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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-02-17
Reckless Man with a Gun.

Marion, o., Feb. IA shooting af-
fray occurred here Saturday night
among colored people in which James
Woods was killed, Lizzie Hines j Johnson
MORALLY wounded, and number of
others received wounds which were not
serious. Winfield Lewis, better known
as bad Eye" formerly of Columbus, o.,
did the shooting. After killing Woods
he recklessly shot at every colored per-
son in sight and then escaped.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-02-17
GRAIN TO THE GULF,
Des MOfnes Firm Prepares for
Change of the Dig Shipments.


Change of the big Shipments.
The MacFarland Grain company of
Dcs Moines has concluded that the
grain traffic from that section will
hereafter be diverted to the gulf. AS
q result it has abandoned its elevators
at Madrid and other points on the main
line of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul, tributary to Chicago, and will
enlarge its plant in Des Moines by the
construction of an elevator at which
100000 bushels of grain a day can be
chaned and handled.
This change is due 10 the absorption
of so per cent. of the stock of the Keo
kuk O. Western railway by the Kan
sas City, Pittsburg & Gulf railroad
and the proposed construction of a
connecting link between Gainesville,
Mo-, and Kansas City, giving direct
Des Moines connection with the gulf.
Part of the link is completed.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-02-17
President VIII Attend.

Philadelphia, Pa, Feb. 10. = The Uni
versity of Pennsylvania has received
word from President Mckinley that he
will be present on February % at the
annual function of the university in
celebration of Washington's birthday
and will address the faculty and stu
dents. Many other prominent men will
be present
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-02-17
Defense Takes a New Tack.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Feb. 12.-When
court opened Friday morning for the
trial of Sheriff Martin and his deputies
who are charged with the killing of the
strikers at Lattimer, the defense intro
duced new feature in the cross-exam-
ination by endeavoring to show that
the evidence of the witness was in
fuenced by the hope of securing dam
ages from the government in the event
of a conviction.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-02-17
Japan Seeking n Loan.

Vancouver, B. c., Feb. 11.-Late ad.
vices say that Count Inouye, japanese
minister of finance, has in view the
raising of loan in the United States of
from 10o,0OO,0Oo to 150,O0O,o00 yen
through the instrumentality of Mr.
Dun, eX-United States minister.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-02-17
JaDan VIII Stick,

Paris, Feb. 11.-Official advices re-
ceived by the foreign Office from Peking
say Japan has notified China that she
intends to keep WeiHai-Wei perma-
nently. China, in notifying the Chi
nese ministers abroad to this effect, di-
reefs them to notify the powers also
that, in view of this, no foreign loan is
required, as the purpose of the loan was
solely to pay the japanese war in
demnity
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-02-17
INHERITANCE TAX VOID,
Town Law Held to He Unconstitu-
tiOnal by Judge ThOrneIl.

Council Bluffs, Ia, Feb. 14.-In the
district court Saturday Judge Thornell
declared the Iowa collateral inheritance
tax law unconstitutional because it fails
to provide for legal notice and therefore
takes property without due process of
law. The law was assailed by the heirs
of Frank c. Stewart, of Carson. Ia, and
as this is test case it will be taken to
the supreme court. Its outcome in
wolves nearly 700 estates and taxes ag.
gregating over 100000. The state
claimed the right TO take property with
out notice and that the notice of APP
pointment of administrator or executor
was sufficient
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-02-17
Bought Up All the Coal.

London, Feb. ia dispatch to the
Daily Mail from Singapore says: Eng
land has bought up all the Welsh coal
available here and at Chinese and Jap
anese ports for the British fleet. There
is much excitement in the foreign COM
munity over the fact.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-02-17
A Lucky blacksmith.

Word has been received from Frank
Roberts, who went to Alaska year ago
from Jolley and took up claim in the
Klondike, that he has sold his claim for
$50 900, after taking from it $4,000 in
gold over and above his expenses. He
is now on his way back to the states
with $4,000. Mr.. Roberts run black
smith shop in Jolley prior to his de-
parture for the gold fields.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-02-17
Suicide of n Baron.

Ell Paso, Tex, Feb. 11.-Baron Hard
en-Hickey, French nobleman, son-in-
law of II. M. Flagler, the Standard Oil
magnate, who achieved fame by at
tempting to become prince of Trinidad,
committed suicide in this city Thurs
day by swallowing morphine.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-02-17
Fed to the Dogs.

San Francisco, Feb. 11.-Chinese dis
patches say the black plague has broken
out in the eastern Yunhan. At Chan-I-
Chico, GOO deaths occurred in two
months. The people are throwing dead
bodies to the dogs.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-02-17
FavOrs the Strikers.

