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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-07-21
The Englis!, Tostofnce In 1877.

The postmasters were free from all
public Offices, from liability to quarter
soldiers, and they received gazettes free
of postage, "wherewith they advantage
themselves in their common trade Of
selling drink, and they have their sim
gle letters free to London"
The rates of postage in 1877 were
comparatively low. A single letter ii.
e., letter consisting of one sheet Of
paper only-could be sent for any dis
lance up to so miles for twopence, and
and beyond so miles for threepence. A
letter weighing an ounce cost eightpence
for 80 miles and shilling beyond.
The mails were dispatched from Lon
don about midnight on Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays and were due
to arrive in London early on Monday,
Wednesday and Friday mornings. They
were carried on horseback at the rate Of
five miles an hour, and they were liable
to detention of not more than half an
hour at each postoffice (stage) on the
road. England was divided into six
trimmings, or roads-viz, west, Bristol,
Chester; north, Yarmouth and Kent,
starting from Plymouth, Bristol, Ches.
ter, Edinburgh, Yarmouth and Dover
respectively. and Queries.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-07-21
Gray.

Gray needs another grain buyer.
J. Barnjck was at Audubon Satur.
day.
L. Groteluschen was in Audubon
on business Tuesday.
Al. Miskimmons, of nesr 'Fempleton,
delivered hogs here Thursday.
When delivering horses here Satur
day Henry and J. p. Nedrow met with
an accident. One of the horses jumped
onto the buggy and broke it.
A daughter of Adolph Hansen, age
about Is years, was found Saturday
fastened with fence wire to porch
post and in very uncomfortable posi-.
ton.
Our creamery is doing a good bust,
ness. The milk for June was 2S7, 3OS
pounds making 1882 pounds of butter
which Melted liz cents. Among in
dividual customers Swaney's had 49,
S45 pounds of milk and 512 pounds of
butter and Clousen's had S,076 pounds
of milk and 314 pounds of butter.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-07-21
The Sunday School Lesson SimpIified
for the Children.

1st Kings 81 to 16
After the big rain that Elijah prayed
for King Ahab went home and told his
wicked wife, Jezebel, that Elijah had
caused her prophets of Baal to be killed;
and she got very angry and said she
would have Elijah killed inside of
twenty-four hours. Then Elijah got
frightened and ran away down south of
Jerusalem to lonely place where there
were no houses or people. In this lonely
place Elijah asked God to take him home
to heaven. He told the Lord all his
troubles and then laid down to sleep
under small tree. An angel woke him
and showed him cake baked on some
Goals and pitcher of water. He ate and
drank and laid down and slept again
and was wakened again by an angel who
told him to eat again for his journey
was great. Then he ate again and started
on his journey. On and on he went and
did not get hungry again for forty days
till he came to great mountain called
Horeb, with cave in it and great rocky
doorway. Here he hid himself. There
were no people on this lonely mountain,
but one day Elijah heard Gods voice
calling him to go and stand on the
mountain before him. So Elijah
climbed the mount and watched for the
Lord to pass by. First came great,
strong wind, but God was not in the
wind; after the wind came an earth
quake and split the mountain. but God
was not in the earthquake; after the
earthquake fire, but God was not in
the fire; after the fire still small voice.
and the voice said what do you do
here Elijah and he said, "Oh Lord,
Ahab and Jezebel want to kill me. They
have killed all the good people and 1 don't
want to live any longer" Then God told
him to go back to the land of Ahab for
new king was coming and also new
prophet who would help Elijah do the
work that God gave him to do. Then
Elijah started back to Ahab's country
not afraid of Ahab or Jezebel, saying to
himself, IF the Lord be for me who can
be against me- and no doubt thinking
of our Golden Text which says: "Rest
in the Lord and wait patiently Tor him."
J. A. KERR.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-07-21
Trans mississippi Exposition Omaha
SOME COMING SPECIAL DAYS.

