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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-10-26

Judge D. NJ. Harris, of Missouri
Valley, arrived in town, Monday, to
visit with his daughter, Mrs. John
Crane, and his many friends. He
was one of the early pioneers of the
county, settling here some forty
five years ago. He laid out the town
and owned halfinterestin the land
where this city now stands. He was
identified with the early history of
the town and county and was always
one of the honored and respected
citizens OF the place, usually hold
ing some important official position.
He is proprietor of the Missouri
Valley Times, one of the best papers
in Western Iowa. Owing to the alb
sence of Hon. Walter E. Butler, who
was to have addressed the people,
Monday evening, the friends of the
Judge got him to fill the appoint
ment, which he did with credit to
himself and his party, and pleased
his many friends and old time asso-
ciates. His daughter, Mrs. Emma
Russell, who is visiting at Audu
bon, and who has spent the past six
months in New Mexico, came down,
Wednesday evening, and will spend
the balance of the week with rela-
tives and friends.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-10-26

Don't fail to see the Ghost Walk
at the X. of P. Opera House at the
Halloween Social.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-10-26

Mrs. Basham has had the side of
her restaurant lettered DER with a
neat sign.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-10-26

Dan Spry, of Lorah, bought the
best carriage that Geo. Henshaw
had, Tuesday.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-10-26

Program for the Congregational
Young Peoples Society of Christian
Endeavor Entertainment and Social
to be given at the Extra X. p. Opera
House on Tuesday evening, Octo-
Der 81, 1899:
Music, Mesdames Hamler, Newton
and Miss Tanner.
Recitation Lucille Connrardy
Song -Carrie Gault, Floy Wissler
Recitation Carrie Gault
Song Er Erie Hamler
Music, Mesdames Hamler, Newton
and Miss Tanner.
Ghost Walk!
A Admissions Five Cents
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-10-26

Peter Goode now has one of those
New Home Sewing Machines sold
by Geo. Henshaw.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-10-26

n. P. Christensen, "The Honest
Realestate Dealer" has the greatest
bargain of the season in one
hundred and sixty acre farm, at
$3.50 per acre, laying perfectly
smooth; forty rods from school; &c.
10000 loan at five per cent. interest
optinal payment; Improvements
fair. Call at Stuart Bank, Extra, for
particulars.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-10-26


Fifty men are completing, three
miles from LaSalle, Illinois, a shaft
to lead to the greatest American
coal mine. The coal lies fifty inch
es thick at depth OF more than
four hundred feet. The mine will
produce three thousand tons of coal
daily, and employ fourteen hundred
men when in full operation. The
coal land is owned by the Spring
Valley Coal Company, which has
by. Hall township will produce
when the new mine is started, one
million tons of coal yearly, and will
be the greatest producing district
of it's size in the world. The new
shaft is twice as large as the ordi-
nary shaft and has an escape shaft
as large as the entrance to most Of
the mines.-Exchange.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-10-26

The Great Rock Island Railway
has made the remarkable low rate
of one dollar and fifty cents for the
round trip from here to Council
Bluffs upon the date that the Fifty
First Iowa Regiment arrives in that
cifv
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-10-26
Public Sale.

| Having decided to leave the county, the
| undersigned will sell at Public Auction at
his farm residence, One Mile Northeast
| pf E~ir
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1899-10-26

Arthur Farquhar, Republican
candidate for County Superinten-
dent has been in the south part Of
the county this week, and was call
ing upon the voters ofthe town this
forenoon. We have known and en-
joyed Mr.. Farquhar's acquaintance
and friendship for years. He is a
bright, active and energetic young
man, and one of the most successful
teachers of the county. If elected
to office his best efforts will be Civ.
en- to the office and the schools OF
the county.
The Journal is in receipt of a
marked copy of the Bethany, West
Virginia Collegian from which we
clip the following item:
ION October 3, 1899, rather an un
usual social event in Bethany life
took place at the Hall. when Mr.
Charles E. Smith and Miss Triple
MIA Creswell were united in mar.
riage. Professor George Munro
and President kersey officiated at
the ceremony. The wedding march
was rendered by Professor Jean
Moos. Several handsome and use.
full presents were received by the
happy pair"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-10
ITALY IN THE CHINA snor.

