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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-10-24
COURT HITS TAx-DODGINa.
Juggling of Books Cannot Prevent As
sessmen D.

btssmsh
Des Moines, Oct. 21.-The supreme
court has rendered o decision IN a
case involving the assessment aud
taxation of branch bank, which will
be of interest to every banker of the
state and to the assessors. The court
set it's foot down on the juggling OF
the books so as to shift the assess
able value of property from one place
to another. The case decided was
that of the Farmers Loan and Trust
company of Sioux City, which has fif-
teen or,twenty branch banks in Iowa
and Nebraska, and the appeal came
from Pocahontas county on account
of trouble over the assessment in
Fonda. The assessor did not get q
satisfactory statement from the Off
GERS of the branch bank, but finally
assessed the property at $4,000. He
included about $4,000 of notes which
had been taken in at the bank in the
ordinary course of business. short
time before the assessor came around
these notes were taken to Sioux City
and afterward transferred to Pemsen
TO the credit of the branch bank
there. The bankers claimed the bank
at Fonda should not be taxed on this
$4,000. The supreme court decided
the assessor did right in including
this property which had been sent to
Pemsen, as tine only effect of the
transfer was to leave the Fonda
branch bank with smaller amount
of notes on hand and a larger credit
at the parent bank. "The state" says
the court, evidently contemplates
the assessment of branch bank with
reference to the capital which the
parent institution invests and uses
in running such bank and such other
moneys and credits as the branch
may have accumulated in its business.
Whatever may be the form of the as
sets of the branch bank they are to
be subject to taxation as the prop
erty of private banker would be-"
The lower court added n penalty of
100 per cent to the assessable value
of the bank property for the refusal
of the bank TO make proper return of
its assets, and this penalty will stand.
But the lower court went further and
raised the assessment, which the SUI
preme court decides is all wrong, and
with the assessment as fixed by the
assessor the case is affirmed. The
original assessment was for $4,000.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-10-24
POLK COUNTY COURT HOUSE.
Controversy Finally Settled by the su
preme Court


preme Court
Des Moines, Oct. 1S.-The supreme
court, on second appeal, has decreed
in effect that the 100000 court house
that is to be erected by Polk county
shall be erected on the site of the
old structure. The court affirmed the
decision of Judge Bishop in the case
of j. III. Windsor VS.. Polk county, the
board of supervisors and Treasurer
Mckay. This is an action brought in
the lower court to compel the board
of supervisors to canvass a petition
resembling the action of the county
i'm voting 100000 bonds for the cree
ton of a new court house, to restrain
the sale of unsold bonds, the use of
proceeds accruing from the sale of
those already marketed, in the con-
struction of court house and the
levying of tax for the payment of
bonds issued for this purpose.
Whether or not the McGrew or res
cission petition had properly come be-
fore the board was the vital question,
and the supreme court, in affirming
Judge Bishop in this matter, left no
grounds for an Injunction.
The decision removes all barriers
from the construction of court
house on the old site and eliminates
every obstacle in the way of begin
ming the erection of the new building.
Work on the latter will begin at once.
Every ruling of the lower court was
upheld, leaving no possible grounds
for the river frontiers to continue the
controversy.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-10-24
DUMONT MAKES THE TRIP
He Rounds the Eiffel Tour With His
Airship.

Paris, Oct. 21.-M. Santos-Dumont,
who has made several unsuccessful
attempts with his airship to win the
100000 francs offered by Mr.. Deutsch
for successful aerial machine, tried
again Saturday at st. Cloud.
He started at 2:42 p. m, rose $50
yards and then pointed for the Eiffel
tower, the balloon going in straight
line. 1t was seen through field
glasses to arrive at the tower and
round it. The time up to that point,
with the wind in the balloons favor,
was eight minutes and forty-five sec
onds. 1t returned against the wind
and made slower Roadway but still
kept in the true direction for st.
Cloud, which it reached in the total
of twenty-nine minutes and fifteen
seconds. But instead of descending
Immediately, Santos-Dumont made
broad sweep over the Aero club
grounds, with the result that anoth-
er minute and twenty-five seconds
were consumed before the workmen
seized the guide rope. Thus, tech
nically, Santos-Dumont exceeded the
time limit by forty seconds.
Santos-Dumont claims he won the
prize because he reached the park
within the time and that the original
rules governing the contest made no
mention of having touched the
ground within the thirty minutes.
The dispute is due to the action of
the committee, which, some time ago,
modified the terms of the contest by
inserting the latter stipulation. San
tos-Dumont at the time protested and
declared today that he considered
that he had won the prize and would
not try again.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-10-24
NEW SET BACK in SAMAR
Ten rlembers Of the Ninth Regiment
Are Killed.

