Pres
colt is in the hospital and has not
yet rallied from the shock.
Plunging headlong from a second
story window, Richard Buck, years
old, at Marshalltown, fell to the
ground below and escaped injury ex-,
cept minor bruises. The babe unhook!s
ed a screen, leaned out Of the window
and became overbalanced.
E. G. Dunn OF Mason City. recently
a candidate for governor of Iowa on
the democratic ticket, was before the
board for admission to the bar. Dunn
studied law at the state university
two years ago and completed his law
education In law Office.
It Is announced that the biennial re-
union Of the Thirty-third regiment
United States volunteers, will be held
at Oskaloosa September II: to 1S. The
call was sent out by Major John +.
Lacey. president Of the association.
When James Anderson, a negro, Of
Clear Lake, failed to get 81 worth
OF liquor for John Johnson, q white
man from Mason City, the latter at
tackled him with knife, cutting him
badly. Both were arrested.
Plans for the new Masonic temple
at Iowa City have been received and
bids will be received from contractors
on June Goth. The building must be
started by July and finished by Feb
ruary of Next year. ;5
The packing house strike at Sioux
City was settled by the $500 men OF
the Cudahy and Armour plants return
ing to work on a basis of 20 cents an
hour, an increase of l cent an hour
in the wage scale.
Secretary Cunningham OF the Iowa
State Retail association has issued
the call for the annual state conven-
-tion to be held at Council Bluffs June
II and IS. Probably 1000 will attend.
the meeting. \, :,
Grinnell has not had a regular
Fourth Of July home celebration for
eleven years and proposes to have
one this year that shall linger long
and pleasantly in the memory OF the
participants. I.
Rollo Darringer, who has reported
at Dubuque, played in the second
game with Rowland's Three.I league
team. His arrival means the release
OF Pitcher Danny Miller and Catcher
Ray Craft. HI 55|
Robbers are busy In Clinton reaping.
Ia rich harvest. Jewelry and gold
watches were stolen from the. resi-.
dences OF o.. b. Borup, Ed Ely. George
Shickey and Henry Burgemann.
Z Dr.. Edwin A. Schell Of Iowa Wes-
leyan college, has returned from q
tour around the world, arriving in Mt.
Pleasant in time for the commence
ment week at the college.
The fourth annual seasons opening
i at the Wall Lake summer resort will
be held this week. There will be a
ball game between the Bows and VIII
liems teams.
Newton's first game away from
home resulted In a victory over Col
fax 8 to 2. The loose fielding Of the
Colfax team was responsible Tor the
large score.
Clyde P. Bartlett, young farmer,
living northwest Of Oskaloosa, COM
mitted suicide by hanging himself
Sunday. Ill health is supposed to be
the cause. M
" Four former bankers will be tried
In federal court at Fort Dodge last
week. The four men charged with
violations OF the federal banking laws
by the grand jury last November are
Charles Isaacs of Forest City, j. c..
Preston Of Crystal Lake, H. M. Mar
tinson of Lake Mills and J. G. Larson
Of Crystal Lake.
A dying man. believed to be Edward