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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-27
NEWS In GENERAL
pEwEr.s BRILLIANT MOVE.
How the Boer Gen sral Got Away From
the British.

nv" sHe boer Gensrai Got away from
the British.
Bloomfontein, Dec. 22.-The details
of General De Vets escape from the
encircling British columns show It
was one of the boldest incidents of
the war. When Haasbroek's COM
mand joined De Wet December 12,
some fifteen miles east of Thaba
NChu, General Knox wae only about
an hour distant and the Boer situa-
ton appeared desperate. But De
Wet was equal to the occasion. Dis
patching Haasbroek westward to
make feint at Victoria Mex, De Wet
prepared to break through the Brit
ish columns at Springhau Mex pass,
about four miles of broad, fiat, un-
broken ground. At the entrance
were two fortified posts, while artil-
lery was posted on hill eastward,
watching the Beers. Suddenly n mag
nificent spectacle was presented. The
whole Boer army of 1850 men start
ed at a gallop in open order through
the Mex. President Steyn and Peit
Fourie led the charge and DE Wet
brought up the rear. The British
guns and rifles doomed and ratified
necessarily. The Beers first tried
the eastward route; but, encounter
ing artillery, they diverged and gal
loped to the front of the hill TO the
westward, where the fire of only u
single post was effective.
The whole maneuver was piece of
magnificent daring and its success
was complete, in spite of the loss of
a fifteen-pounder and twenty-five
prisoners. The British force de-
tached after Haasbroek came in con-
tact with his commando at nightfall.
The burghers We're scattered and
the Welch Yeomanry galloped among
the retreating Beers, using their re-
volvers and the butt ends of their
rifles with great effect.
An incident of the fight was the
gallop of British ammunition
wagon right through the scattered
Beers, the gunners using their re-
yolvers freely.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-27
BAD sTABBtNG AFFRAY.
Harry Love the Victim of Toaghs at
Webster City.

Webster city.
Webster City, Dec. 20.--A serious
and perhaps fatal stabbing ARRAY oc-
CURED at the river east of the city.
Harry Love, whose home is in Hin
OILS, was on the ice with his friend,
C. T. Williams, accompanied by q
well known Webster City lady. The
trio were made the target for the
jeers of . crowd of young toughs,
and started to leave the ice, Williams
and the young lady being in the lead.
The crowd surrounded Love and find
ing he was separated from his friends
he began fighting his way through.
He closed with two of them and was
struck nc1 oss the head with a skate.
at the same time being stabbed in
the left side. The blade penetrated
the kidney and also entered the lung.
He Is now at one of the hotels and is
in a very precarious condition. Ellis
Holman, a boy l6 years of age, has
been arrested charged with being i'm
plicated n the assault. The boy adj
mits having had an open knife in his
hand when Lowe struck at boy
named Will Baxter. Holman went to
the rescue Of his companion, and,
while he denies having stabbed Love,
he says it Is possible that he may
have fallen on the knife.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-27

The Austrian government has re-
Gently entrusted particularly valua-
BILE commission to Fraulein Erika
Paulas, this being nothing less than
the erection of a residence at Bis
tritz for the official Forest Commits
sioners. This is the twentieth COM
mission the government has given to
Fraulein Paulas, who has not achieved
her success without struggle and
much opposition from the building
trade, which petitioned the minister
of public works to prohibit her from
entering for the examinations. Frau
lein Paulyas gained her architects
diploma at Buda-Pesth, after passing
the mason's examination at Klausen-
burg. In England the only two MEM
bers. it is said. of the Royal Institute
of British Architects are the Misses
Charles.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-27
COUNTY TEKAsURER RESTRAINED
Was Going to Sell the Des Moines Street
Railway for Taxes.

hallway Tor taxes.
Des Moines, Dec. GA temporary
restraining order was issued by
Judge Mcpherson, restraining the
county treasurer from selling the
property of the Des Moines Street
railway as he had intended. The or
der was issued on the request of N.
T. Guernsey, of this city, the attor-
ney for the company, and for the Ill
inois Trust and Savings bank of Chi
cago. The petition states the reason
why the application is made. Treas
urer Mckay is declared to be about
to sell the property on account of
back taxes that are alleged to be due
to the county. This assessment was
made in 1897 and 1898, and was be-
fore the new code was adopted. The
property of the company was assess
ed ON the valuation of Sl4S,000. This
was supposed to be 40 per cent of
the actual value. When the new code
went into effect it provided that all
property should be assessed at one
fourth its actual valuation. In &C
cordance with this the assessor de-
clared that the actual valuation OF
the property was $4,000 and assess
ed taxes upon 100000. The company
had never paid the taxes for 1897
and 1885, and this gave 1t additional
grounds for refusing to pay them.
The treasurer was therefore about.
to sell the property for taxes.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-27
A DAILY PAPER FOK 81. 90.