SOME COMING SPECIAL DAYS.
Aug. 4, Stenographer.s Day.
o. Iowa Knights of Pythias Day.
10. Red Mems Day.
II, Tennessee Red Mems Day.
ID. st. Joseph Day.
Is, Business and Fraternal AS,
sociatiOns Day.
IS, Texas Day.
%, Des Moines Day.
%, Sioux City Day.
q, Bohemian Day.
80, Missouri Day.
Sept. l, Kansas Day.
3, Editors Day.
5, Labor Day.
6, Colorado Day.
Rocky Ford Melon Day.
Z, Port Arthur Day.
s, Fraternal Union of America
Day.
9, Lumbermen's Day.
Woodmen of the World Day.
10. New Mexico Day.
IA, National Shriners Day.
Is, New England Day.
10, Oklahoma Day.
Is and 10, Modern Woodmen
Days.
20 and q, Iowa Days.
"a, Commercial Travellers Day.
Oct l, Chicago Day.
Z, Knox College Day.
Il, 10. o. F. Day.
Is, Tennessee Day.
Other Special days to be announced
later.
Gorgeous electrical illumination of
the Grand Court
Unrivaled show features on the Mid
way.
Reduced rates on all railroads.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-07-21
Getting Even With Him.

Papa" said the little girl, "who do
you love best in the world?"
OF course she thought she knew what
he would reply, and he knew that she
thought she knew it, says the Chicago
Post. Consequently he decided to tease
her.
Daisy" he replied.
Daisy was her sister.
She thought it all over, and then she
climbed up in his lap.
"Papa," she said, 81 wish you would
ask me if I love you or mamma best"
Every WE'LL" he returned. "Do you
love mamma or me best?"
Revenge is sweet, but even SO q ten.
der hearted bit of humanity does not
like to be too harsh.
"You won't feel very, very bad If !
tell you, will your" she whispered.
He promised that he wouldn't.
"Well," she said. "then guess 4
love mamma best"
Yes revenge is sweet
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-07-21

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attain an Independent condition in life,
no better chance is afforded than the
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This locality is forging to the front
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tock-raising.
For further information regarding
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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-07-21

JAMES A. SOMERVlLLE, NJ. D.
physician AND SURGEON. ONCE at
1 residence, first house north of public
school, Audubon, Iowa.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-07-21
PHYSICIANS AND DENTISTS.

r. +. CHILDS, M. d.
physician AND SURGEON. Office over
I BackmanS Shoe Store, Audubon, Iowa.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-07-21
r1illiOnS Given AWAY,

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lie to know of one concern In the land
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tors of DR.. Kings New Discovery for
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HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND SUR
l GEON. Office in He Wald's block. Resi-
dence first house south of Park Hotel.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-07-21

Go TO THE OMAHA EXPOSITION, Via
the Northwestern Line. Excursion
tickets will be on sale daily. with limits
providing for longer or shorter sOjoHrn
according to rate. This exposition is a
great educator and should be seen by
everyone, For further information
apply to agents Chicago & North
Western R'y. 21-4w
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-07-21
Advertised Letters.

For the week ending July 20, 1898,
the following letters remain unclaimed
in the Audubon postoffice:
Nels Winter, Mrs. Mary Smith, Tida
Aardesty, r. S. Hamilton, Perley Claw
son, Harry Gates.
G. B. RUSSELL, 2. M.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-07-21

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bottle. Warranted the most Wonder
full Blemish Cure ever known. Sold
by A. H. Roberts druggist Audubon La
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-07-21

For the Trans Mississippi Exposition
at Omaha the G. M. & st. p. R'y. swill
sell excursion tickets at fare and one
third for the round trip. Tickets will
be sold June 1st to October Both incIu
sive, good returning thirty days from
date of sale but not to exceed November
18th. 20-19W.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-25
GRUESOME RELICS
 FROM THE MAINE.
The Divers Still at Work Bringing Up Ghastly Fragments From the
 MurkY Waters of the Harhnr.

