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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26
DALGETTY'S CASUALTIES.
He Reports Twenty Killed in Recent
ENGAGEMENTS.

MAsERU, April 19.-Col. Dalgetty's,
casualties since he has been besieged
at Wepener are twenty killed and one
hundred wounded. The Boer losses
are reported to have been considerably
heavier. After the night of the attack
of April 18th the dead were left on the
field, where they still lie unburied
There is a conflict of opinion among
the leaders. Some want to attack
again while others refuse to do So
Desultory cannon firing and ''sniping"
continues. The Caledon is rising,
which alarms the Beers, as they are
now on both SIDES of the river, and
might be cut off if the stream was to
become flooded. Five Boer guns are
believed to be disabled.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26
TURKEY DENIES THE CLAIM.
Ali Ferrouh Bey Gives suItan's Side o
Quarrel.

Quarrel.
WASHINGTON, April 23.-Ali Ferrouh
Bey, the Turkish minister, was asked
to make statement relative to the
failure of the sultan to pay the claim
made by the United States for indem-
nifty on account of the destruction OF
mission buildings at Harpoot some
years ago. In reply to the question
whether he expected that his relations
with this government would be termi-
mated in consequence of the turn af-
fairs have taken, the minister said:
81 must say I do not believe the
Turkish government is or can be held
responsible for the destruction of these
buildings; for when the claim for IN
demnity was formally made upon the
sublime porte an agreement to pay the
sum asked as the damages-S90, 900,
more or less-was entered into by the
sultan, conditioned on the proof of the
fact that the buildings were malicious
ly destroyed by Turkish subjects and
as direct result of religious fanati-
cism and not as "a result of the personal
quarrel between the Christians and
the Mohammedans. In fact, as / I'M
derstand the matter, the Turkish gov
eminent cannot rightly be held for
this misfortune. Of course, we nat
urally regret the occurrence, and, il it
is possible, will make some reparation,
either in money or by furnishing the
offenders, if they can be found. But,
you understand, a government does
not willingly admit or pay a claim for
damages unless very satisfactory and,
indeed, unquestionable evidence of the
justice of the claim can be established,
and it does not appear that this is the
case in the present instance"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26
THREW HIMSELF UNDER A TRAIN.
Horrible Case of Suicide Near
Dysart.

Horrible Case of Suicide Near
Dysart.
WATERLOO, April 19.-Dayid Alters,
a well-to-do German farmer, commit
ted suicide two miles south of Dysart,
by deliberately throwing himself in
front Of north bound passenger train
on the b., c. Il. & n. The engineer
saw the man walking on the track to-
wards the train. After repeated
warnings, which failed to make him
leave the track, the train was stopped
only few feet from him. Ahlers then
stepped off the track, but when the
train started up again he plunged
headlong in front of the engine. His
body was horribly crushed and
mangled. Ahlers was a married man,
SO years of age. Domestic troubles are
assigned as the cause for his act.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26
Frances Shebeck Ends Life.

WASHINGTON, April 22.-Franees
ShebeclI, who lived with her sister,
Mrs. s. P. Ramsey, four miles west of
Washington, took four ounces of car
bolic acid. When her sister discover
ed her lying on the bed, she asked
what she had done and the girl replied
that she had taken carbOlic acid and
wanted to die. A physician was sum-
moned, but nothing could be done to
save her life and she died. She was
a bohemian girl about IS years of age.
Nocause is known why the girl should
commit such a deed.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26
FLOODS IN THE SOUTH.
Millions of Dollars Worth OF Damag &c
Done in Mississippi.

