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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-14
BREvITIEs.

Willis Airhart, switchman in the
Northwestern yards at Boone, was re-
Gently caught between an engine and
bad order car and crushed SO badly
about the hips that he died few min
utes after being taken to the surgeons
office. He leaves family.
1t is learned that George-G. Perry,
of Dubuque, has been appointed United
States marshal for Alaska. He was
formerly a member OF the republican
state committee. 1t is also stated
that George GRANGE, of Dubuque, SEN
ator Allison's former law partner, will
be federal Judge of Alaska.
At New Hampton recently an 49,
year-old daughter of Mrs. +. NJ. Bar
Der was nearly burned to death by the
careless handling of a gasoline stove.
She ran into the street in flames, and
passerby threw rug over her, ex-
tinguishing the flames. Mrs. Barber
was also slightly burned, and the
kitchen caught fire, but it was sooa
put out by the neighbors.
Creston dispatch: Switchman Will
Sandal was instantly killed in the
Burlington yards by being run over by
a switch engine. He was a member of
the night force and had just gone to
work. The first move the switch en-
CINE made resulted in his death, he
missing the foot board. The entire
engine passed over him, badly
mangling him. He was a young man
recently married.
A shooting ARRAY occurred few
nights ago at a dance given at new
meat market, at Schleswig, in which
Gus Buhs was shot by William
Schroeder, one of the leading young
business men of Schleswig. At first
it was thought Buhs was not injured,
but the latest report is that he may
die. Schroeder has been arrested, but
his hearing has been postponed until
June ~, awaiting the recovery or
death OF Buhs.
At Fort Dodge recently Mrs. NJ. NJ.
Tabar, while engaged in washing
clothes, received burns from which
she may lose the use of her arm and
may lose her life. She was removing
the steaming clothes from the boiler
when she was seized with an epileptic
fit. She fell across the stove and her
arm fell into the seething water of
the boiler. 1t was fully two minutes
before her family found her in this po-
sition. Her body and arms were hor-
ribly burned and the hand and fore
arm literally parboiled. Opiates were
administered to the agonized woman
to relieve her sufferings.
Hon. A. j. Holmes, of Boone, for
merly congressman from the Tenth
Iowa district, has been declared in
sane and sent to the state hospital at
Clarinda. The insanity commissioners
found that the case was more serious
than they had expected and the only
question remaining for them was the
determination of whether or not any
relief might be obtained at the hospi-
tai for the insane. DIR. DeTar advised
that the only hope rested with the
hospital, and the board made an order
for the transfer of Major Holmes to
the hospital at Clarinda. Tho mental
blight and misfortune of Major Holmes
is the result of two causes: financial
trouble and continued Ill health.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-14
NEWS In GENERAL
WAR HAS ONLY JUST BEGUN.
Declaration of President Kruger ut
Machadorp.

Declare ton of President Kruger ut
Machadorp.
LONDON, June s.-The executive
offices of the Transvaal government
are in a railway car which is shunted
on a switch at Machadorp Station.
President Kruger caused the interior
of the coach to be reconstructed some
time ago with view to contingencies
that have now arrived. A correspond
ent of the Daily Express, who went
from Lorenzo Marquee to see President
Kruger, was received by him. The
president sat smoking a long pipe.
He looked worried, but his bearing
was quiet and determined. lie did not
make the least objection to being in
terviewed.
Yes" said President Kruger, sit is
quite true that the British have occu-
pied Pretoria. This, however, does
not end the war. The burghers are
fully determined to fight to the last
They will never surrender so long as
five hundred armed men remain in the
country. l feel deeply encouraged by
the fine work Steyn and DeWet are
doing in the Free State"
The correspondent suggested that
the war was over, inasmuch as the
capital had been taken.
1.-The capital" exclaimed Mr.. Kruger
with energy. "What is capital? 1t
does not consist of any particular col
lection of bricks and mortar. The
capital of the republic, the seat of gov
eminent, is here in this car. There is
no magic about any special site. Our
country is invaded, it is true, but it is
not conquered. The government is
still effective"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-14
BOXERS" ARE NOW in CONTROL.
Have Flags with XIII the Foreigners
DIN Them.


