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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-08-03
Will Not Prosecute Lane,

Council BLUFFS, July 2S.-The case
against John NJ. Lane, charged with
embezzlement by the Milwaukee rail
way. was dismissed in Justice Terriers
court. At the eleventh hour the
friends of the former freight and
ticket agent came to his rescue and
furnished the money, enabling him to
settle the shortage When the case
was called both Auditor Robertson, of
the Milwaukee. and II. L. Geddes, of
the bonding company, appeared and
asked that it be dropped, saying that
the case had been settled and the rail
road company had no further desire to
prosecute.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-08-03
General Miles Hopes for Power

WASHINGTON, July 3l.-The Post
says: General Miles will ask Secre-
tary Root for speedy decision as to
the relations existing between the
general commanding the army and
the secretary of war. He is now pre-
pairing his side of the case, which will
be submitted to the new secretary
The conditions which existed in the
war department since the campaign in
Porto Rico is reviewed, showing that
General Miles, while the major gen
erai commanding the army, has had
little or no voice in the management
of affairs of the army, and it is stated
that with the incoming secretary he
hopes the present condition will
ohapra -
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-08-03
THE NEWS IN IOWA
WILL GET THEIR MONEY.
Men Who Didn't Enlist VIII he Paid by
{be State

Men Who Didn't Enlist VIII BE Paid by
the State.
Dies MONIES, July 26.-Those mem
bers of the Iowa National Guard who
came to Camp Mckinley a year ago
last spring and consumed from three
to four weeks in making up their
minds that they die not want to be
volunteers are to have their persist
ence at last rewarded by receiving /.
N. G. pay for the time occupied in
making their decision. Uncle Sam
has said that lnasmuch as they never
even volunteered, he will not reim-
burse the state for the small sum now
being expended, but Governor Shaw
has decided that the state of Iowa is
able to pay out of her own purse.
Warrants are accordingly being pre-
pared in the state auditors office
granting pay to each member of the
guard who accompanied his regiment
to Camp Mckinley, on the basis of 81
cents per day for the privates. The
total sum paid out in this way will
approximate So, 900, and will average
about SIS to the man.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-08-03

Dies MONIES, July 29.-The govern.
ment has ordered mail for the mem
bers of the FIfty-frst Iowa regiment.
now in the Philippines. to be stopped
at San Francisco. This means the re-
turn of the Iowa troops within a very
few weeks. Adjutant General Byers
says he believes the regiment will be
started home from Manila within two
weeks. He fully expects them to reach
San Francisco by the middle of Sep.
TENDER and at home at least by the
first of October
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-08-03

Paris, July 31.-The Figaro asserts
and guarantees the statement as abso-
lutely authentic, that the successful
conclusion of the Franco-American
commercial convention was due to the
direct intervention of President Nc
Kinley. The American negotiators
considered the conditions too favorable
to France and refused their signatures,
but the president insisted that the con-
vention should be carried through out
of gratitude to Frances role in the con-
clusion of the Hispano-American peace
treaty.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-08-03
SITUATION is CRITICAL.
An English Statesman Talks of the
Transyaal.


LONDON. July 2S.-In a speech at a
conservative luncheon, A. J. Balfour,
government leader in the commons.
discussing the Transvaal situation,
said if the governments endless pa
thence and endless desire to prevent
matters coming to n crisis, and if all
the resources of diplomacy We're in
effcctual to unite the knot, other
means must be found to loosen it.
Balfour, however, said he took more
sanguine view of the situation. He
understood the Transvaal was pre-
pared to grant some substantial re-
dress, although it was quite made
quate according to Great Britain's
standard. Manifestly it was impossi-
bic, Balfour said, that Great Britain
should permanently submit to free
born Erglishmen being treated as an
inferior race. While he did not take
a despairing view of the situation, it
would be folly to pretend that all diff
ticulties had been solved, or proclaim
peace which had not vet been assured.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-08-03
GIVES SOUTHERN VIEW.
Georgia Executive BIames Fools and
Fanatics for Recent Uprising.