Millions of Dollars Worth OF Damage
Done in Mississippi.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, April 2l.-A special
to the Commercial-Appeal from New
Orleans says: 1.-The food which COM
menced the early part of the week has
caused fully $1,000, 900 loss in central
southern Mississippi, to say nothing of
damages sustained by the railroads.
The extent of the losses has not yet
been fully realized, and it may be some
days yet before an accurate total can
be reached, for mail communication
has been totally cut off," A special
from Columbia, Miss. fixes the loss in
that little town and its immediate vi
cinity at 100000. Many farm houses
were carried away by the mad waters,
the occupants barely escaping with
their lives. and the number of cattle
destroyed was great. A great many
houses and gins were washed away.
Nearly every bridge around Columbia
was swept away. Honey Island, the
rendezvous of the noted train robber
Burch, is under twenty feet of water,
and the island, which has for years
been one of the natural game preserves
of the south, is now devoid of wild
animals
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26

Manila, April 21.-The military com.
mission sitting at Calamba, which has
been considering the cases Of Filipinos
accused of brigandage, has found three
natives guilty and sentenced them to
fifteen years Imprisonment. These
are the first convictions Of persons
charged with carrying on guerrilla
warfare -
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26
He Was Anxious to Die,

RIvERToN, April 23.-Four miles be-
low Riverton an unknown man about
% years of age and fairly well dressed
threw himself in front of an engine
running fifty miles an hour. He was
cut into small pieces. A note was
found stating that his name was w.
II. Taylor and he was from st. Louis
About So was found in his pockets.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26

AccRA, Gold Coast Colony, West
Africa, April 2o.-Governor Hodgson
wires from Kumassi that the other
tribes are rising again, and he asks for
assistance. The loyal Bekuis have
been attacked by the Ashantis, and 500
have been killed. 1t is feared that
this Will compel them TO join the re-
bellion. Evidently the matter is ex-
tremely serious and was minimized I'M
til IL was too late
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26
CENTERVILLE'S BAD FIRE.
Business Property Worth $4,000
Burned.

worm @fo,OOO
Burned.
OTTUMwA, April 2l.-Centerville, the
county seat of Appanoose county, was
visited by a $4,000 fire which for a
time threatened to consume the entire
business portion of the city. The fire
originated in an implement house on
the south side of the square, but in
what manner is unknown. The most
of the buildings destroyed were old
structures, else the loss would have
been much greater. The facilities for
coping with the flames were made
quate and the fire spread to the yards
of the Lewis Lumber Company, which
were also damaged 20 the extent of
several thousand dollars.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26
Thirteen New Archbishop..

Rome, April 21.-At the consistory
thirteen bishops were made archbish-
ops, including Sbarretti of Havana.
There were nineteen nominations by
papal brief, among which were Mon
signores Kelly of Savannah, Granjon
Of Tucson and Orth of Vancouver. The
nomination of bishop for the see of
Columbus, Ohio, was postponed, owing
to dissensions in regard to the selec-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26

Sioux CITY, April 2O.-A petition is
being circulated asking President
Mckinley to pardon Frank NJ. Dorsey,
of this city, convicted and sentenced to
six years in prison for wrecking the
First National bank of Ponca, Neb.
Former Congressman G. W. E. Dorsey
is in Washington, supposedly to secure
clemency. AS one judge of the federal
court of appeals dissented from the
opinion sustaining the sentence, ex-
ecution of the sentence will be de,
ferred.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26
METHUEN HAD TO RETIRE.
Attacked by Force of Two Thousand
Beers.


BosHoF, Orange Free State, April
2l.-At midday yesterday Methuen's
field force at neutrality-suspicious. was
ordered to return to Boshof. Its con-
voy extended over six miles The es-
cort took up a position on the hill
commanding the road just in the nick
of time as a force of two Thousand
Beers suddenly appeared and opened a
very heavy fire. The British, how
ever, held them in check until the col
umn reached this point in safety,
when they retired. The British had
several casualties. The Beers fought
determinedly and must have suffered
considerably, as they once advanced to
within three hundred yards of the hill,
whence a concealed detachment of
British opened a heavy fusilade on
them.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26
Clerk Defaults.

