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STtje democrat. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 20, 1905. The committee, which is investi gating the big life insurance com panies of New York city, finds that these companies in addition to their many grafting schemes, have made a practice of giving tens of thousands of their policy holders money to re publican capaign committees. Every rascall in Wall St met no doubt gives all he can afford to defeat tho dem ocratic party, and why should not the rascally insurance companies do likewise? STANDS BY THE PRESIDENT Senator Doliiver Hopes I'or Unani mous Committee Support to Koosevelt'g Kni!wa,v Policy. Des Moines, la., Sept. 10.—In nn In terview on the meet lug of the senate committee on Interstate commerce in Washington, Nov. 15, to frame a bill for freight rate legislation. Senator Doliiver declared at least a minority report voicing President Roosevelt's recommendations would be presented to congress. "I hope the cominittce will be found unanimous iu its support of the presi dent's policy," said the senator. "I think it will, hut whether it Is or not, bill framed in accordance with the president's recommendations will be put before the senate, even if it Is nec essary for members of the committee to part company with the majority of their colleagues." Relative to the tar iff, Senator Doliiver expressed his be lief that there would be no legisla tion nt the next congress. As to Hate legislation. Des Moines, In., Sept. 10.—In an In terview referring to the comlug meet ing of the senate committee on In terstate commerce in Washington on Nov. 15 to frame a bill with reference to rate legislation, Senator 3. H. Dol iiver in an interview here announced that at least a minority report, voicing President Roosevelt's recommenda tions, would be presented to congress. •'1 hope that the committee will bo found unanimous in its support of the president's policy," said the senator. "I think it will, but whether it is or not, a bill framed In accordance with the president's recommendations will be put before the senate, even if it is necessary for members of the commit tee to part company with the inajori tyof their colleagues." Died to Ifrcnpc Matrimony. Sioux City, la., Sept. 15.—Theodore Schoemperlin, of Litchfield, Minn., committed suicide by drowning here to escape matrimony. He left note to his parents saying he had been tired of living since Aug. 23, when he became engaged to Ellen Harder. He snid he proposed to her to pique another girl whom he really loved. El len Harder is unknown to his parents. Dastard Dodges the Hangman. Davenport. la.. Sept. 35. Meddle Derby, a school teacher, was shot and instantly killed near Wilton, la., nt the country school which she taught. Arthur Webb, who had been paying attentions to her, perpetrated the deed because she would not marry him. Webb was chased by a posse, and to escape*capture committed suicide by shooting himself lu the head. Iowa Municipal. League.*^' Where the Printers Are Striking. Indianapolis, Sept. 13.—A statement issued by President .lames Lynch, of the Interimtionnl Typographic union gives the following: "Men are now on strike iu the following cities: Albauy, N. Y. Peoria, ill. (irand Rapids. Mich.: Syracuse. N. Y. Toledo. (). Richmond, Ya. Jersey City, N. J.: Newark, X. J. Niagara Palls. N. Y. Saratoga Springs, N. Y., Ann Arbor, Mich. Sioux Fails, S. D. Aurora, III. Watertown, N. Y. Indianapolis, 1ml. Clilcugo, 111,: Detroit, Mich." Five Killed by Explosion. Pinconniug, Mich., Sept. 18.—By the explosion of an alleged defective boiler in the stave mill of Edward Jennings here five men were killed and eight or ten injured, two of them so seriously that they will probably die. The ox plosion came without the slightest warning to the workmen and the d» struction of the mill was complete. Portions of the wreck woro scattered about for several hundred feet. Wltte Arrives at Plymouth. Plymouth, Eng., Sept. 38.—Tho North- (icrman Lloyd line steamer Kaiser Wilhelin, II, from New York, Sept. 12. having on board M. Witte and colleagues, arrived here. The Russians, who were all in good health, went on to Cherbourg, where they will land in the evening. Sixty Injured on Traction Cur. Pittsburg, Pa.. Sept. 14.—Sixty pas sengers were injured, nine seriously, by the overturning of a trailer at 'i inched to a traction car on tho Home stead division of the Pittsburg Rail way company near the Glenwood bridge early in the day. Slierrick Makes Bond. Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 18.