Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-06-10

when. he jumped from the roof OF tho
postoffice building at Colfax to save
Miss Helen West. postal clerk. from
being struck by falling sheet iron.
Tyler, who was roofing the building.
was in the act OF throwing to the
ground large piece OF discarded roof
ing when he saw Miss West leave the
building. Realizing that 1t was too
late to stop the momentum Of the
swing which he had given the roofing.
Tyler held on to the sheet and fell
with 1t, steering it away from Miss
West with his weight. The bones In
his feet were crushed and It is fear
ed that both feet will have to be am
putated. Tyler has a wife and two
children. ~. * }9
Members of the Waterloo park com.
mission are confronted with prob
lem. A public bathing beach is main
tanned in one OF the largest parks and
until the close Of the season last year
there never had Seen any colored
oathers use this beach. At that time
there WAS considerable protest against
the colored bathers. but the commits
sioners took no sides in the contro-
versy. This spring colored persons
have asked the commissioners II they
are to be permitted the use OF the
beach. Many whites have filed .
protest. An offer to establish beach
for each race has met with disapprov-
al on the part Of the negroes.
| Mystery surrounds the death of Roy
Spade, private at the Rock Island ar
| senal, whose ltfeless body weighted
down with a sack full Of cannon balls,
| was found in the mississippi below
Davenport. The sack was tied about
his neck and the head and body were
badly bruised. Spade was known to
have been an inyeterate gambler and
was last seen at a Rock Island
gambling house where he is said to
have won considerable sum Of
money. = rT,."F.* ;, f. Z 'z5z a
That the state board Of education
Is about to purchase one more block
Of real estate in Iowa City for the use
of the University of Iowa, is the latest
rumor. The entire block north Of the
old capitol building and the old SCI
ence hall, now the school Of domes-
tic science, says the report, Is to be-
come university property. It 10
thought that new dentistry building
to cost In the neighborhood of $780,
900 is to be built on the new property.
Tho Cedar Valley Power company
has purchased plants or obtained
franchises Of the following towns:
Nashua. Clarksyille, Bristow, Allison,
Dumont, Parkersburg, Hampton
Chaplin, Sheffield and Rockwell. and
will commence as soon as possible TO
supply them with electricity. The
corporation is to be capitalized at
100000. ~. II s5 VI VI
The county board of supervisors at
Council Bluffs concluded checking the
saloon consent petition for that city.
The petition bears 1927 legal sigma
lures. Withdrawals. Implications and
signatures Of voters who had not vot-
ed at the last election aggregated 4S7.
As finally passed upon, the petition
bears 1928 signatures in excess OF
legal requirements. : s$S@ AYE 4. NJ: I
The body of an unknown man, be-
iieved to be George Grant, a railroad
laborer, is being held by the coroner
at Marshalltown awaiting positive
Identification and the claim Of rela-
tives. Grant was killed instantly by
a passenger train on the Northwest
ern. He was between rs and 80
years old.
Il With Mayor w. H. Merner as toast
master and old graduates from all
parts of the United States. the CO.
dar Falls high school class Of 1889
banqueted several hundred Of the high.
school alumni there. the occasion be.
ing the ,twenty-dfth anniversary Of
the class. Il @ E5 1.,5, Z T. r.
H. N. Barnes Of Prairie City has &C.
cepted, the position Of superintendent
OF the Keota schools. Prof. Charles
NJ. Neyeln, who has just completed his
fourth year a. superintendent, has
resigned to accept like position In
the schools at Forest City.
The Lu Verne, Corwith and Liver
more town councils had a joint meet.
ing at Luz Verne to- confer with
representative Of the Humboldt cleo
trio light and power plant, who PRO
posed to extend his system to tho
towrs first named.
The Old Settlers' association Of
Benton county will meet in Shsllsburg
on June IS. The meeting always
draws a large crowd and many plans
are being made to entertain the visi-
tors. * IN y; s.s5 81; .@5 S5s
A three weeks course for tho
prea ohers OF the Iowa conference has
been added to the Iowa Wesleyan
summer school at Mount Pleasant
which will be held June 10 to July
"a. d !, g.f
Tho alumni Of the Ottumwa High
school is raising a fund to purchase =
tablet in memory Of A. w. Stuart, de-
ceased. for more than thirty years
superintendent OF schools in that
city. IA si$$=a '.$,s,,
Invitations have been sent out by
the University OF Iowa to 200 leading
scientists and museum directors in
the United States asking them to be
present at the official opening OF tho
Laysan Island exhibit, June Is.
While bathing in Skunk river near
his home at Delta. Wade McCloskey,
aged %, was drowned. @t4sg5
While inspecting charge OF dyna-
mite which failed to explode, James
Smith, employed by contractors build
ing the spur to the, Olmitz mine at
Charlton, was blown Is feet when the
. fire reached the explosive
The farm. investigation tour con-
Quoted by Ames experts was made
with sixty automobiles in line and an
average attendance Of near 300 at five
farms visited on fifty mile tour.
Adam G. Halden, a carpenter Of
Centerville, was killed during thun.
der storm while working on, a house
in that city, Two other workmen