Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-06-21
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DIES MONIES, June is, 1900,
The keys of the new auditorium o.
Drake University were formally turned
over by Ex-Governor Drake to the
treasurer of the university, J. b. Bur-
ton, of Des Moines, a few days ago.
The exercises which marked the for
NAL dedication We're among the best
of commencement week at the univer-
sity. There was an immense audience,
almost eXhausting the seating capacity
of the new auditorium, estimated at
nearly twelve hundred persons. Ex-
Governor Drake sat upon the platform,
conspicuous among the distingui shed
speakers and visitors of the day.
At the fourteenth annual meeting of
the Iowa Bankers Association, j. L.
Markley declared in an address that
1.-THE bankruptcy law is inimical to the
interests of bankers. 1t was not de-
signed to benefit bankers. There is
no provision for any banker becoming
a voluntary bankrupt. The law does
not hold the banker in the same tender
regard as others debtors. The insol-
vent banker who incurs new debts is
to-day regarded as criminal and may
be punished by imprisonment. The
insolvent tradesman may incur debts
with impunity."
The state association of Swine
Breeders and the national association
of Expert Judges held a profitable
meeting in Des Moines. Both conven-
tions will meet in Des Moines during
the month OF June next year. The
national association elected officers as
follows: President, A. NJ. Caldwell,
New Holland, ILL.,; secretary, w. NJ.
Landing, West Liberty, la. The
state association will not elect officers
until next fall, when they convene at
this place in regular fall session. At
the meeting of the state association a
number of valuable papers were read,
hort discussions following each num-
Der. Hob. John Cownie delivered the
address of welcome. lie was followed
by some of the representative breed
ers of the state and the nation, who
discussed topics of interest to the
members of both associations.
The Iowa Bankers Association, at
its recent session, elected the following
officers for the ensuing year: Presi-
dent, T.. B. Huxford, cashier Cherokee
State bank, Cherokee; ce-president,
.. Il. Mills, president State Security
bank. Davenport, Secretary, j. NJ. Din
widdie. cashier Cedar Rapids Savings
bank, Cedar Rapids: treasurer, l.. +.
Potter, cashier First National bank,
Oakland.
Another piece of good fortune has
come to Drake university. At the re-
cent meeting of the board of trustees
Ex-Governor Drake announced that
DR.. +. J. Toof of New Haven had for
warded him SIS, 200 with which to en-
dow a chair in Drake university to be
known as the L. J. and Mary Toof
chair. The gift was secured through
the personal influence of Ex-Governor
Drake, who has been a lifelong friend
of DR.. Toof and was associated with
him when he lived in Fort Madison.
1t is thought the money can go into
the general endowment fund but for
the present a part of it will be applied
on the chair of Old Testament and
New Testament history.
Some time ago State Dairy Commits.
sioner Norton asked the attorney gem
eral for an opinion as to whether
wholesale dealers in milk should be
regarded as milk dealers under the
law and as such subjected to the reg
ular license fee. Mr.. Remley has ad-
yised the dairy department that any
person selling milk in cities of ten
thousand population or over, whether
by wholesale or retail, must comply
with the law governing the industry,
and is therefore subject to the same
license fee exacted of retail dealers.
The cannon which was sent to Des
Moines by the war department some
time ago, consigned to Mayor Mac
Vicar, has been turned over to Curator
Aldrich, hauled To the historical
grounds and placed in position for the
time being Immediately in front of the
new building. 1t is of bronze and is
said to be a valuable old piece.
The proceedings in the liquor con-
tempt cases have been certified up to
the supreme court, and a decision will
probably be rendered upon them in
October. These are the cases in
which Judge Prouty recently held
that charges of contempt could not be
prosecuted against liquor men against
whom injunctions had been secured
prior to the adoption of the new code.
The attorney general is interested in
the appeal from the decision of the
Polk county court on account of its
far reaching influence in affecting the
thousands of such cases in the state.
George A. Newman. of Cedar Falls,
has been appointed assistant adjut;.pt
general for the department of Iowa,
GraEd Army OF the Republic. He sue
ceeds l.. NJ. Black, of Ireton, who has
been adjutant for the past year under
Commander Bailey. Mr.. Newman has
been secretary of the state senate for
several sessions and is a very popular
gentleman. He was commander of the
department one year, and is thorough
ly familiar with it's workings. The
encampment cat off the clerk hire of
the office, so that all it's work will de-
volve upon him and keep him busy.
Work has been begun ON replacing
the slate roof of the state house that
is that portion of it which the recent
wind storm tore off. Sheets were torn
off on the northwest, southwest and
southeast corners and the splintered
slate scattered all over the ground
The repairs will cost about $500.
ROBERTS HEARD FROM.