LONDON, June .-Telegraphing from
Tien Tsin under date OF June 6, a corr
respondent says:
IL left Tien Tsin this morning en-
route for Pekin, accompanied by GEN.
eral Mich, supposed to be one of the
best Chinese generals, with sixty SOL
diers. We proceeded to Lola, q dis
lance of thirty-one miles. We found
the plate-layers' cabins in flames and
telegraph poles cut, and men were en-
gagged in destroying others in the viii
lagos near the railway, where flags
were seen bearing the inscription XIII
all foreigners
II saw smoke, evidently from the
burning houses in the distance, but
General Mich refused to proceed
further, being in mortal fear of the
Boxers though the foreigners en-
deavored to persuade him to disentrain
his troops, who were firmly convinced
that 1t is useless to fight the BOXERS
as other Chinese say they have seen
Boxers hit with bullets rise and run
away. There seems little prospect of
the resumption of traffic TO Pelxin un.
less foreign powers assume control Of
the railway until the Chinese govern
ment proves itself capable of manag-
ing communications with its capital
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-14
IRISH YEoMANRY CAPTURED.
Lord Roberts Reports Surrender of the
Thirteenth Regiment.

Lord Roberts Reports Surrender of tho
Thirteenth Regiment.
LONDON, June 6.-Following is the
text of the dispatch from Lord Roberts
announcing the disaster to the Thir-
teenth battalion of the Imperi Yeo-
many, which numbered between 400
and 500 officers and men:
pretoria Station, June 81 regret
to report that the Thirteenth Imperial
Yeomanry had to surrender to a very
superior force of the enemy, on May
81, near Lindley. On receiving infor-
nation of the battalion being attacked.
/ ordered Methuen TO proceed with all
speed to it's assistance.
"Methuen was then on the march, on
the Hebron side of Kroonstad, and,
half an hour after the receipt of my
telegram on June 1, he started off. BY
10 a. m. of the following day he had
marched forty-four miles in twenty
five hours, but he was too late to res
cue Colonel Sprague's yeomanry.
"Methuen attacked the Beers. who
We're between 1000 and 1900 strong,
and after running fight of five hours
completely routed the enemy.
ut is a very regrettable circum-
stance; but trust it will not be very
long before the Irish yeomanry are re-
leased from captivity"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-14
BRITISH ARE in PRETORIA
City Surrendered, But Few Prison
ers Were Taken.


LONDON, June 6.-The war Office has
received the following from Lord
Roberts:
PRETORIA, June 5.-Just before
dark yesterday the enemy were beaten
back from nearly ali the positions they
had been holding, and Ian Hamilton S
mounted infantry followed them to
within two thousand yards of Pretoria,
through which they retreated hastily.
DE Lisle then sent an officer with a
flag of truce into the town, demanding
it's surrender in my name. Shortly
before midnight i was awakened by
| two officials of the South African re-
public, Sandberg, military secretary to
Commandant General Botha, and a
general officer of the Boer army, who
brought me letter from Botha, pro-
posing an armistice for the purpose Of
settling terms of surrender.
i II replied that L would gladly meet
the commandment general the next
MOI ming, but that was not prepared
to discuss any terms, as the surrender
of the town must be unconditional.
asked for reply by daybreals, as l
had ordered the troops to march on
the town as soon as it was light.
I'm his reply, Botha told me he had
decided not to defend Pretoria and he
trusted women, children and property
would be protected At o'clock a. IN.
| today, while on the line of march,
was met by three of the principal Of
ficials with "a flag of truce stating
their desire to surrender the town.
lit was arranged that Pretoria
should be taken possession of by her
majesty's troops at o'clock this after
| noon.
''Mrs. Botha and Mrs. Kruger are
both in Pretoria. Some few of the
British prisoners have been taken
away. but the majority are still at
Waterfall. Over 100 of the officers are
in Pretoria. The few have seen are
looking we'll"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-14
BRYAN SPEAKS FOR BOERs.
Took Part in sympathy Meeting Held
In Omaha.