On December 2sth. the fifty-fourth
anniversary of the admission of Iowa
into the union, the Daily Iowa Capital
win be offered for $500 for the year
1901, by mail only. This is what the
Capital calls bargain day. and may
never be offered another year. You
can also get the paper at this price
IL you are already a subscriber by
paying up the old score and remit
ting $500 for the new year. Write
your letter and mail your check for
$500 on December 2S, and send the
same to Lafayette Young, Des
Moines, Iowa. Send for sample copy
and terms to agents.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-27
THE NEWS In IOWA
DECIDES FOR TAX FERRETs.
Polk County Judge Declares the Law
Is Valid.

Polk County Judge Declares the Law
Is Valid.
Des Moines, Dec. 24.-Judge Prouty
has handed down q decision in the
case of Treasurer Mckay against the
Day estate, which is construed as a
partial victory for the tax ferrets of
Polk county and of the entire state.
The decision was rendered on a de-
murrer by the attorneys for the
county to an irregEiarity of the heirs
Of the Day estate in making their ap-
peal from the decision of the county
auditor, but the court goes farther
than the demurrer and makes some
highly important decisions touching
the validity or the right of tax fer
rets TO operate and the consequent
right of the county treasurer to place
upon the tax lists property that has
been omitted within five years at any
time prior to the time of such listing.
In nearly every instance it is held
that the 7ork of the tax ferrets is
regular, lat that the county treas
urer and not the auditor is author
lied TO place upon the tax list prop
erty that had been omitted prior to
the enactment of chapter AZ of the
laws of the Twenty-eighth general
assembly passed last winter.
Summed up, the opinion clearly
gives the ferrets the right and power
to operate, but under section 1874 of
the code, which authorizes the coun-
ty treasurer to go back for a period
of five years and make assessments;
that the method or procedure in the
collection of taxes in the Day estate
was regular, that the probate court
is the proper tribunal before which
to try a question of this character-a
question raised by the defense in the
present case-and that the suit was
brought in a regular way and could
not be attacked because the county
attorney was not representing the
county
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-27

How quickly the huge herds of bun.
slo on the American plains were swept
from the face of the earth! A recent
careful count by a competent person
places the whole number OF animals
of the kind living today at only 1.024.
DR.. William T. Hornaday says in his
book concerning the buffalo that 1t
would have been as easy to count the
number Of leaves in a forest as to cal
culate the number of buffaloes living
at time during the history of the spe-
cies previous to 1870.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-27

Mr.. J. S. Moffat, who has been ac-
lively connected with the country i'm
mediately to the south Of the zambesi
tor over forty years, first as a mis-
s.onary and latterly as an official. Is
about to return to Rhodesia after q
holiday In Europe. He first went out
under DR.. Livingstone. He was resi-
dent magistrate at Taungs when the
Jameson raid took place. Mr.. Moffat
Is now sixty-five, but he has work ler
In him yet.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-27
MURDERED by kx-CLERK.
Auditor Morris of the War Department
Is Shot Down.

auditor motifs OF the war Departments
Is Shot Down.
Washington, d. c., Dec. 24.-F. II. Nor.
is, OF Ohio. auditor Of the war depart
ment. was shot In his Office In the Wind
Dor building by man named Mcdonald,
formerly disbursing clerk in the Office
Morris was shot through the heart and
died almost instantly. Mcdonald, who
aid the shooting, then cut his own throat
and shot himself. Before doing 80, he
had desperate ARRAY with the watch
man of the building. who tried to arrest
him. The Waterman was badly beaten
about the head with the murderous pistol.
Sampel Mcdonald. who did the killing,
had been the second disbursing clerk in
Morris Office. but had been reduced. 1t
Is said that HE brooding over this led
to the tragedy. Morris had been auditor
for the navy department. but had been
transferred to the present post year
ago on account of his good reeo:d.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-27
WARNING by M'ARTHUR.
Nom Combatants Must Observe the
Laws of War.

