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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-15

When the Roosevelt train pulled out
of Greeley, Col, a woman climbed on
the back platform in order to give a
homemade cake to the governor. The
train gained such momentum that
when the time came for her to get
off she was Obliged to make flying
trapeze leap for terra firma. She rolled
over a few times in the sand, got up
and smiled at Roosevelt as he stood
worried for her safety on the back
platform. Then she waved her hand
kerchief in evident delight, and be-
came the envy of a hundred women
who had watched her acrobatic eff.
fort.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-15

A firm in Lyons, France, takes ad-
vantage Of the shortening Of cotton
fibers under nonmercerized treatment
by caustic potash to produce in silk
webs certain peculiar and very rich
embossed effects. The silken webs
have cotton tklcads at fixed distances,
which, when the chemical solution is
applied, shrink, while the silk, keep
ing its original length, is gathered in
tiny folds. In this way the most di-
versifed patterns are produced.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-15
Engineer Killed While Leaning From
Hls Cah.


Council Bluffs, Nov. 81. w. Par
ris, Rock Island engineer, was &C
cidentally killed while at his post of
duty. Paris was handling the throt-
tie of a switch engine and was pull
ing string of cars from Council
Bluffs to Omaha. About midway
between the transfer and the end
of the bridge on the Council Bluffs
side Paris leaned out from his cab
window with head turned away
from the direction being pursued by
his engine. Just at this instant a
string of passenger cars backing to-
ward Council Bluffs on an adjoining
track passed, and the rear end of
a coach struck Paris in the head.
He was knocked insensible and blood
flowed in streams from the wound
in his head. His fireman ran the
train into omaha and Paris was
carried into the yardmaster's office.
Medical attendance was summoned,
but BEFORE the arrival of doctor
Paris died.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-15

London, Nov. 1.-THE ancient con-
troversy on the subject of the Della
goa Bay railroad award should at
last be settled with hard cash this
week. Communications are passing
on the subject between Washington
and London, but only one minor
point remains unsettled, and this
should not prevent the bondholders
from receiving their money in
few days.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-15
RUSSIA Is SEEKING NO LOAN.
FINANCE Secretary of the Embassy at
Washing ton Issues Denial.

FINANCE Secretary of the Embassy at
washing ton Issues Denial.
Washington, Nov. I'm. Routkow-
sky, finance secretary of the Russian
embassy, has denied the report that
the cars government is to order
four new battleships in America. He
also emphasized recent denials of the
reports that Russia is seeking to Dor
row money in this country or else
where, saying: "The imperial Rus
sian government is neither contem-
plating nor disposed to negotiate
loans of any kind, the ordinary reve-
nues and the free cash reserve of the
treasury being more than sufficient
to meet all expenses, rot only ordi-
nary, but also the extraordinary, nee
essitated by the events in the far
east"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-15

Sweden is suffering from the effects
of a boom in manufacturing which
has drawn thousands of the country
people to the larger towns and caused
house rents to advance 20 to 80 per
cent. Many of the manufacturers have
invested beyond their capital and are
in distress. Money is very scarce and
a crisis is threatened.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-15
Complain q, Germany. Act.

Berlin, Nov. 1.-THE United States
embassy is crowded with applications
for redress against the German gov
arnment made by natives of Alsace-
Lorraine who are now American cit
izens and who after the Paris eKposi-
ton visited their old homes, only to
be CURLY expelled by the authorities
Under the provisions of the treaty
of 1868 Germany refuses TO recognize
them as entitled to protection.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-15

Since the assassination OF King
Humbert OF Italy twenty-five hundred
Anarchists have been arrested in that
country, and in addition scores OF per-
sons have been imprisoned and fined
for speaking apologetically of Brescis
deed. During August the tribunal Of
Ancona alone tried 132 persons who
had made reasonable utterances, and
imposed sentences aggregating I4f
years OF Imprisonment. as well as fines
to the total amount of 10000 francs.
The population OF Ancona is but per
cent of that OF all Italy.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-15

Lansing, Nov. 12.-The 12-year-old
son of Chris Rudd was run down by
a freight train and his left leg was
severed below the knee. The father,
who is eccentric, became irresponsi-
bic from grief and assaulted an Off
Ger, who placed him in Jail. Twenty
minutes later the Jail and city hall
building was discovered on fire. Rudd
was burned to death. The building
was DESTROYED.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-15
Tried to Km the Family.