Georgia Executive Blames "Fools and
Fanatics" for Recent Uprising.
ATLANTA, July 31.-Since the Balm
bridge series of lvnchings occurred
Governor Gambler has been asked by
newspapers in various parts of the
country to give his opinion of the race
question in the south. In reply to one
of them he has fully and freely ex-
pressed his views as to the cause of
the conflicts and the remedy therefor.
The governor believes the present-day
cause of the uprisings is the inter
meddling with the relations of the
whites and blacks in the south by
fools and fanatics who know moth
ing about the situation, but who think
the whole trouble dates from the day
of emancipation" He believes a re-
stricted suffrage will remedy the
evils, and suggests that the ballot be
given only the intelligent negro. AS
to the disposition to be made of the
large percentage of illiterate negroes,
the governor makes no suggestion.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-08-03
MILK PERSONALITIES.
Doctors Testify That Boracic Acid
Not Injurious.

Doctors Testify That Boracic Acid Is
Not Injurious.
Dies MONIES, July ?s.-Three prom
inent Des Moines doctors testified in
the court of Justice HallOran that
boracic acid in milk, when used as a
preventative in the proper quantities,
is 10 more harmful than table salt
They further said that as a preserva-
tive it is excellent and rather better
in this respect than common salt. The
medical gentlemen who gave this
rather unexpected testimony were DIR.
Eli Grimes, state bacteriOlogist; Dr.
J. Il. Priestley and DR.. c. c. Shope, all
of Des Moines. The occasion for the
presentation of the evidence cited was
the trial of the dairyman, b. ii. Ehle,
on the charge of selling adulterated
milk. The state, through Dairy Com
missioner Norton, was the prosecutor.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-08-03

Reminded of His Failure to Suppress
Cuban Revolt


Cuban Revolt.
MADRID, July 27.-The discussion of
the army bill in the senate led to an
exciting scene. General Weyler, ar
guing against any reduction in the
strength of the army, warned the
government that the present situation
made a revolution highly probable,
since it had never been SO easy for
the army and the people to make COM
mon cause. He himself, he said, mad
never thought of heading rising, but
it must be confessed that revolutions
sometimes cleared the political atmos-
phere and accomplished the work of
regeneration. Senior Dato, minister
of the interior, replying, severely CEN
sured General Weyler, declaring that
general who with 300, 900 men failed
to suppress the Cuban rebellion, had
no right to make such threats, and
that any attempt at revolution, no
matter by whom, would be proceeded
against with the utmost rigor of the
law. The senators warmly applauded
Senior Dato's speech. The army bill
was adopted
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-08-03
Troops May Head or Canada.

New York, July 31.-A special from
Washington says: "A movement of
American troops in the disputed Alas
kan territory is expected to take place
within forty-eight hours. 1t is be-
lieved that American soldiers will be
ordered to garrison Fort Pyramid. The
fear is expressed that if the United
States troops do not occupy American
territory at once the Canadian mount
ed police will be rushed in"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-08-03
SAYS IT'S ABSURD.
Newly Signed Reciprocity Paper AssaiIed
by French Papers.


PARIS, July 27.--The Rcpublique
Franchise, referring to the reciprocity
treaty between France and the United
States, recently signed at Washington,
says: "Washington dispatches an
nonnce the consummation of the
Franco American treaty. An enor-
nous blunder, against which we have
endeavored to put the government on
it's guard, has been contaminated, and
NM. Millerand and DelcaSse have be-
trayed French industry and agricul-
ture to the United States, and in these
two branches of our national produc-
ton ruins will be heaped on ruins.
True, the treaty has not yet been rat
flied, and we affirm that it will not be
without discussion. Industrial and
agricultural associations on every side
are, indeed, becoming agitated, and
manifold protests are being made, and
when the chamber reassembles the
government will find it"elf face to face
with an opposition formidably equip
ped with arguments, and which will
energetically lay bare the fatal con-
sequences of the convention, which so
cruelty betravS French interests
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-08-03

Some one has unearthed book
printed in London, 1905, in which is
given an entertaining account of life in
old Virginia during early colonial days
when tobacco was the standard cur
rency, and 10000 pounds of the weed
was the salary of a clergyman, with a
fee of 400 pounds for a funeral sermon
and 200 pounds for solemnizing a mar
riage. The writer evidently cherished
some pet prejudices in religious mat
tiers, for he puts it on record that in
the counties where the Presbyterians
held meetings, the tobacco was so mean
that no preacher. would stay there!
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-08-03
DECLARESDOERS MUST YIELD
Secretary Chamberlain Speaks for
British Government.
JUSTIFIES POSITION TAKEN.
Power and Authority of the Empire Is
at Stake in South Africa-Conclusion
of the Affair Must BE satisfactory to
Great Britain.

