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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-11-09

An English railway engineer has in
vented car for lessening the loss Of
life in railway accidents. The plan
adopted, which Is favorably regarded
by English experts, is extremely SIM
pie. On the ground that the danger
from railway accidents is in the tend
ency of the modern car to telescope,
and in the inability Of the present style
of buffers to take up very severe
shocks, the inventor has designed a car
that will take up and break a very
heavy shock without injury to itself.
except in extreme cases. His buffer
car is filled with powerful springs, CAL
culated to resist ordinary pressure, but
to telescope under intense strain to
one-third its normal size, thus exhaust
ing the force of the shock and saw
ing the passenger cars from injury.
The cars are to be used in pairs, one
to follow every train and another to
precede the baggage car, separating it
from the engine and tender. The force
of a collision would thus be broken,
whether it should come from the front
or rear.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-11-09

Americans can have good country
roads, if they want them. 1t is only a
matter of taking proper care of them
when they are once made, and this
must be done with regularity and sys-
tenn. In England the roadmender is
always at work. He lives in a cottage
on the road and takes care OF a section
which has been assigned to him. With
his harrow he fills the worn places
with flint and removes the litter from
the roadway, keeping it neat and tidy.
There is an inspector for every county
division, and all the roads are under
the charge of committee of the coun-
ty council. From beginning to end of
the year nearly every mile of English
country road is under the charge of a
road-mender, paid to do his work.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-11-09
LONG PERIOD OF SUSPENSE.
Crucial Ordeal Before the British
Public.


LONDON, Nov. 6.-Though the events
OF the week have aroused the spirit of
the British nation to the utmost and
though its military escutcheon has
been more stained than it ever was
before, there seems to be ahead still
more crucial ordeal-that of suspense.
Days, perhaps weeks, may pass before
word comes from the isolated British
forces in the neck of Natal Whatever
may be the business or otherwise of the
criticisms passed on General White, it
is palpable that he no longer possesses
the confidence of the public. He may
be fully able to Withstand the attacks
OF the superior Bocr force and may be
ready at any moment to execute
mastery retreat, but as long as he is
cut off from communication with the
outside world there will exist terri
BILE anxiety regarding the welfare of
the 1000 or 5000 men of his command.
The most optimistic believe that
fortnight is the minimum in which re-
Inducements of any potentiality can
be pushed to Ladysmith, and then it
may be too late.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-11-09
WAR Is FULLY ENDORSED.
Philippine Commission Says 1t Was
Unavoidable.


WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.--The Philip
pine commission yesterday submitted
to the president a preliminary report.
The report appears to be a compact
summary of conditions on the islands
as the commission left them; Of the
historical events which preceded the
Spanish war and led to the original
Filipino instruction; of the exchange
between Admiral Dewey and the other
American commanders and the insur-
gents; the breaking out and progress
of the present instruction, and finally
a statement of the capacity of the Fill
pinos for self-government. A notable
feature of the report is memorandum
by Admiral Dewey explanatory of his
relations with Aguinaldo, in which the
statement is made by the admiral that
he had no alliance with Aguinaldo.
The report fully endorses the war;
holds that the people of the islands are
incapable of governing themselves,
and concludes as follows:
"Our control means to the inhabi-
tants of the Philippines internal peace
and order, a guarantee against foreign
aggression, and against the dismem-
berment of their country; commercial
and industrial prosperity, and as large
a share of the affairs of government as
they shall prove fit to take. When
peace and prosperity shall have been
established throughout the archipela-
go, when education shall have become
general, then, in the language of a
leading Filipino, his people will, under
our guidance, become more American
than the Americans themselves.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-11-09
ENGLISH WITHDRAW.
Evacuation of CoIenso and Stormberg by
the British Troops Confirmed.


LONDON, Nov. This mornings
news carries public knowledge with
respect to hostilities in South Africa
very little further than the evacuation
of Colenso and Stormberg. These
movements, taken together with the
admiralty announcement that the pub
lie must not be disappointed should
the transports not reach their destina-
ton on the dates indicated in the pub
lished lists, may Indicate some change
of the plan necessitated by the bad po-
sition of affairs in Natal. 1t was ex-
pected that the army corps would land
near Cape Town for an invasion of the
Transvaal through the Orange Free
State, but the landing may now be di-
verified to Durham, Natal, whittier it is
expected Lieutenant General Sir Red
vers Butler will go within week or
two to investigate the situation for
himself. There is also possibility of
movement through Delagoa bay.
The Stormberg stores have been re-
moved to Queenstown, and an obvious
explanation of their removal arises out
of the Boer advance from Botulie and
Aliwal North.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-11-09
WHITE is IN BAD SHAPE.
The Landing of the Naval Brigade /,
Advocated.