Nr,;I. "a 10 " I,;,a hundrad hoIo-
ia'
men attacked oe,achiheh. oi ior'y
six men of the Ninth infantry at
Bangaion, on the Gandara river, ISL
and of Samar,. Yesterday. killing ten
and wonndipg six. The remainder
7, ~, .,., a. ..
VI inc eoinpanS arrl'eu on 'no
IN time 10 prevent 1urther siausn-
ter, and routed the enemy, killing
over hundred of them.
1t is believed that the enemy only
retired for achievements. As soon
as the news was received at Catha-
logan two gunboats were dispatch
ed, General Smith going in person
to the scene.
Washington, Oct. 1S.-The follow
ing brief cablegram was received
from General Chaffee reporting the
fight of the Ninth infantry in Samar
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-10-24

Des Moines, Oct. 1s.-Advices re-
ceiyed from officials of the federal
court now in session at Keokuk show
that Judge Smith Mcpherson is con-
tinuing his strict crusade against the
bootleggers in this district, and that
he intends putting an end both to the
wholesale prosecutions of petty boot
leggers and other offenders as well.
Judge Mcpherson sprung a good sized
sensation on converting the federal
court at Keokuk this week by his in
structions to the grand jury and his
outlining of the new policy to cut
down the number of preliminary
hearings and of indictments, and then
deal summarily with the offenders
who have been adjudged guilty in all
the branches of the court and are
taken before the Judge for sentence.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-10-24
Death OF Rear AdmiraI nunee.

Hartford, Conn. Oct. 21.--Rear
Admiral Francis M. Bunce, United
States navy (retired), died Saturday
at his home here. Admiral Bunce's
death, while sudden, was not entirely
unexpected, and his family had been
warned to expect the worst. Last
May cancer of the tongue developed
and an operation in Boston resulted
in the removal of the admirals
tongue. In September the disease
attacked the throat and the patient
grew weaker from time to time, fight
ing hopeless battle with the cour-
age which has always characterized
the man. Two weeks ago he took to
his bed and has been practically
confined there ever since.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-10-24
Beers REACH THE SEA.
Commando of Five Hundred Men Pene
trates q Rich Country.

Capetown, Oct. 1s.-The invaders
have reached the sea, commando of
500 men having penetrated through
the rich great Berg river valley to
Hopefield and Saldanha bay, north
west of Capetown. The republicans
have secured a number of recruits
and considerable quantities of sup
plies. General French is directing
operations against them.
Capetown, Oct. 1S.-In n brief fight
at Twenty-four Streams, near Piquet-
berg, yesterday, Captain Bellew and
four other British were killed and
several others wounded. The British
having surprised several camps, the
Beers are now in the habit of shift
ing camps by night. Lately the Brit
ish columns, after long night march,
es, have arrived at their objectiyes
only to find the Beers gone. British
columns penetrating into the Orange
Rivery colony miles from railways
find fields of maize and freshly plowed
lands, the Beers making off at their
approach and returning when the col
umns pass on. The herds on the high
veldt still seem to be numerous. The
Beers are living on cattle and meal
les stored in out-of-the-way places.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-10-24

A curious story comes from the RES
sian frontier. At the little Russian
town of Wystiten 400 families became
homeless owing to a great fire. The
town being next to Rominten, where
the Emperor William shoots every
year, his majesty not only sent soldiers
to help extngui:h the fire, but gave
$500 for the distressed townspeople
The weather being inclemsnt, blank
cts were bought for these who were
compelled to camp out of d:ors. The
Russian customs officials refused to
admit the blankets until the high Gus
toms duty, which in Russia is imposd
upon such articles, was paid.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-10-24
THE NEWS In IOWA
TOOK BED FROM UNDER SICK CHILD
And Jury Says lie Must Pay $4,000 for
I.n.s of Life.


