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

MRS. Jane Ogle, IN Washington Court
House, Ohio, a 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-
ceiyed 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 its market
reports and other telegraphic news.
The subscription price, however, re-
mains 81 year, rs 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 manslaughter in the kill
ing of Joseph Williams. Williams,
who was negro, several weeks ago
rebulSed 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 legal
standpoint, but the veraIct is APP
plauded. Joe Dunn will be tried as
an accessory
An Ida Grove preacher, Rev. G. NJ.
Tourtellot, accidentally shot and
killed n hunting companion, Joe Bur-
ger, of Ida Grove, near Turin. The
two men had come iron, Ida Grove
for a days shooting around the
small lakes near Turin. In his anxiety
to get 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 he I'M
snarled without trouble. Contest pa
pers have been filed with the clerk
| of the district court at Orange City
by z. d. Vanasterhaut, 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 / next they must comply
with every provision of the Martin
mulct law. This proclamation went
forth from the Anti-Saloon league,
| which has taken upon itself the en-
forcement of the law in Woodbury.
county. Its officers say that If De-
cember 1 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 iiven the tax ferrets a
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 IL applied
to future taxes which would even
tuallv become delinuuent. The de-
cision Is important insomuch that
throughout the state In eighty coun-
ties out OF Lac ninsty-nihe mere are
with the board of supervisors collect
mo dei;nouent taxes as wei as taxes
on property not reported for taxa
ton. The effect of the decision of
Judge Quarton, II upheId by the SUI
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