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Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-03-08
IOWA CONDENSED ITEMS.
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Des Moines has a cotton mill company,
with a capital of 500. 900
Mrs Henry Witt, wife Of prosperous
farmer living near Davenport, suicided
on the afternoon of March 2. by taking
poison.
Mary Pozkana, Bohemian, committed
suicide by drowning in well at Williams,
March 2. She was sixty-three years old
She was laboring under temporary fit
of insanity.
A fatal accident occurred on the North.
western road at Woodbiuc. Feb 30. A.
G. Loomer brakeman. fell between two
cars of moving freight train, was run
over and instantly killed The body was
cut in two and fearfully mangled. He was
twenty-eight years old and lived in Coun.
Gil Bluffs. He leaves a wife and two
babies.
A Clinton special, March 3 says: About
3 OF clock this afternoon the alarm of fire
was sounded. On fastening to the spot
woman and her two.yea--old child were
found wrapped in the flames, glass
kerosene can having been broken near
stove, soon catching fire. The babe
was burned to a crisp and lived only
about an honr. The mother, a strong
German woman, wife Of Frank Brewer,
aged about thirty, was badly burned
about the head and limbs and cannot live
till morning. The building was slightly
damaged.
Dubuque, March 8: Morris Spats, a
resident Of this city for the past six
months, was arrested here this evening
by the sheriff on charge of bigamy. He
deserted his wife and four children in
Bradford, Pa, came west and married
girl in Des Moines. The mother of the
latter is now here on visit to her daug-
are in very destitute circumstances, being
supported by the town. He made his
first appearance here as a street fakir
about six months ago, and afterwards
opOhSu olSl houoC, NhlCh hC buDSCs
quently sold out. His arrest was made
at the instance Of the Pennsylvania au-
IhOrties. He took his arrest very coolly,
but his wife and her mother are nearly
crazed over the denouement. They were
completely taken by surprise. His trial
will take place here. Spats is man
lbout thirty.fiv years of age, fat. jolly
boxing fellow, and very plausible in
peech and manner.
Sister Mary Francis Deseio died at the
Mother House of the Sisters Of Charity in
Table Mound and was buried Feb. 30
She was member of the order for more
than forty years. Her name in the world
was bliss Kinsela and she came from
Prairie Du Chen.
Sioux City special, Feb. 80: The prop
osition to give 3 per cent tax to aid the
construction of the Sioux City & North
ern railway was carried at to-day's cleo.
ton by majority of SIT. The road is to
be built to Marshall, MINI, station on
the Manitoba line, the taxes to be paid
whom the first thirty-ive miles are com.
pleted. The tax in this township will net
about $3.50, 600 The election was carried
by handsome majority in the face of
determined opposition.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-03-08
A SINGULAR CASE.
Insurance Companies Deny the Death
Of u Policy Holder.

Topeka, March 1.-The celebrated
IIillmun insurance cases were begun Feb.
90 In the United States Circuit Court be.
fore Judge o. L. Shiras, Of tho Iowa
district. There are three Of these cases.
In which Salie u, llillman brings suit
against the following companies 10 recover
the Insurance upon her husbands life:
Matual Life Of New York. Connecticut
Mutual OF Hartford. aud New York Life.
The policies aggregate total Of $i5, 900
Tho plaintiff Is the widow Of John t.
Hillman. The whole controversy turns
upon the question whether John f. Hill
man died, rs Is claimed in the plaintiffs
petition There has already been two
mis.lrirls of the case, Several years ago
nUlmnn, who then resided In Lawrence.
Kansas with his wife, took out these
policies on his life running for period
or three months, aud paid the premium.
Directly thereafter, In company with
man named John Brown, he went to
Wichita with tho intention Of getting
together nm outfit and starting out
through the southwestern part Of the
State with the declared purpose Of hunt.
ing a location for u sheep ranch The
party started from Wichita with tho
usual outfit After being on the road
some days they parted company one night
ut u lonely place near Medicine Lodge
Early the next morning Brown alarmed
tho neighbors and stated that he had ac-
cidcntully shot aud killed his travelling
companion, llillman, and upon their ar
rival at the camp fire the ncighb rs found
man lying dead. with n bullet hole
through his head, Brown informed them
q. l.. 4.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-03-08
A BAD ACCIDENT.