Loss of Life.
Des Moines, Oct. 19.-The celebrat-
ed Bradshaw-Frazier case, which has
been in the district and supreme
courts for the past six years, has
been terminated by verdict for the
plaintiff in the sum of $1,000. Six
years ago last September little Geor-
gia Frazier, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Frazier, residing near POLK
City, died from the effects of measles
augmented by exposure to cold Sep
TENDER wind and rain. At the time
of her death it was charged by the
parents that j. w. Frazier, grand
father of the child, had forcibly
elected her from the premises, re-
moved the stove and other furniture
from the house and thrown her bed
into the yard. The little girl grew
rapidly worse from exposure to rain,
dying nine days after the ejectment.
Suit was brought in the Polk county
district court by Charles bradshaw,
administrator of the estate, who de-
manded of j. w. Frazier the sum of
$4,000 damages, the plaintiff charg-
ing the grandfather with the indi-
rect responsibility for her death. The
case went TO the supreme court and
after six years, during which time
several decisions were rendered on
different phases of the case, it was
procenendoed back to the district
court for n new trial on the grounds
of an error in the Judgment of the
lower court. The case was tried be-
fore Judge Bishop, the plaintiff in
Producing witnesses TO prove that
Frazier, accompanied by an officer,
came to the sick chamber and re-
moved every article of furniture, in
Guiding the bed on which the sick girl
lay. This is said to have been against
the entreaties of the child's parents,
who testified that they called atten-
ton TO the condition of the little girl
and begged that she be not disturbed.
The verdict just rendered, it is
thought. will determine the matter,
the defendant having expressed him.
self as opposed to another appeal.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-10-24

Government in Americans practi
:ally shaped in the caucus. For the
Christian manSthe primary meeting
should be as sacred an appointment as
the place of prayer, and If the Chris
tian men of a community would inter-
est themselves, they could get good
men nominated" These words, spok-
en- at the recent Christian EndeaYor
convention, embody truth familiar to
all, yet one that it is well to emphasize
during the month before election. The
evils which exist in politics are large
ly the result of the neglect OF as.y-
by tho worry n1on-who- most loudly
complain of them.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-10-24
Arrested for ALLEGED Mnrasr

Charlton, Oct. 21.-The officers have
arrested Lee Whitloch for the murder
OF Joseph Buchanan, the hermit who
was found in his cabin with his head
cut open and bloody ak lying by
his side. Whitloch formerly worked
for buchanan and was familiar with
his habits. He talked a great deal
after his arrest, which led to the sus-
picion of another party as implicated
and they went out last evening to ar
rest him.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-10-24

The federal government and the
state of Minnesota will soon clash in
the courts over the question OF the
ownership of many thousands of acres
of valuable lands. The tract in dis
pute is situated in northern Minnesota,
running from Rainy Lake to Lake Su-
perior, a distances of about 200 miles
and taking in the entire northern tier
of townships. The lands are located
in the gold fields recently discovered
and on that account are considered
very valuable. The lands were selected
by the state under the provisions Of
the Swamp act of 1860. but it Is con-
tended by the Washington officials that
the tract so chosen on the border Of
Canada is not swamp land, hence the
proceedings.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-10-24
CASTRO LOSES TKEAsUNE snIp.
Hard Blow for the President of venexu
ella In a Smsnicious Wreck

Hard Blow for The President of Nenezu-
ella in a Suspicious Wreck
Willemstad, Island of Curacao, Oct.
20.-A fishing schooner just arrived
from Aruba Island, northwest of Gu
racao, brings the story that the
Arends, Venezuelan schooner, bound
from La Guayra for Maracaibo, car
rying sum of money from the gov
destined to pay the troops
on the frontier-the amount being
variously estimated at from 5000 to
Aforementioned heavy weather
last Sunday night off Aruba Island
and foundered in deep water, the en-
tire sum being lost. The crew. ac-
cording to the story, reached the
island in boat.
The money is supposed to have been
part of the sum raised in Caracas a
fortnight ago from the Bank of Ven
ezuela by President Castro. If it is.
the government has sustained heavy
blow.
The sinking of the schooner was at
tended with certain suspicious cir
cumstances. The weather Sunday
night was calm and the captain of the
Arends resided ON Aruba Island.
There are other minor details point
ing to the possibility of collision with
outsiders to secure possession of the
money.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-10-24
WORK On A NEW RAILROAD.
Survey of Des M me-, Iowa City q Mus
catine Has Begun.