Denver, Col, Feb. 1.-THE state
board of arbitration rendered its de-
cision Friday night on the questions
in dispute between the miners and op.
orators of the northern Colorado dis
trict. The board found in favor of the
striking miners in every PARTICULAR.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-02-17
Seekinc Ice-Bound Men.

Seattle, WASH, Feb. 1.-THE United
States relief expedition to the whalers
and whaling vessels now in the icepack
off Point Barrow has been landed al
Cape Vancouver, and is now started
away across the bleak stretch of snow
and ice, LAO miles. When it will ar
rive at it's destination, if ever, is merely
coniectural.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-02-17
To Answer Senator Lindsay.

Frankfort, KY, Feb. 1.-THE house
adopted the senate resolution providing
for a democratic joint committee to Sc
cure and reply to an official copy Of
Senator Lindsay's recentspeech.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-02-17
FATE OF BARRiOS' ASSASSIN.
Was Killed Imme diately After Shoot
ing the President of Guatemala.

ing the President of Guatemala.
Washington, Feb. II. - The official
confirmation of the assassination of
President Barrios came Thursday into
the state department in the following
telegram from Minister Hunter at
Guatemala City, dated Wednesday:
stantly killed last night while walking
with two military officers near the palace.
The assassin, while attempting to escape,
was Immediately killed by the presidents
staff. Manuel Estrada Cabrera, tempo
rarily the constitutional successor, has
been peacefully installed. All quiet" "
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-02-17
A Lovers Quarrel.

Middlesboro, KY, Feb. IA special
from Gate City, Va, states that Miss
Mollie Vincent shot her lover. Taylor
Wyatt, and then committed suicide.
They lived in Moccasin valley.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-02-17

The appropriation committees are
nearly through with their hearings of
state institutions, and inside of two
weeks they hope to be able to report
their findings to the house and senate.
If they do this, bills will be placed on
passage at once. and the legislature will
adjourn probably by the 25th of March,
at the very latest, and sooner if the
board of control bill does not provoke
more controversy than is now expected
The legislature cannot be held i'm ses-
sion very long on any subject after the
appropriation bills have been passed
Three Important bills.
Three important questions will be
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-16
Descendants of the King.

To this day the descendants of his body guard keep constant watch over the tomb, ever expecting his awaken ing to a new and grander career of conquest, as predicted by the Mongol legends.
 Under a huge canopy or tent of white felt rests the coffin of pure silver con- taining all that remains of the Great Khan" Beside it is his saddle of gold. his two-bladed sword and his bow with his arrows, planted feather up in the ground. The Ordos revere him as god, and recognize no other. Their chief, the King of Djoungar, Is his thirty-seventh and last direct male de- scendant. He lives with his five wives
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and his niece. the nearest to him in the line of descent, in wonderful palace built of bricks that were transported on the backs of camels across the wide desert.
 Tn this lonely place far out in the desert from where any people would choose an abiding place these people have lived for nearly seven hundred years, generation after generation, with no other object than to guard the slumbers of him whose career was, as they believe, but interrupted for a time, expecting him to arise and again lead them on and finish the great work he began in directing the destiny of the nations of the world.
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GIRLS BACHELOR CLUBS.

