Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-07-06
VOL. VIII

oer VI priSStS prcseuI was Nv iathoi
Tom Sherman, who has charge of the
retreat, delivered four lectures daily
Father Sherman was rendered recep-
ten at Hyde Clark Post rooms by the
G. A. r. of Dubuque, and he was en-
| Enthusiastically received. lie delivered
an address to the veterans in which he
| related entertaining stories of his ex-
| perience. At the conclusion he was
given another reception by the Catholic
| club.
| Charles Wilson, of New London,
/ abused his wife and she ran away from
home, going to Fairfield, Iowa, where
! she secured employment In hotel He
! at last learned where she was, followed
field was the scene of bloody tragedy
as the result thereof. lie went to the
hotel and called for his wife. Then,
after quarreling for some time, she at
tempted to run away from him, upon
which he drew revolver from his
pocket and fred two shots into her
body. Then, dropping on his knees,
he fred two shots at himself, one miss
ing the mark and the other one lodg-
ing in his head. Both will probably
die. Wilson seems to be bad citizen.
for he attempted tokill his wife num-
Der Of times, and barely escaped the
penitcntiary ut one time for assaulting
! her with an AK in Muscatinc.
opened doors at Des Moines in the
Equitable block. The directors and
stockholders hello meeting and elected
j. II. Farmer of Sioux Rapids, to take
the place of J. A. Mills of Nevada, on
the board of directors, which is now
constituted as follows: Albert Head,
vice president Green County State
bank, Jefferson. A. o. Garlock, vice
president State Savings bank, Rolfe;
Geo Fa;rburn, president Pocanontas
County bank, Fonda; Geo. L. Brewer,
! president Security bank, Rockwell
City; S. T. Prouty, lawyer and capital
list, Des Moines; n. Il. Raymond, law
yer and reporter supreme court Des
Moines: V. f. Newell. Des Mones; j..
W. Reed, Baxter, Reed & Co., bankers,
Ida Grove; l.. Linebarger, president
Oxford State bank, Oxford; j. b. Bur-
ton, Burton Il Cassell's bank, Kellogg;
J. X. Farmer, cashier Farmers bank,
Sioux Rapids; Robert Easou, president
Bank of Scranton, Scranton;C. T. Cole,
cashier National Bank of Corning,
! Corning: Charles Yale, cashier Bank of
Yale, Yale; c. L. McCarty, stock and
gram, Jefferson. The state auditor is
sued the certificates and the capital
stock paid up was SIS, 600, which is $50,
900 more than the officers thought
would he paid up at this time. There
are between fifty and sixty of the best
men in Iowa among the stockholders.
who represent in the neigh borhood of
ZOO, 600. Capt. Albert Head, the
president, and V. L. Newell, the cash
Ter will have charge of the manage
ment
The Iowa revenue commission which
was appointed under law passed by
the last Legislature has completed its
work and filed its report with Secre-
tary of State Mcfarland. The report
was fled by VIM. Flemming secretary
of the commission, 1t consists of bill
for the consideration of the next legls-
ture and covers the entire field of rev.
eight sections. Accompanying the bill
is an explanatory report of 600 words
The main feature of the proposed syS-
TEN of taxation Is to bring the assess
ment OF property in the state up to the
actual cash value. This Is made
obligatory upon the assessors, of which
there are to be three from each district,
instead of two as at present. Real
estate is to be assessed every five years,
but improvements upon it are to be
assessed at present interval. The state
board of equalization, therefore, will
only meet every five years. 1t will be
increased by appointment of eleven
additional members by the executive
council which now constitutes the
state board of assessors In order to Sc
cure an assessment of property at ex-
change value 1t is proposed to reduce
all tax levics in proportion to the IN
crease in assessment and it must be re.
duced one-half. The law provides for
collateral direct inheritance taxes as
outlined by the bills introduced by
Senator c. III. Catch at the last session
of the Legislature. 1t also provides for
taxes on corporate franchises, another
of Colonel Gatch's plans, Telegraph
and telephone lines and express COM
panies are to be taxed B per cent. OF
their gross receipts, this sum to &c
direct to the state treasury. Two sys.
ton. The first is the present system
and the second is the Pennsylvania sys-
TEN. BY the latter plan all state rev.
enues are to he direct from the rail
roads and the other corporations to the
state and the counties get none of it.
This plan involves abolition of the state
board of equalization Each county
would fix its amount of assessment and
send it to the state treasurer for collec
1
ton. All members of the commission
agree upon the report and close by
sitting down on Henry Georges single
tax theory.
Mrs L. i. Stewart, living near Man
chester, slipped and fell in such man
ner as to break her hip and wrist. IT
is feared she cannot recover from the
injury.
Nearly all of the Sioux City banks
have held their seni-annual meetings,
and only two or three Of them have de-
clare1 dividends. Officers of some OF
them say they have earned the usual
dividends, but they do not wish to pay
out the cash on them at present and
will add it to the surplus accounts
One or two declared dividends, paya-
BILE later in the year.