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ftl)t democrat.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 20,1899.
OFPIOIAL PAPBR OF PITY AND OOUNTV
The conviction of Dreyfus is a deep I
stain upon the good name of the
French government. It proves, if
proof were needed, that large standing
armies are a menace to a republic.
The forgeries, perjury and
rascality resorted to by the generals of
the French army to secure the con
viction of an innocent man, has made
the "honor" of a French soldier a hiss
ing and a by-word all over Christendom,
Why Not Outlaw the Trusts
Many remedies were suggested by
the delegates to the Chicago Trust Con'
ference, but so far as we have observed
110 one proposed outlawing these unlaw
ful combinations. When gamblers
make a gambling contract the law will
not aid in its enforcement neither will
the law assist in the enforcement of any
other contract founded upon a consider
ation contrary to public policy. Sup'
pose that trusts should be denied all le
gal remedies, denied the right to collect
debts, or proteot their property in the
courts,would not that end their exis
tence
Editor Killer Nominated for Senator.
Brother Miller, of the Waverly Dem
ocrat, was nominated by the Butler
liremer senatorial convention last Mon
day. Mr. Miller is an able writer and
thinker, as well as a genial gentleman.
In this Week's issue of his paper he has
the following write-up of himself:
C. W. Miller, of this paper, was hon
ored with a unanimous nomination for
the position of state senator of this dis
trict. He has never achieved much of a
reputation for either wickedness or
piety, but confesses to having been more
active in politics than in church work.
Though a democrat of rather a radical
type, he doee not claim that all of the
political virtue of the country is concen
trated within his own party and is fair
enough to admit that there are many
gentlemen and scholars in the ranks of
the opposition.::
Especially is he anxious
to make this admission at this time,
when a few hundred republican votes
are needed to secure his election. The
Democrat finds no difficulty in persua
ding itself that the best interests of the
'v Thirty-ninth district quite imj.
demand his success at the polls,
Early in the spring, Otis repeatedly
telegraphed that he had troops enough
to suppress the rebellion. Then a little
later he assured the people of this coun
try that he had broken the insurgent
forces into small predatory bands, aDd
that the end of hostilities was in sight.
As Interludes between the accounts of
crushing victories Otis would telegraph
the cheering information that it was
only a small section of one small tribe
in Luzon that was making all
the trouble
for our forces, and that he had the small
section of the. small tribe nearly cor
ralled.
Manila Bay? And, again, if the truth
has been told, why is the administration
working over time to increase our army
in the Philippines to 70,000 men? After
all,is not truth and honesty the best pol
icy for nations as well bb
for individuals
Hon. Thomas B. Reed, late a much
worshipped leader of the republican
party, is, according to some of the or
gans and mouth pieces of the McKinley
administration,a full fledged copperhead,
the endearing name they apply to all
who do not approve of the attempt that
is being madetosubjugatetheFilipinos.
Last Thursday, according to a Portland,
Maine, dispatch" Thomas B. Reed took
part in a discussion with two Portland
men and plainly expressed his sentiment
in regard to*the war in the Philippines
One of the friends with him, who is a
radical expansionist, remarked that to
withdraw our troops from the Philip
pines now would humiliate our nation
before the world. Mr. Beed replied:
You don't think those Filipinos would
chase our soldiers 7,000 miles, if they
should start for home, do you?
W.
The Portland man responded that it
was not the fear of the Filipinos, but
humiliation in the sight of other nations
that was referred to, whereupon Mr.
Heed said:
1 have always observed that with in
dividuals the fear of humiliation is ex
actly in proportion as they deserve it,
and I believe the same principle holds
good with a nation as with a person.
Some people seem to be afraid that these
Filipinosjwill put their tongues in their
cheeks at us. They have done that al
ready. They have watched our failure
as others have. I don't know how long
it will be before the American people
get tired of spending 950,000,000 a year
trying to conquer these people, but it
docB not seem to me it will be very long.
I can conceive that freedom is just as
dear to them aB it is to us and that they
will light for it juBt as long."
If Great Britain crushes the liberty
loving Boers of South Africa, it will be
a colossal crime against civilization.
The subjects of Great Britain in the
Transvaal are engaged almost to a man
in mining, and are treated better than
miners in any other country in the world.
The Transvaal is a veritable miners'
paradise. The taxes imposed are very
light. The Canadian tax of ten per cent.
on the Klondike miners is more than
sixty times greater than the Transvaal
tax, while the tax in some of the British
South African colonies is 147 times
greater than those levied by the Boers.