London, July BIN the house of
commons Secretary Chamberlain JUS
tilted Intervention in the Transvaal,
and said the government would not
rest until the Beers had yielded all
that Great Britain deemed just. 1t
was not question of five or seven
years franchise, he said, but of the
power and authority of the empire and
of the position of Great Britain in
South Africa. Referring to offers of
colonial help, Mr.. Chamberlain said
that if the matter were happily ar
ranged it would always be satisfac-
ton to think that in time of trial the
country might count upon the loyalty
of the colonies.
Mr.. Chamberlain justified the right
of intervention, firstly, because it was
the right of every civilized power to
protect its own subjects; secondly, be-
cause Great Britain had the right of
intervention under the convention as
the suzerain power; and, thirdly, be-
cause the convention had been broken
in letter and in spirit.
In dealing with the latest proposals
of the Transvaal government Cham
berlain said In any case the gov
eminent will press for necessary al
terations in order to secure the OBJ
jects in view. We have undertaken
the cause of the uitlanders and are
bound to see it through.
I'VE shall not rest until a conclu-
sion satisfactory to us has been
reached. l anticipate that the efforts
will be successful, but we will not tie
our hands in regard to measures that
may be necessary to fulfill the antici-
nations"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-08-03

FORT DODGE, July 29.-The operator
Of the Illinois Central road ut Dyers-
vile was surprised and beaten insen-
sible at midnight by robbers. After
beating him he was carried to an
empty box car. where he lay for sew
eral hours. The safe in the station
was blown open and the contents,
amounting to over $475, were taken.
Some time later two men We're arrest
ed while boarding the Chicago Great
Western passenger train going west.
They were held until the operator had
recovered, when they were taken be-
fore him and he identified one of
them. They will be taken to Dubuque
and placed in Jail.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-08-03
REAL ESTATE is EoUALIzEo.
State Board of Review Fixes Equalization
OF Real Estate Assessments.

State Board of Review Fixes Equalization
OF Real Estate Assessments.
DIES MONIES, July 2S.-The state
board of review has completed the
equalization of the assessment made
by counties of the real estate of Iowa.
Exclusive of Mahaska county, the
real estate assessment of the state
amounts to about $685., 100000. The
real estate of Mahaska county will
amount to about $1,000. 600. Last
year the total assessment of real es-
tate was SAIL, 100000. The total de-
crease, therefore, is about Sl4, 900, OOO
This is the taxable value. The board
of review, in equalizing among coun-
ties, raised twenty-one counties from
3 to per cent on the actual valua-
ton and decreased four from 3 to 5
per cent. The total decrease was So
4O4, 600, actual value, and the total in
crease was Sic 7O2. The net in
crease of actual value. therefore, is
5000, O33. The board discussed the
situation very extensively and care
fully, and ended by deciding not to
make wholesale increase, but to
limit itself to the usual equalization.
The counties which were changed
were the following, being increased
or decreased by the per cent given on
the actual valuations:
Observation-Disclosures Decatur, Madi-
son, Marion, Wayne, per cent: Appa-
moose, Clarke, Des Moines, Iowa, KeolSuk,
Lucas, Mahaska. Monroe, Montgomery,
Palo Alto. Taylor, ) per cent; Davis, Har-
rison, jefferson, per cent; WapellO, s per
cent.
Decreased-B Benton, Buena Vista. Dial
las, 3 per cent Montgomery, per cent.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-08-03
Young Peoples Alliance.

