Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-10-03
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL.
Des Moines, Sept. 80, 1901

DR.. Failor Responded to q night call
and was sandbagged and robbed. His.
dead body was found in n lumber
yard the next morning. The crime
was committee September IL.
The biennial report of the land de-
partment has been filed with Cover.
nor haw by Secretary of State Mar
tin. The report is for the period
ending June 30, 1901. During the BIZ
ennial period few patents and GER
titicates for swamp and railroad
lands were received from the general
government. The state has also re-
ceived from the government swamp.
land cash indemnity to the amount
of $32,3Ss.3S which in turn was turn
ed over to the treasurer of state to
the counties to which it belonged.
The table giving the quantity OF lands.
the state has received under the sew
eral congressional grants shows
total of s,937,Si1.2l acres.
In view Of the recent unreasonable
weather during which time frost was
reported generally all over the state
Director Sage has issued a special.
weather and crop bulletin for the
week ending September %. This.
bulletin is mainly for the purpose of
giving an idea of damage done to
corn and to other growing vegita-
ton. 1t is found that all Vegetation
suffered very little from the effects
# the slight freeze. 1t says:
The past week was unusually cold,
the daily mean temperature rang
ing from to II degrees below nor
NAL. Frosts occurred in all districts,
reported as "heavy" or ""killing" in
the western counties. and Eight" in
the balance of the state The dam
age resulting from the frosts in the
state as whole appears to be rel
atively light. The percentage of UNI
matured corn was small and the
damage to that portion of the crop
..as been mainly in killing portion
of the leaves. thereby impairing the
value of tine fodder. The general
effect upon the quality of the grain
will not be appreciate, as the
bulk of the crop had been cut
up. or was beyond danger of
harm from frost. The recent
heavy rains have been very beneficial
to pastures and meadows, and in
some sections late potatoes are Civ
ing promise of q better yield than
has been expected. The soil is in
fine condition for blowing and falr
seeding.
The probabilities are that the Des.
Moines, Iowa Falls g. Northern road
will not commence operating trains
into Des Moines before spring..
though there is a possibility that
operations will be commenced this.
fall. This is because of trouble in se-
curing right-of-way and aid through
the town of Nevada and in securing
an independent route into Des.
Moines. The grading has been com
pleted to McCallsburg, on the Iowa.
Central, and trains will be operated
10 that point in few weeks. The
track has been laid to Buckeye and
will be pushed south as rapidly as.
possible. The company has asked for
a right-of-way through Nevada and a
tax of 2H per cent. Business men OF
the city have arranged to donate the
right-of-way, and the tax proposition
is to be submitted at an early date.
If the result is favorable, it is barely
possible the road will be completed
TO Berwick this season. Ia not. the
work. will he stopped until next year
and the line will be built to Berwick
over survey made to the east of
Nevada. 1t is not the intention of
the company to build its own line
into Des Moines for year or two.
An arrangement has been effected,
however, by which trains will be
brought into Des Moines from Ber-
wick over the Chicago Great Western
tracks and the Des Moines Union ter
minals will be used here.
Governor Shaw, having been noti-
fed by the United States naval de-
partment that the protected cruiser
Des Moines will be ready for launch
ing about the end of November, has
selected Miss Frances West of this
city to christen the vessel. Miss West
is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry West, old residents of Des
Moines. The christening will take
Mace at the Quincy, Mass, shipyards.
Governor Shaw, Mayor Hartenbower
and number of state officials and
Des Moines citizens will witness the
event. The only similar ceremony in
which Iowa people participated was
the christening of the battleshiB
Iowa. Miss Mary Drake of Center
vlne, daughter of General +. NJ. Drake,
christened that vessel. The Des
Moines has n displacement of 5000
tons, speed of 1915 knots per hour
and has an armament consisting OF
ten 5-inch guns. eight 6-pounders, two
1-pounders and two Colt machine
guns. 1t is of the same class as the
Cleveland, Denver. Galveston, Ia.
coma and Chattanooga.
Lewis Miles of Corydon, United
States district attorney, in recent
interview said that Judge Mcpherson
has decided on radical change of
policy toward offenders against the
liquor laws. Heretofore it has been
the custom in the district court to
suspend sentences in cases of first
offenders during good behavior. 1t
has been found that this not only in
ours a great deal of work in looking
after the paroled prisoners. but that
st has not tended to discourage vio-
lations. As result Judge McPher-
son has decided a deal severely with
all offenders and see il in this way he
cannot discourage violation.
COLUMBIA IN THE LEAD.
New York, Sept. 27.--One of the
biggest crowds that ever put to sea
went down to Sandy Hook lightship
yesterday to witness Sir Thomas
lipton's second challenger, Sham
rock H., and the white flyer Column
bia, which successfully defended the
old America cup against the first
trophy hunter two years ago, strug-
gle for the yachting supremacy Of
the world in the first of the cup races