All
In his speech before the Chicago con
I ference Bryan voiced the fundamental
objections to all trusts, by saying that
I
their effect was to enthrone the dollar
I and debase the man.
He Speaks at the Trust Confer
ence at Chicago.
DEMANDS WIPING OUT OF TRUSTS.
Be Would Prevent Them from Doing
Inter-Stale Business—Natural Control
of Combinations and the Withdrawal
of Special Favors Proposed—The Ad
dress of Hou, Bourke Coekran a Mas
terpiece of Oratory and Argument*
Chicago, Sept. 16.—Theorists, agrl
sulturlsts, free traders, and protec
tionists having said their say at the
trust conference at Central Music hall,
labor took its inning at the opening of
the morning session and presented its
tide of the case in a series of address
es by the ablest leaders of its forces.
That interest In the deliberations of
the conference is growing daily was
evidenced not only by the Increased
attendance of the forenoon on the part
of both delegates and visitors, but by
the added Interest shown in the
speeches and discussions. The pre
ponderance of opinion in opposition to
the trusts which was made evident
repeatedly during the first two days
of the convention, still existed—In fact,
it was accentuated by the frequent
and hearty applause that greeted each
point scored against the combinations
of capital that, according to the speak
ers, bring no benefits and many hard
ships to the already difficult lot of the
worker.
The leaders of the thought which
controls the convention are evidently
In favor of announcing to the world
the convention's opinions through the
medium of resolutions, but whether
any formal action in the matter will
be reported from the committee ap
pointed yesterday to take charge of
resolutions still remains to be seen. It
is tihe general belief that unless a, re
port can be drawn up that will re
ceive almost unanimous support In the
committee room and that can be read
ily passed by the conference it would
be a waste of time to consider resolu
tions at all. It is said that there is a
possibility of such resolutions being
presented If they do not express too
radically the opinion of any one fac
tion. Hence the likelihood is that If
they come before the convention they
will be of an educational nature rath
er than aiilirmations of policy.
Why Not Let the Truth Be ToldP
Gen. Otis, acting presumably in obe
dience to instructions from Washington,
has prevented the truth from being told
relative to events and conditions in the
Philippines. Not content with suppres- ««..
ulng the news by preventing newspaper I people are to be degraded to Indus
men from-sending the facts to their pa-1 trial slaves wealth under such condl
pere, he has gone further and substitu
ted fiction and falsehood in lieu thereof.
Governor Pingrec, In his address to
the conference, said: "The trust is the
forerunner, or rather the creator of
industrial slavery.
Increase of wealth of the country
Is greatly to be considered, but If, the
tions is a curse.
"I favor complete and prompt an
nihilation of the trust—with due re
gard for property rights, of course,
care more for the Independence and
manliness of the American citizen
than for all the gold and sliver In the
world. It Is better to cherish the hap
piness of the American home than to
control the commerce of the globe.
"The degrading process of the trust
means much to the future of a repub
lic founded upon democratic princi
ples. A democratic republic cannot
survive the disappearance of a demo
cratic population."
Crowds to Hear Bryan
Chicago, Sept 18.—William J. Bryan
was the first speaker at the forenoon
'Bession of the trust conference at Cen
tral Music hall Saturday and he devot
ed the greater portion of the session
to an exposition of the evils resulting
from the holding of monopolies in pri-
If Otis has been telling the truth why
has onr army of 30,000 men been cooped
up within a dozen miles of Manila most
of the time since last February. If Otis I vate hands, and to setting forth his
has told the truth why have our forceB I "own Ideas of the methods of eradicate
been unable to hold even the towns on I these evils. National control of
combinations and the withdrawal of
special favors were among his pro*
posals. Notice that the standard
bearer of the Democratic party was
to address the conference drew
crowd scarcely smaller than that
which surged about tho doors Friday
evening when Bourke Oockran and
Mr. Bryan were expected to speak
from the same platform.
The failure of Mr. Bryan to address
the conference Friday evening, as It
had been previously announced he
would do, was the result of a meeting
between himself and Bourke Coekran
in Central Music hall about 5 o'clock,
at which it was decided that each re*
quired more time than half the even*
ing session would allow. Accordingly
Mr. Coekran was given the whole
evening and Mr. Bryan took first place
on the morning programme. He was
present, however, at the evening meet
ing and made a brief explanation to
the audience of the reasons for the
change.