' F you wish to see a group of pretty,
 vivacious, intelligent and thoroughly independent nineteenth century l maidens, of true American type,
 just stop long enough at Cape May,
 New Jersey. to catch a glimpse of the Bachelor Maids Club, an associa- ton of twelve charming marriageable young women, who have banded to- gether to protect themselves from the wiles of unworthy members of the other sex
 The members of the club are the Misses Lillian Miller, Marion Hand Harriet Hall, Louisa Bush, Edna Bailey, Reble Doak, Emma Ewing. Lot tie Hughes, Ethel Kennedy, Louisa Whitney, Louisa Miller and Florence whitney. The organization has only three officers-Miss Lillian Miller, pres ident; Miss Marion Hand, vice -presi- dent. and Miss Harriet Hall, secretary and treasurer.
 While the duties of the president are somewhat exacting, in consequence of the grave responsibilities imposed upon her, the functions of the treasurer are not especially burdensome. The presi- dent is supposed to know the inward life and yearning of each member of the fraternity, and to give kindly ad- vice in all matters affecting the dig nifty, character and loyalty of the or ganizatiOn.
 The perpetuation of celibacy is not contemplated as every member is in favor of marriage, but it must be a marriage of the ideal standard set by the club. Accordingly the twelve young men somewhere in this broad world who would willingly marry these twelve winsome misses must throw away their vices and prepare them selves to answer some questions like these:
 Do you drink, or smoke, or chew, or wear a silk hat in summer with a blue serge suit, or lie in bed in the morn ing while your father shoVels coad into the heater. or give expression to wicked words when you strike your thumb with a hammer?
 Do you earn enough to support a wife? Can you see a flower store with out being directed to it? Do you write love letters with a pencil? How many cousins of the feminine gender have you; What becomes of your temper when you lose your collar button? Do you ride last years wheel? Are you fond Of ice cream and soda water and poetry? Above all, do you sympathize with the members of the Bachelor Maids Club in their efforts to promote happy marriages?
 Should these questions be answered satisfactorily the ideal man may get the number of votes necessary to make him happy for the balance of his life.
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be placed in a specially prepared sep ulchre. made ready to receive it. This sepulchre is little larger than an or Glnary coffin, and the body is placed in 1t prone. At the head of the sepul- chre is small hole to which is at tached tube. through which by means of a fan wheel current of dry chemlcaliZed air is gently driven over the remains, escaping through a sim liar hole near the feet. Prior to enter Ing the sepulchTe the air passes through an open vat of sulphuric acid. The chemical action of the acid upon the air removes all moisture from ii. Alter leaving the coffin or sepuIchre the air passes through a hot furnace and returns to the outer world through Q tall chimney. The furnace kills any infectious germs which the air might nave caught up in passing through the coffln. The body is subjected to the dry air process for thirty days Then the current is stopped, the tubes are removed and the body is in a state of preservation in which. it is claimed. it will remain for centuries The features dO not alter in the least nor does the skin discOlOr. The latter, it is said. at tains white, marblelike appearance. and the flesh becomes hard and firm. While the process reduces the weight of the body. it does not seem to re- duce it's bulk
 The first experiments were made upon the bodies of animals. In the case of even pig, despite the thickness of its cuticle, the effectiveness of the pro- cess was demonstrated to the satisfac- tion of the experimenters. In nine weeks the pig was reduced in weight from twenty-two pounds to seven and half pounds, although it remained to all outside appearances as plump and round as at first. This experiment was particularly interesting on account of the dissection that followed the com pletion of the process. The effect of desiccatiOn upon the tissues were as certained; interstices were left where the fatty matter had been. and the dry ing of the muscular and fibrous tissues had changed the interior of the sub ject to a cellular and spongelike struc- ture.
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Siberia. Besides travelling over more than 1000 miles of entirely new routes through regions heretofore almost un- known to the outside world. M. Banin was able to achieve the distinction of being the first European ever received by the Ordos and allowed to visit the sacred spot where rest the remains of the great Tartar chieftain
 The place is called "Etjin Karo." The Palace of the Lord,' and lies about eighty miles south of the city of Khoukou Khoto, on the Hoang Ho down the valley of which the explorers s route laid.
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THE TOMB OF GENGIS-KAHN.