Copyrighted. 1898. by James Gordon Bennett
 HAVANA, Feb. 24-The scene on and around the wreck to-day was one of great interest. All day long divers from the wrecking tug Right Arm were descending into or ascending from the murky waters that wash sullenly about the Maine's scared fragments. Now and again one Of them came up with some grim souvenir of the horror. A few personal friends Have been given some of these relics by officers of the Maine Dr. Gallagher, an American physician now visiting here, has piece of the table at which poor Jenkins was believed to be sitting, when, at the sound of the explosion, he started to his post of duty only to go to his death Other relics fondly cherished by those who have them are the little nickel number plates scores of which have been brought to the surface clinging to splinters of wood that were once portions of the officers berths.
 All this floating debris IS being re- moved as rapidly possible so as not to
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-25

The evidence that has served to con vince the board was secured by Ensign Powelson, an officer attached to the Fern. Mr. Powelson was formerly in the construction corps and took two years special course in the Glasgow School of Naval Architecture He is, therefore, competent witness. What he discovered was that the forward part of the keel of the Maine with its ribs and plates were stove upward so far that parts of the shattered double bottom show out of the water, and in places sections of the green-painted outer hull are visible.
 My informant did not think it was necessary to make any comment; neither do l. The lips of navy officers have been sealed by one of the most stringent ard aeremptory orders ever issued by the Navy Department, and by which they are commanded to give no
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-25

The sudden conservatism of the Senate arises from conviction that a rupture with Spain is about to oc- cur, and a desire not to run the risk of any false step which would enable Spain to shift ground and fix the inn mediate sponsibility for the con- fict upon this Government. The situation, too, demands that nothing should be done in this country to give excuse, however poor, for a popular uprising of the Spanish in Cuba.
 The declaration by Senator Thurs ton in the Senate that it would be a grave misfortune if our strained re- lations were to come to a crisis be- fore the completion Of the Maine in- quiry, voiced an apprehension which IS felt by those most familiar with the situation.
 The accident theory of the explo- slon IS no longer seriously consid ereo' The most conservative view is tnat the chances of an accident being snoWn are so slight that they are not worth arguing. There is good reason loI OeIleVlng that the theory has been abandoned entirely by every one ofnclally in touch with the situa- 1Ioh ana that the men in Congress "ho would be relied upon for advice ana support are no longer in ignor- ance
 put IL would be folly, and it is so recognized by the strong men in
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-25

Congress, no matter what has been their attitude toward Spain, to have anything said or done by responsible authorities which might hasten the crisis.
 Indiscretion here, either on the part of Congress or of any executive official, might endanger not only the prosecution of the inquiry, but the lives of General Lee and our officers now in Havana. Moreover, there is need of time for preparation for war. There are many things to be done which might be impossible after a declaration. For this reason it is be- heved that the investigation by the board will be prolonged as much as possible. The danger of their posi- tion will render it necessary that the investigation in Havana be finished speedily, but on the return of the board to Key West their work will proceed with deliberation.
 There is an impression about Con- gress, in quarters where "impres- sions" usually have semi-oficial foundation, that sufficient evidence has already been found to make it no longer matter of doubt that the Maine was destroyed by design.
 A cable message was received in Washington from Madrid tonight saying Senor Sagasta denounced as absurd the report that submarine mine destroyed the Maine. He says such reports are circulated in order
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-25
CONCLUSIVE PROOF THAT FIENDISH TREACHERY
 DESTROYED THE MAINE
Even the Naval Officers at Havana, While Officially Silenced by Orders, No Longer Seek Seriously to Hide the Appalling Fact From the
 Newspaper Correspondents.

