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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-05
TROOPS ORDERED TO PEKING.

Gen. Adna C. Chafree to Have Com
mand of American Forces.
WASHINGTON, June 27.-The purpose
of the government to place adequate
military force IN China was made per-
fectly clear yesterday when orders
were issued to Brig. Gen. Adna K.
Chaffee to take command of forces in
China and to proceed at once to as,
sumo his new duties. More signifi,
cant, probably, than the assignment
itself was the wording of the formal
orders to General Chaffee, issued late
in the day, Acting Secretary of War
Meiklejohn directing Gen. Chaffee to
command troops "ordered to China
and to proceed to Peking by way of
San Francisco and Taku, accompanied
by his aides. 1t has been expected
that military forces would be concen-
trated at Che Foo or some other con-
venient military base, but the direc-
ton to proceed to Picking, the capital
of the Chinese empire, indicated firm
determination on the part of the gov
eminent authorities to have a strong
military force at the Chinese capital.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-05
JONES CASE is TAKEN UP
Investigation of Charges Made by
Treasurer Herriott.

lTCoouTCT IlCfIlOtls
DIES MONIES, July 2.--Jesse Miller
has fled with the governor his report
concerning the conduct of the Office of
the clerk of the supreme court. The
commission was made because of
charges by Treasurer Herriott that
fees belonging to the state were not
turned into the state treasury. Mr..
Miller states he had free access to all
the books in the clerks Office and that
amounts received from all classes of
fees are easily ascertainable therefrom.
He finds that all but the following
classes were turned into the treasury:
Money received for copies of supreme
court decisions furnished West Pub
fishing Co. of ST. Paul.
Money received for copies furnished
attorneys.
A portion of the money received for
certificates of admission of attorneys
to the bar.
Money received for making examina-
tions of judgment docket as to judg-
ments.
Money received for making tran
scripts of cases appealed to the supreme
court Of the United States.
The report states that copies were
furnished the West Publishing Co. at
25 cents page and that the amount
received by the clerk from January,
1895, to January, 1900, was SO, 1876. &c. :
The copies were furnished during
the April term, 1900, by special COM
tract with Miss FANNIE Jones, the ar
rangements being made by Chief JUS
tice Granger.
An investigation of how the present
custom originated shows that ever
since 1879 the West Publishing Co. IS
business has been a personal matter
with the clerk. The supreme court in
1885 over-ruled an application from
Blank Bros, law book publishers Of
New York, asking that the West Pub;
fishing Co. be denied the right to
make copies of the opinions.
S1,249.45 has been received by Mr..
Jones for copies furnished attorneys.
1t is found that former clerks turned
these fees over to the state.
It run - JANUARY, 1879, W lilc pTcScut
time sig students have been admitted
to the bar and the clerk has accounted
for S4O5. so of the fees. A small mum.
Der paid no fee but it is believed they
belonged to the class admitted on
motion and of whom none was re
CURED; $49.7O was received by the
clerk for examinationsIas to whether
there were judgements agasnst GER
tain persons.
The report goes into lengthy
statement regarding the affairs of tho
Office but is not sensational in charac-
ter. The business with the West Pub.
fishing Co., is that of which most has
been said and in it Mr.. Jones is backed
by the precedent of his Office. The re-
port resolves the matter into a ques-
ton of law as to whether the clerk
can make personal contracts and the
chief justice of the supreme court evil
IDENTIFY believes he can.
The governor has not yet decided
what action he will take.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-05
URGE SPEEDY SETTLEMENT.
British Columbians Think Alaskan
Boundary Dispute Should End.

British Columbians Think Alaskan
Boundary Dispute Should End.
LONDON, June 30-British Column bia
has sent representatives to London to
warn the imperial government that
the unsettled Alaskan boundary ques-
ton is still pregnant with danger.
Robert Ward of the British Columbia
board of trade in Victoria, who has
come to urge the necessity for action
at the congress of chambers of COM
merce of the British empire, now in
session here, said to correspondent:
1.-The temporary agreement between
the United States and Great Britain is
wholly unsatisfactory to British sub
jects, on the ground that it is source
of constant irritation. While we be-
lieve that all points of difference are
capable of adjustment by arbitration,
the temporizing policy which seems to
recommend itself to the home govern
ment is fraught with serious possibili-
ties. The gold fields and the extern
sion of the British trade which is GER
tain to follow in it's wake make an
early final settlement of the matter Of
the most vital Importance"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-05
CONGER in PERIL.
Seymour Reaches Tien Tsin But Min.
listers Are Not With Him.

