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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-03-18

witnessed. In the house lay the body
of the. murdered man, and on the
cement walk in front of the house
lay the body Of Elder A. a3,s
The news OF the tragedy spread
spread rapidly, and in a few mo-
ments a large crowd gathered at the
scene where the tragdy was enacted.
After hearing the testimony Of the
three eye.witnesses to the murder.
and a number of others. the coroner's
jury, composed of A. j. Bruce, H.
Welterlen and o. c. Clark, found that
Mr.. Fischer came to his death from
the wound inflicted by the charge
from a shot gun, in the hands Tof Ell
der. and that Elder suicided after
committing the act. 55s. IL i. .!5s :.5
Citizens who reside In the @vicini- i
tya Of the Elder home, and those who
were familiar with his actions during
the last few months. were not sur
prised at what took place on Thurs
day night. @ n q 37 3l
IA short time ago Elder lost, a limb
in railroad. accident iii the yards at
Marion, Iowa, and as q result !: he
was successful in securing from the
Chicag co. lilwaukee & St. Panl Rail.
road Company, a large sum as dam.
ages After he procured the money he
Invested in !. an I au tom obtle and lls le.
and his companions about Manches5
ter would make frequent trips to!
nearby towns where. they experiencs
ed apparently little difficulty in pro.
curing liquor. On a number Of occa-
sionsit he ditched the machine after
he had become intoxicated and was
unable to handle the automobile. It
is said that only atfew days before
the tragedy occurred he and a number
Of his friends made a trip to a nearby
town, and when on their way home
again ditched the machine near Earl
VILE It was common talk on the
streets OF Manchester that he made
violent threats at ciizens and officers,
while in a state of intoxication.
notwithstanding the fact that Ell
der was crippled local officers expert
enced much difficulty in handling him
when he would create a disturbance
on the streets. John Fischer, who
was man of unusual strength, on
different occasions is said to have
been successful in quieting Elder
when, he had made violent threats at
the members Of his family and off
GERS. ts&
4 The tragedy Of las t. Thursday night
is but natural consequence of a
combination of liquor. an uncontrol-
able; temper and dangerous firearms,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-03-18
CLYDE ELDER.

Clyde De Forest Elder was born
on the old home farm at Spring
Branch In this county, November 2,
1873. He enlistea and served in the
Spanish Amsgbean war as a member
Of Company Z 5of Independence. He
was united in marriage to Miss Lena
Kelley Of this city on August 3, 1904.
Some time ago heslost q limb while
switching in the Milwaukee yards at
Maricn, Iowa, and at the time of bis
death was az member of the Railroad
Trainmen of that place. -
He is survived by his wife. two
children, Vaunda and Ida. aged re-
spectively and 7 years; his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Elder, Of this ci-
ty: one brother, Lysle Elder, of Spo,
kane. Washington: two sisters, Mrs.
R.. l.. Griffith Of Great Falls, Mon
tana, and Mrs. Fern Long of Hedges
vile, Montana.
The funeral services were held on
Monday afternoon from the Thos. El.
der home on Franklin street and in.
terment made LIN the Manchester
cemetery. Il 81
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-03-18
CLYDE D. ELDER COMMITS DOUBLE
CRIME AT HIS HOME THURSDAY
NIGHT. INVITES VICTIM TO
I HOUSE WHERE TRAGEDY
IN. ." > TAKES PLACE.
Shot to Death in
Presence Of Three Witnesses
Elder Said to Have Made Threats Dur.
ing Last Few Days of His Life.
5 Witnesses Tell Of the Tragedy.