Fort Dodge, Nov. 9.-Dan Sullivan,
Jr., living four miles and half west
of Clare, was adjudged insane before
the insanity commission. Sullivan is
rs years of age, and for the past four
or five years has been acting very
strangely and has been watched very
closely, and recently he broke out in
violence and tried TO kill all IT,
members of his fathers family. Dan
Sullivan, Sr., his f.ther, was the prin-
cipal witness. and he said that he
wanted his son sent 70 the asylum for
tho insane.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-15

Paris, Nov 12.-Francois Salson, the
anarchist who attempted to shoot the
shah of Persia August 2, while the
latter was visiting the exposition.
was convicted and condemned to pc
nal servitude for life. He listened TO
his sentence in silence. Throughout
the proceedings he, showed no bra
vado. but on the contrary appeared
timid, though he maintained an i'm
M ssiYe demeannr
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-15
BRYAN NOT A CANDIDATE.
He Will Not Run For tho Senatorshi
in Nebraska.


in Nebraska.
New York, Nov. 9.-The Evening
journal prints the following tele-
gram:
"Lincol1., Neb., Nov. $40 tie Edi-
tor: You may say officially that I'M
der no circumstances would / acccr'
the Office of United States senator.
even if rendered me. / made the fight
for the presidency and lost. I'm not
going to lake other mems positions
from them.
"(Signed) WILLIAM ]. BRYAN"
Bryan forwarded the following tele-
gram at noon today to President Me-
Kinney:
"At the close of another presiden-
tial campaign 1T is my lot to congrat-
ulate you upon second victory.
"(Signed WILLIAM j. BRYAN"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-15
BONDS FOR A COURT HOUSE.
Dallas County Empowered to Erect q
Handsome Building.

Dallas county empowered TO Erecs u
Handsome Building.
Abel, Nov. 9.-By tie election Dal-
ias county is empowered to issue
bonds for an $4,000 court house. The
fight has been long one, and several
previous efforts to secure a tax have
been defeated, but the people have
finally seen the necessity of new
building, which will be somewhat
commensurate with the wealth and
thrift of - alias county. The majority
in favor of the $S5, 900 tax was larger
by 500 to 600 than the most sanguine
workers had anticipated, the major
ity reaching 1889. The town of Abel
and the whole county will be mater
tally benefited by this decision, which
is the elimination of an effort of over
a quarter of a century.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-15

st. Petersburg, Nov. 10.-The No
voc Vremya says two steamers and
twenty odd sailing vessels were
wrecked in the Black sea during the
recent storms, several laundering
with their entire crews.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-15

Bankruptcy proceedings are often
prolific in enmities. They are not, as
a rule, particularly conducive to friend
ship between creditor and debtor, even
If the relations between the persons
interested have been amica5le. Some
bankruptcies are fraudulent, no doubt;
yet in many cases genuine misfortune
Is the cause, and the insolvency in
wolves no dishonor. The Philadelphia
Record describes a scene at the filing
of petition in bankruptcy. One of
the creditors was the debtor when the
papers were filed. Both were Quakers.
There goes thy money, brother" said
the debtor. YES" responded the
creditor, but know that thee would
pay me IL thee could" Then the two
men shook hands. 1t is a pleasant pic
ture to hang beside many sketches
which reDel
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-15

Mlcrobe light is the latest Paris in
Vention. A French chemist, Raphael
Dubois, has found q way of nourish-
ing phosphorescent animalcules in
glass vessels, which soon emit a light
about as bright as the moon. He ex-
poets to increase its intensity and be-
lieves that its being entirely free from
heat will give it scientific value.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-15