The Ordos are a strange people. transpianted by an accident, as it were. from another land to a place not of theirs own choosing. They are the descendants of the Tartar hordes whom Ghengis Khan was leading from the wilds of Mongolia to the as- sault of the Great Wall of China, when he was assassinated at the instigation of his third wife, "Bagha Etjin," "The little Sultana.
 Here at "Etjin Karo," where he died. far from his seat of power at Samar- cand, his remains were placed in I227, under the care Of his immediate fol- lowers, the soldiers of his body guard.
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"mummifed" remains will be found in placid repOse.
 To render premature burial-or. more properly, premature desiccation-im- possible, as soon as a body is placed in the sepulcher an electrical apparatus is adjusted to it, so that the slightest movement of limb or muscle will start an alarm in the chief watchers room and also in the office, which will con- tinue ringing for hours or until the body is visited. A specially devised in dicator will direct the attention of the custodian to the particular sepulcher in which the movement has taken place. In addition to this a custodian
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birding themselves upon their good looks. resort to the photographers art to assist them in their mute eloquence. Photographs come from everywhere, from Maine to Texas, but, like the let ters. they are consigned to the flames.
 Miss Marion Hand the vice president, received some days ago a loving epis- tie from self-styled young farmer in far-away Oregon. who begged piteOus- ly for her likeness He was profuse in his indorsement of the principles of the club and prayed that permission might be granted to Miss Hand to answer his
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It was foreign to the purpose of the club tG attract the attention of the out side world when it started upon its eventful career at the close of last sum mer, but so much publicity has been given to its unique methods that al- most every mail brings letter bub- bling over with love to some one of it's members The curious part of it is that these missives come from entire strangers, who naively declare that they are waiting to marry just such sensible girls as the Bachelor Maids.
 There is another class of men. who.
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Experiments were then tried upon human bodies, with the same satisfac- tory results. One of these bodies. that or man who weighed 164 pounds, was watched continually for a neriod of eight months after having been sub- Jected to the treatment, and at the end of that time the skin had not discolored in the slightest. It was as white as at first, although dry and hard. and when touched had a feeling somewhat like leather. The face and features were as perfect as when the man died.
 From this and other tests scientists claim that disiccation by this method will preserve a body from all traces of
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~ ONE six hundred miles west of
 Picking, the Tartar capital of the
 Chinese empire, under the great obend of the Hoang I1o, or Yellow
 River. in the country of the Ordos. a strange people hitherto but little known, stands the tomb of the once mighty Mongol conqueror, Ghengis Khan.
 The spot was visited some months ago by the famous French explorer, M Banin. in the course of his remarkable journey from Tonking across the up- per valleys Of the Yangtse Kiang and Hoang Ho to Aurga, in Southeastern
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On entering the great building the visitor will find himself in a beautifully decorated hall, not unlike the main halls of our big hotels. The walls will be frescoed, not with with scenes of sorrow or images recalling unpleasant memories but with bright, rich and de- Hcate d"~igns, and at the end of the hall vii a spacious and beautifully arranged conservatory. On either side of the hall doors will open into recep- tiOn and retiring rooms, and elevators
 as in a modern hotel, will take visitors to the floors above' Here, as well as on the main floors. doors will open into private rooms. and in these rooms the
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~ l ldSL SClenCe mas aWdkH0eQ
 N to the need of a more modern
 E and less grewsome method of
 dispOsing of the dead than by 4 E burial in the ground. For ages
 the question of this disposition of humanity's mortal remains has at tracted the attention of learned men of all countries, but without a solution any more satisfactory than cremation.
 Now, however, a body of scientists have invented a plan that, it is claimed, will dissipate much of the gloom of death and abolish the bar barrie custom of interment. They pro- pose to build huge mausoleums in the suburban districts of New York that will. be homes for the dead'-build- ings fashioned after the pattern of great palaces, and as artisticany and cOmmOdiOusly arranged inside as any library To these sumptuous quarters the future dead of New York will be taken and placed in handsome private rooms, where they will be subjected to a simple yet effective process that will preserve or ''mummify" them for all time to come. Years after Q per son is dead his or her friends may drive up to the magnificent building, through it's lowered lawns, and by simply entering one of its scores of pri- yate apartments gaze upon the life like form and features of the departed, whose remains lie there as if in sleep.
 Reese Carpenter, an official of a large nearby cemetery, prOnounces the new method an admirable one. He says that by it the bodies of the dead can be preserved intact for an indefinite period of time-foreVer if desired that 1t will take from future funerals and last ceremonies all their most har- rowing features, and will enable rela- tives and friends to participate in the rites without detriment to their own health. as is now so often the case. It will make it impossible, he says, for a person to be buried alive.
 When a body is taken to the pro- posed mausoleum it will immediately
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It takes a brave young fellow. howev- CT. to face the three pretty officers of the club, and unless he be well versed in diplomacy he is likely to fare the worse for the encounter.
 As yet no constitution or bylaws have been adopted. but the inhexible rules prevailing make it obligatory upon the part of the prospective bridegroom to go under probation for one year. At the end of 365 days he is to appear be- fore a board of examiners, consisting of seven members, exclusive of the one whose hand he is seeking, to undergo
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decomposition and transform 1t into condition in which it will remain an in definite length of time. In this climate moisture is not regained in sufficient quantity Co reinaugurate decay.
 The architectural design of the pro- posed mausoleum is very elaborate. The building is to be surrounded by lawns and flower bordered drives. and if the intentions of the men who are to erect it are carried out it will, to a visitor appear very much like one of our great public museums or libraries. Nowhere ing or anything 10 indicate the pres ence of death.
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another rigid examination as to his purposes and ambitions in life If he passes this trying ordeal he has no further trouble tC fear
 It frequently happens that the care fully groOmed and industrious young men of the wave swept city are asked to attend informal receptions and musicales. and the promptness with which they pen a reply to the daintily perfumed card of invitation is sufficient evidence in itself of the high esteem in which the Bachelor Maids Club is held
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will regularly visit each sepulchre.

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 The entire cost of desiccating body and giving it a permanent resting place in this masoleum will be but $70. Pri- vate rooms will, of course, cost more, just as do suites of rooms in a hotel. and the rich man who desires such an expensive apartment for the sepulcher Of himself and his entire family will be charged accordingly, and he may law ish as much money for decoration and encouragement as he desires.
 The estimated cost of the first mau- soieum to be built is somewhat over $500, ,000 exclusive of land, and it will accommodate 15, 900 bodies.
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communication. Thus far the club has refused to vote upon the question, and the probabilities are that the lovesick farmer will be denied the realization of his supplicatiOn.
 CLUB BROKEN UP BY A MARRIAGE.
 CHICAGO, Jan. 15.-The coming mar riage of Miss Minnie Olson. president of the Anti Marriage Girls Club of Ev- anston, will break up the club. 1t.was formed three months ago by ten popu- lar society girls of the suburb, who had