Laws OF War.
Manila, Dec. 20.-General MacAr.
thur has issued proclamation warn
Ing the inhabitants of the archipel-
ago thai hereafter strict compli-
ance rith the laws of war will be re-
qu.red of non-combatants as well as
combatants. The proclamation sets
forth the principal laws of war.
1t refers to recent proelamations
issuel by insurgent commanders
threatening natives who are friendly
to the American forces and also TO
the orders issued to their men TO
kidnap and assassinate residents of
towns occupied by Americans. The
insurgent leaders are notified that
such practices, IL continued, will put
an end to the possibility of their re-
Stunning normal civic relations and
makes them fugitive criminals.
Residents of places occupied by
Americans are notified that compli-
ance with the demands of the enemy
wal create a presumption that such
acts are voluntary and malicious.
They are also notified that pleas of
intimidation will rarely be accepted
and that where secret committees
are permitted to exist in behalf Of
the insurgents, even well disposed
persons will be exposed to the dan
ger of being tried as traitors.
The proclamation says that its
warnings are requiremnts which are
to apply with special force to Nh
Mia, "the rendezvous of the ennis
saries of insurrectioD."
Newspapers are warned against
publishing sedition and the procla-
nation declares that the rebels. who
are not part of an organized force,
are not entitled to the privileges OF
prisoners of war, adding that the
fact that they have not hitherto
been held responsible is "eyi ence of
the solicitude of the United States
TO avoid the appearance of harsh.
ness"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-27
Attempted Highway Robbery.

Clinton, Dec. 21.-News comes from
Sabula that an attempt was made
there TO rob Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Flor
on their way home. They were driv-
ing through lonely and dark place,
when the horses stopped and began
TO rear and plunge. A man was seen
holding the horses by the brides, and
Mr.. Flor applied the whip, but could
not drive the horses ahead. He had
purchased a pitchfork, and with this
he prodded tho horses till they
dashed away, knocking the mai
1nxyu
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-27

A large amount Of American steel Is
being imported into Scotland. One
Scotch shipbuilding firm has received
over 10000 tons Of ship plates from
america at a price that Is $4,000
cheaper than the same could be OBJ
tained in Scotland. Another firm Is
taking over $4,000 tons. and altogether
It is calculated that about 100000 tons
win be imported. Some steel Is also
being sent from Germany, but not in
such large quantities as from America
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-27
THREE VICTIMS AT A CROSSING.
Two Brothers Killed and q Third
Badly Hurt

Shell Rock, Dec. s2.-Two men
were instantly killed. and a third fat
ally injured by being struck by the
engine of passenger train on the B.,
c. II. & N. railroad. The men were
brothers named Reintz. They had
been in town buying Christmas pres
ents and had started for their home
in the country. In attempting to
cross the track they were caught by
the engine. The buggy was totally
demolished, and its occupants were
thrown some distance from the
track. The train was brought to
standstill as soon as possible and the
trainmen ran back to the crossing.
They found two of the brothers dead
and the third so badly hurt that it is
believed he cannot live,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-27
IOWA BOY KIDNAPPED.
Child of . Wealthy Farmer Near For,
Dodge IL stolen.

Fort Dodge. Dec. 24.-The 9-year-oli
son OF Lonis Tonhose. of Judd, a small
town abort ten miles east of here, was
kidnapped Tuesday. The father has hired
detectives, and it is expected there vii,
be startling developments. The father
heard yesterday afternoon that the boy
was last seen in the company OF two men,
Tonhoss is one of the large landho!den
OF this county. His wife is now said to
be in critical condition because of he,
fear that the boy is held somewhere foi
ransom. The kidRapers are supposed to
be two men who were at the house Tues.
day afternoon and represented Themselves
as book agents The father has offered a
reward of $500 for the return of the boy,
or 81 1000 for the apprehension Of the kid
napers
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-27

A certain minister in Denver ocoa-
sionally plays havoc with his words.
In closing very impressive sermon
On Death he said: Ere long we
will all be called upon to shuttle off
his eortal MOL; or, l should say,
nufle off this-that is cutie of this
mortal-pardon me; shuhie off this
rort-tAhemD Let us rise and sing
the do1ology."
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-27

There is school district In Reno
county, Kan, In which there is q
school house and teacher, but not q
solitary pupil Miss Mary Scroggins.
:hs teacher, opens school every morn
Ing, and holds herself In readiness to
Instruct any children who may come.
but she is the sole occupant Of the
building. There are plenty of chill
aren In the district, but they attend
= parochial school.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-27
PLACE RENDERED DEEMER.
offered tho Cbaac.IIorship of tho stat
Univer.ity.