CEDAE RAPIDS, April Wellington
Richards, clerk in G. II. Boyson's
pharmacy, has confessed to being a
defaulter in the sum of more than
81, 900 and the exact amount will never
be known. His operations have COW
cred n long period of time, and the
fact that Mr.. Boyson kept no regular
set of double entry books, materially
assisted him is securing the money
that for long time was not missed.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26
MOVEMENT Is REVERSED.
Stories Being Sent Out from Bloom
fOntein.

fOntein.
LONDON, April 2O.-Heavy rains i'm
pede the movements of the British
columns. The blockade of Wepener
continues, although relief is near.
Large quantities of stores are being
moved southwark from Bloemfontein,
which is reversal of the course OF
freight for the last six weeks. These
shipments are made necessary by the
operations in the southeast of the
Free State. There are 1000 sick in
the field hospitals, most of the cases
being of dysentery and enteric fever.
With the exception of these facts, the
embargo upon war intelligence is al.
most complete.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26
MONTENEGRO sURRENDERs.
Leading Filipino General Capitulates to
Colonel Smith.

MANILA, April 1s.-General Monte
negro, one of the insurgents best
fighters, surrendered to Colonel Smith
in the mountains near Camaling prov
ince, Pangasinan, where General Ma
cabulos has been trying to reorganize
the Filipino army. Colonel Smith,
with five companies of the Seventeenth
regiment, nearly surrounded the force
of Montenegro, who, discouraged by
the impossibility of making the men
stand against the Americans, surren-
dered. Macabulos escaped. The in
surgents attacked San Jose in the
province of Batangas and Santa Cruz
on the lake. fruitlessly.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26
ROBERTS READY TO MOVE.

Romounts and Equipments Have Arrived
at BIoemfontein.
LONDON, April 2O.-The Bloemfon-
tein correspondent of the Daily Chron-
icle says:
THE requisite remounts and equip
ments have arrived and all the provis-
ions are now here. Lord Roberts is
now ready. Several lots of concealed
arms and ammunition have been dis
covered here this week. The epidemic
of enteric fever is abating."
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26
GAR AND BoEK WAR.
french People Think Russia Unlikely

french People Think Russia Unlikely
to Intervene.
PARIS, April 2I.-The supposition
that Murayictr's journey to Moscow
has any bearing on possible interven-
tion by Russia in the Transvaal war is
regarded here as nfoundcd. The
statement that the car is coming to
Paris August shows That Russian in
timacy with France is still great, and
that II the two countries did anything
they would do SO in common. but
France has not officially declared what
she will do
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26
TEN PERSONS INDICTED.
Charged With Completely in the Murder
of Governor GoebeI.


FRANKFORT, Ky, April 19.-The
Franklin county grand jury has re-
turned indictments against ten per-
sons, charging them with completely
in the murder of William Goebel. The
principals named are Henry E. Yout-
sey, Il. S. Howard, Boyd Howard.
IIarland Whitaker and ''Tallow Dick"
Coombs (col ored). Those indicted as
accessories before the fact are Secre-
tary of State Caleb Powers, CAPITA in
John Il. Powers, eX-Secretary of State
Charles Finley, w. II. Culton, and f..
Wharton Golden. In the indictments,
relating to the alleged accessories.
three other men are indirectly referred
to as accessories. though no indict-
ments were reported against them.
They are Governor w. s. Taylor,
Green Golden and Captain John Davis.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26
Nicaragua Bill Amended.

WASHINGTON, April 2l.-The house
committee on interstate and foreign
commerce has made an important
change in the Hepburn Nicaraguan
canal bill, striking out the provision
for "fortification. This was agreed
to with view of overcoming opposi-
ton and securing action. Mr.. Hep
burn. in charge of the bill, announces
q definite arrangement has been reach
ed by which the bill will be considered
by the house on May and
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26
CONVICTED AS GCERRnLAs.
Three FlliPinos Sentenced to Serve FIJI

Three Fllipinos Sentenced to Serve Fir.
teen Years in Prison.
MANILA, April 2l.-Ihe military
commission which tried three Fuipinos
at Leallambra for guerrilla warfare
has found all three guilty and SEN
fenced two of them to life imprisonment
and one to thirty years imprisonment.
Major General Otis has approved the
findings but has reduced the sentence
TO fifteen years. Two Ladrones, con-
victed of murder, have been sentenced
10 be hanged at odonnel.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26
To Advance Gen. Miles.