The Landing of the Naval Brigade is
Advocated.
LONDON, Nov. 4.-General Whites
position is acknowledged to be SO pre-
carious that the landing of a big naval
brigade to go to his assistance is being
advocated. While rumors of Boer and
British victories are taken here to in
dictate that some serious operations
have been carried out, it is generally
recognized most of the news at pres
ent is largely surmise and must be ac-
copied with great caution. The
rumors of a continental anti-British
coalition continue to occupy the French
papers. The Daily Mail publishes the
following dispatch from Ladysmith,
dated Wednesday morning:
Matters to-day are quiet. The
Beers are apparently mounting more
heavy guns to the north and north
east, which are likely to give us trouble.
A Boer contingent, 1900 strong, and
clearly visible from the camp, is
streaming away to the south. The in
habitants of Ladysmith continue to
leave the town"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-11-09
BOERS BADLY DEFEATED.
Whites Forces at Ladysmith Reach out
Toward COlensO.

Whites Forces at Ladysmith Reach out
Toward Colenso.
LONDON, Nov. S.-Last nights well
come dispatches from the front have
wrent the veil of gloom enveloping
Ladysmith, showing the British gar
rison not merely standing on the dog
ged defensive, but executing series
of brilliant sorties. Accounts from
different sources agree that the laconic
official description of Thursdays en-
gagement as an defective Smelling of
the Boer lager" was unduly modest.
1t appears that General Sir George
Stewart White sent strong force of
cavalry and infantry to attack the
Beers at Tatham's farm, about ten
miles to the northwest, near Bester's,
and apparently achieved a surprise,
the Beers being caught on the open
veldt and cut to pieces and their camp
captured.
Later an effort was made to relieve
the British garrison supposed to be
located at COlenso. General Whites
division caught the Beers in the rear,
and after the hills had been shelled the
British infantry stormed the position.
Meanwhile the British cavalry swept
around the hills and as the retreating
enemy descended into the plains with
British bayonets behind them and the
river in front of them, they were
charged by the cavalry and seem to
have persisted almost to man. The
British then returned to Ladysmith
without coming into touch with the
Colenso garrison, which had retired to
Estcourt.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-11-09
JEFFRIEs RETAINS BELT.
Given Decision Over sharkey After q
Hard Fight.


Hard Fight.
New YORK, Nov. flames J. JEFF
fries retains the championship of the
world, Referee Geo. Silver giving him
the decision at the end of the twenty
fifth round over Sailor Tom Sharkey,
at the Coney Island Sporting club last
night. 1t was one of the most marvel
Gus battles that has taken place, and
the greatest crowd that ever gathered
in the Coney Island club house wit
messed the desperate battle for suprem-
acy. In five rounds Jeffries had the
better of the fight, in the first two and
in the last three. During the other
twenty Sharkey forced the issue and
like bull terrier, was at his man with
both hands increasingly. In those
twenty grounds Jeffries' great weight
and Drawn helped him to hold off the
sailor and in the twenty-second round
he swung in couple of vicious upper
cuts that made Sharkey groggy. Tom
came back again in the twenty-fourth
and twenty-fifth, but he was weakened
greatly by Jeffries' vicious blows. One
minute before the gong sounded to end
the fight Jeffries' left glove came off
and practically the contest was over.
The referee motioned to Jeffries' cor
ner; an American flag was flung around
the champions shoulders and the
crowd on that side and end of the arena
cheered wildly. The crowd on the op-
posite side and end and in Sharkey's
corner, yelled for Sharkey, and the
men were led back to their dressing
rooms
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-11-09
Patents Allowed.