—David K. Slierrick, deposed state auditor, was In a state of almost complete nervous collapse when be appeared before Police Judge Whallen to make bond for $35,000. He was held to nwait action of the grand Jury. Sher rick and his friends are very bitter against Governor HanJy. who is al leged to have benefited by. jise of ftate funds, TP TOGO'S FLAGSHIP .IS SUNK BY FATE Vessel That Led in the Defeat ol Rojestvensky Is at the Bot tom of the Sea FIRE BREAKS OUT AT MIDNIGHT Explosion Follows and 256 Hen Are Sent to Eternity 343 Others Are Wounded. Was the Pride of the Jap Navy and a Great ViglttlngKliip—Finns Arm ing— liufcsia Captures 5,- OOO Utiles. Victoria. B. C„ Sept. 34.—Advices from Toklo state that incendiary post cards an? being received at the To klo foreign olflee threatening that Bar on Komura will be assassinated on his return from the United States. 4 Burlington, la., Sept. 14.—'The eighth annual convention of the League of Iowa Municipalities was opened here with 200 members in attendance. Presi ident Charles D. Huston, mayor of Ce dar Rapids, delivered the anuunl ad dress, a plea for municipal ownership. Iowa Loses Population. Des Moines, la., Sept. 10.—Accord ing to preliminary figures of Iowa'a state census the state had a total popu lation Jan. 1, 1905, of 2,201. i7'2. This Is a loss of 80,481 since census of 1U00 wheu the state was accredited with population of 2,231,853. President Shouts ICxonerated. Oyster Bay, L. I., Sept. 15.—A con tract for the hotel and subsistence concession on the Panama canal zone, awarded to Jacob E. Markel. of Om aha, Neb., by President Theodore P. Shouts, of the Panama Railroad com puny, will stnml. This lu effect Is the decision of President Roosevelt, who has approved a report on tin subject made to lilm by Shouts. The presl dent authorized the publication of a report he had received from Shouts as president of the Panama Railroad compauy, regarding the protest re cently received by him from lludgins & Dumas and II. H«lfc, of New York against the award of the contract to Markel. Loudon, Pept. 13.—The Tokio corre spondent o? The Times says that the casualties resulting from the loss of the battleship Mikasa are five killed 251 missing mid 313 wounded. [Tho missing nre probably drowned, so that tho deaths roach ITifi.l 4 Tokio. Sept. 13.—Tho disaster to the battleship Mikasa has cast a gloom everywhere. The Mikasa was Togo's flagship, and was endeared to the hearts of the people. The ship was at anchor In Sascbo harbor when tire started at the base of the mainmast, at midnight. It spread with great rap idity, exploding the after magazine an hour after the fire had been discov ered. The Mikasa sank lu shallow water, and It is believed can be re paired. Rescuing parties were sent from the various warships in the bar bor and there were heavy casualties among them. Results in a Loss of 559 Men. Various conjectures are current as to the cause of tho fire. Some at tribute it to an overcharge of electri city. Great relief was felt through out Japan when it was learned that Admiral Togo was not on 'board the ship at the time of the fire. The Mi kasa was the fiagship of Vice Admir al Togo during the battle of the Sea of Japan. The loss of life by the sinking of the Mikasa totals 500 ofii cers and men. including detachments from other warships which went to the rescue of the vessel, and were caught by the explosion. Blew a Hole in Her Side. The explosion blow a hole in the port side of tho vessel below the wat er line. The Mikasa was a first-class battleship of 35,200 tons displacement. It was built in England and was launched in 1002. The battleship was 400 feet long, had a speed of over IS knots and carried a crew of 035 offi cers and men. It was heavily armored and carried four 32-incli guns, four teen (Much guns, twenty 32-pounders and a number of smaller rapid-fire guns. It had four submerged torpedo tubes. Mystery of the Mikasa. London. Sept. 14.—A feeling is grow ing among the members of the Japan ese colony and the diplomatic corps here that the battleship Mikasa. which carried members of her brave crew to the bottom, was destroyed by a fauatlcal sailor. He must have had help, too. There is very little wood about a battleship the facilities for flooding the magir/inos are perfect, and how the fire could hnve got such a headway in spite of the efforts of a thoroughly discplincd crew is a mys tery. BLOODY KIOT AT YOKOHAMA Mob Numbers 5,500 and Seems to Have Been Organized. Tokio, Sept. 14.