The total cost of the Pan-American
exposition to be held in Buffalo next
year is estimated at $10,0OO,0OO, and
John N. Scatcherd, who is chairman
of the executive committee, says that
the resources now in sight amount to-
about s6,o00000, Progress on the work
Of construction is proceeding rapidly,
nearly 5000 workmen now being en-
ployed. The midway" at the EXPOSE
ton will cost 100000. The EXPOSE
ton grounds will be half mile wide
and mile and quarter long, and
will comprise $50 acres. 1t will open
May /. 1901.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-15

Train robberies have become so fire.
quenJ in the west that one railroad,
the Oregon railroad and Navigation
company, regards an investment in
bloodhounds advisable. A litter of
the puppies has been distributed
among the agents along the line. with
instructions to rear them for the sole
purpose of man catching.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-15

Sunday laws are strictly enforced in
Honolulu. Not only are all saloons
and bars kept tightly closed and stores
forbidden to sell, but anyone who at
tempts to play ball or indulge in any
other sport on Sunday is carried be-
fore a magistrate to pay a fine or so
to Jail
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-15
Gage WIN Resign.

New Yorl, Nov. 1.-THE CONNER
cial Advertiser says: at is announo-
ed az the national republican head
ol'arters that Secretary Gage win
''esign from the cabinet. Comptrol-
Ter of the Currency Dawes viii be
asked to succeed him. The an
,nouncement is positive from an au-
,thoritative source. and the change
will be made before March lst."
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-15

New Zealand seems to be prosperous.
The revenue for the year shows a rec
ord surplus equal to more than $3,O00,-
0oOi over expenditure. The public debt
Of the colony stands at G47,0O0,O0O
($22S, ,000) and the financial state
ment proposes that parliament should
authorize another G1,OOO,OOO ($4,S66,-
o90) loan to be expended chiefly in the
extension Of railways. The loan will
no doubt be authorized
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-15
sunk hx a Txphnon.

Hong Kong, Nov. IA typhoon
struck the town Friday night AMI
aged until morning. A British gun
'oat was sunk but the crew is safe.
treat damage and loss OF life occur
ed among the native crafts.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-15
Manila Harm dead

Boston, Nov. 12.-Lieut. Commander
Stokeley Morgan, U. S. NJ, retired.
who had the distinction OF firing the
frst gun at the Spanish feet in Ma
Mia bay. died at Home Roxbury Sat-
urday of paralysis, at the age of 81
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-15

Lots of people who are inclined to
do good keep putting it off until to-
morrow.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-15

Paper money is at premium at
Nome Miners find it more convenient
than gold and pay as much as per
cent in excess of it's face value for it.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-15

A minister shakes your hand and
lawyer pulls your leg, but politician
will shake your hand one minute and
pull your leg the next
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-15
The Mnnier.x Disabled.

Hong Kong, Nov. 1O.-Tle United
States turret ship Monterey has RE-
turned here, having failed to reach
Canton, owing to an accident to her
machinery
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-15
UTAH GOES REPUBLICAN.
McKinley's Majority on Returns Mo-
in is 45OO,

In is $500.
Salt Lake, Utah. Nov. s.-Returns
are in from about three-quarters of
the precincts in the state. McKinley's
majority is 4,5OO: Wells, the republi-
can candidate for governor. has
majority of 1000. and Sutherland,
republican, for congress. leads King
by 1000 majority. The republicans
viii have a majority of II on joint
ballot
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-15

1t is claimed in Denver that $1,000
600 were wagered in that city on the
result of the Presidential election.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-24