CLINTON, Feb. 2s.--A serious wreck
occurred at the Chicago, Burlington q
Quincy and Chicago, Milwaukee & 81.
Paul crossing, east OF East Clinton, In
Illinois, last night. The Milwaukee train,
n half hour late, approached the crossing,
stopped, then ran ahead going south.
The G., b. Il q. train, run by Que Of the
new engineers named Pearce, taking the
place of the strikers. came down the
long grade at a rapid rate and did not
slacken the speed, as he did not know Of
the crossing. us he had never been owe"
the road before. The G., B. q q. engine
struck the Milwaukee, mail and express
car and crushed 1t TO pieces. The Mil,
waukee tender from the engine ripped
up the track. then leaped off the high
grade. pulling the train after IL. No
lives were lost, but eight trainmcn were
injured, as follows: J. b. Dano, Of Fui.
ton, married, conductor of the 20"
right hlp hurt, head cut; Mr.. Lancaster,
of Fulton, married. express messenger
Of 20" back hurt and otherwise
bruised; Civil Engineer Pearce, Of Aurora,
acting engineer, head hurt; Fireman
Chaplin, of Chicago, head swollen aud
otherwise bruised; Mr. Secger, Of Fulton,
married, roadmaster of the O." three
ribs broken and otherwise seriously
injured (hc Is said to have had hemor.
rhages, and his wounds are the most
serious of any);P p. II. Wilhelm, Of Rock
Island, married, rout agent OF American
Express Company In Illinois, head badly
cut: T. Morrison, express messenger on
the Milwaukee. unmarried hiphur and
body bruised Thomas Corcorau. mechan'
ic OF Mendoza. cut in head.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-03-08
OVER FORTY LIVES LOST.
A Terrible Disaster ON n California
Ferry Steamer.

VALLEJO. Cal, Feb %. A disastrous
explosion occurred yesterday at South
Vallejo on the ferry steamer Julia. plying
between South Vallejo and Vallejo sta
ton. The steamer was about TO leave
her moorngs few minutes after8 o'clock
u. IN, aud had about seventy persons Oh
board, many OF whom were going across
the strait to work In the lumber yards on
the other side. Just as the deck hands
were hauling In the lines there was loud
explosion, and n sheet OF flames sh in
the air. Those who were on deck at the
time were hurled overheard by the force
of the explosion and several OF them kill
ed outright by being struck by pieces OF
debris, which were sent flying In all
directions.
The explosion attracted the attention
of persons living in the vicinity and men
rushed TO the wharf There seemed To
be but little for them to do. as most Of
the passengers were below decks NJ
the lime of the explosion and were
either killed outright or drowned when
the water poured in on them.
TO add TO the intensity OF the scene,
large watts of petroleum stored on the
wharf for replenishing the tanks OF the
|
caught fire. and the flames spreal rapidly.
The fire companies were unable to accom-
plish ANYTHING. as there was no water
owing to the tide being out, aud fifteen
minutes after the explosion 800 feet of
wharf, the freight depot and telegraph
offices were burning. When the tide
came in they managed to get supply of
water. and at noon had the fire under
control.
While the fireman and others were
irving to save the wharf, large number
of boatman were rowing around the
wreck seeking to recover the bodies. A
| number of men from the United States
navy wards at Mare Island and from other
steamers assisted in every way TO save
the remains of the passengers. Soon
| after the explosion the steamer burned
| To the waters edge and sank to the bot
tom with the greater number OF victims
buried un der The debris in the cabin,
II is believed that between thirty and
forty lives were lost Up TO a late hour
twelve bodies had been recovered, two
of which were burned beyond recogni.
ton. The names of half of the passen
gers, who were on the steamer ut the
! time of the explosion, ARE not known.
and il is impossible to tell how many
sank with the wreck, but at least fifteen
who are known to have been on the
steamer are still missing. Twelve or
fifteen other persons who escaped were
very severely injured.
The record of the Julia is bal one and
this is not the first terrible accident on
that steamer, The cause of the disaster
is not known. though it Is generally be
lieved that the explosion occurred in the
boiler But the impression also prevailed
that fire was in some way communicated
to the petroleum tank and that the ex
plosion occurred in that quarter. Vallejo
is twenty nine miles up the bay from San
Francisco.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-03-08

House.