WAsuINGToS, April 2l.-The senate
committee on military affairs reached
an agreement to report bill for reor-
ganization of the army with number
of amendments. The bill confers the
rank of lieutenant general upon the
senior major general, and that of
major general upon the adjutant gen
eral of the army.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26
Governor Tanner May Be Doomed.

SPRINGFIELD, H., April 21.-Gan
stones are the cause of gastritis with
which Governor Tanner has suffered
for some time, and it is the opinion of
Doctors Sem of Chicago and l.. G..
TAYLOR and John Dixon of this city
that an operation will be necessary in
the near future. 1t is believed by
many that Governor Tanner is a
doomed man.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26
Dalpety Still Surrounded,

PRETORIA, April ls.-The latest Off
cial reports from the Orange Free
State are to the effect that General De
Wet is still surrounding Brabants
Dalgety's) forces, though the British
are strongly intrenched in Boer
fashion, indicating that they are
colonials
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26
Small Pox at Toledo.

TOLEDO, April 2O.-Two cases of
small pox have developed in Toledo
Editor Russell, of the Independent,
and Neil Harrigan, a printer in the
employ of the Toledo Chronicle, are
the patients. 1t is thought that about
ten or fifteen families have been ex-
posed and they will probably be quar-
antined also
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26
Cbicagoans With Beers.

LONDON, April 2O.-According to a
dispatch to the Daily Mail from Lo-
reno Marquee, nearly half the mem
bers of the Chicago ambulance corps,
when offered Mausers on their arrival
at Pretoria, tore off their Red Cross
badges. Adelbert S. Hay, United
States consul, notified the Transvaal
government that he must report the
circumstance to WASHINGTON,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26
HULL WINS IN STORY.
Defeats Payne for the Congressioni

Defeats Payne for the Congressional
Nomination.
NEVADA, April 23.-The Story coun-
ty primaries, held in accordance with
the primary system in vogue in Story
county, resulted in decided victory
for Captain j. A. L. Hull for congress.
The total vote on congressman is as
follows: J. A. T. Hull, 979; w. o.
Payne, Sol. The overwhelming vic
victory of Captain Hull in Story county
is conceded to assure his nomination
without further contest.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26
GENTLE TIP TO THE SULTAN.
He Is Told to Remember the Fate of
in

He Is Told to Remember the Fate of
Spain.
LONDON, April 19.-The Vienna cor
respondent of the Times says:
"By further resistance to the claims
of the United States the sultan will
expose himself to grave consequences
which he probably has not foreseen.
The United States government is not
accustomed to indulge in empty
threats. If the sultan for moment
supposes he would lind protection from
any European power, let him remem-
Der Spain" ..#
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26

DUBUQUE, April EX-SENATOR Allison
has not and does not express willing
ness to accept the second place on the
republican national ticket. The re-
port is without foundation. Senator
Allison is at home to remain a few
days and the above statement is made
on hi auth OritV
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26
ASK FOR INSTRUCTIONS.
Ambassadors Consider the Situation 6
ConstantinOpIe Very Important. :

Amba ssadors Consider the Situation AZ
ConstantinopIe Very Important.
LONDON. April 20.-The Constansti-
nople correspondent of the Standard
says:
'All the embassies have applied to
their governments for instructions in
case extreme measures become neces-
sary on the question Of import duties.
All the amba ,adors and foreign en-
voys are now working in praiseworthy
unity. The Americans had hitherto
been apathetic, but now they are man
ifesting an inclination to put in u
word, also"
-Four New South Wales lepers have
been treated by the leprosy serum
method devised by DIR. Juan de Dios
Carrasquilla, of Bogota, and declared
by him to have been successful in a
hundred tases. The Australian doe
tors, however, declare that after a very
careful test they were unable to detect
any improvement, and that the disease
continued its progress in the patients.
The best wagon road in Kansas, it 10
said, is the bed of the Arkansas river.
Ladies who sleep with their hair
tightly pinned up ought to know that
this practice retards the circulation of
the blood, and injuriously affects the
growth of the hair. 4
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26
His Head Blown on.