Washington star. Italy proposes to keep
a stin upper lip in chinese matters, but II
is understood that John Bull provides the
starch.
Chicago Record Already the conse-
quences OF our policy Of expansion are seen
in the dispatches which come from China
concerning the part that China and Great
Britain expect us to play in the Affairs OF
the "Flowery Kingdom" Now that Italy
is making demands upon the tsung liz -yamen
for the ctssion CT a part of Chinese terri
tory the whole question OF spheres OF in
fluence' is being raised, and a diplomat OF
high rank intimates that II anybody gets
slice of China the United States will need to
be similarly favored.
Kansas city Star: 1t seems the height or
depth OF folly for italy to interfere in the
Chinese matter. England. Russia and Ger
many have interests in China which they
are desirous of extending, but Italy's COM
merce with China is insignificant and
affords no excuse for Intervention. Italy
should remember its costly and fruitless
attempt at colonization in Africa and re-
main at home. Italy is a great sufferer
from trying to keep big company and main
tain great army and navy because Its
allies do. In the meantime the italian
people are overtaXed and are leaving their
country by thousands for not only North,
but South America.
Detroit Journal: Forgetting for the mo-
ment what China has done in the past, un-
der pressure in the way of leasing scaports
to foreign nations the news telegraphed
from Pekin that the Italian government re-
CARDS as insulting Chinas refusal to fur
ther dismember itself to make a Roman
holiday is itself an insult to the Chinese.
Why should they not refuse? Whose ter
ritory is 1t that Italy demands? Imagine
the reply of Italy to China's demand for a
lease of seaport of Italy But the fact
is, China may as well submit 1t has cut
Off finger or two or three, and when a
hand Is demanded and then n leg it may
as well ply the knife with as little COM
plant of the flow of blood as possible. 1t
Is the penalty it pays for being so far
behind in the procession of nations that IL
cannot hear the band play the popular song
or the day-"Onward Christian Soldier!"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-10
FEEDING IN TRANSIT RATES

The proposal of the railroads to abol-
ish feeding in transit rates on live stock
threatens injury not only to the stock
men in the range country, but to the
Nebraska farmer. 1t means, if carried
into effect, cutting off several cents per
bushel from n large portion of the corn
crop of Nebraska, as well as depriving
the farmers of a market for thousands
of tons of hay and other rough feed now
source of revenue.
Under the present system cattle and
sheep from the range country are
shipped into Nebraska and other, corn
states to be fattened and prepared for
market. They are then shipped to mar
ket on payment of the prOpOrtionate
share of the through rate. Home con-
sumption is thus provided for millions of
bushels of corn at price from l to t
cents per bushel greater than any grain
shipper could afford to pay. Thousands
of tons of hay are protitably converted
into beef and mutton, which without
the bringing in of range stock would
never be cut. Many heavy corn grow
ing counties in Nebraska do not now
ship a carload of corn Il year, for the
reason that with the feeding in transit
rate it is more protitably converted into
meat.
The contention of the railroads, that
under the present system they are de-
frauded in many instances by the orig
inal shipper disposing of the live stock
together with his through bill of lading,
thus giving II second party "A reduced
rate to which he is not entitled, scarcely
merits attention. The railroad con-
tracts to haul certain amount of
freight for specified sum and it is
immaterial whether the ownership of
the freight changes in the meantime or
not. Those best able to judge assert
that the instances in which changes of
ownership have occurred are eXag.
gerated many times by the railroad otti-
cials.
The real object of the move is to de-
prlve the cattle feeder of the benefit
of the through rate by forcing
him TO pay the sum of the
two locals on his shipments.
Should this be done thousands of head
less Of cattle and sheep will be fed on
Nebraska corn than now and owners
who desire to continue feeding range
stock must pay less for their corn and
rough feed in order to make profit on
the transaction. The abolition of the
feeding in transit rate would mean a
severe blow to one of the greatest in
dustries of Nebraska and the conse-
quent loss of an immense sum TO the
farmers and incidentally TO the entire
business interests of the state. The
grower ON the range is also yitally in
terested, as under existing conditions
the feeder can and does pay more for
his stock than it would be worth on the
market in its immature condition. AS
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-10
4 MEAACLNG SLrrArLnN-