—Advices from Yoko hama say that a riot occurred there shortly after 32 o'clock Tuesday night. The mob was divided into two bodies numbering about 5,500, mostly coolies, boatmen and outcasts. Eight police boxes were demolished and burned. The mob directed its attack against three objects: The police stations, the residences of the custom officials aud the largo commercial houses. Four hundred troops were sent from Toklo on a special train a little before dawn, and soldiers are now guarding the consulates, the warehouses containing explosives and the oil tanks. The governor of the prefecture and the mayor of Yokohama have Issued proclamations instructing the people to place confidence in the ability of the authorities to restore order. Six hundred Russhtn prisoners of war from Karafuto who ere staying at the dif ferent hotels have been placed under a special guard. During the riot the police used drawn swords, while the mob was armed with pistols and swordsticks. The casualties among the police were three severely wound ed and thirty-seven slightly injured. Tho mob set fire to the police boxes by soaking hats in oil, firing them and throwing them at the object of attack Quiet has apparently been restored. Troops are now guarding the foreign consulates, churches, convents and ho tels, and cavalry is patrolling the ftreets. One hundred and nineteen arrests have been made. It is under stood that the riot was incited by agi tutors from Tokio. IiHlammatory pla cards were posted in the slums Tues day iiiut were torn down by police. The mob used many short iron burs, nud had kerosene ready, showing that there wits some organization. It had threatened to burn alj the police boxes, which threat was forestalled by the precautions of the troops. No anti foreign sentiment exists, and there is a growing feeling in business circles that the rioting is senseless and mis chievous and must be strongly sup pressed. HOLY WAIt AND BLOODSHED That Is the Substance ofl'the Dispatch es from Cuucnsiu. St. Petersburg, Sept. 13.—A holy I war 1ms been proclaimed by the Mo hainuiedans in the Caucasian districts of Zangezur and Jebrall, where Tar tars are massacrJug the Armcuians without distinction of sex or age. Tho I country is swarming with bands of Tartars. At the village of Minkend 3,000 Armenians were slaughtered. Dlspatchcs say that mutilated children were thrown to Jh© dogs pngjhp few survivors were forced to embrace la-' lamlsm In order to save their lives. A dispatch from Tifils says: "Many Social Democrats were killed ot, wounded in conflict with Cossacks at the town hall and many were trampled to death In a subsequent panic. Two thousand Social Democrats had forced an entrance into the town I hall which was closed owlug to the' celebration of a religious holiday, the beheadiug of John the Baptist. Revo lutionary speeches were mhde and the chief of police ordered the meeting to disperse. 'According to the official account the crowd rather roughly handled the commissary of police, whereupon the third company of the Poltava regiment was summoned. The commander of the company ordered the demonstra tors to disperse, promising not to ar rest them if they obeyed. Shots were then fired on the Cossacks not only from the town hall, but from the court yard afid the street. A force of riot ers assembled in a neighboring house broke through a wall leading to the hall, which was closed owing to the the Cossacks aud police, wounding a Cossack and a policeman. The Cos sacks thereupon fired ou the rioters. Official figures give the casualties as twenty-three killed aud fifty wound ed." riNLAND LOOKS L1KK CIVIL WAIt tiusslaii Authorities Seize &,OOO Rifles In Possession of the People. Helsingfors, Finland, Sept. 13. The customs authorities have seized n,()00 rifles in the possession of peo ple In the neighborhood of .lakobstad, ou the Gulf of Bothnia, which were believed to be from the unnamed steamer sunk by her crew Sunday, as stated In these dispatches yesterday. The steamer was discovered by the customs officers twenty miles outside .lakobstad, and on the captain declar ing that she was loaded with rifles and ammunition was ordered Into port to be discharged, when suddenly sev eral explosions were heard, the steam cr grounded in shoal water, and the crew escaped in life boats. What has become of the crew is not definitely known, but Finnish revenue cutters have been ordered to watch the coast Hue of the Gulf of Bothnia for them. Further details of Sun day's affair show that when the cus toms officers boarded tho steamer they were received by twenty of the crew armed with revolvers. The chief cus toms officer was permitted to visit the cabin, where after negotiations last ing an hour he was told that he and his fellow officers had the alternative of leaving the ship or being blown up with her. Kntmtrii Has Typhoid Fever. New York, Sept. 14.