CORNING, April 22.-Charles Ellis,
aged IS, while blasting rock out of a
well at Mt. Etna, had his head blown
off by premature explosion OF pow
der,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26

Treasurer of State Herriott reports
that every cent of the Agricultural
College endowment funds have been
loaned out at ; per cent. More than
$500, 600 was on hand when the legis-
lature adjourned, but the law passed
by it allowing the trustees of the col
lege to loan the money at the market
rate resulted in the quick disposition
of the funds.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26
TURKEY MUST PAY LOSS.
Ultimatum May BE Delivered Soon b,
Uncle Sam.

Uncle Sam.
New YORK, April 10.-The Tribune's
Washington special says:
1.-The United States charge d. affaires
at Constantinople will be directed to
inform the sultan that this govern
ment must insist on the payment with
out further delay of 500, 900 indemnity
for outrages on American missionaries
and destruction of their property, un-
less prompt action on the sultan's part
anticipates the ultimatum and the
debt is discharged before resort is
made to drastic measures"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26
JAPAN BEGINS TO DISLIKE Us.
Feeling Based on the
Conditions In Hawaii.

Conditions In Hawaii.
LONDON, April 23.-The Daily Mail
publishes a letter from Yokohama
describing the growth of anti-Amer-
lean feeling" in Japan. The writer
says: This development is due to the
harsh treatment the japanese have re-
ceived in Hawaii and to the belief that
the United States will stop Japanese
immigration to Hawaii. The feeling
is calculated to lead to deplorable
war of tariffs and to retaliatory re-
StrictiOnS"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26

The governor has received and in
dorsed over to the treasurer of state
warrant on the treasurer of the United
States for $4,3ll.G7. being the amount
due the county of Delaware as indem-
nifty for swamp lands enormously sold
by the government
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26

Governor Shaw announces that he
will go to Washington, d. c.. to help
push the claims of the Louisiana pur-
chase states. lie will be one of the II
governors. representing the II states
of the Louisiana purchase, who have
been asked to join the delegation from
these states and appear before the con-
CresSiOnal committee to ask for an APP
preparation of $1,000, 600 for the St.
Louis worlds fair to be held in 1903.
The congressional committee will meet
April -, and the governors have all
been notified of their invitations to be
present through Secretary James Cox
of the worlds fair committee.
The executive committee of the State
Agricultural society has selected the
Fifty-fr>t Iowa regiment band for the
state fair this year.
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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL


DIES NUINESI NPITI %, 15VV'
Plans for the completion of the
state historical building were ordered
by the council The legislature APP
propriated sci 900 for the completion
of the building. The third floor will
be finished and the necessary furniture
and fixtures will be bought by bids.
A number of cases of small pox have
been reported from Fort Dodge and
letter has been received complaining
of laxness on the part Of the local au-
thorities and asking the board to
intervene.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-04-26

Governor Shaw has named the mem
bers of three of the six commissions
created by the Legislature last winter
the library commission, which is to
promote the general library interests
OF the state. the commission to locate
the positions occupied by Iowa troops
at the battle of NicksburG and the
Shiloh commission which carries an
appropriation of SjO,C for the cree
ton of monuments to mark the SpOts
occupied by Iowa soldiers on the field
at Shiloh. Captain w. H. johnson, Of
Fort Dodge, president of the state
library association; Mrs. ID. w. Norris,
of Grinnell; Mrs. II. NJ. TOwner, Of
Corning, and Miss Jessie Il. Waite, of
Burlington, were appointed members
of the library commission for terms of
two, tn e., four and five years, as pro-
vided in che bill. The state librarian.
superintendent of public instruction
and president of the state university
are eX-otficio mem Ders. The law goes
into effect July and the commission
will meet Immediately after that.
The governor has signed the bill by
Representative Miller of Fayette, re-
puiring that teachers in the public
schools shall be instructed in the rudi-
lnents of music. 1t is not necessary
that they shall be singers or perform
crs on any instrument, but they must
understand the rudiInents of the art
of reading music. The governor Sc
riOusly considered the advisability of
vetoing the bill, but found that Presi-
dent Seerley Of the state normal school
among others, endorsed it very strong
Iy. Finding a considerable sentiment
among teachers themselves in favor of
the measure. he concluded to allow it
to become law.