Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-02-22
NEWS; FR0NlI A.
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nrs MorsEs, Feb. 10. 1000.

secure a pardon for Delilah Fails, an
inmate OF the penitentiary at Anamosa,
serving q twenty-year sentence Tor the
murder of Jacob Kern In 1897. Kern,
il Is claimed, was a villain Of the deep
est dye and had succeeded In gaining
an intimacy with Miss Fails. Even
the mans own son, young man OF IL
wears at that time, out OF sympathy
for the unfortunate girl, entered into
n conspiracy with her TO put his father
out OF the way, and on August %, 1897,
they wavlaid him In what Ia known 40
the big Woods, I" southeast of Wayerly,
Bremer county. and shot him. At the
time OF the murder the son was IL and
the girl 81 years old. The trial was
held In Waverly and December 9, 1897,
Miss Fails pleaded guilty TO murder 10
the second degree and was sentenced
to twenty years in the penitentiary,
and young Kern for twelve years
Col W. ii. Mcclure Is conducting the
movement for the release Of Miss Fails,
and 1t Is said petition for her pardon
has been literally signed BY prominent
people, both in Black Hawk and
Bremen counties
An effort will be made soon. II Is
bhlu, I'd htCuTc phTNoh Aoi tho hh@.
named Woods who was convicted OF
completely in the dynamite outrage at
Muscatine a few years ago. in which
an effort was made to wreck the homes
of John Mahin and K. NJ. Messenger.
The State Agricultural Society Is In
receipt Of two or three proposals to pub
on a Mexican bull fight during the
state fair.
On the morning OF the 18th both
houses of the legislature adjourned
and repair ed in a body to the board OF
control rooms In the basement of the
capitol building, where they waited
upon Ex-Governor Larrabee and told
him good bye before he retired from
public life In Iowa and started on HIS
trip to Europe. The visit of the legisr
lators was brief. Lieutenant-G
Milliman on their behalf babe Governor
Larrabee God-speed as he retired from
twenty-five years of active service in
public life in Iowa." and to this Gov.
ernor Larrabee responded briefly. He
was so overcome by the demonstration
on the part of the general assembly
that he could scarcely speak. He
thanked them for the evidences of their
good will and friendship, saying that
as public servant he had tried TO do
his duty. with little regard for his own
comfort and convenience. He spoke
| particularly of the manner In which
| his labors on the board of control had
been lightened by the willing cooper
alton OF his colleagues. After the
eech-making the visit terminated in
formally by a general handshaking
with the governor, who left the city
that evening and sails for Europe in .
short time with family party.
The house committee on printing
recommended for passage the bill by
Clarke. OF Dallas, to abolish the Office
of state printer and binder. Not long
ago the committee determined to PUB
| the bill over for two weeks, but this
delay was not liked by its friends.
The author of the measure appeared
before the committee and urged final
action upon it, inasmuch as he de-
sired to Introduce another II this was
not acted upon. Some o. S
of the present system objH ~ -
porting the bill before
ton as to the current riif the wick
| and binding; but Thu for bad
not appeal to the majorir.
mittee. ,ch
President Beardshear and the Il. Z
tees of the Iowa College of Agriculture
are encouraged over their efforts TO
loan the endowment fund of the col
lege, since the bill has passed allowing
the loaning thereof at a discretionary
rate, instead of six per cent. There 10
over $500. 900 to be loaned and applica-
tions for $50, 600 have already come in.
II is expected the entire fund can be
loaned soon. The rates vary from
to 81 per cent. The total endowment
fund is about $3.50, ZOO.
Thomas Kelly, life convict in the
penitentiary ut Anamosa, and who
was to have been pardoaed within q
day or two by the legislature, died in
his cell d day or two ago. Kelly was
convicted of killing Charles Archibald,
an old hermit and miser. in 1888, in
Charlton. Kelly's wife was supposed
to have been implicated. The murder
was committed for the purpose of rob-
berry. The murdered man and the
Kellys lived In houses located in the
same yard and the murderer was
tracked and convicted on the evidence
of a trail of blood leading from the
house Of the murdered man to his res
idence.