DIES MONIES, Nov. 7.--Applications
prepared and prosecuted by us have
been allowed as follows:
To ID. B. Cherry, of Knoxville, for
Canada Patent for a manure carrier
adapted to facilitate cleaning stables.
To w. II. Tuttle, of Des Moines, for
a fifth wheel for vehicles. A ring is
fixed to an axle and another to
spring block above the axle and
spider having rollers on its ends is
secured between them, by means of a
Inch pin, in such manner that the
rollers will be retained between the
rings as to reduce friction.
. To j. c. Meader, of Colfax, for a Gus
pidor adapted to be fixed to car floor
in such a manner that it can be read
lily operated bS foot pressure to dump
it's contents to the ground whenever
desired.
To Mrs. Il. NJ. Cook, of De Soto, Ia.
for detachable stair rug adapted to
be placed on the tread of a step and
held in place by hooks or catches con-
cealed under the rug.
Consultation and advice free. Cor
respondence solicited. Valuable print
ed information for inventors sent to
any address.
THOMAS G.. ORwIG & Co.,
Registered Patent Attorneys
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-11-09
ARE AGAIN ACTIVE.
Batson's Scouts Drive Insurgents, Kill
ing Many.

MANILA, Nov. 4.-The insurgents at
tempted to ambush Captain Batsons
scouts between Santiago and Saro-
gassa, but Captain Batson charged
them and drove them out from their
position, killing and wounding several
of them. One American officer was
killed and private wounded. Gen.
eral Young's troops are beginning to
live on the country, trying buffalo
meat and rice partly in lieu of army
rations. The captures at the Talouera
arsenal include thirteen small brass
Howitzers and 500, one pound projec-
tiles.
Major Bells regiment advanced from
Guagua on Florida Blanca, which was
found to be deserted, Bishops bat
TALON is stationed there. Major Bell
also made another descent upon Porac,
pursuing the Filipinos thence into the
mountains and capturing their horses
and baggage. The American loss was
one killed and two wounded. Major
Bell reports that he has entirely de-
stroyed the insurgent cavalry that was
operating in that section
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-11-09
Soldiers After Captains.

DIES MONIES, Nov. 5.-Information
has reached Iowa that the Oskaloosa
company rebelled against its captain,
w. II. Heating, after being mustered
out, and threatened him violence on
the train unless he removed the blem-
ishes he had put on some of the mems
characters on their discharges, which
he promised to do. Captain A. F. Bur
ton of the Villisca company, who was
suspended for cowardice, remained in
San Francisco rather than risk riding
with his men after military restraint
was removed.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-11-09
FIGHTING AT LADYSMITH.
Beers Reported Repulsed In Two Hard
Fights.

Beers Reported Repulsed In Two Hard
Fights.
EsTcoURT, Natal Nov. A reliable
messenger has arrived from Ladysmith,
passing the Boer lines during the night
who reports that heavy fighting &C.
Cured on Thursday around Ladysmith.
The hottest engagement was on George
Tatham's farm, on the Orange Free
State side of Besters. The British
drove the Beers back to their camp.
The enemy suffered great loss, and
thirty mounted Beers were captured.
The fighting was resumed Friday,
the Beers firing from Observation-Disclosures
Hill. Again they were driven back,
with loss, to their camp. 1t is re-
ported that the Beers lost 800 in killed
and wounded and captured in Thurs
days battle on Tatham's farm, near
Ladysmith.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-11-09

States Attorney Deneen of Chicago
wants $24,OO0,0OO from 5000 firms
which have neglected to file annual
statements with the secretary of state
as is provided by the law which gov
ems corporations. Should Mr.. Deneen
ever succeed in getting that sum, or
even a quarter of it, the county would
have fund available for public i'm
provements considerably larger than
even New York could ever collect over
and above the ordinary totals of taxa
ton.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-11-09
HOBART WILL DIE.
DIR. Newton In an Interview Says His
Recovery Is Impossible.

DIR. Newton In an Interview Says His
Recovery Is Impossible.
PATTERSON, N. j., Nov. 8.-Vice
President Hobart passed fairly good
night but he is not any better. His
condition is such that all hope for his
recovery is about gone.
DIR. Newton, who has been rather
silent about the condition of Vice
President Hobart, has consented to
talk.
do you think Mr.. Hobart has a
chance to recoves?" he was asked.
~ can only compare his case with
others of this kind"
did the others you refer to ever get
better?"
~ am sorry to say they did not"
said the physician.
Mr.. Newton said he would not give
an opinion as to how long the patient
might live. He might drop off at any
nom emit, and he might go for three or
four days, so remarkable has been his
vital ty all through his serious illness.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-11-09
A Murder at Sioux City.