Liquor formed the basis for the
double killing which occurred at the
Clyde Elder home on; New street
last Thursday night at about ten
o'clock. when John Fischer local
painter and decorator, was shot to
death in the little parlor Of the Ell
der. home. in the presence OF, Mrs.
Clyde Elder, her brother. s Ambrose
Kelley,sof this city. and q cousin, Pet
er McElmeel. of Delhi. A few minutes
after Elder had killed. Mr.. Fischer he
turned the shot gun at. his own head
and ended his life. .&
According to the facts, as brought
out IN the testimony at the coron-
er's inquest, held at the court house
on Fria py forenoon, Elder became en-
ragged over Sa statement he is said
to have heard on the streets during
the day, and which he is said to have
claimed was made BY Mr.. Fischer.
Nearly all ofs5 the witnesses examir-
ed at the Inquest said that Elder
had been, drinking during the after
noon and evening. He. was seen on
the streets at about nine o'clock in
the evening, and when he reached his
home soon after nine O'Clock, he was
in an $exeitsd condition, and at once
began a search forthe shot gun and
the loaded shells. He loaded the au--.
tonattc gun. and told sfis wife and
her! brother and cousin that he was
going Sto get Mr.: Fischer and bring
him to; his home, !, and also told them
to remain In the house until they re-,
turned. Mr. Fischer had retired for,
the night when Elder called at his
house, and was no doubt Of the inn
preston that he was wanted to- set.
tie q family quarrel. In about fiji,
teen or twenty minutes Elder and,
Fischer returned After exchanging
a few words in the house Elder lev
eled the gun at Mr.. Fischer's head.
and fired the fatal shot. As soon as
tho boys who were. present realized
= 4 ~
that Elder had carried out his threat
they hurried out through south door
and the wife rushed out through the
opposite door and sought refuge at
the neighbors. A second shot was fir
ed. but it is not definitely known at
whom that was directed, some declar-
ing it was aimed at the wife, while
others claim that it was directed at
the two boys. The reports OF the two
shots aroused the entire neighbor-
hood. After a few minutes had elaps--
ed the third shot was fired, this one
being the one by which the crazed
man ended his own life. Those who
were on the ground first saw one of
the most grewsome spectacles ever
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-03-18
MANY FARMERS MOVING.

A large NUMBER OF DelaWare cOun-
ty farmers have been moving during
the past month. Martin Keener, who
has been on the Hutchinson farm.
has moved to the Zirtzman farm east
of Manchester. Bert Bushnell, who
has been living In Manchester, has
moved onto the Fred Munson farm.
Roscoe Fawcett has moved onto the
Freeman Smith farm southwest: of
town. Liston Toms Of Coggon ). has
moved onto the Merwin farm on. the
Spring Branch road. William Rob-
inson has moved onto the H.: D.
Wagner place northwest Of town. Mr..
Kagel of Illinois has moved onto the
Sam Shilling farm M. X. Bowles, al
SO of Illinois, has moved. onto the
Hogan farm, south Of Manchester. =
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-03-18
ELECTED PRESIDENT OF FIRST
81 5,52. NATIONAL. .sg

At the m Meeting o.. the board OF. di-
rectors Of the First National bank
of this city on last w ednesday after-
noon, Allen r. Leroy was unantnnons-
,ly elected president Of that institu.
tion. Mr.. LIE: Roy is exceptionally
we'll qualified for position 2of re-
sponsibility OF this character. Follow
ing. his graduation from Beloit coll
lege he continued his preparation for
business by study at Heidelberg and
Berlin, Germany, for ~ years.
a. H. Blake, who 1a;a Of the
charter members OF the :, : Nation
al bank, was :electer presia> the
board Of directors on Wednes
tsrhoon Mr.. Blake will devots
part Of his. time to the affairs Of X
bank, and those interested in the in
stitution are pleased that his council
and services are available in this ca.
pacity. ;rs 500 s,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-03-18
% CLOSES SUCCESSFUL YEAR.

The Womans Foreign Missionary
society of the United Brethren church
have closed a successful year. The
society is supporting a Bible wo-
man in Sin Sam, China, as special
worker. It has sent to foreign fields
over eighty dollars this year, besides
using goodly sum for home work.
The delegates to the annual branch
meeting held in Cedar Rapids in APP
ril are Mrs. Samantha Skinner, Mrs.
Will Stimson, Mrs. Busenbarrick and
Mrs. i. Scanlon. The officers are:
Mrs. Luke Scanlon, president; Mrs.
Hattie Griffin, vice president; Mrs.
Will Stimson, secretary; Mrs. Sam
antha Skinner, treasurer; Miss Sara
Scanlon, secretary of literature. The
society enters npoh the new year
greatly encouraged.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-03-18
,ANNUA MEETING OF COMM s.,
s..S::t SION COMPANY. .3,43

