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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-07
GOVERNMENT OF PORTO RICO.
Insular Commission Makes a Report to
the Secretary OF War

Insular Commission Makes a Report to
the Secretary OF War.
WASHINGTON, August 31.-The in
sular commission, consisting of Gen.
Kennedy, Gen. Curtis and Major Wat
kins, winch has given six months
study to the conditions of the island
of Porto Rico, has made it's report to
Secretary Root. 1t recommends
form OF civil government of the
islands. to take the place of the pres
ent military regime, and submits for
adoption a code of laws. These laws,
it recommends, should be placed in
operation by executive decree, arguing
that congressional enactment of
general laws would change the status
of the island toward the United States
and make it part of the constitutional
territory of the United States. The
code Of laws and the civil government
proposed do not give the Porto Ricans
the elective franchise for any offices,
nor extend to them the privilege of
trial by jury, except in the United
States courts in cases of felonies in
volving an amount in excess of $500.
1t recommends that the military force
remain in the island, but be kept in
the background and touch the people
only with asoft hand. English Is to
be made the official language of the
island but for the present all except
the federal courts are to be conducted
in Spanish
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-07
EXCHANGE WAS PEACEFUL.
English Agent Partially Accepts Kru-
gers Terms.

PRETORIA, Sept. 1.-The Transvaals
note to Great Britain, Offering the
five-year franchise aad other conces-
sions, was strongly worded, and ex-
planned that the concessions were
made with desire to fully settle all
differences, to put an end to strained
relations and to avert a disastrous
war. Therefore prompt answer was
requested. The note of Conyngham-
Greene in reply was conciliatory and
tantamount to an acceptance of the
fve-year offer. 1t agreed to waive
the suggested commission of inquiry,
provided a representative, to be ap
pointed by Sir Alfred Miner, should
be given facilities in Pretoria to make
investigation of the franchise ques-
ton, and provided the report of such
representative should prove satisfac-
tory. Otherwise the Transvaal gov
eminent was requested to await fur
Their suggestions from the imperial
government before submitting new
proposals to the volksraad. Mr..
Greene's note, in conclusion. suggested
u further conference at Cape Town.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-07

CLINTON, Eug. 3l.-Suit has been
brought in the United States court at
Cedar Rapids against Clinton county
by the National Life Insurance coz
pany, of Vermont, to recover S3,654.42.
The insurance company holds county
warrants to the amount claimed,
which the county refuses to pay. The
warrants were issued to LIE Veille, the
man who had the court house con-
tract and who got into trouble and
left the country. He disposed of the
war rants to the company, which made
the purchase upon the supposition
that they represented the honor ana
integrity of the county. 1t is sup
posed that the county will resist the
payment of the warrants on the
ground of fraud, as it has in other
cases, where it won. In a recent suit
the court held that over S35, 900 OF
such warrants were issued to lie Veille
through fraudulent representations,
and while the county was held not
liable judgment was rendered against
| LIE Veille.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-07
PENSION AFFAIRS.
Report on the Work OF the Pension Bus
reau the Past Year.


reau the Past Year. I
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-The annual
report of Hon. II. Clay Evans, com
missioner of pensions, shows that DUR
ing the year there was added to the
pension roll 40,22 names and 43,1s6
were propped, 34,345 Of these by rea-
son of death. There was expended
for pensions S13s, 355, 05o. The annual
value of the entire pension roll was
S649, 400 more than ever before, due to
the higher average annual value of
pensions. The roll is made up of 1884,
AL surviving soldiers, 237, 415 widows
and dependent relatives and $50
nurses. The total number OF original.
applications filed during the year, in
GLIDING those on account of the war
with Spain, was 4s,7 66 The number
of original claims allowed was 37,075.
During the year 1o7, 919 claims of all
classes were rejected, the large per-
centage of these being claims for in
crease.
The report states that the delay in
the adjudication of claims in nearly
every case was the fault of the claim
ants or their attorneys. In order that
the present complex system of pen
sioning may be simpliied, and to Sc
cure more uniform practice in pension
cases, the appointment of commits
sion to revise the pension laws, rules
and regulations is recommended.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-07
CHARGED WITH BURGLARY.
Alleged Omaha Crook Taken in at De-
Moines.