IN Omaha.
o,,.u, Nah Irna IN Enro n
:, 49,, 'e
IL. "esseis Oh the orange free State
was given big official reception by
Omaha yesterday. 1t was marked as
sioeo o'er 'ne mass inee'ing' mayor
Moores, republican, welcomed the en-
voy for the city; Captain II. L. Pal
mer, chairman of the republican state
central committee was sscretarv of
'he iheetihe' auu reao hulhoer Vi
communicatiohs' 1. D. Mahohey,
Cleveland democrat, made a stirring
speech, and w. J. Bryan was present
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-14

THOMPSON, June 10.--Mrs. Ole Han
son Fugleberg, who resides five miles
northeast of Thompson, committed
suicide by hanging. She was diseov-
cred by her husband about an hour
later, her lifeless body swinging at
the end of rope. which she had made
fast to rafter in the granary. Mr..
Fugleberg at once called his two sons,
and with their assistance cut the body
down, thinking that perhaps life was
not yet extinct, but the woman was
cold in death. She was 81 years OF
age. Dependency, caused by the loss
of a daughter few weeks ago, is sup
posed to have caused her to commit
the rash act.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-14
BAD WRECK ON IOWA RAILROAD.

Milwaukee Dining Car Dersiled and
Overturned, and Five Persons Injured.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, June 9.-As the
fast Chicago train No. on the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & st. Paul, was run
ming through Persia. Ia, thirty-one
miles east of Council Bluffs, the rear
coach, diner, was derailed and turned
entirely over. Five occupants of the
wrecked car were seriously injured
and ten sustained slight wounds. The
seriously injured are: ]. E. Boyer of
Panora, Ia, skull fractured, expected
to die; Captain J. b. Nips of Kansas
City, injured internally; j. Morize,
travelling auditor of the road, of Cedar
Rapids, injured internally, seriously
hurt about the head; Dining Car Con-
ductor, II. NJ. Kellogg of Manila, Ia,
cut about head; Porter j. Roth, cut
about head and body; Porter Frank
II. White, cut about head and face,
leg broken. The wreck was due to
the spreading of the rails caused by
the intense heat. The injured were
brought to Council Bluffs on a special
train
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-14
OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED.
Empress Issues Edict Showing Hand
on Boxer Question,

Empress Issues Edict Showing Hand
ON Boxer Question.
TEN TsIN, June 1O-In view of the
conclusive confirmation of the imper-
ial connivance in the Boxer move
ment, furnished by an edict just pub
lished denouncing General Meth 81
Chong, for killing some rioters, the
strongest possible action of the pow
ers, it is asserted here, can alone rem
edy the situat on, which has assumed
the gravest aspect. The edict is
couched in such terms that it leaves
no doubt of the deep sympathy OF the
throne with the Boxers, who are de-
scribed as good citizens" Besides
denouncing Nieh for killing the Box
ers, the edict orders him to return
with troops to Leopai, eighty miles
from the scene of disturbances. 1t is
claimed here the first step of the pow
ers for the preservation of foreign
life and property ought to be assump-
ton of control of the railroad to Pc
king
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-14
SUSPENSION Is REPEALED.
Des Moines Criminal Taken Back to The
PenItentiary.

Penitentiary.
DIES MONIES, June S.-Ollie Blair,
who was granted a suspension of sem
tence from the governor March IA, has
been taken back to the penitentiary
at Ft. Madison because of a violation
of the conditions of the suspension.
After Blair was ordered back to the
penitentiary an attempt was made to
declare him insane but the case has
been dismissed. II indications of in
sanity develop at FIT. Madison the
prisoners will be removed to Clarinda,
where there is a department for criml-
nal insane. Blair was sentenced for
eight years in May, 1896, after being
convicted of breaking an entry into a
railroad car. For the past week he
has been closely watched by the par
don clerk and was found to be drink
ing and keeping bad company, two
direct violations of the terms of sus.
pension.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-14
NEW YORK DEMOCRATS.
Ex-senator Hin In Control and Tn
Chicago Platform Not Endorsed.


Chicago Platform Not Endorsed.
New YORK, June THE demo-
cratic state committee selected dele
gates-at-large to the Kansas City con-
vention as follows: David b. Hill,
Richard Croker, Edward Murphy and
Augustus Van Wyck. The platform
adopted contains no reaffirmation of
the Chicago platform of 1885, but a
declaration that the party in the state
will support the platform Of the Kan
City convention. The platform de-
clares against war taxes in time of
peace, declares for parity Of gold and
silver as currency, demands abolition
of all customs and tariffs between
Porto Rico and the United States,
condemns trusts and monopolies, and
entangling alliances; demands just
and liberal pension laws and election
of United States senators by the
people, and favors the nomination of
William j. Bryan. The convention
gave promise of being very stormy,
but ended quietly. The particular
feature of the convention was the
domination of affairs by ex-senator
ID. Il. Hill. The silver men profess to
be satisfied with the result.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-14

