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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-28
FELL ON A PITCHFORK.
Accidental Death OF Roy Petersmier, of
Fonda.

FORT DODGE. June 25.-Roy Peters
mier, boy living near Fonda, was
accidental killed by falling on the
tines of pitchfork. He was playing
with another child, sliding off a hay
stack, against which a pitchfork was
leaning, tines upward. Young Peters
mier struck the fork in sliding from
the stack, one tine entering the side
near the lower rib and the other under
the arm. The boy managed to draw
out the tines and crawled off a little
distance from the stack. The cries of
who arrived just in time to see his son
axnira
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-28
COUNT MURAVIEFF DEAD.
Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sud-
denly Passes Away.

denly Passes Away.
ST. PETERSBURG, June 23.-Count
Michael Muravieff, Russian minister
OF foreign affairs, died suddenly
Thursday. He had just finished his
morning cup of coffee and had ordered
his lunch, when he fell in an apoplectic
fit and expired in a few minutes.
Count Muravieff secured for his
name immortal memory by his pro-
posals for universal peace, which re-
suited in the peace conference of the
nations that met at The Hague on the
call of the car year ago. He was a
great politician, but he was greater as
a seer in diplomacy, and the trains of
influence which his proposals set at
work will never lose their power.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-28
TEN TsIN BEING BOMBARDED.

American Consulate and other Foreign
Property Being Destroyed.
WASHINGTON, June 22.-Acting Sec
retay of the Navy Hackett received a
cable yesterday afternoon from Adj
miral Kempff, dated Che Foo, June 2l,
saying that Tien Tsin is being bonn
barded and that much of the Ameri-
can consulate as well as the foreign
concessions are being destroyed. A
relief party is en- route to Tien Tsin, in
Guiding 1870 American marines under
Major Walter.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-28
Harris to Take n Vacation.

Vienna, June 23.-Addison c. Har.
ris, United States minister to Austria
Hungary, will leave Vienna for Paris
July 2, on four months vacation. He
will sail from Cherbourg to New York
on the steamer st. Louis, July IA.
Secretary Charles Herdlisks will
take charge of the legation.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-28
Endowment for Cornell.

MI. VERNON, June 22.-Attorney Ed
gar C. Bracket, member of the state
senate of New York, has made do
nation of $4,000 to Cornell college.
1t is understood that a chair has
been endowed, but the character of
the new department has not been
given out. Mr.. Bracket is a gradu-
ate of Cornell, class of '72.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-28
RELIEF REACHES PEKING.
A dmiral Seym Said to Have Arrived
at City.

A ADMIRAL Seymour Said to Have Arrived
at City.
LONDON, June 20.-Shanghai reports
originating from Chinese sources and
credited by local foreign officials state
that the legations at Picking were safe
Sunday, June II. Admiral Seymour,
with the relieving column, is also re-
ported to have reached Picking.
SHANGHAI, China, June 2O.-Re ports
have been received here stating that
the natives have burned the yamen of
the viceroy at Tien Tsin. 1t is also re-
ported that Kwang Chi has been cap
tured, and that the Taku railway is
DESTROYED.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-28
Charge Is Not Sustained.

Denver, Col, June 23.-Mr. and Mrs.
D. A. Lewis and Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Rockwell, formerly Of Hot Springs,
Ark, who were arrested in this city
on the charge of using the mails to
defraud, were discharged by United
States Commissioner Hinsdale, no evil
dence being offered to prove the
charge
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-28

A report on the bubonic plague has
been issued by the government OF
Bombay, which states that the OBJ
seryations of the medical staff go to
show that 20 per cent of the seizures
terminate fatally; also that bacteri-
ology, so far, has not resulted in the
discovery of any cure for the disease.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-28
Coppressman Hull Renominated,

Dies MONIES, June 23.-The Seventh
district republican convention nomi-
mated Capt. John A. L. Hull for con-
gress, to succeed himself. This is the
sixth nomination accorded Captain
Hull. No other candidates name was
placed before the convention, and the
nomination was unanimous on the first
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-28

Dies MONIES, June 21.-At the music
teachers national convention the fol
lowing officers were elected Presi
dent, Arthur l.. Manchester, Camden
n. j.; vice president, NJ. l.. Bartlett
Des Moines, Ia; secretary, Thomas A
Beckett, Philadelphia, Pa; treasurer
Fred A. Fowler, New Haven, Conn
Richmond, Va.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-28
BRITONS REACH MACHADODORP
Beers Under General Dewet Have Cap
iured T,xn Rritish Cnnuoxs