Moines.
Dies MONIES, Sept. 3.-George Sim
mons, an alleged Omaha crook, sus-
pected of being the man who burglar
lied the store OF DIR. ]. A. Trent at
Stuart recently, gave the police and
detectives a merry chase, and though
recaptured, he very nearly succeeded
in effecting his escape after having
been once in custody. DR.. Treat, who
by means which he did not disclose,
had suspected the identity of the man
who looted his store and carried away
jewelry valued at $500, and thinking
he might come to Des Moines during
the fair and perhaps attempt to dis
pose of some of the stolen valuables,
came himself to Des M Dimes. For sew
eral hours he conducted quiet quest
for his man, and finally his efforts
were rewarded by seeing him standing
in crowd on the corner of Third and
Walnut streets. He was placed under
arrest. he man gave the name of
George Clark, but it was claimed by
DR.. Treat that his real name was
George Simmons, and that he was a
resident of Omaha. When the party
neared the police station Simmons got
away and ran several blocks before he
was retaken. When he was searched
at the station two gold rings, with DR..
Treats price mark on them were found,
and while he denied the burg airy, cir
cumstantial evidence against him is
very strong. lie was taken to Stuart
in charge of Marshal Burns and DR..
Treat
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-07
Persopal Damage Shit.

WATERLOO, Aug. 31.-The Burling-
ton, Cedar Rapids & Northern railway
was made defendant today in the
largest personal damage suit ever filed
in Black Hawk county. The suit Is
brought by David L. S. Baker, of Mel
hart, Mont, administrator of the
estate of Edwin J. Barker, one of the
victims of the awful wreck which &C.
Cured on the Burlington road three
miles south of Waterloo on the 2sth
OF May. The plaintiff claims the
death of Barker was due to neglige n ce
of the railway officials in not properly
protecting the track and asks damages
| to the amount of 500 900.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-07
SOLDIER BOYS COMING.
Fifty-frst Iowa Will Leave Manila on
Transport Newport September Z.

Fifty-first Iowa Will Leave Manila on
Transport Newport September Z.
WASHINGTON, Sept. IA dispatch
from Otis gives the dates of the sailing
of the transports now at Manila,
which will bring all the state volun-
teers in the Philippines to tins coun-
try. The cable says:
1.-THE Tartar sails September 3, the
Pennsylvania September 5, the New
port and Ohio September T."
State volunteers yet remaining in
the Philippines in the order in which
they left San Francisco for Manila
are: First Washington, Twentieth
Kansas, Third Tennessee, Fifty-first
Iowa, troop of Nevada cavalry, and
First Wyoming battery. 1t is the pol
icy Of the war department to have the
troops return in the order in which
they sailed and these volunteers will
probably come on the ships above
named in the same oader.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-07
COM BINE IN GRAIN.
Men With the Hoe Unite In S2O,OOO,OOO
Farmers' Trust.

Farmers' Trust.
TOPEKA, Kansas, August 31.-The
Farmers Federation of the NJ ississippi
Valley has been organized and officers
have been elected. Walter N. Allen,
of Meriden, is president and business
manager. The object of the fedora
ton is to regulate and control the
shipment of farm products of all the
states in the Mississippi Valley, to es-
tablish and maintain offices, yards,
grain elevators, to maintain agents to
handle, sell and distribute such pro-
ducts, and to lend aud borrow money
and do a banking business at Topeka,
Omaha, Kansas City, st. Louis, Chi
cago, Cincinnati and New Orleans.
The capital stock will be $50, 900, 600,
in shares of $40 each. President Allen,
in a long statement of the purposes of
the federation, says the cost in COM
missions for marketing the products
in the Mississippi Valley is over sell
900, 900. He plans that his company
shall do this business for the farmers
for less than 81 10000
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-07
SUED UNDER ANTITRUST LAW.
American School Furniture Compapx
Attacked In Nebraska Court.