survey OF Des Mo ne-, iowa tlty q MUS
catIne Has Begun.
Des MONIES, Oct. 1S.-A surveying
party of twelve men in the employ of
the Des Moines, Iowa City q Musca-
tine Railroad company, under the di-
rection of James Wilson, formerly of
the Burlington, is running n survey
from Montezuma and Prairie City.
They have completed the survey for
the line from Iowa City to Williams
burg, where the Milwaukee q st.
Paul crosses the Rock Island, and it
is expected to begin grading next
spring as soon as the condition of
the weather will permit. From VIII
liamsburg to Montezuma the right of
way has been donated by the farm
ers, and negotiations are now in prog
ress with Boston capitalists for
financing the road. Secretary Clar-
ence Starr is in receipt of letters from
number of business men at Monte
yuma and Prairie City assuring him
that when the proposed line of road
is completed to those towns the mer-
chants will give it the refusal of
large part of the shipping business
at both places. Mr.. Starr stated that
is-.cnmpapy receiving great en-
couragement from stock Shippers anu
merchants at Montezuma, Williams
burg, Prairie City, Iowa City and all
points adjacent to the Rock Island.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-10-24

In mine accidents 1t has often hap.
pened that rescuers were baffled and
lives were sacrificed because the exact
whereabouts of the imperiled raen
were unknown. The mine owners OF
Scranton are about to place telephones
at regular intervals along the work
ings in their mines, so that the instru-
ments may be easy of access to the
men when danger demands their use.
The step is greatly to be commended,
and it suggests other benefcent uses
of the telephone.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-10-24
The wire cables used by tourists for

The wire cables used by tourists for
protection and aid in Alpine climbing
may prove a source of danger. On July
20 several tourists made an ascent OF
the Tribulaun. in the Stubuler Alps.
Near the summit, where the ascent
had to be made with the help of wire
cables, the rocks began to emit a
humming noise. and an ice-pick, com
ing in contact with the cable, produc-
ed spa k. Shortly before there had
been a thunderstorm, which caused
this electrical disturbance. Before the
tourists realized what was occurring,
the lightning struck the cable, stunned
a tourist and the guide and hurled
them several hundred metres below.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-10-24

Fort Dodge, Oct. 19.-Two masked
robbers entered the saloon of Dave
Fitzgerald five minutes before clos
ing time. Both held large revolvers,
and compelled seven patrons to line
up with their faces toward the wall.
while one man leaped over the bar
and secured the contents of the
secured the contents of the money
drawer, amounting to $40 The tall
man then leaped from behind the
counter and both men backed out the
front door. The whole affair was.
over In two inmates, and no clue left
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-10-24

Bennington. VT, Oct. 21.-Judge
Charles Darling of this city. who is
to succeed Frank w. Hackett. of
Washington, as assistant secretary
OF the navy. upon the early retire
ment of the latter, is widely known
and highly respected by his fellow
citizens. Judge Darling was born in
Woodstock county forty-two years
ago. He is a Titus college and Dart
mouth law school graduate. lie was
admitted to the bar in Maine and in
vermont in 1856, locating at Ben
nington. In 1887 he was appointed
judge OF the municipal court. retain
ing the office until 1896, when he
formed q law partnership with o. NJ.
Barber, the present state auditor.
Last year he was elected president
OF the Vermont Bar association. He
served in the Vermont state legisla-
ture in 1896. and has held many minor
public Offices.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-10-24

Jean Paul says that the mother pats
the commas and semicolons into the
child's life, the father the colons and
periods. The whole punctuation of the
late Empress Frederick's life was In
herently royal. AS Mr.. Balfour re-
Gently put it before the House of Com
mons, she was endowed with gifts of
nature and of education which would
have made her, even in another sta
tion, remarkable and accomplished
woman"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-10-24

Professional baseball umpires are so
worried by the abuse they receive that
most of them are subject to nervous
complaints. Aware of this fact, some
of the life insurance companies refuse
TO issue policies to them. 1t is only
short time ago when an amateur UNI
pire in Farmersburg, N. Y. was
clubbed to death because he rendered
al unfavorable decision.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-10-24
Concerning Mis-. stones case.