Beers Under General DeWet Have Cap
tured Two British Conveys.
LONDON, June 21.-The British have
penetrated Transvaal territory as far
as Machadodorp. Passengers who
arrived at Lorenzo Marquee from the
Transvaal assert that heavy artillery
was engaged and that the Beers aban-
doned Machadodorp, retiring north
ward. President Kruger is still at
Alkmaar. Boer bulletins regarding
General DeWet's operations along
Lord Roberts's communications assert
that two conveys were captured and
800 workmen with fifty military taken
prisoners
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-28
ABLE TO PRESERVE THE PEACE.
Chinese yiceroy Confident of Protecting
the Missionaries.

WASHINGTON, June 23.-Mr. WI,
the Chinese minister, called on Secre-
tary Hay at the state department and
informed him that he had received a
dispatch from the viceroy of the three
great provinces of the Yang Use XII
ang, saying that he felt himself per-
fectly able to keep the peace and in
sure the safety of the foreign mission
aries and that in connection with his
colleague, Viceroy Huu-Nan, he is
able to answer for the preservation of
peace and order in all the great south
ern provinces of China.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-28
AMERICANS ARE AMBUSHED.
when Reinforced They Were Unable I,
DislOdge Enemy.

DislOdge Enemy.
WASHINGTON, June 25.-The war de-
partment has the following from Gen
eral Macarthur:
'MANILA, June PA detachment
of four officers and a hundred men of
the Fortieth infantry left Taga Yam
on the 18th, on reconnaissance up the
Taga Yam river and were ambushed
by insurgents in strong position.
Fifty men were sent to reinforce them
from Taga Yam. They could not take
the position and the troops withdrew
to coast post. Our casualties were
seven killed, eleven wounded and one
MISSING
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-28
DipIomatic Cor,s SAFE.

BERLIN, June ga semi-osicial dis
patch from Toxic, dated June 81, says
the Japanese consul at Shanghai con-
firms the reports that Vice Admiral
Seymour has arrived at Peling and
that the members of the diplomatic
corps are safe.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-28
Incendiary Fire at Crestop.

CREsToN, June 22.-Salings livery
barn, Harvey's confectionery and
Humphreys grocery were burned.
Loss is $1,000 insurance, $4,000. 1t
was of incendiary origin. One horse
was cremated. The families of Geo.
Strickland, Mrs. Turner and Jas. Sal
ing lost their household goods and had
narrow escapes.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-28
mckinley Congratulates Roosevelt.

WASHINGTON, June 22.-The presi.
dent sent the following congratulatory
telegram to Governor Roosevelt:
"Ex ecutive Mansion, Washington June 21-
Hon, Theodore Roosevelt, Philadelphia Pa :
Your unanimous nomination is high and de-
served honor. extend my heartiest congratu-
lations. WILLIAM MCKINLEY
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-28
German Minister is Safe.

BERLIN, June 25.-The Chinese min
lister here has informed the foreign Of
flee that the German minister at Pell-
ing, Won Kettler, who was reported
killed by the Boxers, is safe and well.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-28
TOwNE Is WILLING TO QUIT.
VIII Leave Race for vice-President II
Not Wanted.

AUSTIN, Texas. June 25. Charles A.
Towne, the populist nominee for vice
president, has written letter to Ma
jor George A. Walton, of this city, in
which he gives the inference that if he
is not the choice of the democratic
party for vice-president he will with
draw. Mr.. Towne in his letter says.
MY friends know that no personal
consideration would influence me to
stand in the way of success of the par
tY for which we are contendinpn
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-28
Butler ia Pressing His Advance

LONDON, Jnne 23.-General Butler is
pressing his advance. On Wednesday
he followed, the johannesburg railway
to Paardekop, thirty-oue miles from
st. Anderton. About 300 Beers, singly
or in small parties, have surrendered.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-28