the explosion came from point be- meath the keel A plumb line dropped from a point just forward of the con- ming tower would have lain the lead, I am told, exactly on the spot where the explosion that hove the keel and plates and ribs almost to the surface occurred.
 The main force of the explosion seems to have been exerted slightly on the port side of the vessel. This IS consistent with the facts heretofore as certained Collectively these now in dicate that the contents of the reserve six magazines were exploded by the in- itial blast and that there was no explo- sion in either of the other two.
 In the reserve magazine was slowed z5oo pounds of powder in copper tanks, each of which contained 200 pounds.
 A number of these tanks have been found by the divers, all crushed and shapeless masses. It is important to note that in the six and ten inch tanks recovered the excelsior used for pack ing the charges shows no injury from flame or gases.
 The powder slowed in the six-inch reserve was used for saluting purposes only. The magazine itself appears to have been utterly destroyed, only few traces being left to show the spot where 1t was once located.
 The underpart of the ten-inch maga- zine is wholly inaccessible to divers. In the upper aisle is a tightly wedged mass of powder cylinders, too heavy for the divers to extricate, but appar- antly containing unexploded charges of powder.
 The Dow torpedo tube of the Maine has been located in the wreck. It lies in the debris forward, submerged several feet under water.
 These are the facts as have obtained them from sources that l believe to be entirely trustworthy and authentic Now I have not had the slightest hint from any member of the court as to what the verdict will be. That would be impossi-
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-25

impede the divers as they work farther into the bottom of the hulk.
 Captain Magee of the wrecking tug will soon begin using dynamite in small quantities to remove such portions of the iron and steel beams, deck braces, etc, as now obstruct his mems work. Thin slings of dynamite, much like thin pieces of tape, are used for this purpose. The tape is wrapped about the obstruct- ing portion of the wreck at point where it is desired to sever it. The dynamite girdle IS then exploded and amputation is made as neatly as bread is cut with knife.
 Around the Maine. until o'clock this evening, when the little Bache ran over toward Key West with four more of the wounded, lay the Mangrove, the Bache and the Fern. The Mangrove. on which sits the Board of Inquiry, is the center all day long of a fleet of small boats which seem drawn toward her as a magnet attracts steel filings. These are the boats of the newspaper correspond ents, to whom nothing can be vouch- safed officially until after the close of the session, and not much then. A hundred yards or so beyond the Bache, wallow- ing idly at her anchors, rides dingy black barge There is no life aboard her. but across her thwart rest several white pine boxes newly made, and above her <x.,~ o{ winged scavengers flap their .pinions lazily and soar around in circles.
 This is the Maine's floating morgue. Into this grim barge of death are car ried such bodies as are now recovered and there they swing with the tide until taken away for interment. In a close cordon tightly drawn around the wreck and the wrecking tug, which lies close against what used to be the Maine's star board quarter, the blue-c1ad tars of the Alfonso XIII still keep watch and warn off boat loads of curious persons who attempt to come too near.
 I boarded the Mangrove this afternon while the Board of Inquiry was still in session, just as a party of Cubans, in cluding four ladies. came alongside, re- questing permission to inspect the yes sel. They evidently shared the impress sion, quite common here, that the little lighthouse tender IS one of Americas ships of war. Captain Belden received them with genuine naval courtesy. and through the aid of the Herald's int CT preter bade them welcome and detailed an officer to escort them through the boat, all of.it, save the cabin, where the august tribunal which no man may ap- proach was still hard at its task-a task which may be pregnant with the fate of nations.
 The session of the Court of Inquiry this afternoon was devoted to taking the testimony of two civilians (Americans) who saw the explosion from the deck of the Ward Line steamer iCty of Wash ington, that was moored few hundred yards from the Maine, and of two divers who have been at work on the wreck for several days
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-25
Time Is Wanted in Which to Get Ready for
 HOStilitieS.
There Is Such Grave Danger in the Situation It Is Essential to Calm the Public Mind
 if Possible.

WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 24.-The Call correspondent was informed to- night by one Of General Lees closest friends that a letter has been received by him from the American ConsuI=Gen= eraI at Havana in which he states his firm belief that the Maine's destruC= tiOn did not result from accident. but from design.
 But, notwithstanding General Lees letter and the press reports cabled from Havana, the President is await ing the result and cannot be carried off his feet by the excitement, which has been renewed. 1t is stated on the best information that, notwithstanding the reports from General Lee and other officials, he will await the report of the Naval Court before making any recommendation to Congress.
 There seems little doubt, however, that the administration is preparing for trouble. The hope that war may be averted is growing weaker, but the little hope there is left will sustain the Government in the effort to keep down public excitement as long as possible.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-25

information to any one regarding this investigation.
 Right here I wish to fully exonerate Mr. Powelson He has held no com munication with me of any sort and I would not know him if I were to see him.
 In a previous dispatch I have de- scribed how the ten-inch and six-inch magazines were unseated and hustled from their place in opposite directions and ,diagonally with the line of the keel. To this 1 am able to add that the for ward boilers were overturned and wrecked There were no fires under these boilers at the time of the explo- sion. The fires were under the after boilers only
 Corroborative of the evidence given by Powelson and of equal significance and importance IS the result of the close examination made by divers yes terday. What they found indicated that
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-25

to excite the American citizens tt recognize the belligerent rights o, the Cubans. But, notwithstanding Sagasta's cablegram, the Govern ment officials are tonight strongly convinced that the Maine was blowr up by design or by the Spaniards.
 The Call correspondent learned to- night that when Sagasta's cablegran was received the State and Navy De- pertinent officials, after searching 1 the archives of the State Department found a letter from the Premier of Spain in which he sought to prove to the satisfaction of the United States that the rel,els could never succeed in taking Havana because the harbor was so we'll defended by torpedoes and submarine mines. It is under stood that the Spanish Government even went into details as to these harbor defense works, and that the letter will be given out for publica- tion tomorrow.
 The tone of the conservative press of the East has entirely changed, and to-day, without exception, the newspapers declare the accident theory must be abandoned and that preparations for war cannot be ignored.
 Even the Philadelphia Ledger, heretofore conservative, changes tone to-day and says it must be ad- mitted the Government recognizes the gravity of the situation and the combination of circumstances that may lead to war, and is preparing for trouble.
 The refusal of State, War and Navy Departments to give out some of the dispatches from Havana is considered ominous.
 There seems to be no doubt that preparations for war are being made. The commandant at the Marine Bar racks has received orders to hold his entire force of marines ready to de- part on a moments notice. To-day an intimation was given that they might be sent to Key West the pres ent week.
 Word has been sent to the Naval Academy at Annapolis that the cadets there may be required to hold themselves in readiness. The gradu- ating class, it is said, will be the first called out, but all of them may be pressed into service.
 It is undoubtedly the present plan of the Government, in the event of actual hostilities, to blockade the port of Havana and shut off all SUD- plies. It is believed Havana could not resist such blockade two weeks and that a surrender would follow.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-25
Copyrighted. 1898, by James Gordon Bennett


 HAVANA, Feb. .24.-In the light of discov- cries made yesterday and this morning there is no longer any reason to doubt that the explosion which wrecked the Maine came from underneath the vessel, and that her magazines had nothing to do with the initial explosion and played much smaller part in the general disaster than was at first supposed.
 l say it as coming direct to me from a source as authentic and trustworthy as any that exists here that snce the important discovery re- ferred to laid before the yesterday after noon the one member who was inclined to give the accident theory the benefit of the doubt has wholly abandoned the view that the initial explosion came from the inside of the ship.
The San Francisco call., 1898-02-25
THE PRESIDENT
 WILL NOT BE
 CARRIED AWAY
PREPARING FOR WAR.

TOPEKA, Kans., Feb. 24.-Al- though every effort has been made to suppress it, active prep arations for war have been in progress in Kansas for several days past. Orders were re- ceived from Washington by off, cers at Forts Leavenworth and Riley to have an men ready to take the field within twenty-four hours notice. Both forts were the scenes of great activity yesterday and to-day. It is said the men and accoutrements are now ready for immediate action.