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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-01-17
KInbALLT0n. .ELkd0Rn

All kinds of house painting in
sured. Buggy painting speciality.
Satisfaction guaranteed.
G. H. CAsTRup,
Kimballton, la.
Miss Teresa Grumstrup has an
prenticed herself to Anna Moulgaarti
in Kimballton to learn the art OF
dressmaking. This is very busy times
in this line as Miss Moulgaard has
several persons helping now.
Ernest Nicholson, living north of
the Sharon creamery, has made a
Glow down. wind mill of six wings
to put up over his barn to run his
shelter and grinder 1t does good
work and is quite labor saver.
Messrs. Heigaard and Niels Madsen.
two of kimballton's popular mer-
chants, strolled out Sunday for a lit.
tie exercise and got away over to-
ward Elkhorn before they were hard
ly aware Of where they had gone.
George Faaborg and his brother.
east OF himballton, departed We'd
nesday for their old home in Clinton.
where there is a gathering of church
people that they expect to attend and
then also to visit relatives and old
time friends.
George James went to Blair, Neb.
Monday, to transact business ia con-
nectlon With the church there He
was elected last spring to RESPONSE
Die position and is looking after it
IN the same conscientious way he does
all his business.
). ii. Petersen disposed of his driv-
ing horse one day last week and now
can no longer glide to and from the
various places where he has been
wont to travel and his familiar form
Will no longer be seen to places that
would like to see it.
The Kimballton Lumber Co. have
begun the erection of neat little cot
tage home for their manager, Axe]
Jensen. 1t is north Of Faaborg ~
Heigaard's store and will be a model
OF beauty when architect, P. A.
kelgaard, gets it finished.
S. G. Petersen and Chris Madsen
the hustling implement men of Elk
horn, were in Omaha last week with
the great conference of implement
men and say they had a splendid good
time and gained good many pointers
that will help both themselves and
their customers.
a committee was appointed at the
last meeting OF the directors of the
w est Hamlin creamery to buy a new
boiler. The share holders of This
creamery are well pleased with the
work OF last year and wish to do
everything possible to make their
creamery first in this county.
Jerry Miller has at last moved into
his new building. He now has q
nice, neat room in which to display
his goods with good store way in
the rear. He expects to keep IN
everything in his line that is neces-
sary Tor his customers and has one of
the incest little stores in the country.
Chris Hansen, the harness maker in
Elkhorn, and S. P. Kaae were both
talking the first of the week about
building new buildings. Chris needs
room to display his stock which he is
constantly increasing and Mr.. Kaae
wants new store building. We do
not know if they have decided to
build.
WANTED. = A tirst-cass butter
maker by first of February 1901. hest
OF reference required, also experience.
Will meet January % to hire same
Apply at Clay Township Separator
Creamery Co., eight miles north of
Marine
d. G. FIcK, Secretary.
Marine, Cass county, la.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-01-17
0HKflELD ~DRA1T0n