SIOUX CITY, Nov. 6.-Burning with
anger because he had lost S. in a game
of craps, Joe Gilmore, Virginia negro,
shot and perhaps fatally wounded Joe
Tender, another black man, in Sioux
City. Gilmore met his victim on the
street and, after demanding back his
money and being refused, whipped out
a 44-caliber revolver and fred a shot
into the other mans body. Itisrather
doubtful if Tender win live. Gilmore
got away, but later was captured, and
admits he is the man who did the
shooting
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-11-09
STRIKE RICH COAL VEIN.
iowa Town May Now Get New Railroad
Spur.

Iowa Town May NOW Get new haiiroau
Spur.
Dies MONIES, Nov. S.-Savanah, a
small town in the southwest part of
Davis county, Iowa, promises to be-
come a splendid coal station, a mine
having recently been opened there at
a depth of less than 100 feet. The
vein is about 81 feet and promises to
yield an abundance of the mineral.
The Burlington railroad is talking
seriously of running a spur from its
Kansas City branch from Bloomfield to
Savannah and thoroughly developing
the coal field at that place. In the
event this is done there is likelihood
the road will extend on through Mark
and Monterey to Glenwood, connect
ing it with the X. & w. at that place.
Savannah, Monterey and Mark are
small inland towns, located in rich
country. The line, if built, will be
about twenty-three miles in length.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-11-09
JOUBERT FILES A PROTEST.
Objects to the Use of Lyddite by the
British.

LONDON, Nov. 4.-Belated dispatches
from the British camp at Ladysmith,
Natal, add little information regard
ing Mondays fight except the estimates
of Boer losses, which are now said to
be 95 killed and 200 wounded, mostly
victims of artillery shells, which
wrought such great havoc that it is
said that Joubert, the Boer command.
er-in-chief, has written a letter to
White, the British commander, pro-
testing against the use of lyddite.
According to all accounts the presence
at Ladysmith of long-range naval
guns and the splendid shooting of the
blue jackets has materially improved
the position of the British. The tenn
porary armistice declared Monday
evening was to allow the collection of
the dead and wounded
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-11-09
To Prey On British Com merce.

PARIS, Nov. THE Temps corrobo-
rates the statement of Eclair that the
Beers have decided to employ priva-
teers, and says: "Thereis an immense
fleet of transports now at sea carrying
troops. The Transvaal government
can not seriously threaten these, but
there is no doubt that it has issued let
tiers of marque in Europe and the
United States and that British COM
merce NAV suffer-"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-11-09
Wants It's Assets Res tored.

WATERLOO, Nov. "A representa-
tive of the Iowa Masonic Benevolent
Association, which was absorbed some
time ago by the now defunct Equitable
Life Association of Waterloo has be-
gun suit against the receiver, asking
that the contracts between the two
companies be declared invalid and that
property valued at 10000 be restored
to the Masonic society.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-11-09
DOUBLE TRAGEDY AT KNOXVILLE.
John Dawson Shoot His Wife and Him
self.

KNOXVILLE, Nov. 6.-John Dawson
shot his wife and then turned the
weapon upon himself. He fred three
shots at his wife, each taking effect,
and she will probably die. He then
shot himself, dying at once. The
couple had not been living together
for some time, although they were
married only about year ago. 1t is
thought these family troubles unbal-
anced Dawson's mind and led to the
commission of the crime. Dawson was
a drayman and was well liked and APP
parently prosperous.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-11-09
HOLLAND A SUCCESS.
The Submarine Vessel Meets With
Approval.

New YORK, Nov. s.-Sub-marine
warfare is now assured. The Holla nd
torpedo boat made it's final tests in
Little Peconic Bay, and when ended
the members of the naval board of in
spection and survey warmly compli-
mented the inventor, John P. Holland.
This probably means that the board
will report in favor of the purchase of
the vessel. The boat will start next
week for Washington by way of Della
ware City, the Delaware canal, and
Chesapeake river, where it will be con-
venient for the inspection of members
of congress.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-11-09
ARE AT 1T AGAIN.
General Macarthur Takes the Town of
Magalang.