Naperville, ILL.,, July 31.-The crowds
at the international convention of the
Young Peoples alliance are daily in
creasing. S. P. Spreng, editor of the
Evangelical Messenger, and ]. c. Horn
berger, editor of the Young Peoples
Herald, delivered the principal ad-
dresses Friday, outlining the probable
policy of the present three days ses-
sion. This convention represents 9S7
local organizations, embracing men,
bership of 34,960 young people. The
Illinois state convention convenes at
Naperville this afternoon at o'clock
In Zion church.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-08-03
UNDOING ALGER'S WORK.
The Attorney General Holds Franchises
Invalid

WASHINGTON, July 29.-The attorney
general has rendered opinions IN three
cases involving questions of franchises
and concessions in Porto Rico. In the
case of Vincente and Jose Usera, the
attorney general holds that they do
not hold a complete and lawful cor
cession to build a tramway from Ponce
to Port Ponce and that the secretary
of war has no right to confirm such
concessions. The attorney general
holds adversely on the application Of
Ramon Valdez Cobian for a concession
of the right to use the water power of
the River Plata, in Porto Rico. In the
cases of Frederick w. Weeks, for per-
mission to construct wharf or pier
at Ponce, the attorney general holds
that to grant the petition is beyond
the power of the secretary of war.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-08-03

Embalmed or refrigerator beef has
become staple food for garrisons in
Cuba and Porto Rico. and the people
who championed the article during the
recent controversy are making much
of the fact. There is considerable diff
ference between beef kept in we'll ap-
pointed icehouses, such as have now
been erected at every garrison, long
after the war is over, and beef dumped
on a Cuban wharf in a broiling Cuban
sun
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-08-03
BICYCLE rRusr FORMED.
Forty-two Plants In the Combine-WiIl
Also Make Automobiles.

Also Make Automobiles.
INDIANAPOLIS, July 29.--President
Smith, of the Indiana Bicycle Com
pany, has given out the details of tie
new bicycle and automobile combine.
The capitalization is $4,000, 900, and
forty.two bicycle plants have been alb
sorbed at cost of S3l 900, 900, leaving
50, 900, 600 for working capital and to
force out competition. Colonel Pope,
of the Colum bia, III. A. Lozier, of the
Cleveland company, Gormully & JEFF
fiery, of Chicago. Coleman, of the
Wester Wheel Works, and Mr.. Smith
are the chief promoters. Under the
agreement each factory hereafter will
make but one grade of wheels. All
tires will be purchased Of the rubber
goods company, which has absorbed
the principal rubber factories of the
country not owned by the larger BIZ
cycle plants, and all seamless tubing
will be provided by the Shelby COM
pany of Cleveland, wich will be cap
italized at eight million dollars, and
which will form part of the combine.
Relative to the automobile, the patents
controlled by the Indiana company
pass to the ownership of the trust.
and it is proposed to make electric
automobiles so cheaply that the gaso-
line motors will be forced off the
market.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-08-03
CrOOps to Meet the Yauui.

III Paso, Texas, July 31.--A brigade
of infantry left Casas Grandes the
night of July 26, bound for Pilares,
north of Alamos Sonora The Yaqui
are driving the American prospectors
from their claims on the Yaqui river.
The Mexican government has started
on a campaign Of determination, and
as the Yaqui are fortified by natural
country, the fight will be long and bit
ter, as the Yaqui know no mercy.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-08-03

Fort DODGE, July 30.-The dairy
tests for tuberculosis, which are being
conducted by the state veterinary
surgeon, are showing startling results.
The herd of the Oak Lawn dairy were
examined aud out of 80 cattle eleven
answered to the test, giving about 80
per cent This is considered unus-
ually large and is an alarming evil
dence of the presence of tuberculosis
in cattle.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-08-03
MAY BE SETTLED.
Believed That Trouble In Transvaal May
BE Adjusted.


LONDON, July 81 The Marquis of
Salisbury having at last broken ST.
lence on the Transvaal question in so
decided manner it may be expected
that President Kruger will hardly be
likely to refuse to listen to the gov
ernment'S new proposal for u joint
commission to examine the franchise
bill. This proposal meets varying
criticism here from the liberals, and
they are inclined to regard it as
another instance of the incurable ten
dency of the Salisbury government to
shelve every difficulty bv referring it
to commission. Labouchere calls
it a elm b-down on Chamberlain's
part. Undoubtedly it savors more of
Salisbury than Chamberlain. Others
think it is concession to the Trans
walls contention that the matter
should be referred to arbitration.
All agree. however, that it forms a
practical bridge of which Kruger can
avail himself to retire from an impos-
Sible position.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-08-03
THE STATE FAIR.
Great Program Has Been Ar
ranged.