A broken neither " the Buddha hroushht ~,
4 nfslgss child; Wlth hands or's're'eheu
uescusht .,... ,.-.,,.
That mlghiy prophet 20 recall the breath
For.haown, and steal away tAe SUNG Vi
Tcort Sya sRo pleaded and with pl,cous gaze
The Buddhn stopped from her bent knees
The Stricken f'tsS mo!hcr; took from her the
And V make in soothing accents Contle'
That 'li rushed her grief and checked the
opc it gYS' Inv heat and quieted thy fears.
Thy child shall be restored asaln 70 me G
When thou hasa sought and found ana
brought 10 me -.
4 grain OF corn frcm hover. hul oS nUl''e'
NO limits give I In thy quest 20 foanO
Whence Death has stolen parent not or
Eager she heard and her distress begulled.
Lighted her eyes. the BuddhaS name she
And turned and sped nee,-foOtcd on her
quest.
Sped on the years and yet she sought in
with ca eager voice inquired, and sought
But here a parent gone and here a son.
And here daughter, always lndlng one
Forever absent; sim, with footsteps ncct
Asked 'S at each door with mutcly pleading
And hungry ycarnlng for the ordered prize
Drspairing not III worn with toll and
with patience tlrelcss and with hope sub
line
Agnln Tho Buddha IN her anguish seeks.
Rocounts her journeys and her failure
speaks.
The Euddha softly. sadly speaks again:
Hast thou not learned thy search would
not be vain
Were therc the powcr thou wouldst have
Dost u" thou Si' not see that Death is every
whore
But In thnt circle OF eternity
That comes with only waiting pntcntly?'
james ". Foley, Jr, IN Bismarck Trlb-
unc.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-24

their sufierings were soon ended by Ma
ture herself, which appears to set very
real limits to physical torture. Thus,
Livingstone. when seized by Hon, tells
us that he felt little pain or apprehen-
sion. while Dr. Alfred Russell Wallace
asserts that the seeming tragedies Of
animate nature, such as the killing OF
birds by beasts Of prey, are not at all so
awful as they appear In our imaBina-
ton.
We see with painful vlvidness the out
ward fact. but we do not see the mercl-
full anodyne furnished by nature So II
is at death bed. The observers see the
clammy brow. the gasplng for breath.
the rlgur mortls, sometimes the contort-
ed features-aIl painful to behold. But.
with perhaps the exception Of the pain
full respiration, the dying man knows
nothing OF this. and before he has actu-
ally expired nature has given him re-
lief which the dearest friend or most
skillful physician could not have i'm
parted There are also forms OF death
in which, long before death arrives. the
will to live has ceased. the patient re-
signs himself and life gradually sinks
To vanishing point. Then death is
physically and psychologIcally painless
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-24
increased Railroad Earnings.

That the country is still or the up
grade in the line OF prosperity is male
patent by the continued remarkable i'm
provement in the gross earnings OF
railroads. The Financial Chronicle has
reports from III roads for March, which
show an Increase Of gross earnings OF
IS, 100000 over the earnings Of the cor
responding month OF last year. The
record Of 1l6 roads for the three months
of this year shows an increase in gross
earnings of over s2S,OOO.OOO, higher By
more than five millions than for any
year since the panic. Last year the
increase for March aggregated 6.55 per
cent over the previous, though the total
increase was slightly less than this
year. This improvement extends to all
sections Of the country OF the roads
reported, less than one in eight, and
those small ones as a rule, showed any
decreases. or the roads whose changes
in gross earnings for the month exceed
10000, only one. the New York, Ontario
* Western, reports a falling of.
The Great Northern system leads all
others in increases for March with
s5sSOOO. Among the other leading ones
are the Baltimore & Ohio, S5l5,OOO; the
Illinois Central. 100000: the Southern,
$3.50. the Northern Pacific, $4,000;
the Chicago. Milwaukee & st. Paul,
1884 1000 and the Louisville & Nashville,
s2S9.OOO. Perhaps the most remarkable
gain has been that Of the thirteen roads
classified as the Northwestern and
North Pacific group. Their gross earn
ings for March were nearly S1S,5OOOOO.
Six years ago the earnings Of these
same roads for that month were $780,
900: the southern group of eleven roads
gains from $6.5OO.OOO in 1895 to nearly
sIo,OOO.OOO in March, 1900. The Chroni-
Gle notes that the roads in the coal
and manufacturing districts are being
most favored by the existing trade pros
perlty. The Hooking Valley, for ex-
ample, whose traffic consists largely of
bltumInous coal, though n small road,
reports an increase of $4,000.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-24
srrnrises In cuba,s Census.