—Three physi cians who are attending Harou Ko mura, the chief of the Japanese peace envoys, decided that the baron has typhoid fever. His intended return to Japan, via Seattle, tomorrow, has becu postponed, and nurses were hastily summoned to ltis apartments in the Waldorf-Astoria hotel. The baron's temperature was 102 degrees and he was said to be very ill, though only In the first stages of the fever. The decision as to his illness was reached after a eousultatio nof Doctors Fran cis I*. Delafield, George Brewer aud W. B. rritchant. Armistice Ordinance Is Signed. Gunshu I'aKs, Manchuria, Sept. 15.— Major Geuoral Ovanosky and his suite have returned from Kochiation. Gener al Ovanosky and Geuernl Fukushima signed an armistice ordinance In the open plain near Shakhedxe, after nego tiations had been conducted for nine consecutive hours. DEATH OF MAYOR C0LLIHS Executive or Boston Ijenves There fbr a Rest and Goes to an Eter nal One. Boston, Sept. 15.—Mayor Patrick A. Collins died suddenly at Hot Springy Va.t of hemorrhage of the bowels. The news was received here by M. J. Cur- PATRICK A. C0LL158. ran, secretary to the mayor. Mayor Col lins left about a week ago to obtain a rest. He was accompanied by his eld est son, Paul. When he started south he was appparently In good healthh. Mayor Collins was one of the lead ing Deuiocats of the country. He served in congress from ISSJi to 1881), and was United States consul general at London from to 1807. Collins was born at Fcruioy, Ireland, March 12, 1844. SEVEN BURNED TO ASHES Kesult of a Panic in a Fuse Factory Caused by ati Implosion—Cas ually List. Avon, Conn., Sept. 1(5.—The explo sion of a fuse, followed by a lire In a building of the Climax Fuse company here, eausd a panic among the sixty employes in the building and resulted in the death of seven and injuries that doubtless will prove fatal to several others. In less than an hour after the explosion occurred those who were un able to escape were in the clutches of a fire that eventually burned their bodies to ashes. Lists of dead and injured follow: Head—William Burke, Jumcs Joyce, Itobert McCarthy, James Wallace, Mol-| lle McCarthy, Miss J. Sullivan and Mrs. M. B. Tucker. Most severely in jured Charles Dlmmock, expected to die Michael Canfield and Michael McCarthy, severely burned Mrs. Will In Burke, probably fatally Nora Ityan, badly burned about the ueck and back. Avon, Conn., Sept. IS. With the death of Miss Dorothea Legeyt, the number of fatalities following the ex plosion and fire In the factory of the Climax Fuse compauy. has reached eleven. Seven persons perished in the fire, and four died Saturday, in each of the latter cases inhalation of flames being the primary cause. Ninety-nine people g'» out to join the wild hunt for happiness, and the hun dredth man stays comfortably at home and wins it. CONTRIBUTIONS 10 Judge Parker Makes Some Com ments on the New York Life Revelations HE DECLARES THEY ALL DOIT Sayi Such Gifts Are Vicious and De bauch Public Conscience. Men Who Make Them Have No Polit ical Convictions Outside Their Owu Financial Interests, and Expect Re* payment. Esopus, N. Y„ Sept. 18. Ex-Judge Parker, the Democratic candidate in 10004 for president of the United States, referred to the charges made by him in the presidential campaign last fall that corporation funds woro being used in aid of tbe Republican campaign. To a correspondent of the Associated Press who called at Rose mount, Judge Parker's home, and asked him if he had anything to say' in relation to the statement made by Vice President George W. Perkins, of the New York Life Insurance com puny, before the legislative committee investigating the insurance business, to the effect that President John A. McCall, of that company, had caused a contribution of about $o0,000 to be nnide last year to the Republican na tional campaign fund, Judge Parker said: Says They All Contributed. "Yes. 1 believe I ought to any, now that there is no political excitement to distract the public attention, that the president of the New York Life was uot the only such contributor. The officers of other great life Insurance companies, such as the ICquitable and tlie Mutual, also contributed from the policyholders' funds for campaign purposes last year. What has been proved in the case of the New York Life will undoubtedly be proved in the other cases. The facts exist, and honest and able counsel backed by an honest committee will undoubtedly bring them out for the public good. Also the Other Corporations. "Were there an investigation of