Mr.. George Chase was slightly i'll
the past week.
Mr.. Ellwood visited at the Hard
man home, last Sunday.
They have finished invoicing at the
big store of jenkins Il Vail.
Miss frankie Crane was visitor at
the James Essington home, Sunday.
Bonnie Skies, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charley Skies at Oaktield, is suffering
of la grippe, this week.
George Bendixen was up to Extra,
last Monday, visiting with friends
and attending to business.
The Woodmen initiated three new
members, Tuesday evening, and bal
loted on whole lot more.
Mrs. Chris Nelson, who lives north
west of Brayton, was a south bound
passenger last Tuesday noon.
McGovern & Bison shipped an
extra good car load of hogs to South
Omaha, last Tuesday evening.
Mrs w. Fl. Pearson and daughter,
Miss Edna, drove to Atlantic, on last
Saturday, to do some shopping.
Asmus Hansen, residing six miles
west of Brayton, is hauling out the
lumber for large new farm house.
Horace Bartlett came home on last
Monday from his swing around the
circle installing Odd Fellow officers.
Wild-eyed rumors were atloat in
Oakteld one night this week, but as
to the truth OF the matter we know
not.
Ross Hewlett, who resides hard by
Highland church, has advertised a
public sale for Monday, January 81,
1901.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Smith are the
proud parents of a new boy baby who
came to dwell with them on last
Friday.
Ward Smith, from Oaktield, was
up to Extra, last Saturday, visiting
with his friends and watching bust
ness hum.
Chris Larson and wife were up at
Extra, last Tuesday morning, doing
some shopping and visiting with
their friends.
Blacksmith Pearson was just finish
ing up a neat pair of bob-sleds for
Smith Burton, when we were down,
last Tuesday.
S. G.. Peterson was over from Elk
horn, last Tuesday, carting home a
car load Of machinery, with which to
supply his trade.
Pearson's Orchestra has received
batch OF up-to-date music and the
members are evoking much sweet
sound theretrom.
Uncle L. D. Pearson, father of w /.
FL. Pearson, has sold his farm of one
hundred and twenty acres to Ross
Hewlett, and will move to Anita to
reside.
Miss Clara Powell, a teacher in the
Extra schools, gave her pupils a
sleigh ride, last Friday night, and
they were seen circulating about
Oakfeld and Brayton.
Grandpa Wattles came down from
Extra, Tuesday noon, to bring his
daughter, Mrs. Charley Bison, some
g Heart footstools," and then visit
with the folks for little SPELL
Mitt Parrott came over from Avoca
on Monday evening and all day Tnes.
day active negotiations were in pro-
gress for the transfer of the Brayton
meat market to that gentleman.
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residents of Kimbalton. IL U1S
been absent for four years lay
friends all welcome them back Use
lily. They leave record b. NJ
them in the county seat hat they n
their friends may all we'll be proS
OF and he can now go to his IVORY
with duty past but we'll periormedS
While George Marcussen, treasurer
OF the Danish Separator Creamery
Co., was in Audubon last week with
load OF hogs he had an upset that
might have been bad but let him off
easy. The reach Of his sled came into
and he was upset so quick he could
hardly say ''whoa" but his team soon
stopped and he soon righted matters.
The milk haulers for the Sharon
creamery as far as given are as fol-
lows: lver Nelson, route one to the
Wes'; Mr. SorenseD, route two; Martin
Nelson, route three south-wesl: NAH
| Ian Boyd, route four TO the south.
Hans hnGdsen, roule five south east.
Jens Petersen, route six north east:
Jens Marqusen, route seven north
east.
lie who loves the festive, who longs
for time killer, who forg cts sorrow
and dull care in a good time. was
satisfied last Saturday night if they
were in attendance at the party
given by the Gymnasium club at
hlmballton in their hail. Fun and
frollc came leaping over joy mirth
and all went into sip i!e's sweetest
honey and only ended when morning
warned them to desist and get what
sleep they could.
Last Sunday, the merry chimes of
bells could be heard Oh the air in
Elkhorn and the yet gayer ring of
voices that came from sled belong
ing to Jens Rasmussen and i'm which
were loaded the girls of the college.
Up and down and over rough and
smooth places they went enjoying
both the gladstone sunshine and the.
sleigh ride until the glow of sunset
threw reflected light sending them
home to quarters.
S''iN'hs IFS III IL iOl vi young D6O.
pie with small sprinkllng of mar
rled people gathered at the home of
MAIDS Gregerson, south of Elkhorn.
and had one of the finest times they
have had for some time. MAIDS and
his family are genial hosts and when
anyone comes into their home they
know just in what manner TO enter
tam them and do those things that
help splendid good time along.
The party was given in honor of one
of the boys whose birthday it was.
and who helped to keep the dance 90
ing by his joyous good humor.
Lovers of soup, no, the old bach
elors OF klmballton, We're invited 10
the office, home and board of G.. II.
Castrup in Kimballton Friday night
and had splendid time Now we.
don't know if it was because he had
more soup than he wanted. or if he,
had made some he was afraid to eat
ere he let his friends see il they could
stand il, or if he was practicing on
them, or whether he Is really a good
soup maker. 1t must have been some
OF these, but these present refuse to
tell only repeating "wc had a good
tlme'' and we will warrant they did.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1901-01-17
Directory of Baptist Church.

Sunday services
Preaching 10 IS am. Sunday School z; 100 m
B. Y. P. U. meeting Friday evening, 80 p. m
Prayer meeting Wednesday evening. 80 p. m
Covenant meeting Wednesday evening preced
ing first Sunday in each month.
You are cordially invited to attend these ser
vices and worship with us.
G.. M. WILCOX, Pastor.
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1IobbinE the DoyvIeites.