Uecommended Congressional Action*
Saturday Mr. Bryan took up specifi
cally the so-called stock arguments of
trust promoters and presented argu
ments designed to refute every argu
ment in behalf of industrial combina
tions. He followed out the assertions
against the control of the source of the
supply aud the effect of the formation
of trust upon employment, with spe
cial reference to the commercial trav
elers. Then he dealt upon the relation
of the tariff to the corporations, fol
lowing that with a condemnation of
discrimination by railways.
In order to destroy trusts and re
quire them to make open accounts and
eliminate watered stock he recommen
ded that congressional action be taken
to wipe out trusts. He was Interrup
ted by an auditor who queried:
"Would that be constitutional?"
"I would have congress take such
action immediately," replied Colonel
Bryan, "and if the supreme court de
clares such a law unconstitutional I
would have the constitution of the
United States so amended that It
would give congress the necessary au
thority."
Power to Curb Trusts.
The speaker then dwelt more at
length upon the powers which should
be reposed in the state and federal
governments to curb trusts and pre
vent the watering of stock. Mr. Bryan
then produced a copy of a circular sent
out by the Corporation Trust company
of Philadelphia telling the benefits of
the new Delaware stock incorporation
law over the New Jersey law. A plan
of campaign was then mapped out by
the speaker to bring trusts under fed
eral and state control. Reference to
the income tax law was applauded,
as well as a passing reference to the
Philippine issue, contained in the
statement that "A government derives
its rights from the consent of the gov
erned." The speaker concluded with
a strong appeal to humane impulse,
comparing the
4,God-made
the
tniir ihnn» l,„„i ... Oockran pressed forward to. grasp Mr.
All talk about England having a just
with the support oT the radical ele
ment to put his through the confer
ence.
man" with
the "magnified man-made man."
conclusion of the address Mr.
Bryan by hanfl but lt
cause for war against the little Boer le
public, on account of its treatment of
ihese miners, is rank hypocrisy. Eng
land covets the gold llelds of the little
republic, and will resort to murder to
necure them. England has men and
means enough to murder every man,
and woman for that matter, in the
Transvaal and blot ont of existence the
Hag of that country, but in so doing she I vened' to receive these after it had de
will leave a blot upon her own flag that I elded at a meeting held Friday even
it will take generations to wash out.
The speech of Bourke Coekran Fri
day evening was a masterpiece of ora
tory and argument. Avoiding the use
of the word "trust" Mr. Coekran de
clared that many combinations were
natural and beneficial, that they did
not decrease but increase competition,
and that they were to be encouraged
rather than stopped. At the same
time he acknowledged that combina
tions which depended upon any spe
cial privilege from the' government
were bad and were unnatural and un
healthy. He earnestly advocated the
withdrawal of bounties and tariffs. He
stated that trusts which depended on
special privileges from government
chartered corporatlons were In the
same situation, referring to the Stand
ard Oil company and its railway priv
ileges. To prevent this aifd to prevent
the abuses In legitimate combinations
which he acknowledged existed,
through the cupidity of the promoters
of the trusts he advocated publicly.
*as £oted
that his adversary did not congratu
late the speaker.
The committee on resolutions ad
journed at noon and will not report
any resolutions.
Anti-Trust Resolutions Presented*
Saturday morniug Mr. Bryan, before
addressing the convention, presented
to the resolutions committee a set of
resolutions denouncing trusts and mo
nopolies. The committee was recon-
Panacea for All Ills*
Publicity he made a penacea for all
the ills the trust is author of, declar
ing that if all trust accounts and deals
were made public and if railway rates
were public and If every owner of one
share in a corporation had the right as
in England to examine the corpora
tion's books, the evils must disappear.
He carried his audience with him as
he wove his arguments, interspersing
humorous illustrations, starting with
generally accepted facts, and splicing
and weaving In his own dogmatic as
sertions one after another. His speech
was plausible and pleasing to his
hearers and was frequently Interrupt
ed by applause and laughter.
WAR CLODDS GATHER
Extreme Gravity of the Trans*
vaal Situation.
GREAT EXCITEMENT IN PRETORIA.
Young: Doers Are Asking To Be Led Into
the Field Immediately—Kruger's Reply
Docs Not Accept the Demands of the
Drltlsh as a Whole—Preparations for
Stout Resistance Proceeding Cuutlnualljr
—Afrikanders Will Support Boers.
Capetown, Sept. 18— Further tele
grams £*om Pretoria confirm the fore*
cast of the reply of the Transvaal to
Great Britain, which does not accept
the demands of the British govern
ment as a whole. Great excitement
prevails at Pretoria over the conse
quences which may ensue. The young
Boers are asking to be led Into the
field immediately. It 1b impossible to
predict what will be the situation aft
er the delivery of the reply in London.