n ureab IrOSra" has Been Ar
ranged.
DIES MONIES, July 29.-Seven thous-
and five hundred dollars in speed
classes will bring fast horses to the
state fair this year, and every day
will be a great day on the track dur
ing the fair. The Texas rough riding
and roping contests will be new and
novel attractions and will please all
who like exciting scenes. The Guide
less Wonders will be a taking feature,
as will the diving horses and DR.. Car
ter's famous shooting exhibition. The
city will put on attractions during the
fair, and of better character than
ever before seen in Des Moines. There
will be the great battle scene of San
Juan and special fireworks attractions
each night, besides the auditorium
attractions. The railroads of the state
have promised round trip tickets for
one fare, good any day of the fair.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-08-03

Dies MONIES, July 2S.-Attorney Cen
eral Remley has announced that the
state will appeal from the decision of
Judge Gamble, of Knoxville, on the
medical practice act. The full deci-
sion shows that Judge Gamble holds
the entire medical practice act to be
unconstitutional because it fixes two
classes of physicians, those who have
practiced five years and those who
have not. The law was resisted by an
itInerant practitioner who objected to
paying the 500 license.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-08-03
Archbishop Ireland Home.

New York, July 31.-Archbishop
John Ireland of st. Paul returned to
America Friday on the White Star
liner Britannia after spending three
months abroad The venerable church
man of the northwest will remain here
a few days before returning to his
home. He appears to be and says he is
in nerfect health
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-08-03
CASE INVOLVES BIG SUM.
Judgemnt Set Aside II Certain Condi-
tions are Complied with.


lions are Complied With.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, July 3l.-The rul-
ing of Judge Thornel!, OF the district
court, on the motion argued before
him in January last of James +. Burns,
president of the Portland Gold Mining
company, of Colorado, to have set
aside the judgment for $717,O26 Sc
cured against him by James A. Doyle
in the courts here in November, 1898,
was handed down to-day. The deci-
sion IS to the effect that the Judgment
be set aside on certain conditions to
be complied with by Burns. In de-
fault of Burns agreeing to and COM
plying with the conditions imposed
upon him, the judgment is to remain
in full force and effect.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-08-03

The colonial legislature of Jamaica
recently passed a resolution urging
Colonial Secretary Chamberlain to ex-
pedite negotiations for an imperially
subsidized line Of fast steamers be-
tween Jamaica and England. 1t was
urged that it is dangerous to depend
much longer on the American market,
and that it is essential that an Eng
fish market for Jamaican oranges and
bananas be provided.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-08-03

Afghanistan's ameer tries to be pro-
gressive and his best efforts are not so
bad for a far-eastern potentate. Or
dered by :. doctor to try cycling for his
health, the ameer has had cycle built
with folding bed supported by four
cushioned wheels. Two husky Afghans
push the thing along and the ameers
health is reported on the gain. The
ameer's idea OF exercise reminds the
casual nearer of the gentleman who
Joined an athletic association and was
soon able to beat its strongest hurdler
playing checkers.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-08-03

Considerable Indignation was mani
tested by the New York delegation at
the late Detroit Christian Endeavor
convention over the fact that the
drinking water is supplied in barrels
formerly used by a distillery.
You may soak, you may rinse the old
barrel as you will,
The scent of that whisky will cling to
it still.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-08-03

The HAGUE, July 31.-The interna-
tional peace conference met for final
sitting yesterday, when it was an
nounced that sixteen states had signed
the arbitration convention, fifteen the
other two conventions, seventeen the
declaration prohibiting the throwing
of projectiles Or explosives from bal
looms, sixteen the declaration prohib-
iting the use Of asphyxiating gas, and
fifteen the declaration prohibiting the
use of explosive bullets.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-08-03
President Heureaux Is Buried.

Cape Haitien, July S1.-The funeral
of President Heureaux of Santo Do
mingo took place Thursday in Santi
ago de los Caballeros. The population
was panic-stricken, but there was no
disorder. The government has taken
measures to put down the threatened
inSurrection