The boundary situation in Alaska
governor Of that territory, who was in
Washington in the interest of legisla-
ton affecting the territory, said to II
newspaper correspondent that any effort
on the part of the Canadians to extend
their authority in the region in dispute
would meet with armed resistance on
the part of the Americans and that
bloodshcd would surely follow. He said
the American miners were worked up to
n point of extreme bitterness and re-
sentiment and are determined to pre-
vent Canadian Cncroachment on what
this government claims as its territory,
1t appears that the Canadian mounted
police are already patrolling portions of
the land involved in the boundary con-
troversy and the American miners pro-
pose to resist further aggressions in this
direction.
Every effort should be made to avert
any trouble of this kind and if Governor
Brady correctly states the situation,
which there is no reason to doubt, it is
clearly the duty Of the Canadian gov
ernment to put check upon the repre-
sentativcs of its authority in Alaska. a
collision between Americans and Cana
dians might have very serious conse-
quences. There might easily arise from
ii a grave international controversy. 1t
certainly appears, from what was said
by Governor Brady that the Canadians
have pursued Il most unfriendly and ir-
ritating course and it cannot reasonably
be expected that this will be tolerated
indefinitely.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-10
COLONIES AND sPOILs.
VIII Acquisition of the Former Cure
the Latter Habit:


1t is scarcely necessary to refer to con-
gress' last act in turning the census over to
the spoils system in order to establish proof
of that body's enmlty to civil service reform,
Indeed, almost any legislative body in
America from the Chicago city council TO
the national congress, may be depended upon
to uphold the spoils creed to the limit of
its ability, because majority of any such
body will be composed of men professionally
addicted to politics-and why should they be
vlctors If they don't get the spols?
The effect of the colonies upon this in
grained, stupid and vicious adherence to the
spoils theory will be among the very in
teresting developments from our acquisi-
tons of territory.
Only the other day James Bryce published
an article dealing with English colonial eX-
perience. 1t is highly significant that this
learned and judicious observer laid the credit
for what success England has achieved in
it's tropical and subtropical colonies first to
the fact that it has taken their administra-
tion out of party politics and has built up
great corps of specially trained administra-
tors, who hold their places and are promoted
regardless of the changes of political for
tunes in England, who know intimately the
conditions and needs of the colonies and
who look to that service as a life profes-
sion, in which advancement depends upon
their own capacity.
1t is needless to say that no such body of
administrators could possibly be built up
under the system which has heretofore gov
erned our foreign office, with its "clean
sweep" every time the administration
changed.
If the colonies can be successfully gov
erned under the spoils system the rest Of
the world will be ready to acknowledge that
they are mere children in political genius
compared with the United States.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-10
The Policy of Greed.


Have we no messages of peace for the
world? Undoubtedly we have. The nation
that has done most for peace and humanity
has not changed its character. The people,
deceived by craft, cupidity and mendacity,
rushed into war; partly because their wrath
was aroused by what they regarded as the
murder of the sailors of the Maine, and
partly because their humane susceptibilities
were appealed to by the tales which came
to them of the cruelties practiced by the
Spaniards upon the peaceful inhabitants of
Cuba The nature of the American people
has not changed, and the time is coming
when the wretched policy of greed will be
revealed to them in all its hideousness, and
then there may be an uprising which will
be greatly regretted by those who have in
vited it, Their very attitude on the war,
the motives that are now swaying the minds
of many who want to keep the Philippines,
VIII some day lead them to overthrow the
system which has succeeded in turning the
great powers OF the government to the task
of promoting private interests and adding
to personal gain.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-10

IIIITUUtT.WII TNtIUTV.
General Gomezs Cuban army seems as
variable in numerical strength as was Fal-
Stairs array of men in buckram The federal
paymasters, with $4,000, 900 in cold cash. will
reach Havana next week. and the Cuban
who is not on Gomez's army roll may count
himself mighty unlucky. There are about
$4,000 rank and file, according to the vet
eran insurgent commanders count, but the
Cuban Assembly can stir up only about 30-
600. all told, to share in the windfall of fed
eral bounty. But none will be left out, in
all probability, for lack of place on the
muster roll. There's nothing like the clnk
of gold to bring your genuine Cuban in
surgent to the front!
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-10
A REBUhE TO THE GANG.

