Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-29
THE NEWS In IOWA

Mrs. Jane Ogle, in Washington Court
House, Ohio, few days ago. He
was captain of the First Ohio cavalry
in the civil war. He was one of the
men who captured jeff Davis, and re-
ceived a large reward from the gov
eminent for this service.
The Des Moines Daily News has
made arrangements for the full
leased wire service of the Associated
Press, vastly improving it's market
reports and other telegraphic news.
The subscription price, however, re-
mains ST. a year, Is cents for six
| months. so cents for three months
the lowest price of any daily in the
world.
In the district court at Marshall
town the Gray jury found Joe Gray
guilty of manslaughEer in the kill
| ing of Joseph Williams. Williams,
| who was negro, several weeks ago
| rebuked crowd OF tramps for inter-
fering with four little girls. The
tramps were drunk and Williams was
| shot four times. The general opinion
was that Gray would not be con-
| victed on the evidence, from a legal
standpoint, but the yeralct is APP
! plauded. Joe Dunn will be tried as
an accessory
An Ida Grove preacher. Rev. G. NJ.
Tourtellot, accidentally shot and
killed hunting companion, Joe Bur-
ger, of Ida Grove, near Turin. The
two men had come fror, Ida Grove
for days shooting around the
small lakes near Turin. In his anxiety
to get a shot at a flock of ducks that
they stirred up, Burger excitedly
stepped in front of Tourtellot's gun
as the latter fired. The entire load
of shot entered Burgers head at
| close range and he died Instantly.
Tourtellot is completely Frustrated
by the terrible affair.
At Davenport few days ago the
Renwick block, Occupied by the Dav-
export Furniture and Carpet COM
pany, and the adjacent buildings of
the Harold Peterson Wall Paper COM
pany, the Jarvis White Art company
and the Perry Shoe house, burned.
Loss 500, 900; insurance $4,000. The
blaze started in the Renwick block
and was assisted in spreading rapidly
by the explosion of barrels of var
nih. 1t was one of the highest build
ings in the city, and three of it's
four walls fell outward and involved
the adjoining stores in the ruin. The
furniture company and the Peterson
Wall Paper company suffered to-
tai loss, the art company nearly so.
The incumbent county officers of
Sioux county have furnished very
substantial evidence that the Titus
amendment tangle is not to Ee I'M
snarled without trouble. Contest pa
pers have been filed with the clerk
| of the district court at Orange City
by Z. d. Nanasterhaut, democrat,
| county attorney; Harvey Melrose, re-
publican, county clerk, and b. +.
Jones, republican, county auditor.
These men propose to hold their Of
fees against the claims of Attorney
| elect A. Tepaska, Clerk-elect Brewer
and Auditor-elect Jonggwaard on the
ground that the amendment must be
accepted just as it reads. As test
case this case will be watched with
intense interest through the state.
An ultimatum has been issued to
the saloons of Sioux City that after
December l next they must comply
with every provision of the Martin
mulct law. This proclamation went
| forth from the Anti-SaIoon league,
which has taken upon itself the en-
| forcement of the law in Woodbury.
| county. Its officers say that if De-
| cember l finds any saloon violating
the law with reference to screens,
decorations, opening and closing or
in any other particular they will
close it up by Injunction. They set
an example of what they expect to
do in the closing of the Kennedy sa-
loon-the largest in the city. They
brought injunction proceedings
against this place and won out. 1t is
| the only one in town that closes at 10
o'clock and otherwise Obeys the law.
| Trouble may result from this at
| tempted enforcement. Between the
harassing of matchmaking lawyers
| and the league, the saloonkeepers
are getting desperate.
Judge Quarton, Il .Algona, presid-
| ing Judge of the Fourteenth judicial
| district, has fiven the tax ferrets
back ey> in a decision just rendered
| in a case in Pocahontas county. He
contends in his decision that the
| law is not and necessarily can not be
retroactive in effect, that when the
| legislature passed the act it applied
| to future taxes which would even
| tually become delinquent. The de-
| cision is important insomuch that
| throughout the state in eighty coun-
ties out of tie ninety-nine there are
| tax ferrets at work under contract
| with the board of supervisors collect
| ing delinquent taxes, as well as taxes
on property not reported for taxa
| ton. The effect of the decision of
Judge Quarton, il upheld by the SUI
preme court, will be to discontinue
this work. In April of this year the
| board of review o. the incorporated
| town of Rolfe adopted a resolution
reciting that w. ID. McEwen. C.. A.
Grant & Son, A. V. Grant and c. S.
| Tolefsrude had large sums of moneys
| and credits which were withheld from
| assessment, for the years from 1895
| to 1899, inclusive, stating the amount
in each case and requesting the coun-
| ty treasurer to estimate the amount
| of taxes due thereon. make a demand
| therefor, and in default of payment
bring n suit to recover such taxes.
| under the provisions of section 1874
| of the code. Thereupon the treasurer
made an estimate and demand as
requested. The payment being re-
fused, suits We're brought to recover
| such taxes, resulting as above.
The most destructive fire in the his
tory of the town visited Hedrick a
few nights ago and licked up the en-
tire block OF business houses on Main
street, between Second and Third
streets. The fire started in Wilson'S
restaurant from a gasoline stove
about midnight, and as the city is
| without fire protection. it burned it