Considering the Zionite sect Of Chi
caeo as . religious body. there IS moth
ing that We know Of to be said IL lis
favor. while the tenet Of its creed
which holds that disease can be cured
by prayer and faith, IS simply a bare
faced fraud which ought to be sup
pressed by all lawful means. It is a mon
ey-making device, worse than any dis
honest game with cards, because il ylavs
upon and takes advantage of the y.Ii-
gious sentiment Of some weU-meaning
people If the laws are not 50 framed
as TO reach and punish the takers.
amendments should be made at once
that viii fully meet the requirements
Of the case, and then the laws should
be rigidly enforced
But these things should be done by
law, and not by mob violence, such as
has lately been rasorted to in Chicago.
Nobs are moved by passion and not
by reason; their efforts frequently are
INSTRUCTED, and in many cases they
result in Injury to those who gre limo
cent Of any wrong, either actual or in
tended If mob law Is cCunteranced.
10 tiE CsAL SOY 40 H-AlL Il VIII Llt4-
uately lead.
In dealing with religious frauds. the
great objection t. violent and lazvless
methods is that they generally result
in defeating the very purpose in view
The members Of the sect assaned are
placed in position 10 pose IS martyrs
and plead for sympathy. Sometimes as
a result there is q reaction IN their
favor, and al other times they are driv-
On 10 extraordinary devices to avoid
persecution Many believe that had the
MorTnons not been subjected TO violent
usage. when the sect first sprang up.
IL would have soon run its course and
died out We cannot, Of course, know
as 10 that. but we do know that IN or
der to escape actual physical violence
the Mormon sect finally migrated 10
Utah. where il attained very consider
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-12
CHANGES OF CLASSIFICATION.
Germany Looking Carefully Into the
Character of All Imports.

The State DeE2-tuent has received from
Frank Il. Mason, the United States Con
SUI General. at Berlin, d report concern
ing the recent changes of classification
under the German tariff MI Mason saws.
AS examples Of the exceeding sharp
ness with which the German customs Off
Gals are now scrutiuiziuS imports Of
manufactured merchandise. an ezp}aT.a-
ton Of rulings and recIassi1cations Of re-
cent date Will serve TO Illustrate what
may happen whenever any ma uUfactursd
article is made Of two OF more compO-
nent materials
There is u certain snap hook known to
the trade in America as the Covert snap
IN German as Gardiner Haken.' which is
made of maIleabIe steel or iron. coated
with tin. These have been imported for
years under n duty rate Of $2.3S per IG1
kilograms. The snap hook has a latch IL
The form Of a sliding bolt. which j.
thrown by a small spiral spring Of brass
or brouzed wire wholly concealed within
the shank of the hook. Recently. some
Jealous inspector has dissected one of
these snaps. removed the bolt, and Gis-
covered the hidden brass spring, which
forms perhaps 0ne-fortieth Of the whole
Of The article wheTeupOn the Covert snap
has been reclassifed as brass goods, duti-
able at S5-71 per 1G5 kilograms c22e Pounds.
uhich is said TO he practically prohIbitOry
ia face Of domestic competition
Another case Of Reconsideration is that
Of American ice-Cream freezers which
being superior To anything of similar ma
ture made in Europe. have Of recent years
found q large and increasing sale in Ger
many. They are made Of wood. hoped,
bound, and otherwise equipped with iron.
and have hitherto been classified for duty
rs 'ironware in combination with wood,
and dutiabIe at SIS per 1et kilograms.
Recently. however. the iCe-cTeam freez-
RS have been reclassified as wooden ware
in combination with iron. which makes
wood the component material Of chief
value and raises the duty to $7f4 per 100
kilograms. These changes are note
worthy. not because the rccIassified du-
lies are abuormaUy high. but to show the
importance to American exporters be
fore contracting to deliver large quaint
ties of manufactured goods in Germany.
Of ascertaiuiug By actual trial how they
viii be classified on passing the German
custom house
THESE sudden changes. and the similar
ones which have been previously report
ID. have had the natural effect Of rem
sIeriug German merchants timid about
giving large orders for foreign goods
which are necessarily made of several
component materials
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Although there is friction among sew
eraI South American States invited to
participate in the Pan-Ame-ican Con
Eress. proposed To he held in the City
Of Mexico next December. and the pos
sibiEty exists that the project may have
TO be abandoned we hear that the Mex
lean Government Is going ahead and
spending money freely in preparations
for the comfort and entertainment of
the body This Is taken by some people
60 indicate that President Diaz is salts
fed. on the basis OF private information,
that differences viii be adjusted and
that the meeting viii occur as orisi-
naIIy intended. Il il should fail to ma
teriaIize. the fault VIII not be that Of
the United States When the plan OF
second Pan-American Congress was
first discussed in Washington, Secre-
tary Hay attended only Il preliminary
meeting Of representatives. Of American
countries interested. since which time
he has abstained from taking any part
in the movement, as this Government
desires that this time the initiative shall
be taken and the arrangements made
by the Latin-American countries, the
United States standing ready to agree
to whatever they can among them
selves.
The nature Of the difficulty to secure
the harmony necessary to make the
Congress success has been so often
discussed in these columns that we need
not now stop TO thresb over that oI6
straw Suffice il to saw that the coun-
try which shall not join the hemis-
pheric family at the reunio in Mexico
does not rightfuIIy belong to it, The
Pan-American Congress ought to be
held whether Peru, Argentina. or Bra
I'll, or all three combined, attend it or
not
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Boer Atrocities Mt yInkfontein.