The decision of the supreme court
body blow to the Herdman gang of
holdups and desperadoes who had hung
their last hope Of recovering control of
the machinery of the city government
upon the bogus claimant for the place
to which Frank T.. M0orcs was elected
in their attempt to get their grip upon
the city by legislating the last repub-
lican administration out of office, they
tried to catch their breath in con-
spring with the man they had legislated
out of the mayors office to override the
ing up charges of ineligibility against
Mayor Moores.
From beginning to end the whole pro-
ceeding against Moores has been a ma
licious persecution gotten up by politi-
cal mountebanks and professional out
laws backed up by newspaper fence
with the sole object of plumber and po-
litical capital. While berating Mayor
Moores for taking advantage of legal
technicalty debarring the contestant
from bringing the suit, they try to cover
up the fact that the whole basis of the
contest was an alleged violation of legal
technicalty The report of the referee
was inspired, if not written by the re-
publican lawyers that have been side
partners of the gang and shared its
booty.
With the decision of the supreme court
confirming Mayor MOOres in his office
the gang will have to devise some new
scheme by which to rccuperate and re-
plenish its barren political larder.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-10

And now we are told thar the tempo
rary fusion of six years ago in Nebraska
has been made permanent While sew
eral of the fusees will enter vigorous
denial against such a statement, the
very name of permanent fusion is a
msnomer. When the parties to the So
called triple alliance persist in retaining
separate names and separate organiZa-
tions they can not regard the union as
permanent although each may hope in
time to swallow the others. Careful
comparison of conditions in Nebraska,
however, will convince any one that in
stead of having been strengthened OF
late the adhesive power of fusion has
been noticeably weakened and its per-
manency materially impaired.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-10
WHEELER AND HIS OFFICES.
A Mischievous Precedent Prevented
by Speaker Reed.


Some unpleasantness was caused in the
closing hours of congress by the episode in
which Speaker Reed declined to recognize
Representative Joseph Wheeler for the pur-
pose of making personal explanation. The
speaker was right, however, and General
Wheeler was wrong. During the late ses-
sion of congress General Wheeler, though in
attendance as a member of congress, refused
to take part in the proceedings, because of a
doubt whether his appointment in the army
did not disqualify him as legislator, and
he broke his resolution when he attempted
to address the house. In his special case
there could have been no harm done by let
ting him speak, and the country would have
willingly condoned any technical violation
of law in his behalf, but a precedent would
have been established, which might have
bred much mischief at a later date, when
military politicians might have
used it as an argument why they should be
as full members of congress, and
swayed legislation to suit themselves. We
have seen how that system works in other
countries, and we want none OF 1t in the
United States. AS for General Wheeler, he
has been elected to the next congress, and
If he chooses, next winter, to lay down his
sword and don his toga, he will be heard as
to whatever he may have to say.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-10
NEE LINES.