WASHINGTON. June 3O.-The navy
department has received the following
from Admiral Kempff at Che Foo:
The Peking relief expedition is
now in Tien Tsin with two hundred
sick and wounded. The ministers and
the Picking party are not with them.
No news from them" @
BERLIN, June 3O.-The German con-
sui cables under date of June % from
Che Foo that nothing is known there
concerning the foreign ministers; that
the railroad between Taku and Tien
Tsin is threatened; that the lombard
ment of Tien Tsin still continues; that
three residents had been killed or
wounded
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-05
Fears For Iowa Man in China

Sioux CITY, June 29.-Grave fears
are entertained by the family of Chrys
Miller, manager of the Brice railway
In China, and for the syndicate which
proposed to build a street railway in
Tien Tsin this year, the first in China,
that he has been killed. No word has
been received from him for an alarm
ing length of time, and hopes that he
had left the city to avoid danger have
been shattered. The family, consist
ing of his wife and six small children,
are now In Sioux CITY.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-05

Indications Are That the Vessel is Badly
Damaged.

WASHINGTON, July 2.-The navy de.
partment received a cablegram from
Captain Wilde, of the Oregon, dated
Che Foo, confirming the report that
his ship is aground fifty miles from
Taku. The Iris and another relief
ship are now with the Oregon. Capt.
Wilde says that there is much water
in the forward compartment, with a
hole in the side of the vessel and small
holes through the bottom. Pinnacle
rock, where the Oregon is aground, is
about 25 feet high, encircled by a
shoal, and should not be approached
nearer than three cables. There is a
strong current always prevalent in the
vicinity, and this fact, together with
the dense fog which prevailed at the
time, sreatly enhanced the danger in
navigating the Oregon. The officials
of the navy photographers Office say
there is great rise and fall of tide
and it is possible the Oregon will be
lifted off in this way. 1t is probable
that she can be saved if the weather
does not become rough. Unfortu-
nately this is the season of storms in
Chinese waters.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-05

The mud volcanoes situated in the
vicinity of Laytonville, Cal, have
burst into alarming activity. The
first intimation the inhabitants had
Of the phenomenon was when an i'm
mense cloud of vapor issued from the
mouth Of the craters, accompanied by
a sound like faraway thunder. The dis
turbance is so violent that great red
wood trees are swayed when the mud
and vapor shoots high over the rims
of the crater and flows down the hill
side like lava stream into one of the
tributaries Of the Eel River. The
murky craters are filled with blush
mud Of about the consistency of boil
ing tar, but the mud is icy cold. The
roar Of the volcanoes can be heard
for miles around.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-05
ALL LIKELY TO BE ACQUITTED.
No Probability of Convictions In Cuban
Custom Fraud Cases.

No Probability of Convictions In Cuban
Custom Fraud Cases.
HAVANA, July Elm the opinion of
Havana lawyers generally the accused
officials in the custom house fraud
cases now on trial are likely to be 'ac-
quilted. Apparently everything has
been done to assist them against the
prosecution, and it is openly asserted
that the fiscal himself is determined
that no one shall be convicted AS
giving color to this assertion, it is
pointed out that he has called Senior
Manduley as a witness. Mandulev is
the attorney who came from Santiago
at the request of Gov. Gen. Wood to
act as temporary fiscal In connection
with the cases, owing to the difficulty
of finding competent prosecutor IN
Havana who was not related to one or
more of the prisoners. For months it
has been known that every effort was
being made to secure the release of
all. All belong to the best families of
Cuba, many of them being members of
the leading clubs, and some related
even to the chief Justice.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-05
WARS VICTIMS NEGLECTED.
Exposures on MIsmanagement in South
Africa Stir British.

exposures on Mlsmanagement In south
Africa Stir British.
LONDON, June 29.-The exposures
regarding the hospitals in South AT
RIGA have made a great sensation in
Britain. They began with three col
umns of restrained language in the
Times from w. A. Burdett-Courts,
conservative member for parliament
for Westminster. His disclosures have
been widely reproduced and they are
supplemented with deuunciatory tele-
grams and interviews with survivors
and army medical men. The Arch
bishop of Cape Town, in an address
before the society of Good Hope in
the Cape government house, expressed
great dissatisfaction at the way In
which the sick and wounded were
treated. HIS declared that the warm
clothing that was absolutely necessary
was freely offered, but was rarely if
ever distributed by the army doctors,
that the sick slept on the bare ground,
and that even in Cape Town the way
in which the hospitals were mlsman-
aged made ones blood boil.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-05
Locked Up Under a Serious Charge.