It appears that the London Daily
Mail has stirred up the Boer atrocity
business TO some purpose. The first
hints given TO the public that the
burghers murdered the British wound
ed who We're left on the ground when
their comrades Tetreated before the
first onslaught at Vlakfontein, were
met BY positive deniaIs on behalf Of the
Government in Parliament. Mr.. st.
John Brodrick declared in effect that
all such stories were fabulous, and the
matter nearly had dropped out OF sight
when the Daily Nails correspondent
with the army in South Africa forward
ed the details Of the fTightfuI occur
renee by mail 10 his journal
If the report had rested only upon the
authority Of this single newspaper man
perhaps it might have been whistled
down. for II is notorious that It does
ut accord with Lord SaIisbury's pres
ent policy to let the public know what
is going on in the theatre Of war. and
this is true particularly in regard to
unpleasant facts and developments.
But the Daily Mali correspondents
allegations have been SO strongly cor
Toborated in private letters from the
front that the Government at length
found itself unable 10 ignore them An
investigation followed, the results Of
which were frankly stated by the War
Secretary IL the House OF Commons
yesterday. From his explanation it ap
pears that Lord Kitchener upon being
teIegTaphed 10 upon the subject at first
replied thai the charges were inbound
ed; but, later, he reported that he had
ample evidence in support Of them from
several wounded men who escaped the
massacre because the British troops
charged and retoolz the ground before
II was completed
We are more than sorry 10 be com
PEELED to the belief that the hideous
story IS true The crime against the
laws Of war and the common instincts
OF humanity involved. viii result il de-
stroying much Of the feeling OF sym
patty which the civilized world has had
for the Beers on account Of their brave
i, of late, foolish struggle against
Great Britain It viii serve to further
embitter British public opinion against
them, and, in the minds Of their enc
mics, justify retaliatory measures
which we are afraid Lord Kitchener
viii not hesitate TO adopt and apply IN
less he is restrained by positive orders
from the War Office If the Beers have
deliberately resorted TO the practice Of
refusing quarter even to wounded pris-
oners they viii only have themselves TO
thank if they are treated in the same
way. a struggle which has descended
to such a plane Of barbarity cannot be
brought to a close too quickly 8ir
Kruger. It is to be apprehended, has
all but lost the one point in the game
that he could command-nameIy, the
sentimental sympathy Of the American
and European peoples Neither on this
or the other continent IS there any
thought Of liberation for such d fright
fUl practice as the cold blooded butch
cry Of prisoners and wounded men.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-12
Our Trade With China.