rail road. manufacturing and other cor poration it would be fouud that these life insurance officers were not the only corporation officers who put their hands into the treasury and took out moneys belonging to widows and or phans to help secure a partisan tri umph. That their acts were unlawful and their purposes corrupt goes with out saying. They intended to have the money used, as it was, In corrupting the electorate. NO POLITICAL CONVICTIONS lllen Like McCall, Says Parker—Busi ness Is Their Only Politics. "Mr. Perkins makes the point that Mr. John A. McCall. the president of the New York Life is a Democrat. Ap parently he would have the public as sume that when Mr. McCall unlawful ly and wrongfully contributed these funds—the company's share probably as a member of the underwriting syn dicate—it was evidence of political \irtue rather than misconduct. The truth about it Is, and 1 say it with out feellug. but emphatically, that men like McCall have no political convic tions that stand in the way of their personal advantage. Such men desire the triumph of that party which will better serve their personal financial in terests, and will for contributions, past, present and future—continue to protect those Interests by lenient h' islatlon aud by pretense at execution of law which shall be tenderly hliuil to all their offenses. "Their one inquiry Is: 'Will the par ty organization In its hour of triumph remember our generosity and respond to our demands?' Of course the organ ization does remember, for it expects a similar contribution next time. Aud the expectation is not in vain. The officers responsible for these raids upon the treasuries of corporations have received their reward In .* unembarrassed raids upon the publh through trusts—condemned by both common and statute law: in refusal t« punish criminally the officers of rail road aud other corporations violating the laws, and in statutory permission to manufacturing corporations to levy tribute on the people. "There can be no hope of checking the unlawful aggressions of officers of great corporations so long as they may thus form a quasi-partuership with the organization of the dominant political party. For In the hour when the ad ministrative official seeks to punish the offender he is reminded by the head of the organization of the magnitude of the contributions of the corpora tion. "It Is not my purpose to claim that the Democratic party subjected to rtie temptation which has overcome the other party during tho last few years would have acted differently. Mere party advantage should not be sought from the disclosures made in tills in vestigation. But the facts should be diligently sought, that the people may become so aroused that they will in sist upou legislation making it a crim inal offense for officers to contribute corporate funds for political purposes and depriving the apparently success ful candidates of |Jielr ollices." Balks Court with 1(1 tie. Des Moines, la., Sept. 1(1.—Holding a rifle leveled at the head of Judge J. B. Slaughter of Carbondale, John Barker made a daring escape from the I court of that officer. Barker was on trial ou a charge of attempting to start a riot and the Carbondale court room was filled with witnesses and specta tors at the time. During the progress of the trial Barker asked permission of the judge to leave the court room for a few minutes. He was granted the leave, but Judge Slaughter took occasion to follow the prisoner out. of doors. No sooner had Barker passed I around a comer of the building than he ran for a buggy standing near by and jumped in. When the judge came toward the buggy Barker reach ed down to the seat and picked up a ritle. Korea in Typhoon^ ftrasp. Seoul, Sept. 15.—Three storms which attained the velocity of typhoon, have swept Korea. The town of Gcnsan is Hooded, aud at Seoul many people have been drowned and build ings destroved. The tmiii service has been Interrupted. Telegraphic Raport* of Important Events Occurring During Past Few Days. VAIN HAPPENINGS 0T A WBSK Item. or Special Interest Canftht from the Wire* and Prepared for Our Readere. IndWinola, la., Sept. 15.—Four men were billed, six were seriously Injured and a dozen more were Btunned by & bolt of lightning which wrecked a crowded poultry exhibition tent at the county fair here. The tent was 'crowded at the time by the people who had gone Into it to escape tbe rain, which was responsible for the large IOSB of life in tbe disaster. The lightning bolt struck tho tent pole and split it wide open, tho lightning radi ating over the tent and tearing it into shreds. Four of the occupants were iustautly killed, half a dozen burned, perhaps fatally, and a dozen men, women and children were stunued. Thousands of chickens in the coops were killed. Rescuing parties went to work nt once and cleared the wreck age of human bodies.