Iowa City, Dec. 22.-The board of
regents of the University of Iowa
at it's session yesterday elected
Judge Horace T.. Deemer of the SUI
preme bench, and an alumnus of the
university of the law class of 1879,
as chancellor of the College of Law,
at a salary of $4,000. Judge Deemer's
acceptance has not yet been received
by the board.
There were six candidates for the
position. Among them were c. w.
Gregory, associate dean of the law
faculty of the University of Wiscon-
sin, L. NJ. Mexican of Sioux City and
Attorney General Remley.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-27

The thoughtful mother OF a little
Chicago boy sent the following note
with him to his school-teacher:' Miss
Eitzzgerald: Adolph swallowed
Grass paddock last night. and If he has
any pain in school this morning as a
-esult. will you please excuse him. and
sblge his mother"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-27
BLOW TO SALOON MEN.
Liquor Injunctions Not Abrogated by
the New Code.

Liquor Injunctions Not Abrogated by
the New Code.
Des Moines, Dec. sl.-The supreme
court handed down decision of vital
Importance to liquor dealers through
out Iowa. 1t holds that the adoption
of the code of 1897 did not operate to
abrogate injunctions against liquor
dealers obtained prior to that time;
that the injunctions are still in full
force. The case is entitled State VS..
Mark Chiesa. Chiesa is Des Moines
liquor dealer against whom an in
junction was obtained prior to 1897.
After the adoption of the new code
he resumed operations. An attempt
was made by the anti-saloon league
to close his saloon, but Judge Prouty
held that the old injunction had been
rendered imperative by the adop-
ton of the new code. This decision
is reversed by the supreme court.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-27

II Is said that Formosan savages
are puzzled by an extremely simple
arithmetical problem. II two OF them
are to share FIVE articles of food. they
divide by taking two apiece and throw
ing the fifth away. But that is not
so bad, after all. It even shows that
they have made progress. In earlier
times, the stronger of the two would
have disposed of his unesteemed con-
temporary. and appropriated the
whole. 1t is a movement onward and
upward when the rights Of others are
recognized and respected.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-27
MRS. KUHN CONVICTED.
Found Guilty of Poisoning Her Has
band-Loyed Another.

Sigourney, Dec. 2I.-Mrs. Kuhn
was found guilty. She placed arsenic
in her husbands beer while return
ing in q wagon from What Cheer to
Delta, on the night of September 90.
The penalty will doubtless be impris-
onment for life. The defendant
turned pale as death when the YER
diet was read, but no sound escaped
her. The motive ascribed for the
terrible crime was Mrs. Kuhn's affec-
ton for former lover whom she
Tilted to marry Kuhn. They had been
married but few months. Defend
ant is young and very beautiful.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-27
FORT DODGE GETS se5, 900.
Carnegie Donates That sum Condi
toned on Raising Like Amount

Washington, Dec. 24.-The city OF Fort
Dodge will have Christmas present, and
Andrew Carnegie is the donor Mr.. Car
negie was asked by George E. Roberts,
director OF the mint, and Judge O'Connor,
solicitor OF the treasury, to contribute to
wards a library for Fort Dodge. The
three gentlemen walked together for
block to two. and during that brief walk
Mr.. Carnegie said he would contribute
$500 for this purpose just as soon as
Fort Dodge has furnished site for the
building and arrangements have been
made for the maintenance OF the library.
Fort Dodge, Dec. 24.-Mr. Carnegie's
offer has been anticipated for some time
and the $4,000 necessary to secure his
donation has already been pledged.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-27

Mason City, Dec. 22.-Tom Edmond
son, living near Clear Lake, went to
brothers home to attend a dance.
He was intoxicated and in a general
row was pretty severely punished.
Later he was found near by on
barb wire fence, dead. The coroner
Ia investigating
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-27
RED-LKTrER DAY IN JOURNALISM
4 Memorable Anniversary of the Des
Moines Nova

Des Moines, Dec. 24.-Five years
ago tomorrow the Des Moines Daily
News celebrated It's attaining to
10000 circulation by firing ten can
non on the Des Moines river front
and feasting two hundred newsboys.
Since that time IL has increased to
about 10000 circulation and doubled
its size, still retaining its remarkably
low price to subscribers of 81 q
year, rs cents for six months, so
cents for three months. The News
Is now one of the most prosperous
newspapers In the west
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-27
KNOX GIVES 1T Up.
Unable TO Capture the Elusive General
Dewet.