New York, Oct. 2i.--Concerning the
case of Miss Ellen NJ. Stone, the
missing missionary, Rev. George ID.
Marsh cables the Journal and Ad-
vertiser from Samokoy: "After
twenty-nine years of experience in
Bulgaria, during which won the
sobriquet Of Bulgarian atrocity,' my
knowledge leads me to believe they
are widely dispersed and Miss Stone
is quietly sequestered in some noun
tain village, of which the villagers,
partly in sympathy, partly in fear,
would scorn TO tell the authorities,
Modern brigands are sorry successes.
They are chivalrous cuf-throats who
believed II they touched a damseI
they would die in Turkish prison.
A Turkish minister is credited with
the fiippant. though, expressive, say
ing, The kidnapping of another
American woman would bankrupt
the Ottoman empire"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-10-24

Stuart, Oct. 17.-Osborn w. deg
nan, the hero of 1898, who with Hob
son sunk the Merrimac in Santiago
harbor, has written to friends here
that he was about to retire from the
navy on account of his health. He is
now in the hospital at Mare island,
where he has been i'll with nervous
prostration for some weeks. deg
nan was promoted from boatswain's
mate to boatswain, and held the high
est Office possible in the navy with
out a naval academy education.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-10-24

remarkable case of suicide came
Ander the notice of the authorities at
Cureghem, near Brussels, recently. A
printer driven to despair by habitual
drunkenness, made his own coffin,
placed it in position, and hanged kim
self. The corpse was found dangling
over the coffin.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-10-24
Lucas county Murder Mystery.

Charlton, Oct. 1s.-The friends OF
Joseph Buchanan, the man who was
found Saturday morning near Column
bIa with his head cut open and a
bloody AK lying by his side, are taking
steps to ferret out the mystery of
his death. Columbia friends have al
ready raised 5000 to apply on a re-
ward for the conviction of the muir
derer. They expect the county board
of Marion county to offer an addi-
ticnal reward, and G. Il. Dawson, of
Columbia, a close friend of the muir
dered man, is in Des Moines endeav-
oring to get the governor to offer an
additional reward. They expect to
have a reward of 1900 offered for
the conviction of the guilty party.
The man Buchanan is now known to
have had 5000 in his cabin at the time
of his murder
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-10-24
GENERAL DhWkT ..... X ED DEAD
story Contracted by Cornet DeyiIiiers,
Who saws lie Left Dewet Well

who Says lie Left Dewet Well
Durham, Natal, Oct. 21.-General De
Vets recent inactivity has produced
the impression among military men
that he is either dead or incapacitat-
ed through illness or wounds. Ac-
cording to a letter from Pretoria a
prominent Boer recently wrote to a
friend there relating the hardships
suffered by the Beers in the field,
especially from a lack of surgeons.
''De Wet, for example," wrote this
Boer, suffered the most terrible
agony before he died. He was wound
ed in the shoulder by q splinter from
shell and the wound gangrened in
consequence of it being dressed with
dirty rags"
Five Beers captured at different
places recently said De Wet was dead,
but gave different versions of his
death. Against these reports is a
statement of Piet de villiers, the
field cornet recently taken prisoner
in the northeastern part of the
Orange river colony, who said that
on the morning of his capture he took
breakfast with De Wet.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-10-24

Albany, N. Y, claims the honor of
having made the first carriage manu-
featured entire in this country. Sew
eral we're built in the year 1911. and
the event was duly noted at the time
as an evidence of the spread of United
States enterprise.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-10-24
Miller Pilisbary Dead.

Minneapolis, Oct. 19.--John s. Pills
bury, former governor of Minnesota
and one of the states foremost citi-
zens, died yesterday of Bright's dis
ease. His illness was comparatively
brief, owing to his advanced age. He
was over 70 years of age. He was a
member of the famous family of -four
millers and in spite Of numerous ben
efactions leaves q large fortune.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-10-24

In Dublin bay the little fishes are
having a hard life owing to numerous
sharks. One. "bottle-nose" gentle
man, has been caught and it measured
5h feet long Another measuring s
feet, proved too strong for the line
which had to be cnt