- They were re moved at once to undertaking parlors and those dying to the hospitals. Phy sicians were called and sent from Des Moin»s. Almost at the same hour lightning struck a livery barn aud seriously Injured Charles Simmeron. MURDERED MAN FOR HIS MONEY Body or George R. Griewold, Iowa Insurance Manager, Found la the Raccoon River. DPS Moines, la., Sept. 18.—George R. Giiswold, state manager of the State Mutual Life association of Wor cester, Mads., was brutally murdered and his body thrown Into the Raccoon river. Robbery was the object, the man's pockets being turned inside out. 10very article of vulue but a plain gold ring had been removed. The Identi fication was made by means of letters aud papers in his pockets. (iriswold has been missing from home since Tuesday. At that time he left for Omaha, Neb., and purchased a Great Western railroad mileage ticket. The murder was probably committed wear the depot, a blunt In strument being used to knock him seuscless. The dead man was a for mer resident of Omaha, coming here to take charge of the State Mutual Life two or three years ago. He leaves a wife and three children. De tectives have no clew to the murderer. THREE KILLED TWENTY HURT Collision on the Baltimore aud Ohio— Unideutltied Man Fouud Cut to Pieces. Chicago. Sept. 18.—Three persons were killed and a score were injured In a collision between east-bound pas senger train No. 14 and a light engine on the Baltimore aud Ohio railroad, cue mile west of Kiinmet, lud. The dead are Stephen Snyder, Garrett, lud., engineer of passenger train Frank Smoots, Chicago Juuetlou, O., baggngemaster man supposed to be Walter Wilsou, Zanesvlllc, O., stealing a ride. Twenty were Injured, but all save three were able to continue their jour ney. Those taken to tbe hospital were: R. O. Dnilev, Dixon. III., sever al had gashes In the head: George B. Heukl, Welsh Kun, I'a compound fracture of the right leg Mrs. Louise Macholz, from some place in Iowa, several bad gashes in the face and one ou the back of the head. TAKES BACK HIS WIFE tu O. Martin, Hx-Husbancl of Nan Patterson, Remarries Her—^Will Live at New York. Washington, Sept. 18.—Nan Patter son, who was tried twice at New York for the murder of Caesar Youug, tbe well knowu bookmaker, has been re married here to her former husband, Leon G. Martin. The cere/uouy, which was performed by Rev. George F. Dud ley, of St. Stephen's Episcopal church, occurred at the Patterson home, and was witnessed only by the members of the family aud a few lutlmate friends. The couple left lu the afternoou for New York, where they will reside. Miss Patterson and Martin were divorced three years ago as part of tbe Caesar Young affair. S?n:tHoMt Blr«l. The golden crested wren is tho small est not only of British, but of all Euro* pean, birds. Its average weight Is 'jnly about eighty grains troy, so that It would take seventy-two of the birds to weigh a pound. The length of the feathers is about ttiree aud a half inches aud the stretch of the wings about five inches, but when the feath ers are taken off the length of the body does uot exceed one Inch. A Great Idea. "Did you eve notice that most of the sudden and disastrous fires are due to spontaneous combustion?" "No, but I've often thought spon taneous combustion would be a splen did thing to keep on tap for lighting the kitchen fire." FISHING TUG RUNS UNDER FIRE ceptlon at tbe United States consulate by local merchants. Secretary Taft said that he had examined the Chi nese boycott closely. The Chinese, he said, want United States goods bud ly, and having already lost $15,000, 000 by tbe boycott are finding out that they are cutting off their nose to spite their face. Germans Repulse Hottentots. Berlin, Sept. 18.—An official dis patch from Harushas, German South west Africa, says: Major Melsler's column of colonial troops cng:tg*l the insurgent Hottentots westward of here Sept. 13. After five hours' fight ing the natives gave way, leaving six ty dead. Two Germans were killed, and twelve, lucludng Major Maereker. were wounded. New Orleans Fever Report. New Orleans, Sept. 15.