i.Tha .; Delaware County Farmers Co.
operative. Commission company held
their annual gMeeting last. Saturday
afternoon in the council rooms. The
company has been in operation for
the past ten months and has sold
$40, 1892 worth Of feed and coal since
their organization. They have also
shipped live stock to the amount Of
$47,256.36.
The company now has q member
ship Of IS, there being Is new mem
bers added at the Saturday meeting.
The meeting was a very enthusiastic
one. +s5 u, " r. ss}.'.s&Eg n
& The following directors were elect
ed for the ensuing year: One year
Grant Brayton, f.. L. Durey and F..
II. Munson; two years - H. A. Coon,
H. j. sabin, and w. B. Childs; three
years--W.sJ. Davis, B. F. Bishop and
Jas: Bishop. The ofllowing officers
were elected: President, Grant Bray
ton: vice president, B. F. Bishop;
treasurer, F. FL. Munson; secretary
and manager, w. u. Davis.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-03-18
PRESERVES OF 100000 ACRES.

Delaware county. is .one Of eighty
five counties in the state that is to
have a game preserve, as stated in
The Democrat some time ago, and
which will be located west ,of Man
chester. It is Of interest to note.
that there will be at least 100000
acres in the state game reservations,
scattered among probably eighty-five
of the counties, and on these 5000
birds s5will be placed as early as pos
stble.sgAs soon as the weather shows
signs Of warming up and the birds
begin pairing off they will be ship
pe,l3 to the game reservations, thirty
to forty to a reservation. -
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-03-18
Z }PORTEOUS-HOWARp.i

The marriage of Miss Lou Porteous
and Mr.. H, a Leslie Howard was sol
emnized on Tuesday evening at 500
O'Clock at the home of the BRIDES
parents, Mr.. and Mrs, Robert Port
eous, in this city. by Rev. J. F..
Moore, pastor of the Congregation.
al church. The young couple depart
ed on a brief wedding trip after
which they will return to Manches-
ter to reside. Mrs. Howard has been
an efficient clerk in the D. F. Grove
& Company's store in this city some
time. and the many friends join in
extending congratulations to Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-03-18
I MRS. JAMES LEGASSlc.

The death Of Mrs James Legassic
occurred at her home east of; Earl,
Vile; on Tuesday morning. She was,
one Of Delaware county 8 pioneer set
tiers and was united in marriage to
the late Mr.. James Legassic fifty
seven years ago. Mrs. Legassic is
survived by one son, one brother, G.
Hayes, and one sister, Mrs. Herrot
OF Winfield. Illinois. The funeral ar
rangements have not, as yet, been
made. n 8 ~ yss y y II 3
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-03-18
HOTEL PROPERTY For SALE

NJ. w. Sheldon, who is visiting
with his family here at the present
time, offers for sale his hotel prop
erty at Ryan-known as the Ideal ho-
tel-the sale to take place in front
of the hotel on Wednesday, March
25th, 1914, at 1870 p. m. Mr.. Shell
don's advertisement appears on an
other pare of this issue.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-03-18
scHUMANN CLUB MEETS.

The Schumann club will meet on
Thursday afternoon at the home Of
Miss Isabel Pentony. The following
program viii be given. I. b. y
Duet Song OF the. Sea Shell. .kromgan
s%E Agnes and Lorraine Bradley.
Playing with Kitty. Renard
& Il Doris Davis 4. 81 4 III
Queen of Drowsy Land i. Ducelle
Grasshopper Waltz -. Cochran
As4 &;5 Helene Hockaday. ss
Little Prince. SaH .Krogrnann
Twilight. ". ~. s. Mcintyre
Time =. Il -. -. Mcintyre
Dora Dittmer.
Hide and Seek. ~. Eilenberg
Cora Mae Hockaday.
Innocence .a....sBurgmuller
4 Vera Philip.
Caprice. !. {. Theo Kullak
4 4 Eva Kephart. n
LIE Gracieuse. :. ]. .Burgmu1ler
S. X, ssfa3 !. ;5 F Isabel Pentony. s.s5.s
A Summers Day. ..5. ..Theo Dutton
Hnbertn Clemans.
Medley on National Airs -. !. Keiser
Helen Pierce.
In Poppy Land NJ Z. &s... Kus sner
II ..@ .S5s Helen Sphinx. ..assg:
Duet. Concert Polka .Deshayes
Z Mae Rrownell, Miss Milner.
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g-TIf-- ; E- t' ~ I-siT- " ~ y
cEuR, TO- GIVE DANCE.