Magalang.
MANILA, Nov. 1.-Two columns of
General McArthur's division took Mag
alang, about miles northeast of An
geles. Col. Smith, with two battalions
of the Seventeenth infantry, two guns
of the First artillery and body of
engineers, advanced from Angeles.
Major O'Brien killed 4s insurgents,
wounding many, and took 90 prisoners.
The Americans almost surrounded the
insurgents, who resisted stubbo.nly,
but Lieutenant Hamilton's artillery
cut them up. Lieutenant Slavin's
troops captured a company of the
enemy with their arms during the ad-
vance. General Wheeler's brigade is
formed at Angeles in order to be pre-
pared for a general engagement. The
Americans had IL men wounded.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-11-09
To Watch the Boer War.

LONDON. Nov. 3.--The British gov
ernmen, bas been obliged to refuse
permission for the United States to
send four officers to watch the Trans
vaal war, owing to precedent which
only permits one representative from
each power. Capt. Stephen L'Homme-
dieu Slocum, United States military
attache at Lisbon, has been selected.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-11-09

After all, young Alfred Vanderbilt
gave UP that $4,000, 900 to young Cor
nelius merely to keep peace in the
family. And it really would seem to
be enough to keep peace in a much
larger family. There are lots and lots
OF people who would be only too glac
to be pacified by s6.0O0,O0O.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-11-09
COMPACT Is DISSOLVED.
No Longer Tri-Partite Control o,
Samoa.

CHICAGO, Nov. 5.-A special to the
Chronicle from Washington says:
The United States, Great Britain and
Germany to-day decided to dissolve the
tri-partite agreement by which these
three powers control the Samoan
islands. The United States have by
this decision been guaranteed the
possession of Tutuila island and Pango-
Pango-or, as it is usually called, Pago-
Pago bay. The disposition of the re-
Germany is matter still pending.
The decision to dissolve the three
power compact was reached at a joint
meeting at the state department of
Assistant Secretary of State Hill,
Baron Won Schwartzenstein, German
charge d'affaires, and Mr.. Tower, Brit
iSh charge d'affaireS
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-11-09
SCHLEY GETS A LOVING CUP.
Was the Guest of Honor at the Georgia
Capital.

ATLANTA, GA, Nov, Admiral
Schley received an enthusiastic well
come at Atlanta Saturday. After a
short rest at the hotel the party was
escorted to the state capitol and well
coined by Governor Gambler, then es-
corted to the hall of the house of rep
resentatives, where the legislature
was in joint session, where Admiral
Schley was introduced and made
brief speech. Thence the party pro-
admiral reviewed military parade.
At the auditorium, in the presence of
$4,000 people, he was presented with
loving cup on behalf of the people of
the CITY, and made a short address.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-11-09
YANCY AND SMITH SENTENCED.
Given Terms in the Penitentiary for
MurderOus Assault.

Given Terms in the Penitentiary for
Murderous Assault.
AMEs, Nov. 6.-Charles Yancey and
Charles Smith, the notorious Omaha
crooks, who were tried in the district
court of Story county, charged with
assault with attempt to murder Con-
ductor Hicks, of Clinton, on the night
of August 10, at Kelley, Iowa, while
he was attempting to put them off for
refusing to pay their fares, were found
guilty as charged in the indictment
and sentenced by Judge Birdsall.
Yancy was given five years and Smith,
who did the shooting, was given ten
years in the penitentiarv.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-11-09

A grocer in southern Ohio, who had
taken an active part against the sale
of liquor to boys, was recently visited
by a delegation of saloonkeepers.
After listening patiently to their
threats to destroy his business unless
he ceased interfering with theirs, he
replied: You mistake my wares. gen.
tlemen. l sell groceries, not princi-
pies" An answer that transforms an
humble trader into a moral hero.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-11-09

MARsHALLrowN, Nov. TO. L. Rose
man, of Montezuma, who died sudden
ly two weeks ago, has been found to
be defaulter of about SGT 200, the
money of poor people given to him to
pay off mortgages he had negotiated.
His son. G. ID. Roseman, has beer ar
rested as an accomplice.