Some people talk fair and act un-
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-14

jumped and then I noticed that the fyce
down on the ground was following the
chase with his head in the air.
That squirrel never touched the ground.
The little dog took ii on the fly, equal to
an outGelder in a baseball nine.
One snap and the squirrel was dead. and
of went the dog. with his head ~. wait
ing for another In as the old tom cat
would make it leap for life.
From tree to tree they went, the cat
running them out and the dog catching
them. till Mike called them in, saying his
coffee sack already contained more than
he could bring back to Paris.
When we got back to the buggy, Mike.
in a we'll delivered speech. convinced me
he had shown me enough to justify my
~abrogating all my rights in and to the SAID
bottle, saying:
Anyhow, it's dangerous to drink and
drive; bosses mout run of and kill You.
Sides, you are going down TO the river.
where you kin git water"
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AUTUMN DAYS ARE WITH Us.

Bedes Budget.
Oh. the wheat is wearing whiskers
And the corn is wearing SILK
And the stalks are waving tasseis all so
And the berries blush for pickers.
And the cows give buttermlk.
And the thistle down Is floating In the air.
And the argus-eyed new later
Is a-peepin' from the hill.
And the fax says, Won't you twist me
And the ghost-dust covered miller
Is a grindin' at the mill.
And the pun'kin is a-puilin' at the vine.
And once more it's Indian summer.
For the weather's smoky blue,
And the little ones are swingln on the
gate;
The melon and the cucumber
are both making much ado.
And the office ecker seeking Ger the
State.
And we hear the loud exhorters.
For tbs now c-arnp-meetlng time,
And the chickens are a-IayiHg very low,
And the harvest moon gives quarters
To all those without a dime,
And lovers stroll where gentle breezes
blow.
And Jack Frost his nest has feathered.
And The squirrels are In g4ee
And the thrasher's hum il heard through
And The nuts will soon Be gathered,
And we'll have a husksng bee,
And natures music beats the Rosa ban
And the cider press Is grinding
All the nectar from the fruit.
And the farmer takes his swine unto the
fair.
While the prices follow suit.
And the thistle down L. Goating In the
NAe<
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tieth century navy composed OF the
latest d~estroyers in the world. The
ambition and declared intention of
Britannia to maintain her ancient pres
tige as mistress of the seas seems
certain to be realized in view of this
gathering of modern sea s%erpents, with
which it is doubtless her intention to
infest the navigable waters of the
world.
It is not believed that marine engi-
neering has by any cans reached it's
limit in these boats, for their designer
has already suggested the construction
of a turbine engined, non-vibrating
ship hat shall cross the Atlantic in
three days, with an average speed of
"A knots-about so miles-an hour.
The astounding developments of this
new system of engining warships will
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-14