The 1dlehour club has secured the
popular Bills Harp orchestra forf the
Dig Easter M onday dance. Thesb boys
We're compelled to 60 to heavy ex-1
pense to secure the organization for$S
the date mentioned. but were deter
mined to- have the best at any price
The Catholic ladies Will serve one Of
their famous suppers at L the Easter,
Monday function, and the affair pro-.
misses to be one Of the most enjoy
able Of the social year! ~ VI X: 4 +
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-03-18
FOR AUDITOR

sS wish to announce to the voters of \
Delaware county that T. will be a
candidate for denomination as coun-:
ty auditor, at the June primaries,
lican voters Of the county.
5 = c.. H. BUNKER.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-03-18
CENTRAL CITY COMPANY :
b 1900

A home talent company, composed of
Central City young people will give
play at the City opera house on next
Friday evening, entitled "The Cuban
Spy" Your attention is directed to
an advertisement on another page Of
this issue, 8s.
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sNYDER-LOGAN.

Miss Laura E. Snyder and James
"A. Logan were united in marriage
by Rev. C. X. Hudson this morning
at the Methodist parsonage. Mr.. and
Mrs. Logan are we'll known in this
vicinity and The Democrat joins
with their many friends In extend
Ing CONCENTRATIONS.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-03-18

wish to announce that will be q
for denomination as treas
urer of Delaware: county, on the re-
publican ticket. subject to the deci-
sion Of the voters as registered in the
primary election to be held In June.
s h GEO. "A. NEWMAN.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-03-18
POLITICAL ENCOURAGEMENT.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE. &

FOR REPRESENTATIVE.
81 desire to announce that I am q !
for nomination upon the re-
publican ticket, subject to the decision
OF the June primary, for representa-
tive from Delaware county to the thir-
ty-sixth assembly. :a l! v
A. D. LONG. .55
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FOR TREASURER.

W.T. desire to announce that will be I
a candidate for nominations for treas
urer of Delaware count, on the Re-
publican ticket, subject to the deci-
primary election to be held in June.
Sd 7;ss CLARENCE J. BOARDWAY.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-03-18
SUPERVISOR.

y desire to announce my candidacy
the term, beginning January /, 1916.
subject to the. decision Of the repub-
lican voters OF the county at the
June primary. n
w. H. CLUTE.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-03-18
MAsoNyILLE.

-NTrs. Geo. Burns Of this place.
mourns the death, other father, Wm.
Benson Paschal, whose death took
place at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. Otis Lenhart, OF Coleta, Illii-
nois, on Sunday, March 8, 1914. a
Jules Gleason is spending a.. few
days, with friends in Chicago.
John Behan and wife of Ryan We're
over Sunday guests of relatives in
town. s
Mrs John Callan and baby of Win
throp were visiting in the VIM. Be
han home the first of the week.
Miss ,Mayme Pendergast of Walker
Is assisting with the bank work this
week -
Misses Ella Cusack and Kathryn
Connors attended institute at Inde
pendence last week. ~
Wayne, the little son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Orin Sullivan, who has been
seriously i'll, Is undergoing change
for the better.
NJ \. Cooney. D. H.. Ryan and T.
O. Ryan went to Dubuque Tuesday to
attend the funeral of Joseph Murphy.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-03-18

q The Sunday morning subject will
be True Worship and in the even
in'e the tn me will be "The spr,nf
Time OF the Year and the Spring,
Time OF Life"
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Congregational.