Recently two French aeronauts left
Paris in their balloon at 6:15 O'Clock
in the evening, and on the evening
of the following day, % hours and Is
minutes after their departure from
Paris, dropped safely down near
Vestervik in Sweden. They had
travelled 1926 miles, their average speed
being nearly thirty-fve and one-hali
miles per hour. At one time they
drifted over the Baltic sea, and the
fall in temperature and increased
humidity Immediately caused the bal
loon to drop.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-14
THE NEWS In IOWA
ARMOUR 8 CO. SUED FOR $4,000.
Sioux City Meat Contract Case demanded
to District Court.

Sioux City Meat Contract Case demanded
to District Court.
Sioux CITY, June 9.--The big S175,-
600 damage suit brought by the Ralya
Market Company, of Sioux City,
against Armour & Co., of Chicago, the
great meat packing concern, is again
to the fore. Judge Shiras, of the fed
eral court, has remanded it to the dis
trict court of Woodbury. county for
further proceedings, and the bandying
of causes involving large amounts may
be said to have fairly begun. This
suit was brought under contract
made by the Ralya company with
Armour & Co., May "a, 1899, in which
the Chicago firm agreed to furnish the
Sioux City meat dealers with certain
meats at certain prices Armour & Co.
broke the agreement about August !
by refusing to supply pork loins at so
cents, the contract price, as the pro-
duct had in the meantime gone up to
between and 10 cents a pound. The
contention of Armour & Co. was that
they intended the contract to cover
only the Ralya Market Company's re-
tail business, whereas the Ralya com
pany demanded product to fill large
number of jobbing orders which it had
secured. The market company was
incorporated for doing wholesale as
well as retail trade, and its articles
were officially filed, and it claims that
Armour & Co. therefore had no
grounds for limiting delivery Of pork
to merely retail trade. 1t therefore
sued for $4,000 damages as loss of
profits under its contract.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-14
BOXERs BUTCHERED.
Five Hundred Killed In Fierce Fight
With Chinese Soldiers.

win chinese soldiers.
TEN TslS, June 9.-lt is reported
from Chinese official sources that 1000
Boxers surrounded 800 Chinese troops
between Lola and Yong Tsun, and
according to the latest news fighting
is still going on. The officials say tina
500 Boxers were killed, but give no
account of the Chinese casualties.
Thirty of General Nieh's troops en-
countered a body OF Boxers three miles
from here on the Taku road, and
killed 81 of them.
No news has been received from Pao
Ting Flu for three days and the situa-
tion there is believed to be critical 1t
Is reported Chinese troops have been
defeated near there.
The French cruisers D'Entrecasteaux
and lean Bart and the Russian cruiser
Rossie have arrived at Taku
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-14
RICH MANS DOUBLE CRIME.
c. d. Reinhart Kills His wife and ataliy
Wounds Himself.


Wounds Himself. g.
ODEBoLT, June 7.--Charles d. Rein
hart, owner of the Reinhart flats in
Sioux City, shot his wife three times
and then put two bullets into his
lungs. He willnot survive. Reinhart
and his wife had some angry words
and he started to take her to relatives
near Lalxeview. When about half way
on the road he committed the crime.
The horse turned around and started
back, being stopped a few minutes
later near the home of Hon. Asa il.
Smith. Mrs. Reinhart was dead and
her husband sat in the buggy with his
arm around her in an unconscious
state. lie revived later and stated
that he had planned the deed deliber-
ately. Reinhart owns 500 acres of
land in Sac county. He has been a
quiet, orderly citizen, and the deed
surprises his acquaintances. Mrs.
Reinhart was fine woman and was
highly respected. She was about 50
years old. Remnants age is2s.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-14
HOT FIGHT WITH BOXERS.