The attempt Of Agunaldo to get the coun
tries OF Europe TO recognize him suggests
the idea that n they do not comply before
General Otis gets hold OF him they may
have some difficulty in doing so.
The illness OF MIR. Rudyard Kipling is
replete with a valuable lesson. which 1t Is
to be hoped that he Will not fail TO learn
Uniformly, MIR. Kipling has not failed 10
vilify America and Americans as body
The orfense Is not one that is palliated by
youth, for it has been repeated frequently
and recently. but after the universal
sympathy the great writer has received from
the American people he should not offend
again in this regard.
The authorities at Wellington, Kan,
decided that they would christen their new
jail in honor of the first inmate. a Mrs,
Horton was the first to be granted admission
and the structure was named Horton jail.
The trial of the woman resulted in acquittal,
but the name of the Jail was not changed
On the other hand its celebrity became
greater. That naturally angered the woman
and she has now expressed her disapproval
by filing big damage suit against the
officials.
The formation of the wool trust will prob
ably lead to some loud bleating when the
minority stockholders find that they have
had the wool pulled over their eyes.
A New York woman who lectures on
household economics is authority for the
following statement made deliberately be-
fore an audience OF young women; II hope
to see the day when kissing is unknown
,iuh could no M illegal | let
anyone kiss me. / hope no one will ever
try to kiss me, for i will not let them"
Nothing is said as to the age of this woman,
No statement exists as to whether she pos
sesses the blooming charm, peculiar to her
sex, which would induce any rightly con-
structed man to try to lift himself by his
boot straps to the top of the Eihel tower,
il necessary, for sip of the labian nectar,
and in the absence of these facts the state
ment might be allowed to go as the vapor-
ings of what Mr.. Alexander Pope would
call "a stale virgin with a wintry face II
1t were not for its possible moral effect on
the unsophistcated. Presumably this woman
is not so entirely bereft Of human sensibil-
tiles as to found her objections upon the
theory that kissing, like the old gentle
mans job of shearing pigs, involves too
much suuealing for the amount of wool
realized but is rather based upon the mi
crobe falacy. But by the shades OF Eros,
that is worse. Think Of the softly tremu-
lous and warm red "Cupids bow" as nest
of insidous microbes!
The thought of such thing would be
stigma upon the gallantry Of Digger In
dian. But what if there are microbes,
what difference does it make? Could sane
man desire to die OF any more agreeable
disease? Since we must shuttle off this
mortal coil let it be by this mcrobe route
and we will snap our fingers in the face OF
science and die joyously, using our last
breath to ask for another Infection.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-10
Paying Spain in It's own Coin.

NtW lUTh NIaII and ENDfess.
II Spain doesn't object 1t might be a
good stroke of finance to pay it that $40 900,
goo in Mexican silver dollars. Inasmuch as
10000, 600 Mexican dollars could be bought
for something less than 10000 900 of Ameri-
can dollars, this government might make a
very neat little saving by purchasing the
necessary amount of the cheaper coin and
handing it TO the Spaniards in payment
Surely Spain could not reasonably object to
being paid in money which is just as good
as its own.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-10
Defining IA Smell.

The army court of inquiry may be a
strictly practical body, but when it or any
member Of 1t demands of witness a "strict
definition" of the term "deathly smell" It
exhibits itself as bound by words rather than
ideas and as inclined TO fine-spun definitions
which the situation does not demand. II the
court were suddenly called upon to define
the smell of rose or OF cabbage. how
would 1t begin?
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-10

matter of fact the railroads them.
solves would in all probability he heavy
losers in the end. They cannot afford
to cripple this great industry, now
pre- srcrous after years of depression, for
the sake Of a small temporary gain m
revenue. Abolshing the feeding in
transit rate would strike at the prs
pcrity of the granger roads, which have
been most conspicuous in the recent Ie-
vlval of railroad values.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-10

The new packing house year COM
menced with March and South Omaha
makes a very tiattering showing. The
total number of hogs packed at the prin-
5000. Chicago just holds its own as
compared with last year, Kansas City
shows a loss of $1,000. while South
Omaha has gain of 5000 to its credit.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-10
Yellow Kids Hnrd to Please.


1t is noticeable fact that the same people
who were most sorely Worried over Ger
many's alleged unfriendliness toward the
United States a little while ago are the ones
who are mad now because Ger
many has taken steps to prove
that the stories of desire on
its part to get mixed up in the war were
unfounded and that it is anxious to be on
friendly terms with this country.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-10
ROMANCE AND REALITY,

Somervlle Journal
He held her hand! Delightful peace
Pe"vaGed all the souls of both
His arm he stole around her waist;
She nestled closer, nothing loath
They. talked about their wedding day.
And for happy future planned
And joyous hours like minutes flew
And all the time he held her hand!
He held her hand! Her eye flashed frey
She writhed and twisted in his grasp!
He realized that trouble dire
Would come, If she should break his clasp
For wedlock-Goal of all true love
Now held them in it's potent band.
And she was trying to throw a carV-
Ing knife at him! He held her hand!
Omaha daily bee., 1899-03-10
1stration.

The news that farm lands IN York
county have advanced S. per acre in the
last year while farmers have made
from $4,000 to $4,000 during the past
ffteen years in agricultural pursuits sug-
gests the idea that Nebraska, as field
for accumulation of wealth, can give the
KIondike cards and spades and then win
ont