Sioux CITY, July 2.-Homer Robb,
alias Homer Chase, is locked up on the
charge of conspiracy to rob and muir
der. His arrest is the result of an in
vestigation which the police have
been conducting since the Sunday Of
the big excursion into Sioux City,
June 10. On that day Chris Schroeder,
n tailor in the employ of Barrett Bros,
at Dunlap, was taken by two strangers
onto a sand bar in the Missouri river
at point north of the city. Schroeder
was intoxicated. There the strangers
stripped him of his clothes and robbed
him of $40. They carried away his
clothing and left the unconscious man
to the mercy of the waters. He awoke
the next morning, reached shore and
managed to find his way to a farm
house, where he got some clothes.
Robb denies his guilt.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-05
HORRIBLE SCENES.
Awful Carnage Which Occurred in Tien
Tsin.

awIuI carnage Wnicn occurred In Ten
Tsin.
LONDON, June 27.-A dispatch has
been received at Berlin confirm
ing Admiral Kempff's announcement
of the relief of Tien Tsin on the ed.
According to the report of Chinese
refugee, who arrived at Shanghai, the
conditions at Tien Tsin are horrible.
Everywhere in the streets are bodies
of massacred men and women of all
nationalities. The Hong Kong and
German banks were destroyed during
the bombardment. Shanghai also re-
ports that the American and Russian
relief force was so badly ambuscaded
that the forces were obliged to aban-
don several field guns and much am
munition. One hundred and eighty
Russians and eleven Americans were
killed and wounded. A German gun
boat and Russian torpedo boat were
destroyed while patrolling the Pei Ho
river, raking with machine guns the
native villages on the river banks,
which were filled with concealed
"Snipers
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-05
DOUBLE TRAGEDY AT ALBA.
Colored Man Shoots His Wife and
Himself.

Colored Man Shoots His Wife and
Himself
OTTUMwA, June 30.-Richard Bell, a
colored man of Abba, shot and killed
his wife and then committed suicide at
the home of his wife's father. Domes-
tic troubles which have been brewing
for some time were the cause of the
tragedy. The woman had filed suit
for divorce, which was to have been
heard at the coming term of court. 1t
is supposed that Bell was trying to fix
matters up with her. Mrs. Bell spent
the night at the home of her father,
Oliver Marshall. Bell went there and,
calling her out of the house, shot her,
death resulting instantly. The muir
derer then TUNED the revolver on him
self and sent a bullet through his
heart.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-05
THE NEWS In IOWA
A BOLD HOLDUP.
station Agent at Charles City Held Up
and Robbed Of &6A.

station Agent at Charles City Held Up
and Robbed of $64.
CHARLES CITY, June GA bold
loldup was perpetrated at the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul passenger depot
in this city and the night operator and
agent, J. G. Kreycha, robbed of S64 SO
tn cash. The robbery occurred shortly
after midnight. The operator was
preparing to send the money away
and had it in bills and silver on the
table in front of him while preparing
he envelope for it when he was star
tied by a step behind him. He turned
about only to face revolver in the
hand of a masked man, and held I'M
comfortably close to his head. With
an oath the masked robber com
manded the operator to stand to one
side and throw up his hands. The re-
quest was complied with and the rob-
Der while keeping the operator COW
cred with his gun reached out onto
the table and slipped all the money
into his pocket. He then backed out
of the depot and disappeared in the
darkness. Kreycha at once ran to the
telephone and informed the central
office of the crime. The alarm was
spread and in a short time crowd of
citizens had gathered at the depot, but
they could do nothing toward detect
ing the thief.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-05
PREPARE FOR PROLONGED WAR.
Extensive Preparations Are Being Made
In South Africa.

Extensive Preparations Are Being Made
In South Africa.
LONDON, June 3O.-Outside of minor
conflicts in the Orange River colony
showing continued Boer activity in
Senekal district, kilograms from South
Africa merely indicate preparations
for final operations and a tedious pro-
longed war. A Capetown dispatch
reports an attempt by Beers to blow
up the artillery barracks and maya
zine at Pretoria. AT artilleryman
who frustrated the attempt by with
drawing lighted fuse, was killed by
a Boer, whom the soldiers afterwards
attempted to lynch. British authori-
ties are deporti2g large numbers of
Hollanders to Holland to be dealt with
by their own government for not OBJ
serving the state of neutrality declared
by the Netherlands. Capetown re-
ports that Kruger is still at Macha-
dodorp, afraid to move for fear the
bridges are undermined.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-05

The climax of imperial patriotism
has surely been reached by Victorian
named Melville. He was an applicant
for admission to the Bushmen's Corps
from that colony for South Africa
but. falling to pass the preocribed
tests was rejected. He then proceeded
70 lofty bridge and jumped into the
river. He was rescued with consider
able difficulty, owing to his violent
resistance. When brought to land he
said he did not want to live any long
Or. as he was not allowed to fight for
she empire.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-05
POWERS TO SEND 10000 MEN.
An a agreement Reported for Maintenance
of Status Quo.