Many Are Reported to Have Been
Killed on Both Sides.
SHANGHAI, June THE soldiers dis
patched to attack the Boxers have
fought an engagement quite close to
Picking. Many were killed on both
sides.
Alarming reports are current here
of the hurried completion of the mob
ilization of the Japanese fleet.
In consequence of the represen-
tations of Japan the landing of a
large Russian force at Taku is alleged
to have been stopped. 1t is believed
here that should Russia persist in
sending preponderous military force
to the front a collision with Japan
will inevitably result.
The Russian minister at Picking, NJ.
de Giers, has made another attempt
to induce the Chinese foreign Office TO
formally request Russian assistance to
restore order, but the offer has not
yet been accepted.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-14

CEDAR RAPIDS, June ll.-Fire start
ed in barn by small boy playing
with matches, and, famed by strong
wind. quickly spread to the fine fats
Of Miss Carrie Barto and small cot
tage near by. 1t looked for time as
though there would be disastrous
confagration on account of the wind.
The losses will aggregate $4,000 or
sl2, 900. Only partially insured.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-14

Canon Edmonds, VINO spoke for the
foreign delegates at the farewell meet
ing of the Ecumenical Missionary con-
ference, said: You have got your
problems to solve in this nation, but
you will solve them" There has never
been moment since the foundation
of our government when that feeling
has not been supreme in the hearts
of the American people. No tempo
rary fear or depression has weakened
the nations purpose to fulfill it's mis-
sion, nor eclipsed its faith in its abil-
fly to do the things given it to do.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-14

1t is the browning honor OF the
Baroness Burdett- Coutts, who has just
celebrated her seth birthday, that the
world does not so much say how much
money she inherited. or how much she
is now worth, as how much she has
given away for the good of her fellows.
More than five million dollars is the
record of her benefcence, and there
are few that surpass it.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-14
To ACT WITH POWERS.
Minister CongY So Instructed by the
sssident.

WASHINGTON, June ll.-Minister
Conger cabled that an audience had
at last been secured with the dowager
empress to consider the situation and
asked for instructions. His message
was taken to the cabinet meeting by
Secretary Hay, and under instructions
from the president a reply was framed
and dispatched at once. Minister
Conger is given authority to act con-
currently with the diplomatic repre-
sentatives of the other powers here
after. IL is intimated to him that the
traditional policy of the American
government to act independently must
be observed wherever it is practicable.
but he may himself be the judge of
when emergencies require slight de-
partnre from the rule.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-14
FURTHER HARD FIGHTING.
Two Hundred Killed In q Battle with
the Boxers.

LONDON, June s.A special from
Shanghai, says the dowager empress
has ordered Fen Neih 81 Chong. with
1900 men, to protect the railroad at
Picking. A severe fight, it is added,
has occurred with the Boxers, whose
ranks include many soldiers from
other generals commands. When the
battle ended 200 dead were left on
the field. The dispatch goes on to
say:
Zone hundred and eight British
marines, with machine gun, are
about to force a passage from Tien
Tsin to Picking. Altogether about 300
British have been landed from the
fleet, n greater number than have
landed from the combined vessels of
the other powers. This evidence of
Great Britain's intention to assert her
position strongly gives great salts
faction here"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-14

Bishop Whippie heard a person
abusing a man of great wealth because
of his supposed meanness. He an
swered the critic thus: Il would not
conclude too hastily in such a case
as that; for although l cannot ex-
plain fully, know of certain fifty
thousand-dollar gift accompanied by
the stipulation that the name of the
giver should not be made known y
Judge not" is a working rule with
which it is not safe to dispense.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-14
BIG STRIKE AT MASON CITY.
railroad Laborers Go Out for Highe
Wages.

Wages.
MASON CITY, June s.-All OF the men
working on the construction gangs of
the Iowa & Minnesota division of the
Northwestern, about 300 in number,
have gone out on strike for higher
wages. The men had been getting
from $3.50 to SITS, but had for some
time been dissatisfied and by pre-
arrangement of forces they walked
out in body and refused to resume
work until the raise of 25 cents a day
which they ask for is granted. The
work on the new yards and depots was
progressing rapidly and the track was
about to enter the city from the south.
How long this will block work is un-
certain, but it will have the effect of a
serious set back unless the men can be
persuaded to go back to work.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-14
Found Dead In a Hog Pen.

GRUMPY CENTRE, June 9..-John T..
Suttman, ex-county recorder of Grun-
dy county, was found dead in his hog
pen, the hogs having rooted him into
the mud and were eating his body
when found. lie was cleaning out the
pen, and it is supposed dropped dead
while at work. The cause of death 10
not known.