A number Of petitions were presented
and various committees reported, The
following new bills were introduced; BY
Thompson TO amend seCt'ol 1881 Of the
code in relation to the time Of paying
school fund by the county treasurer, BY
Mcfarland, TO repeal section Sli Of the
code. in relation To deducting debts on
on property listed for taxation,
The following bill passed. Bill OK
tending tocities organized under special
charter the provisions OF chapter l9e of
the goth General Assembly Ii makes
the powers and duties Of mayors OF cities
Of the first and second class applicable TO
cities organized under special charters.
The bill to prevent Incorporation Of
cities within three miles of cities OF the
first class was ordered cngrossCd Also
the bill to legaliZe the ordinances Of the
town of Kingsley, Plymouth county
llousc.
DIS MoINEs, March "A number OF
petitions were pIcScntcd, mostly on
railway legislation, aud some committees
reported on several mimportant bills Mr.,
Chautry introduced II +, 533, to define
and punish conspiracy IN the purchase Of
stock. grain aud other produce Referred
To agricultural committee When the
calendar was reached, II. /. $50 by
Anderson, of Warren. was called up, H.
i. $50 was referred, on motion OF
CumminS, 10 committee on municipal
corporations with the idea that ii he
made to apply 10 large cities II +,
2sH, by Wilson. To amend section
9i5 OF the code in relation to the time
the township clerk shalt certify drlin.
Qucnt road tax, was indefinitely postpon'
cd II, f. 3l5, by Bycrs, Ia give the
board of supervisors power Ia ASSESS lam
ares in the condemnation OF land along
streams to avoid building bridges, II r.
255 to provide for assessing aud taxing
telegraph and telephone lines was taken
up aud sundry amendments offered The
principal effect Of the changes Is 10 make
the hill take effect next year aud not i'm.
mcdatcly, as originally proposed. II, +,
Mr. Craig aud is intended 10 prevent
fraud, bribery or undue influence IN pm
mary elections conventions aud eau
cuscs." The bill, after some debate, was
ordered cngrosscd The special order,
the maximum freight bill, was taken up
mp and discussed. but no vote taken The
Judiciary Committee OF the House, 10
whom was referred the CasSat, mining
hill for an opinion rs ~ It's constitution.
ality reported, Their opinion was that
the questions submitted are not free from
doubt, aud that the subject Of the bill
lies near the boundary line OF Legislative
authority. aud such doubt can only be
removed by the final decision OF n judicial
tribunal.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-03-08

White. OF Indiana introduced a pre-
amblc and resolution in relation To the
strike on the G., b ~ q railroad. that u
special committee OF i've members be ap'
pointed by the Speaker to proceed at once
To Chicago aud there investigate the con
dilion Of affairs relative TO said strike,
aud that they be empowered and request
Cd To act as medialors between the Chi
cage, Burlington Il Quincy Railroad
Company and Chief Arthur and bring
about n settlement Of the pending troubles
aud differences which will be amicablc
aud agreeable 10 both parties. So that the
strike will terminate The resolution
was referred to the Committee on Com
mcrCc, Several bills were introduced.
aud among them, one by Weaver of
Iowa. Tor public buildings at Oltumwa
and Oskaloosa
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-03-08
JOB WORK.,
SUCH A.
Cards, Blll.Asads, Circulars, Pos,
tsrs, Etc.,
aXscurap TO ORDER IN run ksArssr ASp
PRoNrrHsr uASNRR AND At
REASONABLE RATES.
uApply here before ordering e,ss~he,

Chandler offered u (which was
agreed to) instructiug the Selec, Commit
tee on Indian Traders TO inquire into the
methods OF alloting lands in scveralty TO
Indians on Indian reservations in the
northern portions of Wisconsin aud Min.
ncsota aud rs TO the sale 81 timber on
those lands The unfinished business,
the pension bill, was laid aside and the
urgent deficiency appropriation bill
taken up for consideration, After some
discussion aud without ayotc, the Senate
adjourned.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-03-08
DOINGS IN CONGRESS-.
Public Buildings In Sioux City and Bur-
lington, Iowa.
The Batsls-dag blair
Educational BHi-.Homes FOR Dis
abisd soldiers and sailors.
SENATE.