The feeling here Is that it will be Im
possible for the imperial government
and undignified upon its part, to again
enter upon an Interchange of argu
ments. The Royal MunBter regiment
has arrived here.
SITUATION IS GRATA
Rttply of the Transvaal Government Bald
to lie UncumprumUliiif.
London, Sept. 18.—Indications from
all sources point to the extreme grav
ity of the Transvaal situation. Pre
toria advices emanating from a Boer
source say the Transvaal's reply Is un
compromising and that preparation for
a staunob resistance Is proceeding con
tinuously.
Another Pretoria special, dated Sep
tember 15, says the situation is now re
garded as all but hopeless, unless
Great Britain retreats from her posi
tion. The dispatch adds "The govern
ments of the two republics consider
the Transvaal should refuse to concede
anything further and lt Is believed the
Boers will have the support of all the
Afrikanders throughout South Africa.
Of all the numerous channels
through which South African news
reaches London not one gives the
faintest hope that the Boer reply wjll
be favorable, the majority taking the
view that war is extremely probable.
The First battalion of the Northum
berland Fuslleers, 900 strong, and de
tachments of the army service corps
and ordnance corps shipped on the
steamer Gaul at 2 p. m. today from
Southampton en route to Natal, amid
great enthusiasm. The men appeared
to be In splendid condition and openly
anxious for fighting. The Fuslleers
went direct from Aldershot, but many
of the officers of that regiment and
numbers of special service officers
started from London, receiving at
Waterloo Station an enthusiastic send
off from the large crowd present. The
porters cried: "All aboard for Preto
ria," which was taken up by the crowd
uproariously.
General Sir George Stewart White,
V. C., former quartermaster general,
who Is going to command the troops
In Natal, sails with his staff on the
Tantalon Castle from Plymouth. He
left London subsequent to the main
body of the officers.
Buying Supplies In America.
Washington, Sept. 18.—The war de
partment has been approached by
representatives of the British govern
ment who wanted to buy at once 1,000
mules for shipment to South Africa
for army uses. The department, how
ever, bad disposed of all Its surplus
stock. The Englishmen will buy the
mules in open market In the south and
ship them to South Africa as fast as
they can be obtained. Great Britain
has also recently let several large con
tracts for army wagons for South
Africa to the principal wagon makers
In this country.
IOWA DEMOCRATIC ISSUES
Will Be Iinperlall.in and the Tru.U, Ao
cordliiff to White'. Keynote.
Davenport, la., Sept. 10.—The Iowa
gubernational campaign opened Thurs
day evening with a meeting at the
Davenport Grand Opera' House, ad
dressed by Fred E. White, of Keokuk
county, Democratic nominee. The
candidute was introduced by Mayor
George T. I-iaker, and was the only
speaker of the evening. He addressed
himself at length to the subjects of
Imperialism and trusts, leaving the
subject of finances almost untouched—
referred to lu the most guarded man
ner. The speaker declared the present
Philippine cumpaign one of the black
est, most dastardly, of the bloody
deeds that disgrace human-kind.
The conspiracy of the trusts against
the common good, he declared, was
only one degree less a crime than
armed treason against the state.
White concluded by paying attention
to the record of Governor Shaw, his
opponent In the present campaign.
Four-fifths of the address was devoted
to imperialism and trusts. These two
issues being given prominence makes
lt plain that the Iowa campaign on
the part of the Democrats will be
fought out on that line, and the coin
age question suppressed. V-
Iowa Combine In Groceries
Terrible Shooting Affray at Car
terville, Ills.
UNION MEN CL18H WITH NEGROES.
When the Smoke of Battle Olaws Awftj
Sevan off the Latter Are Found Dead oa
the Ground—How the Ontkreak Oeeared
—HlUtle Again Patrolling the Streets of
the Mining Town—More Trouble May
Break Out.
Oartervllel, 111., Sept. 18.—Soldier*
•re again patrolling the city's streets
and guarding the mine property as
result of a clash between union miners
•nd colored workmen Sunday, in
which seven of the latter wer killed
and two wounded. Quiet has appar
ently been restored, but the authori
ties believe an outbreak may take
place at any time. The negro miners,
infuriated by what they consider the
murder of their comrades, threaten to
leave the mine inclosure and Invade
the town to deal out vengeance to the
whites. The union men are also deter
mined to finish their work and they
vow that they wil continue the war
until every black man has left the
county.