The showing made by the census OF
Cuba is 4 surprise in more than ona
respect. The population is considara-
bly, larger than it was supposed 1t
would be, and the blacks are in much
smaller proportion than they have been
estimated. The present population OF
1,572,797 is as large as any OF the esu-
rnates Of 1t before the revolution broke
out five years ago Since that time 1t
has been confidently stated that three
or four hundred thousand persons hal
persisted in the lnsurrection and among
the reconcentrados. Eithar the esti-
mates OF population have been very
much too low or the fatalities OF war
and OF Captain General weyler's policy
have been estimated very much ioa
high. This colored people have been rep
resented as constituting about half the
population, and some OF the estimators
put them at more than half; they prove
to be 5O5.2lS. or less than one-third. The
females are in u majority OF 3O.Si9
among the blacks and OF 1854 among
the native whites; the foreign whites
are mostly males,
With regard to the prcdomlnance OF
females, the New York Journal OF Com
merce says. "whethar this can be at
tributed to the casualties OF the iusur-
rectlon is not certain, but that is prob
ably a partial explanation, and it may
be complete one. Twcnty-elght per
cent OF the population can read and
write, and rs the total population in
cludes the small children. the percent
age OF those over ten years who can
read and write is much larger. Forty
three per cent Of these are li,eratc,
which presumably implies the ability tc
write as well az to read. Thess dy-
ures are not satisfactory, but they ar
much better than was expected"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-24
For oversensitive Crltlcs.

Washington Post: AS to po!ygamy'
it flour.shed under our flag in Utah for
many dccudes before it began to decline
4 lran with not less then dozen wives
end who suBs euuently acquired several
Others. was appointed by the President.
with The concurrence or the scDcte. to
be governor OF the territory. Finally
Sore twenty years ago, the government
undcrtook, by drastic measures TO
stamp cut the loathsome Institution. IL
is going. It is almost gone but It is only
. few weeks since O man with three
wives was barrea nut of Congress. And
yet there are Americans who apnear TO
think that this n7tio1 Is trr & bly, as
Cracrd because so-rc o. the SNlu p@rDa-
r!ans have more tEan one VIE
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-04-24
DECLINE OF BUcKwHEAT.
A Crop Once Large in This Country,
But Steadily Decreasing.

What is the matter with buckwheat?
Cakes made of 1t and eaten warm are
regarded as very nutritious and are still
a favorite dish with many thousands
But for all that the cultivation OF the
grain Is steadily declining. 1t must be
that great many have stopped eating
buckwheat cakes, for there is certainly
a great deal less buckwheat to be eaten
than in former days.
ThIrty-fvc years ago the farmers of
our country sOwed. every year, over l.
900 900 acres in buckwheat Since then
the crop has sometimes been larger,
sometimes smaller, but, on the whole,
the acreage and yield have been almost
steadily decreasing. In 1898, the acre
age was $3.50. only little more than
half that OF thirty-five years ago, ana
the Yield was only 100000 bushels.
which was just about one-half the yield
at the close Of the civil war.
No explanation OF the great decline In
buckwheat raising has been made. It
is probable, however, that the unrelia-
bllIty OF the crop. which is sometimes
large and sometimes small without any
apparent reason for the variation, has
discouraged q great many farmers. An
other reason for the decline may be the
larger use within the past few years of
cereal preparations, especially wheat,
allof which come under the general des-
ignation of hygienic foods. These prep
arations have probably won many per-
sons from their allegiance to buckwheat
cakes,
II buckwhelt raising continues to de-
cline. perhaps the bees most Of all miss
the fields, for they are very partial to
the flowers of this plant, which secrete n
great deal OF honey that Is not, however,
OF the first quality. as everybody knows
who has eaten IT,
Buckwheat Is not raised widely over
the world. and this fact makes its de-
cline in America, where It is most large
ly grown. all the more interesting Rus
STA and France are about the only coun-
tries in Europe that produce Il, and
Great Britain has never taken kindly to
buckwhcat cakes and imports very little
Of the grain