—Following Is the yellow fever report up to 0 p. m. yesterday: New cases, 40 deaths yesterday, (I. There was nothing new in the local situation beyoud the In crease lu the number of new cases and deaths. In the country the situa tion at Tallulab is improving. The Shamrock. In Irelaud only ouc shamrock Is known. It Is nu indigenous species of clover which trails along the ground among the grass In meadows. The tre fold lenvos ure not more than one fourth the size of the smallest clover usually Been lu America uiul are pure green In color, without any of the brown shading of white and |ink clo vers. The creeping stem Is hard and fibrous and difficult to dlslojge from the earth. On St. Patrick's day the true shamrock has to be searched out among the grass, for, though compara tively plentiful at that season, It grows close to the ground. Later It bears a tiny "white crown" blossom. The Information lhat fliunirakli Is the Arable word for trefold may be of service to those Interested lu the origin of the Irish race. Varied Commencement Addreaaea. An anxious inquirer was discussing with Bishop Prendergast the complex nature of some of his episcopal duties. "I should think you would find giving addresses at commencements particu larly trying/' said the inquirer qucs tionlngly. "I do," sighed the bishop. "How can you rnauagc to find anything original to say year after year?" prob ed the inquirer, determined to get at the root of the matter. "Oh, I don't," said the bishop, his face lighting up and expanding Into a whimsical smile. "I dou't say anythlug original. Each time I simply use different adjectives.1 —Philadelphia Ileeord. Tommy—May I stay up a little.lon ger? Kthel—What do you want to stay up for? Tommy—I want to see you aud Mr. Green playing cards. Mr. Green—But we are not going to play cards. Tommy—C^., yes, you are, for I heard mamma saying to Ethel that everything depended on the way iu which she played her cards tonlgh^ tXU I*a«t Mild Ilia Prevent. "What do you know about his past?" asked Mabel. "Just enough to make me a little suspicious about his present," said Maud, examining with a magnifying glass the diamond ring the young mau had scut her. Obvlatlnir the Itnlea, Mrs. Flat—1 always Insist that my husband wear evening dress when he dines at home. Miss Sharp—Yes, he told me tluit was the reason he took almost all of his meals downtown.— Detroit Free Tress. "^fVT D11 HI* Bent. The Woinnu-—George, this Is the an nlverwiry of the day on wlileli I prom ised to l»e yours. Have you forgotten it? Tlie Brule—No. my dear. I couldn't. But I've forgiven it.—Exchange. Dr. Ikt ShiUffH. Monday, October 16, (one day only) and return onct every 28 days. Office horns 0 a m. to 5:30 p. m. independence, Gedney Hotel, Tuesday October 17. •e Upper Purl of the Little Vessel Shot Away by C'uiindlaii Cruiser Vigilant. Erie, Pa., Sept. 18.—"Americans never surrender," shouted Captaiu Nels Kasel of the fishing tug Henry G. Barnliurst to the commander of the Canadian cruiser Vigilant in Lake Krie iu the afternoon, In response to a signal to stop or the boat would be lired upon. The Canadian's reply was a volley from the guns of the Can mlian patrol boat. Thereupon was started a wild chase for the boundary line that lasted almost an hour before the Karnhurst. the largest and best built tug in (he fishing husiuess out of this port, crossed the line and made off home with cargo ami crew. One mau fainted the fireman, with shovel poised, and two or three are said to have been wounded by splin ters. Thirty shots struck the Barn hurst. and the Canadians worked des Icrately to overhaul the boat. The whole upper part of the Ibiruliurst was shot away, and fifteen shots left unmistakable signs of great damage. TaH SHIIK for Ifoirie. Yokohama, Sept. 18.—Secretary of War Taft aud party sailed at 'A p. in. yesterday for San Fmnclseo ou the steamer Korea amid Japanese enthusi asm. Secretary Taft was given a re- is an eminentV successful specialist in all nmla diseases, proven by the many cures •uc'edinchroalo cases which 1 ivebaffled the lll ot all other physicians. Ills hospital ex* •trleaco and extensive prrwico have made bin »p.'otident that ho can nnmm and locate a dls* •L HO lu a fe\/ minutes. Treats all ""-able cnnes el Catartb, Nose, hroat and .Lung diseases. Eye nod l£tir, tomach, Liver and Kidneys, Gravtt. it' euma* HID, Paralysis. NouraMa, Nervous and Heart Ureases, Blood SUtn d) -oases, Eollepsy. •right's Disease .«• Coriumpttca in early tw diseases of theliladder and t1emaloOrgans, .lmiorand Tobacco habit. 8tammerlng cured ind sure methods to prevent its recurrence given. A never-falling remedy for Bit Keek. PILES, FISTULA^ ana RUPTUitF guaran* I'Mjtl cured without deteatlon from business. MMiclal attention given to all Surgical -iiftttN, amt all diseases of the Ey.'