The List of Vletlmi
While the shooting ocured at mid
day In the principal street of me city,
all efforts to learn the names of par
ticipants have proved futile. The
dead T. J. Floyd, a preacher, who Is
known at Virden and also Pana Sim
Cumlngs, Huse Bradley, William
Prentiss, John Black, two unknown
negroes.
All wer literally riddled with shots,
Cummlngs received a wound In the
head just under the left eye, another
In the left side and a third in his right
knee. He Is one of three of the men
dead who were not killed outright.
Floyd was the colored man who ac
companied the first contingent of ne
groes from the south that atempted
to land at Virden, Sept. 25, 1898, and
who addressed the Virden people In
the public square the evening of Sept.
20. He was also with the contingent
that caused the fearful battle at Vir
den Oct. 12. If Is claimed he was
brought from Pana to Cartervllle with
the negroes who are now at work In
the Brush mines.
Scene and Time of the Battle.
The battle occurred shortly after
noon. But few people were on the
streets at the time, many being at
church and others at linner. Two col
ored men came into the city In the
morning, Intending, as they claimed,
to go to the county seat to attend
church services, there being no colored
church In the city. In front of a meat
market were several union miners
whose places had been filled at the
Brush colliery by the negroes. The
feeling toward the negroes in the
city has been intense for many weeks
and only the presence of the state
troops has kept the oposlng parties
apart. Words passed between the
miners and the colored men left for
the mines, claiming as they left that
they would return with help, and as
their men knew how to shoot and were
not afraid they would run the nnlou
men out of the city.
Thirteen Came In a Body*
A few hours later thirteen negroes
were seen coming down the highway
that leads from the Brush mine to the
city. They passed through the city
and to the railway station, which Is
•ituated In the eastern part of the
town, without being molested, or
without any hostile demonstration
being made. The miners were stand
ing in the streets and the blanched
faces were more Indicative of danger
than wordB. It was a time of
Killed In Running Fight.
The negroes ran and were pursued
by the miners. The colored men
started to follow the switch which
leads through the edge of the etty and
only one block from the business cen
ter. Three fell dead, riddled with bul
lets from the Winchesters of the white
miners. Still the pursuit was conttn
lied and when only one block from
the police station another negro fell.
A title farther on Sim Cummlngs fell
mortally wounded. Still the pursuit
was made until not 11 negro was In
the streets of the city, nil who lived
through the few moments of carnage
being safe, it was thought, withlu the
village of Greenville, which surrounds
the Brush shaft. I.ater, however,
two of the colored miners were found
dead near the shaft. Cummlngs died
after being taken to the city hall.
Two others. It Is said, received
wounds.
WEST SIDE.
Mrs. Mary Quinette, who has been ly
I ing very low with typhoid fever for a
couple of weeks, died Saturday evening
at half-past eight o'clock, and was
burled from the house Sunday after
noon, the oRev. Lusk holding brief
service with prayer and words of conso
lation to those concerned. Mrs. Quin
ette was about thirty years of age, and
leaves a husband, two little boyB and a
baby girl. The husband, with bis little
boys, took the early train for Bome
point in New York state, where he has
a sister living, and the little girl was
left to the care of its grand mother,
I Mrs. Hines. This is a sad case of the
ravages of fever, as it was not quite a
week between the death of the little
daughter, Daisy, and the mother, but
there is an exhaustless store of comfort
in the thought that they will be free
from every ill that marred their comfort
here on earth. I sometimes wonder
how any one can look upon death as
anything but dark and awful, and al
though the psalmist speaks of the valley
of the
Bbsdow
Des Moines, la.. Sept 13.—Repre
sentatives of four prominent wholesale
grocery houses of Iowa and Illinois
met here and completed final arrange
ments for a brokerage concern with a
capital of $100,000, to buy goodB for
them In nil parts of the world, with
offices In Chicago. The firms repre
sented own a large majority of the
stock. Tliey ure: Warlield, Howell
& Pratt, of Des Moines the Letts
Fletcher company, Marshalltown H.
L. Spencer, OBkaloosa, and the War- and 1 hear of him now and then in .ft
-field company, Qulncy, Ills. Russell round about way, but at last accounts
of death, he doea not Bay
anything about it being dark:
Not until my task Is ended,
Task of toU and uKony,
Would I olose my weary eyelids
And to bliss forever go.
Not until life's work is finished
There to hide my pain und care 7
There to feel his arms around me.
All my trouble ended there.
Clyde Elder, who is working with the
steel gang at Williams, Iowa, spent Sun
day with his parents in this city.