me so much. l thought | could keep
you always as a friend, and now you've
spoiled it all. l never dreamed of your
loving me. You are just like the rest
and | am so disappointed in you, you
know. And | can never be anything
more to you my dear, dear friend. !
am so sorry. We would better be driv-
ing home now, don't you think, Dir.
Carter?" and two teal drops, hatefully
deceptive little things, dimmed the
brightness of her eyes. Then when |
realized my pleadings were in vain, l
gazed aimlessly about me and saw that
the moon had dropped beneath a cloud,
and there came over me a sense of
utter hopelessness and despair.
Late into the night, the Colonel ard J
talked: and under the mystic spell of
his music-ike words, and his assur-
ance that / was worth a hundred
firts," l forgot everything but the great
milk of human kindness In this man,
this knight of old. And when, after
our last cognac and cigar, | bade him
good night, | retired to dreams In which
the Colonel and the Widow were cur
iously mixed.
1 arose late the next day, and going
upon the lawn / found The Poet and
The Golfer earnestly asking the land
lady for The Colonel and The Widow.
She was making her answer just l came
upon the scene:
"They both went off on the morning
train and the Colonel left this note to
give you when you three We're together.
That is all | know. gentlemen"
Feverishly we tore open the missive,
and then gaped wonderingly at its con-
tents. 1t read:
my Dear Boys
81 am so sorry | could not see you be-
fore / left, for | think the world Of
you. But you see am in a great hurry
to-day, and l did not have the heart
TO disturb your sleep. The truth IS.
the widow and myself will be married
in New York to-day, and we would De
pleased to see any of you when you are
in the city. And now, boys, with love
| am, Your friend,
THE COLONEL"
And I think it was a blending of
voices that signed, TO think it of
him.
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tons displacement, 3,200 indicated
horsepower and cost from $4,000 TO
S160, 900 each.
The coal capacity of the ~destroyers
was placed at 140 tons each, which was
calculated to give them a steaming ra-
dius of $500 miles at about IA knots.
or of 1000 miles at their limit OF 30
knots.
When the contracts for these vessels
were signed, two years ago, England's
best boats Of the kind made but 80
knots, which was regarded as tire
mendous speed" and ours were intend
ed to be the best and strongest in the
world" Two short years elapse. and
meanwhile the rotary engine, sub
stituted for the "reciprocating," proves
itself a success. and in a moment the
American d~estroyers are left laggards
in the racei
But, while in a measure ~outclassed,
the Yankee boats are at least equal 10
hundreds of others in Europe. aud 1t
will be strange il the United States. tho
home of David Bushnell and Robert
Fulton, the practical inventors OF sub
marine and torpedo warfare. does not
forge ahead and successfully compete
with It's sister powers In the race for
naval supremacy.
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knowledge made not the slightest diff
ference ito Bill. Let either dog give
tongue, and away he went with wild
yells, covering the ground with great
strides and clearing logs and other i'm
pediments in his patch with mighty
bounds.
He would keep a-goin'" until he
struck a runaway, then he would sit
down and wait for the rest of us to
come up, occasionally giving a loud
halloo to let us know his Whereabouts.
We would place ourselves at our re-
spective stands, and Bill would gener-
ally make for the shore of the lake, to
be on hand in case the deer should take
to water. IT this happened, there was
sure to be much excitement in his
neighborhood for the time being. / re-
member one incident that is apropos.
a big buck broke cover near Bills
stand and dashed out into the water.
Blu fired and succeeded in wounding
the animal, but not seriously, and it
struck out for the other side of the lake.
Bill was Immediately possessed" and
with a yell that brought us all forward
on The run, he hurled his rife at the
deer and then plunged into the lake in
pursuit OF the game.
He was a powerful swimmer and gain
ed rapidly on the wounded buck. He
reached his side just as the dogs dashed
out of the woods. and just as Jim ap-
peared on the shore some distance be-
low. This was Jim's first deer hunt,
so we fergaye him after it was all over,
but it was exciting while it lasted. Bill
had seized the bucks antlers in his
powerful grasp, and a mighty battle
was on. The dogs were drawing near
to lend a hand in the fight, when Jim
opened up with his repeater and COM
meneed blazing away indiscriminately.
In vain did we shout. He kept it up
until he had emptied his rife, and then
he came to" and sat down in a state
of collapse. Fortunately the bullets
went wide of the mark. That was the
greatest sensation Jim ever created in
his whole life.
Bill was oblivious to his surround
ings. Let thunder crash and noun
tains fall-what mattered it to him SO
long as he had a deer in hand? In
spite of his great strength, unarmed as
he was. he had all and more than he
for, and 1T was an even match
between him and the buck, when Soon
er arrived on the field of battle. That
ever-ready dog sailed into the fight
with the confidence born of bliSsful ig-
norance, and they made an end OF the
buck just as Jack and / arrived on the
scene. We hauled the exhausted but
triumphant Bill aboard, and likewise
the. much disigured Sooner.-[Forest
and Stream.
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fisherman and hunter.
This is one of his experiences down in
Tennessee, where he is as we'll known as
in Kentucky. II is told in his own Pc
culiar way, and there is novelty in the
method of squirrel hunting in Tennessee.
as he relates the incident:
One morning In the latter part of April
l found myself in Paris, Tenn. where my
business called me every 60 days. l was
then in the wholesale drug business. and
did considerable of my own commercial
touring.
/ had a customer down at a little town
on the Tennessee river, about 20 miles
distant, and wanted to so to see him and
desired an early start.
So l arose at 5 O'Clock. ordered break
fast and sailed out to find my old friend
Mike Acker, to join me in a mornings
morning to whet my appetite for the
breakfast. but he could not be found. and
not wishing to drink alone l had my bot
tie filed TO take with me, ate m break
fast hurriedly and began my trip behind
a quick stepping team
1 had not driven more than three miles
until l saw someone in the road ahead of
me. and it proved to he Mike Acker. the
man I'd lost half an hour looking for to
give. a drink.
Halo, Mike" 1 hallooed at him..
Hello, Jim. Got a bottle?' came back.
as he put on air and came to a full stop.
"Yes. got a bottle. What are you doing
out here? Stealing away from homer
Nav. only out hunting"
"Out hunting. Where is your gum"
Don't need none"
well. then, how are you going 10
hunt?'
Well. you hitch that team and give me
q drink and III show you" With tha he
proceeded to unload a coffee sack from
his shoulder. lay it carefully down BIZ the
side of the road. and pulling the hitch
strap from under the seat. made my team
fast for me and said:
where's that bottIee" produced II.
and he took a long pull. smaeked his lips
and said: Come on. Jim, I'll show you
something you never seed afore-"
~Shouldering his sack he broke through
the woods. followed by HIS little black and
white face dog. and Jim. both with their
tongues hanging out After about Is min
utes sprfnting he stopped. united the sack
and out crawled a big gray house cat-it
yawned and stretched a few times and
then Mike hoIIered at il.
Wake up and git to business"
Tn a tree it went: then from limb to
limb, and directly / noticed 1t was chasing
a big fox squirrei-chased It 80 warm It
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TALES OF THE ORIENT.