London, Dee. 20.-It Is reported
that General Knox has been forced
to abandon the pursuit of General
De Wet owing to the situation Great.
ed in Cape Colony by the Beers cross
ing the Orange river. 1t is said here
the republicans have entered Cape
colony and a number have reached
rAilipstown. The report adds that
De Wet with about 1890 men is north
east Of Ladybrand and that an attach
Oh Winbprg is momentarily expected
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-27

Davenport, Dec. 22.-Nilliam Tuck
err. the first and third husband of his
wife, was given ten days in Jail by
Police Magistrate Finger for striking
Ed Cross, the second husband of Mrs.
Tucker, on the head with poker,
the assault being because the second
husband aspired to become the
fourth
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-27
AFHIKAsoEKs IN REVOLT.
Cape CoionIsts Along Orange River
Join Boer Forces.

London, Dec. GIVE understand
that private reliable advices nave
been received in London" says the
Daily Mail. ito the effect that vir-
tually all the districts of Cape Col
ony in the vicinity of the Orange
river are in more or less open re-
volt end that there Is likely to be
sharp fighting, on rather large
scale, before the invasion is crushed.
The tactics of the Beers in rallying
as many as possible of the Dutch
in the back country to their cause
are proving successful"
From its Capetown correspondents
the Daily Mail has received the fol-
lowing:
The second invading force was de-
signed to occupy Britishtown, but.
being checked by the DE Aar troops,
it has disappeared into the Ceder-
burg mountains.
An enormous contraction of troops
Is being made upon the veldt coun-
try occupied by the invaders, but
10 Is not likely that the Beers wiz
offer Hattie in large numbers"
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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-27

Shell Rock, Dec. 2i--George Raintz
one OF the brothers struck by the Bur
,ington train Thursday evening has died
The grief OF the mother as she lookec
at her three dead sons was pitiable
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-27
Miss Kate Miller. of FrederIckshnr

Miss Kate Miller. of Fredericksburg,
Pa, is probably the Oldest factory
girl" in the United States. She re-
Gently celebrated her Slst birthday,
and for the last twenty years has
worked in the same establishment. She
never misses day. turns out full
quota OF work. competing with girls
sixty years her junior.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-27

Mr.. Wisham of Dublin. the lighting
expert. has invented a paraflin lamp
for the purpose of lighting hunYs. II
is designed to burn three M nths with.
out attention.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-12-27

What the country districts Of the
west need is more visits from the
stork and fewer crows.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-03-17
Turkey Dinner

At the Fifth Avenue hotel from 5 to 7:3O D. m., Suuday-5O cents.
The daily morning Alaskan., 1900-03-17
NEW TOURNAMENT
 BEGINS MONDAY

The cribbage tournament for the Kern trophy, nugget studded wslrus tusk cribbage board, will begin next Monday. The agreement, stating the terms, has been signed by the 2i persons who are to participate in the contest, which will be conducted at the club rooms of the White Pass Athletic Club
 It is provided that the contest shall close at midnight, February IS. This will allow lon,er time for the tourna- ment than was consumed by the one closed last night. It began December 26.
 c. A. Rosenberg, F. B. Wurzbacher and E. NJ. Culbertson have been selec- ted as a committee to settle all dis putes.
 In addition tothe Kern trophy, there will be two cash prizes.
 The following gre the contestants:
 N. w. Watson, NJ. Bridge, Fl .B.Wurz- bacher, w. B. King, R A. Carroll, c. s. Barnes, E. F. Putnam, D. r. Lea, Fl. B Dunn, E. NJ. Culbertson, J. E. Bar ragar, G. A. Rosenberg, N. E. Bolshan- in. A. L. perdoe, H. B. Ruuualls, J j.. Burns, W. c. Blanchard, F. A. Callar- man, F. Wolland, W. H. Clayson, E.. R. Stivers, T. W. Howell ard John Haley.