Quite a number of relatives of Mrs.
Quinette, who live in Turkey Timber,
came down Monday morning too late
for the obsequies.
Tom Elder, with his" steam thresher,
is doing work in the vicinity of North
Manchester.
Mr. and Mrs. Zwisler, of Dubuque,
are guests of Mrs. Zwialer's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred l)urey.
Oh, dear me! I do verily get lone
some to bear something from "Slocum."
Well, yes, he doeB write occasionally
Pratt and O. P. Letts have left for beard that his head was a little turned
Chicago to open the office. Other lovt
hoUM will ite IMMk AOOOttUt Of IB W WW fOntUlS
teller that was holding forth at the
Midway Plaisance last winter. Who
could believe that a smart man like
"Slocum" would believe in any such
thing, and if it is true I do hope that he
will never again have any faith in a lit
tle,old,blear-eyed fortune teller that gets
bo much swindling the people.
BOOK PRAIRIE.
Mrs. J. O. Bushnell while out to the
barn last Friday afternoon gathering the
hens eggs made a misBtep and was about
to fall, and in trying to catch herself
from falling, broke her hip bone close to
the joint. Dr. P. E. Triem was called
and reduced the fracture, and at this
writing the patient Ib bb comfortable as
could be expected under the circumstan
ces for one of her age, she being past
sixty six years old. She has the sympa
thy of a large circle of friendB.
Mr. A. O. Seward will depart for the
western part of Iowa on the 19th inst.,
to visit his daughter, Mrs. W. C. Ed
munds, who liveB in Dickinson county.
We wish him a pleasant journey and a
safe return to his many friends in old
Delaware.
A light frost last Wednesday morning
reminded ub that winter was coming
and the sear and yellow leaf was the
golden part of the year.
Miss Ida Sheldon is reported as grad
ually gaining from her long spell of
slckneBB, which will be glad news to all
of her many friends.
Guy Faigo visited with Harlo Coon
Saturday afternoon and Sunday.
Bay Connell is to take charge of Mr.
Seward's chores while be is in the weBt,
and Mr. Seward is certainly fortunate
in getting Buch a faithful and trusty
young man.
Mr. William Ryan and Earl Childs
each have a new corn binder.
Wm. and Charles Maurer was hauling
their cane to F. A. Meade's cane mill last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Putnam expect to
go on a visit of about three weeks
among friends and relatives at West
Liberty, Iowa, and visit a brother of
Mrs. Putnam in Missouri and return by
way of Chicago and visit their son Her
bert, who is an electrician at Elmhurst,
DELHI.
Charles Howard and wife were shop
ping in Manchester last Wednesday.
Mrs. John Keith and daughter, Nellie,
are visiting relatives at Wellman.
Kalph Heath and wife, of Sabula, are
spending the week with his mother,
Mrs. Mary Heath.
Miss Addie Flack left last Monday
for Riceville, where Bhe will work in a
millinery Btore this fall.
Mrs. John lielcher and little daughter,
of Golden, were in town one day last
week.
Walter Jones and wife and Charles
Baumgartner and wife, of Manchester,
viBited with Mrs. Flack last Sunday.
A. E. House ba$ been on the sick list
the past week.
Dr. Dormau, of Manchester, wbb in
town on business Saturday.
Mr. Wm. Ryan visited his daughter(
Mrs. Leamon, last Monday.
O. F. Tate, of Connorsville, Indiana,
was in town one day last week.
The Ladies Aid Society will meet
with Mrs. Jane Flack on Friday after
noon, September 22.
racts,
not words, and both sides seemed to
believe the crisis could not be pased
without loss of life. At the station
the negroes began a war of words and
fired one sbet, the bulet piercing the
fleshy part of a small boy's hand.
Miners appeared on the scene and
the negroes at once threw stones at
the men, who started down the main
street of the city. They had not gone
far before they were re-enforced by
abont fifteen heavily armed men, who
at once opened fire on the negroes.
Charles Dooiittle, of Greeley, visited
in town part of laBt week,
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Simons, Mr.
and
Mrs. Newton Green, Mr. and Mrs. L. S.
Stowe, Ward White and J.Snellattend
ed the reunion of the 21st at Dubuque
last week.
Born—To Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Miller,
on Thursday, Sept. 14, a girl.
Mr. James Burton visited relatives
at Central City last week.
Matilda, the eight year old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Melster, died
Wednesday morning with diptheria.
Several other children of the same fam
ily are quite sick, but not dangerously,
Feter Jakelin and William Lewis
leave in a few days for a fishing excur
sion on the WapBie.