of Status Quo.
PARIS, July IA representative Of
the Associated Press was informed
that as a result of negotiations be-
tween the powers, an agreement has
been arrived at which provides for the
maintenance of the status quo, as re-
CARDS spheres of influence and COM
mercial agreements, and also respect
ing the nature of the guarantees and
compensations which will be demanded
from China. According to the under
standing, the international army of
occupation will consist of $4,000 men.
Russia and Japan will provide $4,000
each, Great Britain will provide 10000
men, France 5000 and Germany, Amer
lea and the other powers 5000 each.
The Russian army corps In Siberia,
which has just been modified, will
only cross the Chinese frontier in the
event of the crisis becoming aggra-
waited.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-05

PARIS, June 3O.-The greatest sur
prise in exposition circles since the
fair opened came when it was an
nounced that the American silk ex7
hibit will be awarded the gold medal
over the French exhibit. This an
pouncement of the triumph of the silk
manufacturers of the United States,
who competed with the French weavers
in the home of the silk industry, gives
an uncomfortable shock to Paris.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-05

The pretentious or unmusical names
which many American towns bear in
vite amusement, sometimes derision. If
it were not for the flavor of antiquity
which clings to them some English
place-names might be criticised. Thus
in recent brief list of ecclesiastical
preferments and appointments appear
ed such names as Tolpuddle, Shincliffe,
and Fugglestone. Better, perhaps,
Babylon Lower Mills, or Northeast
Jefferson Hollow.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-05
Publisher Asks for a Receiver.

Dies MONIES, June 30.-Samuel F..
Stewart, of Evanston, ILL.,, a stock
holder in the Homestead company,
publishers of the Iowa Homestead, has
filed petition in the federal court
for a receiver for the Homestead COM
pany, alleging that James NJ. Pierce,
president of the company, has issued
stock to himself to control the COM
pany and is about to do so in violation
of the rights of Stewart. the latter
asks for an injunction to prevent Pierce
from voting this stock.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-05
WERE SAFE JUNE rs.
An Imperial Decree Says the Ministers
Were In Pekin at that Time.

An Imperial Decree Says the Ministers
Were In Pekin at that Time.
LONDON, June 30.-There is abso-
lutely no authentic word as to the
whereabouts of the members of the
legations, although abundant reports
from Chinese sources say that they
were safe few days ago. The Daily
Mails Shanghai correspondent says:
IAN imperial decree has been sent
to all the viceroys advising them that
the foreign ministers were safe in Pek-
ing on June %, and affirming that the
government would protect them. This
is authentic and reliable. l received
it through high Chinese official hav-
ing means of communication from
Picking to Shanghai by courier to Pao
Ting Flu, and thence by telegraph"
/, There is no doubt that the Chinese
government fully recognizes what the
safety of the ministers implies at the
present time, and for this reason there
is less uneasiness about them.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-05

In California new business has
been discovered. 1t takes the form OF
drilling oil wells in the sea, and is the
latest and most remarkable, as wei,
as the most picturesque, feature OF the
great crude oil industry. This new
and radical departure, a difficult and
expensive undertaking, to say the
least, has been successfully carried out
at Summerland, the only place where
it ever has been attempted, and there
the precious brown fluid Is now pump.
ed from beneath the Pacific ocean.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-05
WOOLLEY AND METCALF.
Ticket Named by National Prohl-
bition Convention.

CHICAGO, June 29.-The prohibition
national convention adjourned sine
die yesterday, after having placed in
nomination for president John g..
Woolley of Illinois, and for vice presi-
dent Henry B. Metcalf of Rhode Island.
The nominations in each instance were
made on first ballot. Only two candi-
dates for the presidential nomination
were balloted for-Mr. Woolley and
Rev. Samuel c. Swallow of Pennsyl-
vania-Hale Johnson Withdrawing his
name at the last moment and throw
ing his strength to Mr. Woolley. For
vice president, three candidates were
balloted for-H. b. Metcalf, Thomas
r. Caskardon of West Virginia and
Rev. f. L. Eaton of Iowa-Mr. Met
calf receiving an overwhelming major.
ity of the votes cast.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-05

The postal money order service with
the principality of Montenegro has
been discontinued by a number Of Eu-
ropean countries because Of the Mon
tenegrin exchtquer's fiat refusal to set
tie their account with the foreign pos
tai creditors. The Prince of Montene-
gro took all the money for his family
expenses, and now calmly refuses to
disgorge.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-05
Rules Against the Ice Trust.

ALBANY, N. Y, July 2.-The first
round in the legal battle between the
state and the so-called ice trust was
won by the people. Judge Chester
handed down an elaborate opinion de-
Gliding that the two writs of prohi-
bition by which the president, Chas
N. Morse, and the American Ice COM
pany each tried to avoid examination
before Referee Nussbaum, and the or
der by which the corporation endeav-
ored to set aside the appointment Of
the refereescould not prevail.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-07-05
Train Robber In Nebraska.

OMAHA, June ga masked robber
started through Pullman car on the
Burlington train after leaving York,
Nebraska, soon after midnight. He
got two watches and S7o, but took
alarm, pulled the air-brake and left
the train before completing his work.