( JESar, Wo*e and Throat. (•lasses flttnd und guaranteed* Granulated •Ms.Cataract, Cross Kyos straightened without pain. NERVOUS DEBILITY. "V* Her Cardn. ft a nervous and. despondent: weak and dnhllitatod tired mornings no ambition—life* memory poor easily fatigued excitable aud l/rltable eyes sunken, red and blurred: ntmnio.oi! face dreams and nigbt losses rest* Ian*! haggard^looking weak back deposit In •"'oa aud drains at stool: dlstruslfub want n# ia1 ein:mt loergy aid strength? Private Diseases a 8pec ialty, Blood Poison, Nerroueneia, DizzineM, Da* •ottve ttdtnory nod otne aliments wo'ch ruin ody ai«l mind prt«Htv«dy. ourae. WONDERFUL CURES Perfected In old cases which have beta lected or unsklllfully treated. No expert or failures. Ho undertakes no n"uraMr but cure thousands given up to die. Consultation Free and Confidential Address, DR. WH BERT SHALF KNBER8ER. 146 Oakwood Blvd.. Reference: Dresel State Bank *44*tt4444***4*«4««tt444444«ir u. JS S O School Clothes. I ^TRAfiCQT) 3 a. 4i C/) 2 "i & 00 •a E' QC V) 9 O 03 4» o. •o 03 & O 03 IS "o V) lO a h- & 2: •am imruianemiy «u# c&8G) nt vnoevnees a sends ie incurable aome without tffklag a •e from them. This Is why he ooatlaues fits (sits year after r. while other doctors have ?aUe a few visits and stopped. Dr.Shailenber- The school bell is most ready to ring again. School clothes are all ready for boys of all sizes. Fabric strong making strong: sowing strong break places made strong. Our remarkable prices and the appearance of our School Suits make the inducement to buy here strong. Our School Suits always give our patrons the best of satisfaction. 5Ms[lcM High quality and low prices are in happy accord. Stllfilttfv liitSil J. H. ALLEN, Clothier and Merchant Tailor. SOLID .SILVER AND PLATED WARE. If you contemplate purchasing silverware of r.ay description, it will pay you to examine my new lino of up-to-date patterns, suitable for presents for any occasion. I also carry a fine line of IIANIONDS, WATCHES, CHAINS, CHARMS AND RINGS. In fact, anything in the jewelry lino that fancy can desire. ,Call and see our new goods, whether you wish to purchase or not. Engraving done when desired. rianchester Lumber Phone O The Regular and Reliable '""-hi cago Specialist, who has visitea Manchester, every month since 1901, will be at the Olarenw House, I W. N. BOYNTON, Main Street. Are You Going .. To Build?! -if so we can sell you well beasoned I umber at lower .prices llian you can get ,, elsewhere. We buy in large quantities at good ^advantage mid give our customers the benefit. 1 'S6- Ste J. w. KABBNAU, Mgr. 040*040«»0*0.0*040*0*0*0»C»0*0*0*{400*0*0*»0*0*0«5 •"'m. BERT B. BAXTER, Furniture and Undertaking, [Manchester, Iowa. KEEP THESE IN MIND. Tlie power of kindness. It wins when nil coercive measures fall. The dignity of simplicity. When the "frills" are off the mau is "on." The wisdom of economy. The mau who saves makes more than he saves. The pleasure of working. The only really unhappy, rich or poor, are tlie Idle. The influence of example. Pructlce does more than precept in showing tho way. The worth of character. Iu the last analysis the only real value is clear conscience. The success of perseverance. "Keep ing everlastingly at it" brings the hoped for result. The value of time. Lost capital may be restored by diligent use of experi ence. Time lost Is lost forever. The obligation of duty. Your concern should not so much be what you get as what you do for what you get.—New York Commercial. Temperameut and Food. For bilious persous a chart of life published by Professor Boyd Laynard gives emphatic warning of dangerous rocks lu the shape of sausages, pork, turtle and other commodltVss, Eelo Company.! c: must not be eaten by brain workers, chilly persons should cultivate a tasto for sardines, while irritable people are warned away from ginger, and tlie melancholy man must not touch bacon. Whitebait, It Is suggested, Is inadvis able for persons who are of an amor* ous nature, asparagus Is forbidden to those who suffer from excitement, and languid persons are told to be careful when they Indulge In peas, potatoes, arrowroot aud macaroni. Duck for some mysterious reuson is described as unsuitable for the bashful, the Irate, the pale, the drowsy aud the Inebriate, —St. James* Gazette. .• Mrs. Gusblngton 1 suppose, now that you have been abroad, you have your owu views of foreign life? Mrt. Newrich—No, we ain't got no views. We didn't take no camera It's so com* mon. HI* Nap. "How late do you usually sleep on Sunday morning?" "Well, it all depends." "Depends on what?" "The length of the sermon.*^ -v.! Time's Driver. BlukB—Time runs ou, eh? Now, what makes time run on? Bunks—The spur of the moment, I suppose.