Lasalle White is working at Sand
Springs.
Mr. and Mrs. Swan Mollne have a lit
tle son.
Gladys White viBited in Earlville
few days last week.
Hanabester Markets.
Hogs, perowt $3 50@$4 oo
Steers, per owt 4 00® 5 01
4 oo
00
2 2B
Heifers, per cwt 3
Cows, butcher's stock, per cwt 2
Gaimers, per cwt if
Turkeys, per 9
Ducks, white, per lb 5}4
Ducks, dark, per lb
Chickens, per lb
Old Heo«.per lb
Corn, per bu 25
Oats, per bu 18
Hay, wild, per ton 4 00@G oo
Tame bay 5 00@C00
Potatoes, per bu 65
24
Butter, creamery, per lb
Butter, dairy, per lb
Eggs, per doz
Timothy
ly seed
Clover seed
wish to call the attention of breed
ers to the fact that I have bought
and shall keep for service the fine
black
FRENCH AND NORMAN STALLION
LION
4
said to be tho best draft stallion ovor
owned in the county. Will breed a
few mares this fall. Season Septem
ber and October, 1899, at t!2 to iu-
I also havo
KENTUCKY HERO
and tho Arabian Pony StalHon,
CAPTAIN.
These horses can bo seen at my feed
barn, east of the Globe Hotel.
M. W. Shelden
Transfers of Real Estate for Week
Ending Sept. 18, '90.
Honry Khlors to John Killers. ISO A
tn 83)4 of soc 23 twp 87 0
John Sclilrro & wf to \V Brig^s. Loti
blki Dundee
6 W Brims & wf to Mary Reynolds,
100
25 00
Lot 1 blh Dundee
Jacob 8 Landls & wf to Evnlloe A. Sliep
pard. Lots & 2 blk 3 Colosburg 0l) 00
II Wood & wf et al to Perry E
80 00
Chambers. Lot blk 8 Wood & Wood
ruff's add to Dundee
Joseph Youda& wf to John Kash. Wft
—du
25 00
sen sec 8 twp 90 6 & strip 2 rods
wide across side nV4 swH sec 8....
sec 6 & nw fr
sec 4 & ett ne$t sees all in twp 68 6
Etna PL Hoyt toE
of sh & fr nwM sec
also lots i07, 108,1G9, 170. 178," 174, 175.
170,218,210,220,221, Manchester & all
all that pt of Potter St south of Main
St vacated or not heretofore deeded... 00
Henry Gravel to Thomas Gole, nefc swJ4,
soc 8, twp 89, range 4 and eft swfc soc
84, twp 00, range 4 00
Chas Thorpe ana wife, et ah to Wm. D.
and .TohnD. Hogan, oH of ne?4 sec 10,
twp 88, range 6 2,000 00
.D.Woodand wife, et al.. to James
Seward, lots 2 and 8, block 8, Wood &
Woodruff's add to Dundee 62 00
M.L.Holmes and husband, to Jennie L.
Holmes, part of lot "L,"
Iowa Land Co.,
subdivision of part of Manchester 400 00
Theatre Offering.
Five special sets of gorgeous scenery
and three tons of electrical and mechan
ical effects, together with a company of
intelligent actors and actresses, present
Ing Monte Grlsto, one of the best roman
tic dramas ever written by Alexandre
Dumas. Mercedes is portrayed by that
captivating artist, Marie LaBrahy, and
Edmond Dantes by Chas. Farnham, a
handsome young actor who has been ver
successful in eastern cities. Central
Opera House, Wednesday evening, Sept.
20. Prices, 25-35 and 50 cents. 38wl
FARH FOR SALE OR RENT.
I offer for sale or rent my well Improved farm
of 200 aores In Coffins Grove township. Rent
payable In cash. Possession can be
given March
1900. For terms, etc., inquire of Bronson ft
Carror Mrs. Peter Bolger, Manchester, Iowa.
88-tf.
