Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-10-11
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAE
Des Moines, October 8. 1900

ing November election will be the
same size as that of 1896. There wi
be seven state and national tickets
upon the ballot this fall, viz: Repub-
1ican, democratic, social labor, social
democratic, peoples. prohibitionist.
and United Christian. The ballot as
certified by the state auditor win con-
tain not less than 500 names, the GER
tificate including the candidates for
congress and the judicial nominees,
as well ms the names of the state and
national candidates and the presden-
tial electors. Of the seven national
and state tickets which will appear
upon the ticket, five go on by petit
ton. The prohibitionists failed to re-
ceive the necessary per cent of all
votes cast at the last election, lesv-
ing only the two old parties entitled
to the right TO have the names of
their candidates go on the ballot by
simple certification of the nominees
by officials of the state convention.
The supreme court established an
important point in the case of state
VS. Jack Shields, which had been APP
pealed from the Pottawattamie dis
trict and which was reversed in the
opinion just handed down by them.
Inc question at issue is regarding
ehe stamping OF documents ana the
may be used in evidence, even though
not legally stamped. Shields was &C.
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ons'eu ntates revenue stamp 70,
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u Aiaui ing ,ne laH requirea anu Only
s e'iueuee requ,reu 70 .e
snpeu - VOC ny i'.e,iueu Una. tne
800 ~ PlVscIioeu apply ~
pos .';,' 1ol ioreing' me oecis-
ION "hi ,i"t ehec' onieius' as the Juug-
VI h.s acquiteai must stahu'
uu wy P''"' 10 reSarueu as an I'M
poi'ah' one'
nv,
ING ioeai Sniteu states iahd once
'fheiais are now engaged in entering
up the final findings in the celebrated
are the coses groytno ont ~ .ha
opening for settlement of lands ,f
the Sioux City and St. Paul road in
OBrien county, which had been for.
feited by failure to comply with con-
ditions under which the grant WAS
made. All this land was sold by the
company to settlers and the contests
growing out of the opening were be-
tween these purchasers and the per-
sons making the first entries on
them in Des Moines a couple of wears
ago. In the first hearing the claims
of some of the purchasers were Sc.
aside in favor of those making en-
tries on the lands, but on appeal and
rehearings all the contests have been
decided against those making entries
cept in "a very few cases. In these
cases the purchasers of the railroad
title were orhcers OF the railroad
company ana the offlcers OF the de-
partmeht OF the interior before whom
tne cases came, heid tnat because OF
their otiieial relation they would not
pe innocent purchasers and so de-
cidea IN FAVOR OF the hrst homestead
entries.
a mastodon tooth three feet long
and weighing twenty-one pounds has
been found near Polk City. Workmen
of the Northwestern Railway COM
pany discovered the tooth in n gravel
pit, and have taken II to Ames where
il has been placed on exhibition
Those who have examined the tooth
pronounce it genuine. and think IL
must have been brought down here
in a glacier thousands of wears ago
from the north. 1t is in excellent
biggest of it's kind ever discovered.
Several learned men who are versed
in the sciences say the animal from
whose mouth it came must have beer
as large as small barn.
The Standard Oil company is at
tempting to secure control of the
entire ice business of Des Moines.
The negotiations, which are inst get
ting under headway, are being con-
Quoted through A. l.. Clinite. late of
,he orystai vi company Mr. Cllnite
iake OF Jersey City, VINO is connected