American School Furniture Comna,x
Attacked In Nebraska Courts.
OMAHA, Sept 4.-Attorney General
Smythe has begun suit against the
American School Furniture company.
under the antitrust law. He asks
the district court to bar it from doing
business in Nebraska, on the ground
that it is an.illegal combination. The
defendants named are TWENTY-FIVE
companies, nearly all located in Michi-
gan and Ohio. The petition alleges
that the American School Furniture
company is incorporated under the
laws of New Jersey, with capital
stock of $4,000, 600 and that the
sums of s5OO,o has been set aside to
be used in driving out competition.
The entire control of the output of
the companies named. as defendants
and the regulation of prices is assert
ed to have been put into the hands Of
committee of five, and the result, ac-
cording to the petition, is that prices
have been advanced 25per cent. After
reciting that this combination is a
conspiracy against trade, the attor-
ney general asks that it be prohibited
from entering into contracts within
the state, and especially, that it be
prevented from entering into any ne
gotiations with the Omaha board Of
education.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-07
ALL OVER THE WORLD
NO AID FOR Beers.
Warning to the Transvaal Uttered b
German Panpr-

Warning to the Transvaal Uttered by a
German Paper.
BERLIN, Sept 1.-The Neueste Mach
richten, which reiterates it's DECLARE
ton regarding European neutrality in
the event of hostilities In the Trans
vaal, says:
1.-THE Beers should have fought the
question on the basis of the Bloem-
fontein sphere of discussion. The
anti-Boer feeling in Great Britain
would pass away if Great Britain's
demands were granted. France with
out Russia cannot stir n finger, and
Russia will not. Austria II ungary de-
clared neutrality in 1896, and Italy
will do nothing. Firmly convinced
that the German government will
maintain the strictest neutrality, we
consider it all the more our duty to
warn the Transvaal against n destruc-
tive policy"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-07
BREVITIES.

Avoid impurities and drink ColfaX
Mineral Water. Its curative powers
are positive. ColfaX Bottling Works,
Colfax, Iowa.
Perry Orfield, living near Lamont
ost 81, 100 out of his house while he
and his family were in towE. 1t
seems that the family recently receiv-
ed several hundred dollars and had
left it at home while spending a few
hours in town. The officers have no
reliable clue.
1t is asserted that the Illinois
Central has about concluded negotia-
tons for the purchase of the Mime
apolis & ST. Louis. 1t is expected all
negotiations will be concluded before
the end of the week and the formal
transfer made the first of the coming
year.
At Dubuque recently the republi-
can state central committee elected
the following officers: Fl. o. Weaver,
of Wapello county, chairman, vice c.
T. Hancock, resigned; R. Fl. Spence,
Mt. Ayr, vice-chairman; c. w. Phillips,
Maquoketa, secretary. Mr.. Weaver is
favorable to the reelection of Senator
Gear.
A sad accident occurred on the
Milwaukee a few days ago. AS
the section men from Woodward were
going down the Des Moines river hill,
their hand-car collided with a west
bound freight train. Willie Long,
about 81 years old, working with the
section men, was fatally injured and
died few minutes after being taken
home. Oak Mortimer, another young
man with the section crew, was Sc
riously injured, but will recover.
Jealousy caused a terrible double
tragedy at Burlington few
days ago. Twenty-year-oid Conrad
Falscraft shot his l9-year.old wife,
probably fatally, and then turned the
pistol on himself, and shot himself
through the right lung. The couple
were married since December and
have quarreled all the time. The
hus band blames his mother-in-law
Both may die. Falscraft was arrested
once before for threatening his wife.
George Blumenstein, of Washington
county, through the Keokuk & Des
Moines railroad bridge at Des MONIES
few nights ago. He was found by
Captain Hayes and taken to police
headquarters where medical and sur.
gical aid was secured. He died, how
ever from the injuries within few
hours Mr.. Blumenstein stated soor
after his arrival at the station tina,
the fall was accidental, that he wa.
walking over the bridge and slipped
through.
The dispatches say that Wood bury
, county was probably the most unfor
: tunate this season Of any in the stat,
, in regard to storms, etc. 1t is esti
, mated by a good authority that tn
: losses this year from torn ADDE'S, floods
cloudbursts, hail and wind, will b
t fully S25O,000. In all, insurance com
panies will have to settle about SIS,
900 of losses. During the present sea
son Woodbury. county has suffere
three destructive tornadoes, thre
smaller ones, three cloudbursts, fv
= hail storms, and very severe floods il
the early spring. But still this los
y does not show on the surface. 1t !
confined to certain localities, but ne
=. ertheless some have suffered. Tn
;. most destructive storm was that a
!. Salix, when five people were killed i
4 one house and several homes wer
d literally blown off the face of tn
earth
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-07
kruger Looks for War.