Half Rates
-TO-
Carnival,
STREET FAIR
AND
Good Roads Convention
MUU
Dubuque has not lathe past 20 years
attempted
anything in the line of entertainment In which
her citizens were so thoroughly united and over
which all are enthusiastic as the week of carni
val, to be given October 8rd to 7tb, There will
be amusements for everybody, and of a char
acter that will command the respect and are
jpeel
worthy the patronage of the most refined and
best citizens of the large territory tributary to
Dubuque. The street parades, the exhibits of
agriculture and Industrial products, the gorge
ous street decorations and the- Midway
Plalsancewill be first-class of their kind, and in
addition to the amusement
features the practical
has not been overlooked. ~On October -6th a
Good Roads convention, under the ausplceB of
the National Good Road Association wlllbe held,
and men of national reputation and of large
experience In road making will discuss import
ant phases of this question. Apiece of road wil
be constructed showing how it can be the mos
successfully and economically done. Every roa
supervisor within 160 miless of Dubuque should
attend this convention. It is impossible
to lndloate which of the live will be the most In
teresting day of the Carnival. All will be flnet
Dubuque, however, will have one attraction that
is worth going milos to see—one that so other
city in Iowa will have. We refer to Pain's won
derful production. ^Dewey's Victory at Manila.'
Everybody should see this thrilling and accurate
representation of the event that nas made the
name of Dewey a household word. The Illinois
Central Railroad company wlU^ make a rate of
ONE FARE for the round trip from all its
points within 160 miles of Dubuque. Tickets
be sold October 2nd to 7th, inclusive, good to..
turn until Oct. 9th. For full particulars as to de
tails of the carnival, address G. H. Day, Secre
tary, Dubuque. J. F. MERRY,
A. G. P. A., IlL Gent.K, R.,
S8W8 Dubuque, Iowa
To Early
Buyers..
of....
Fall
Wearing
Apparel
We have many good things to of
fer in all lines.
Underwear
8 G0@4 00
FAIR NOTICE.
Those wishing space In the Art Hall at tho
oomlog fair can secure space by applying to W.
C. Beeman, he having diagrams of both floors.
M.H. BLAIR. Supt.
Iw. Division E. and G.
TO BREEDERS OF
HORSES
is one of the strong lines and will
be put on sale this week. Nearly
every kind that one could ask for
in men's women's and chi|drenr
20
12
80Q 90
Fall Caps
Men's and boys' hats and Chil
dren's School Caps, Duck Coats
and Vests and something entirely
new in men's heavy Kersey Coats
and Vests, blanket lined. A most
complete showing of
Shoes
for all kinds of feet. Fleece-lined
and wool Hosiery and Gloves,
Together with these lines we have
an entire new lot oi novelties
all departments.
The Ladies
will be interested in our rug offer
ings. All the new and popular
shades and patterns are shown
A visit to the
9V
Plunder Store
at this season of the^ear will
a treat, whether a buyer or
looker.
Kindly
Kali on....
"Kalamity"
BARGAIN
In Delaware
County Land
615 Acres in Richland Town
ship for $15' Per Acre.
We are sole agents for the
Loomis tract of land (near the
Backbone) in Richland town
ship, and will sell same at any
time during the present month
for $15 per acre.
BRONSON., & CARR,
Manchester, Iowa.
OLIVES"
Have just received a new lot
of them. They were bought
right and will be sold cheap.
Why buy bulk Qlives when you
can buy bottle of abetter grade
just as cheap. Come and get
a bottle. Yours,
TJNL
This
Store
of
ours
isn't a
rich
man's
store
Getting the Heat
Into the House
ARNOLD
Is what makes a furnace satisfactory. Anyone
oan "put in1' a furnace, but it requires a good
knowledge of the principles of hot air and ex'
perlenoe In applying them to cet the most heat
from a furnace with the least expense for coal.
It's a store for everybody. It's a
a place where the poor man's dollar.
will buy the biggest one hundred'
cent's worth he ever Bay.and where
the stylish man's money will pur
chase the latest styles. Needn't take
our word for it. Look around and con
vince yourself.
New Fall Hats
are here in the greatest variety.
G. S. LISTER
R. Stout.
Postofflce Bl'k., Franklin St.
Largest stock of clothing be
tween Dubuque and Waterloo
Our furnaces are as good aa
skill and first-class material
can make them. The
Prince
Royal
is constructed on right prin
ciples to produce heat, and
has stood the test of actual"
use for more than a quarter of
a century'. We have made the
heating question a study and
we claim to know how to in
stall a furnace and get the best
results. It is the "know how"
that makes a short coal bill.
You Bhould give the furnace
question your attention now,
before the rush begins and be
fore a further advance in fur
naces. Let us figure with you
and show you that we know as
much as we claim about fur-
You'r not so warm
this kind of weather, are you? Why not purchase your heating
stove now? People have been buying coall We are cariying a
large line of heaters this year and have one that will suit YOU.
COME IN and look over our line of stoves.
A COMPLETE LINE OP HARDWARE.
J. J. HAWLEY.