The report of the H Z. Cladin Com
pauy. Of New York, a corporation en-
gagged in the dry goods trade. for the
six months ending June 81, 1901, strik-
iugly illustrates the i'll effects upon
American commerce Of the troubled
conditions in China. On account Of them
the concern in question. which. in the
corresponding period Of 1900, earned
over six hundred thousand dollars. this
year only netted one-haIf that sum.
It is stated that. with the progress #
peace negotiations, the Chinese demand
for cotton goods has shown some i'm
provement and the Claims and other
dry goods merchants hope for some
thing like the restoration Of old condi-
lions in the autumn. Such q hope, how
ever. IS dependent for fuIflImenl upon
/ conditions within the Empire which, as
We have shown in a previous edition,
are not completely encouraging If It
be true. as seems TO be generally be
lieved in China. that the Boxers have
resumed operations against foreigners
under the leadership Of Prince TUan,
we are afraid that there will be little
profitable trade with China for some
time to come. a civil war or another
foreign invasion would all but destroy
American trade with the country in cot
ton cloths and other textile fabrics
While it is as well to hope for the best.
it must Be said that the complete re
Mobilization Of cur commerce with
China does not appear to be yet in
sight
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American shipbuiIdinE.

It IS to be feared that il marking the
victims for slaughter, the projectors Of
the new Republican machine have over
looked at least one very important Off
ciaL That IS the Commissioner Of
Navigation If for any reason the
Secretary Of the Interior, the Postmas-
ter General, his Fourth Assistant, and
the Commissioner Of Pensions are IN
the way Of Nj Hanna's plans, the
Commissioner Of Navigation must be
a far more serious obstacle. To be
sure, 50 far as appears, the COmrais-
sioner Is conducting his Office very well
and making truthful reports-but this
Is exactly what ought 10 make him OBJ
noxioUs To the machine in general and
to Mr. Hanna IN particular.
Think Of it for a moment. The Com
missioner actually reports that for the
year ended June 30, 1901. the vessels
built in American yards footed up an
aggregate Of four hundred and one
thousand gross tons-a total which It
IS said has only been surpassed twice
IN our history. And this in the face Of
Mr. Hanna's own statement that there
can be no revival OF our shipping in
terests without the aid Of many million
dollars annually from the United States
Treasury # the prospective Republi-
can candidate for the Presidency ever
received a harder slap in the face than
that, il is not on record.
The unavoidable conclusion from this
report is that no subsidy IS required
We are, in truth, building ships more
rapidly than any other country. except
Great Britain. although IN carrying ca
pacity IL IS said that those built in Ger
many are little superior to ours. But
the fact IS that We are building all Of
these vessels without q subsidy. and
Mr. Hanua's programme imperatively
demanded that this fact should have
been kept from the American public
Instead Of conceaIng il, the Coramis-
sioner has been guilty Of the uu-Re-
publican indiscretion Of heraIding il
broadcast all over the country. H
ought 10 know that 1t does not square
with Mr. HaHHa's policy to have any
figures given out from official sources
that IN any way initiate against his
plans and purposes.
At all events. the Commissioner
ought TO have explained that the build
ing Of all these shirs without the aid
Of subsidy. simply goes to prove what
grand and glorious thing a subsidy
would be- Of course such an explana-
ton would not be very convincing 20
the most Of people, but the Commits
sioner could have made the effort any
way, and thus proved his loyalty 10 his
party leader The report might have
stated that the ships mad merely been
built because a subsidy was expected,
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Crcp Conditions

Disquieting reports Of drought and
damage TO the Western corn crop con
tinue TO agitate the grain markets Of
the country, and incidentally 10 play
havoc with the securities Of the granger
roads. It was estimated in New York
yesterday that the shortage of corn
this year IN Missouri and Kansas would
amount to perhaps sixty OF more per
cent, basedfoE the prospects Of q month
ago The damage in Iowa. Illinois, and
the Central West has not Yet reached
such proportions. but. unless rains shan
come at once. the disaster IS certain t.
be widespread
It is a mercy to the farming interests
generally that wheat prospects are
more than good. and that a harvest
only second 10 that Of 1896 Is almost q
safe prediction. Consequently we may
look with some confidence for q huge
crop and q large surplus What we
may be able 10 90 with that surplus Is
a matter upon which authorities have
differed. Early information from the
United Kingdom and the Continent Of
Europe seemed TO presaSe. good crops
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or that with a subsidy still more would
have been constructed But for him to
send out the unqualified statement that
we nave built four hundred thousand
tons of shipping. while Nh Hanna =
vociTeratinE that We cannot build ships
Of any moment without subsidies, IS
either grossly stupid OF 1t is downright
disIoyalty to the head of TIE RerubIi-
can machine That Commissioner
seems to be the right man II the wrong
place How cen Nj Hanna ever set
his pet measure through Congress with
such help as that2