downright, 1900, by c. B. Lewis.)
One day, as tne Abound OF Swat had
returned from a trip around town, dur
dng which thousands of his subjects
had kneH to do him homage, he called
ror his grand secretary and said:
"Remshen. I'm a good deal of a fell
3eE amt H.
you are, o heaven born." was the
reply.
on earth?'
"iruly, but you are!'
s.While I'm around on this earth
there can be no other boss, Ell, Rem
shen?"
sAll other things are but a fly on a
bull wheel compared to your extra
highness.' d
sBut how about the heavens, Rem
shen?' continued the Abound after
chuckling his satisfaction. Il am sat
dsied that | boss the earth, ever to the
mountains and rivers thereof, but I'm
mot exactly clear as to the sun, moon
and stars. Don't they come under my
rule as well?p
"Dost not remember, 0 mighty rul-
err, that your title is Abound the
Mighty, boss of the earth and owner of
all the planets above? Your humble
slave assures you that the sun, moon
and every star will hustle to do your
bidding"
Thanks, Remshen. ! must be a
daisy for sure. No being clear on the
subject, | haven't given much atten-
tion to celestial matters, but now /
think I'll give them a whirl. If a fell
Ter is going to be boss at all, he might
as well be a boss on wheels"
THAT is true, 0 Abound, and when
you get ready to command the moon to
come Off her perch ] will issue procla-
mation and gather the people"
Old Remshen was a fawning syco-
phant on skates. He had a good thing
and wanted to keep it. He had said
the same fulsome words to his master
a hundred times over, but nothing had
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efficient and could by doing their best
make as high as "a knots an hour. Tho
Spanish-American war gave an i'm
petus to Il naval affairs. though the
sinking of the Spanish destroyers by
the accurate use of rapid fire guns did
not give US an exalted opinion OF thar
class of vessel. Still. at the end OF the
Wal we had IL torpedo boats and de-
stroyers in service. and in October,
1898, after lengthy discussions in Con-
gress, orders were placed in American
shipyards for the construction of IL
torpedo boats and is destroyers. with
a guaranteed speed of rs knots for the
former and 80 for the latter.
The average length of the new de-
stroyers Is 345 feet, beam p feet, draft
6 feet G inches, displacement 40 tons.
indicated horsepower 5000 and cost
from S2Sa0e0 10 saso, COO each. The tor
pede boats average l75 feet in length,
II feet beam, . feet 6 inches draft, 16S
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a.. NsNSz@s5z
raRrFpo-boAr CUSHING

hitherto known, the mightiest fleets
afioat are reduced to so many impotent
masses of steel and iron.
In view of the advance made by John
Bull in securing these 40 mile de-
stroyers as naval auxiliaries, it might
be well to glance briefly at what our
own nation has done to equip itself
with boats of their character, if not OF
their speed. There is no doubt what
ever in the minds of naval experts that
we are hopelessly outclassed in this re-
spect, even though it is less than two
years since Congress ordered the con-
struction Of is of the largest torpedo
boat d~estroyers then known, several of
which we have already launched.
Six years ago we had but three tor
pedo boats, only two of which, the
Ericsson and the Gushing, were at all