WASHINGTON, Feb, ~. The Senate bill
for the purchase CT site and the erection
Of government building Uhc cost not 10
exceed 81 200, 000) was taken from the
calendar and passed, The bill passed to
authorize the Omaha, Hayes City Il South
western Railway Company and the Chi
cago, Kansas \ Western Railroads to
build their roads across the Fort Hayes
military reservation, The Senate then
resumed consideration OF the bJl grant
ing pensions TO cX,soldiors and sailors
who are incapacitated from the perform
ance of manual labor and providing for
pensions to dependent relatives Of dcceas.
ed soldiers and sailors, the question being
on the adoption of Calls amendment
making the bill apply to those who served
In the war with Mexico or for thirty days
IN any Indian wars. The amendment
was agreed to, A lengthy discussion fol
lowed, participated In by Cullom, Mnnd
crson, Davis. Plumb. Faulkner, Teller,
Beck and Blackburn, after which the bill
went over without action, and the Senate
adjourned
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-03-08
NEBRASKA AND WYOMING.

Its TRAIN SERVICE is carefully arranged
to meet requirements of local travel as we'll
as to furnish the most attractive Routes for
Through Travel between important
TRADE CENTERS.
Its EQUIPMENT of Day and ParlOr Cars.
Dining and Palace Sleeping Cars is without
rival.
Its ROAD-BED is perfection, OF stone
ballasted Steel.
The Northwestern is the favOritc route for
the Commercial Traveller, the Tourist and the
Seekers after New Homes in the Golden
Northwest. Detailed information checrfully
furnished by
L. c. VANDENBURGH. Agent,
Audubon. Iowa.
J. NJ. WHITMAN II. G. WICKER.
Vice Pres. and Gen. Mgr. Traffic Manager
+. 7. WILSON, Gen. Pass. Agent.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-03-08

The five story building occupied by
Barnes Bros, Detroit, as paper ware
house, burned. The losses will aggregate
alhO 900.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-03-08
Hit II Both ways.

Arkansaw Traveller.
Matthew StelfcmS Is II Chicago police
man who has had 4 streak of luck. MANY
day, when the mercury ran low, has
Matthew shivcred on State and Harrison
streets and contemplated the unhappi.
ness Of the policeman lot. One cold
night last month I'M idea flashed forth
upon his inner CONSCIOUSNESS ant grew
upon him as he trod the ice along this
weary beat, impclling him almost against
his will 10 WOO the tickle goddess For.
tune.
And so he took two dollars Of his hard
earned wealth and bought two tickets,
each but tenth coupon, in the lottery
whose monthly drawings are Overseen by
those two eX.Confcdcratc warriors, Beau
regard and EARLY. And when on the 9TH
Of February the drawing occurred il tran
spircd that Matthew's presentiment was
tip from his good angel for one of his
tickets was tenth of No. II ,515. which
drew the first capital prize of $3.50, 900,
while the other drew tenth of prize OF
800 The latter wasn't much but it
showed the fellows luck.
A Traveller reporter dropped in at the
HarrisOn.st. station day or two ago Just
for the sake of seeing how such lucky
man might look, but Stclrcns was gone.
He had got his Sl5 900, bought IL saloon
on State street. and taken train To the
Hot Springs of Arkansaw 10 thaw out
the cold that had accumulated during the
recent blizzard Clerk Daniel Hogan was
on hand, aud said he saw the Sl5, 900
when it came, on February 18th. all in
$500 bills in Southern Express envelope,
from the Louisiana State Lottery.
MIR. Stetfens will return to Chicago in a
few days, when his many friends will
have ii chance to congratulate him at his
saloon, at No. 3S5 State street He is
now on leave of absence, but upon his
return he will send in his resignation as Il
police officer, and with such a comic
BILE little fortune as has thus come to
him. like a gift from the gods. he can
take life easy, and meyer shiver on u beat
again.
THE FIRST DEATH.
Marshalltown Qa.) special: The first
death at the Iowa soldiers home oc-
Cured to-day. John Peck, of Du-
buque, aged 80, died at 4:20 this morn
ing of Bright's disease of the kidneys.
The remains were sent to Dubuque.
The death leaves 4l2 on the rolls.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-03-08

Owns and operates nearly $50 miles OF thor
oughly equipped road in Illinois, Wisconsin.
Iowa, Missouri, Minnesota and Dakota.
It is the Best Direct Route between all
principal points in the Northwest, Southwest
and Far West.
For maps, time tables. rats of passage and
freight, etc. applyto the nearest station agent
of the CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE Il ST. PAUL rail-
way, or to any Railroad agent anywhere in
the World
r. MILLER. A. V. II. CARPENTER,
General Manager. Gen1 Pass and Tkt Agt.
J. +. TUCKER, GEO. II. HEAFFORD,
Asst Gen'l Mgr Asst Gcn'l Pass II Tkt. Agt.
MILWAUKEE. WISCONSIN.
esF'FOr information in reference to Lands
and Towns owned by the Chicago, Mlwaukee
& st. Paul Railway Company, write to II. G.
Haugan, Land Commissioner, Milwaukee, Wis.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-03-08
HOUSE