The theme fore the morning SER
non next Sunday is "A Unique Per-
spAality.' ~"
At the evening service the SUBJ
ject will be Christ, as a Religious
Teacher" C3gg &
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-03-18
!. COUNTY ATTORNEY.

desire to announce that will be
a, candidate for the nomination for
county attorney of Delaware county
on the republican ticket, subject to
the decision of the June primary
election.
M. J. YORAN. .>S
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-03-18
Fl. FOR RECORDER.

& desire to announce that I will be i
a candidate for denomination to the
Office of county recorder, on the re-
publican ticket, subject to the decis-
ion Of the primary election Of June
next. IS
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-03-18
MANCHESTER scHuRcHEs.

The usual Sunday services and mid.
week prayer meeting will be held.
Everyone welcome.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-03-18
IN RACE FOR COUNTY ATTORNEY

NJ J. Yoran, who is member of
the law firm of Yoran & Yoran of this
city. has announced himself as a can
didate for the office Of county attor-
ney, subject to the decision of the re-
publican voters of Delaware county
at the June primaries. Mr.. Yoran's
announcement appears In another coll
.umn of The Democrat.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-03-18
St PauI's,

Rev. Mr.. Mcdonald will conduct
the preaching SERVES on next Sun
day at $3.50. Sunday school at 2:3O.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-03-18
Christian Science,
Methodist Episcopal.

The subject of the lesson on next
Sunday morning win be Matter
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III MARRIAGE LICENSE S. /. a
I H. Leslie Howard and Miss Lou
Z. Porteous. 5 :55 Al 55s5f ssSff
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-03-18
FIREMAN KILLED AT oELwElN

t,s4
Edwin Nedreau, who formerly resid
ed at Lamont, and a fireman on the
Chicago Great Western, was instant
gly. killed last Friday night when the
freight engine on which he was rid
ing left the track at a point about
two miles east of Oelwein. The en-
gine went over an embankment. Mr..
Nedreau was dead when he was TAX
en- from the wrecked engine, While E..
p. Smith, the engineer of the train,
was still alive. Mr.. Smith was taken
to a hospital at Oelwein, where he
received the best of medical treat
ment. When the accident occurred
Mr.. Nedreau jumped and was caught
between the engine and tender and
was crushed to death. Mr.. Smith re-
mained at his post and the escaping
steam burned his entire body.
Mr. Nedreau was a young man of
twenty-three, and his Delaware coun-
ty friends deeply regret to learn of
his tragic death.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-03-18


BASKET BALL GAMES OF WEEK.
The Manchester High school basket
ban team played series Of games
during the past week. They were vic
torious at Marion on last Thursday
evening, defeating that team by a
score of 6 to 90. 3.
On Friday the local team went to
Cedar Falls to take part in the; has
ket bali tournament Of northeastern
Iowa. In the Friday morning game
Manchester played against the Oel-
vein team and defeated them by q
score of "a to 12. 81 :.
On Saturday morning the. Manches-
ter team was defeated by Clinton
by a score OF 60 to 8. sss,s1
The winners of the finals in the
Northeastern Iowa tournament were
Cedar Rapids and linton; and these
teams will compete in, the state con-
test TO be held in Iowa City On the
goth and 21st4 of March. ,s
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FOR TREASURER.

A e. DUNLAP,
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started to California with her because
she feared that her Son-in-law. Mr.. Ford
intended To take the child away from
her Philadelphie. home and 20 TO New
York
The nurse who loves the child" said
Mrs Jannev. told me that Nr Ford
said me was Eoins TO take her ava y
from me
Mrs. Ford. the Iudee was told by Mrs
Janney, Is III in Los Angeles and could
not go TO Philadelphia for hsr baby
II have paper which shows that Mr.
Ford consented TO MY having custody Of
the child, said Mrs. Januey. ''The ore
gon court. when my daughter got di-
yorce. gave the child 20 her The little
one has been In my custody ever since
MIR Ford knew II and consented TO Il.
We lived In the same house In Phia-
delphla."
Judge Walker was In doubt as 10 the
propriety OF the oregon court giving the
custody OF the child TO the mother in
the absence OF the father, ana continued
the hearing until tomorrow when Mr.
Ford is expected TO be present