LONDON, Sept. 2.-The Pretoria cor
respondent of the Morning Post says:
president Kruger told a prominent
Boer that war was practically certain.
Every Boer is now armed with a
Mauser and has a hundred rounds of
ammunition, strictly for future use,
with forty rounds for practice. am
convinced that the reports of the
Beers not being prepared are only a
pretense, and that they will strike a
blow when it is least eXpected."
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-07
CONTRACTS ARE LET.
Portion OF the New Rock Island Exten'
sion Let

Portion OF the New Rock Island Exten-
sion Let
DEs MONIES, Sept. 3.-Messrs Frick
& johnson, have received from the
Rock Island, contract to grade a
portion of their line from Gowrie to
Sibley. The contractors will grade
from Gowrie to point two miles
north of Manson. They will begin at
once and complete the work within a
few weeks. 1t is the intention of the
Rock Island to build to Sibley and
through Manson, as the contracts read
that way. The new road, so it is said,
will be in operation by June 80 next
year and will from the first give a
through train to Sioux Falls, South
Dakota
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-07

A few weeks ago the largest contract
ever made for steel was closed between
the Pressed Steel Car company and the
Carnegie Steel company. The amount
was $3.50, 900, 900, calling for 1000 tons
of steel plates a day for the next ten
years, or 100000 tons in all. The iron
and steel boom has gone far beyond
all previous records. No better illus
tration could be found for the won
derful increase in this great industry
than the fact that fifty years ago the
consumption of pig iron was equiva-
lent to 100 tons per head of population,
while now it is over 400, and is growing
all the time. 1t was pointed out years
ago that the price of pig iron largely
regulated the country's prosperity, and
Mr.. G. H. Hull has recently shown in
an article that the periods of pig iron
and good times generally come at in
tervals of about ten years. The last
one was 1889, and the present year i:
keeping up the record.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-07
Sensational Charges OF Perjury.

CHICAGO, Sept. 4.-The Times Her.
aid says: Charges Of perjury and
subornation of perjury have been
fled against General Elwell S. Otis,
commander of the American army in
the Philippines, with President Nc.
Kinley, by Frank P. Blair, one Of the
counsel for Captain Oberlin NJ. Carter,
late government engineer at Savan-
nah. Blair declares that at an early
date, he will also file charges of. per-
jury and subornation OF perjury
against Judge Advocate Thomas w.
Barr with President Mckinley. Colo
mel Barr appeared in the famou us trial
of Carter, for the government
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-07
Twenty-Five Poisoned.

MARENeo, August 3o.-At harvest
picnic near Ladora, as the result OF
eating strawberry favored ice cream,
twenty-five persons were seriously
poisoned. The entire force of physi.
clans at Marengo were called to tina:
vicinity. Telephone reports show
but small per cent that are in dan.
ger as the result of the first stage OF
poisoning, but fatal results are feared
in several cases.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-07
SITUATION IN SOUTH AFRICA.
Critical Stage Reached Again and War


Critical Stage Reached Again and War
like Rumors Prevail.
LONDON, Sept. 4.-The Standard and
Diggers' News received cablegram
from its Johannesburg Office saying n
German corps 900 strong was formed
to cooperate with the Beers in the
event of war with Great Britain. The
dispatch adds that the Beers could
mobilize O,OOO men in three days,
while the Orange Free State could
muster 10, 900 in the same period. 1t
must not be forgotten that these
statements are from an excessively
pro-Boer source. 1t is generally be-
lleved the critical stage in the nego-
tations is reached and warlike
rumors prevail.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-07

Dies MONIES, Sept. Ex-Governor
Shaw yesterday issued a proclamation
pointing to the death of Ex-Governor
Merrill, at Los Angeles, and, as a
mark of respect, directing that the
flags on all state buildings be dis.
played at half mast until after the flu.
neral, that the executive department
be closed on the day of the funeral
and that the military of the state rem
der the customary honors to its for
mer commander-in-chie
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-09-07

BRUSSELS, Sept. 3.-The news is re.
ceived of sharp fighting between the
Congo Free State troops and Battela
natives beyond Songola. The
rebels were driven back with
the loss of a hundred men. The
Congo Free State lost twenty-five ma
tive soldiers.