The Committee on Public Lands
reported the bill TO secure to actual set
tiers the public lands adapted to agri'
cultural purpose and 10 protect forests on
the public domain. Printed and recon-
mitted The House then went into the
Committee Of the Whole on the bill to
authorize the Secretary of the Treasury
to purchase bonds with the surplus reyc'
nuc. After some debate the bill passed
Eulogics were delivered ON the late
representative MoiIatt, and the House
adjourned.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-03-08

A memorial Of seven hundred miners Of
Michigan, protesting against n reduction
OF the duty upon iron ore, was referred
to the Committee on Ways and Means
The House resumed in Committee Of the
Whole the consideration Of the hill for
the organization of the territory Of OSla'
homa. The House went into Committee
Of the Whole on public building measures
The bill approprialing $500, 900 for u
site for public building at Omaha
Neb,, was agreed TO with an amend
mcnt reducing the appropriation to
$i00. 900, When the bill for the erection
of an Appraisers building In the city of
New York was called up, Kerr, Of Iowa.
spoke In opposition 10 spending the
surplus In the erection Of public buildings
until some line Of policy in regard to
taxation Is determined on Afcr II speech
by Cox, Of Now York. the bill was agreed
to unanimously. The site aud building
will cost 81 800, 600. A bill was also agreed
to appropria,ing $500, 900 for a building
at Milwaukee
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-03-08
HOUSE.


WASHINGTON, March 9, "A letter from
the Secretary of the Treasury showing the
probable loss by the destruction OF United
States bonds was laid before the House
The House In Committee OF the Whole
resumed consideration Of the omnibus
bill" which provides for the payment OF
thirty odd claims for supplies used for the
army during the war, reported by tue
court of claims under the provisions OF
the Bowman act. Lee, of Virginia,
offered an amendment appropriating $500,
900 for the relief Of the Protestant Epis'
copal Theological Seminary and High
School of Virginia After considerable
debate il was adopted
The bill was then agreed to ana
reported TO the House. Pending action
the House took a recess ill 1850
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-03-08
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 90 The bill to
establish National Art Commission was
taken from the calendar and passed The
bill TO provide for compulsory education
Of Indian children was taken from the
calendar and discussed. Dawes (who had
charge Of the bilD approved the substitute
for the bill offered by Vest when last I'M
der consideration and II was amended aud
passed The Senate then resumed con.
sidcraiion of the bill granting pensions TO
cX soldiers and sailors incapacitated for
the performance Of manual labor. and
providing for II pension to dependent
relatives Of deceased soldiers and sailors,
Wilson, Of Iowa, moved mn amendment to
insert the words from innrmitics Of
age. so as to pension all cx.sodiers suf'
fcring from inhrmities o. age, or from
mental or physical disability, Pending
discussion on the amendment the Senate
adjourned.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-03-08
SENATE,

WASHINGTON, March THE Senate
pa, sed II resolution directing the Prcsl.
dent to negotiate treaties to cut cT all
Chinese immigrants. The credentials Of
Wilson. of Iowa. aud Walihall for new
terms were presented The pension bill
was then taken up pending the question.
being on the amendment offered yestcr'
day by Wilson, Of Iowa, to add the words
From inllrmtics OF age" Without a
vote on the amendments the Senate ad-
journed till Monday.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-03-08
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, March 8, Reagan report,
ed adversely from the Posioflice anu
Postroads Committee the Edmunds ana
Culom postal telegraph bills and report
cd favorably the original bill To regulate
interstate commerce carried ON 10y the
telegraph companies TO the supervision OF
the Interstate Commerce COMMITTEE.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1888-03-08
HOUSE.

WASHINGTON. March 3-After reports
from various committees the House re.
sumed consideration of the Pacific rail-
road telegraph bill White. of New York
opposed the measure. After remarks by
Symes of Colorado. aud Dockery OF
Missouri. White offered n substitute.
which was rejected with dcrision, and
the bill passed-yeas, l9i: nays, 4. Inc
nays were Bliss Keicham, Morrill, and
White of New York. Adjourned.