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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-12-04
HAPPENINGS IN
HAWKEYEDOM
What Has Been Going on
During the Fast
Week.
WILD RUN OF STREET CAR
Becomes Uncomfortable on Steep Hin
at Des Moines and Dashes Into n Drug
Store In the Business Center, InJuring
Eighth Passengers.

Des Moines, Nov. 2S.-Eight persons
were injured in a street car wreck at
Sixth and Locust streets yesterday
morning at Sis o'clock, the climax Of
a mad race down the long Sixth ave
nue. hill Of a loaded street car over
which all control had been lost and
which was going at the rate of at least
a mile a minute when 1t struck tho
curve at Locust street, leaped from
the rails, crushed its own and the side
Of another car by colliding with it,
broke into two pieces telephone pole
standing at the corner and came up
with a crash and collapse directly III
front Of the Lawrence drug store on
the sidewalk.
One Of the eight injured is In pre-
carious condition. She is Helen Fraw-
lay, the S-year-old daughter f Mr.. and
Mrs. John II. Frawley of 1903 Eighth
street. Her skull was fractured and
she was injured internally. Her moth.
er was with her on the car and was
herself painfully injured, her lower
jaw bone being broken on the right
side and her face being terribly LAGER
ated. Mrs. Frawley tainted as the
car reached about the half way point
IN us pOlul, out CluuS W nGI lllllO
daughter, whom she lad gathered In
her arms.
Eben Z. Bradley of ITO Seventh
street wrenched off the gates of the
front platform of the car, on which he
was riding. and essayed to leap from
the flying coach. This was at about
the Victoria hotel. He struck on his
head and it was feared that the skull
was fractured or at least that concus-
sion Of the brain would result.
= None of the others was seriously
injured. There were eighteen passen.
gers on the ear, re"idsnts of North
Des Moines. The motorman, William
M. Kline, stood at his post until hurled
from the car when 1t struck the tele.
phone pole within fifteen feet OF its
collapse. He has received the warm
est praise, both from the officers of the
street car company and the passen'
gers who witnessed his marvellous als.
play of grim courage.
Des Moines, Nov. 29.-Little Helen
Frawley, the S-year-old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. John H. FFawley Of 14O3
Eighth street who was injured In the
street car wreck at Sixth and Locust
street Thanksgiving morning. died at
Mercy hospital at 6 o'clock yesterday.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-12-04
LOSS MAY BE 100000.
Railway and Express officials With.
hoIdinq Facts.

Des MoineS, Nov. 2S.-Remarking
upon the hackneyed statement by rail-
road and express officers, upon being
informed of train robberies that the
robbers got nothing and had their
trouble for their pains, well known
banker of this city said. while discuss.
ing the hold-up OF the Rock Island
train near Davenport last Friday
night:
IF the men who held up that train
got only $4,000, they did poor job.
Notwithstanding denials Of the ex.
press officials that all there was in the
safe were a package OF municipal
bonds, a number of certified pay
checks and a quantity of jewelry.
That train carries money for Rock
Island, Davenport, Kansas City. st.
Joseph, Topeka, FL Reno and FIT.
Worth. l would not be at all sur
prised II the actual loss, IL ever
learned by the public, will exceed
100000. / recall similar incident
in which a Northwestern train was
held up short distance out of Chi.
cago year or two ago. The first
learned OF the robbery was from the
Leader, which contained an account
of it. The telegraphic account stated
that the loss would not be more than
$4,000. ihe extras of the evening
papers contained kilograms reducing
the loss to $4,000. Now, what was
the actual loss? ! do not know, but
| have a distinct recollection of the
agent for the express company com.
ing to our bank the next morning and
asking II we had received package
containing $4,000 in cash. sup.
posed we had, but upon asking one
of the clerks, was told the package
did not arrive.
"'Well,' remarked the agent in
whisper, you'll not get that package.
The train was held up last night and
your package was one OF several 9TH
ers.'
According to the reports of the
express and railroad officials the loss
was only $4,000. Yet our bank had
a package for twice that amount
taken. The train carries money for
Clinton, Cedar Rapids, Boone, Council
Bluffs. Sioux City and Omaha. The
$4,000 consigned to our bank was
twice the sum reported to have been
taken. If tie company lost $4,000
for Des Moines alone, what do you
suppose was the actual loss? Per.
haps 100000 when 1t is considered
that banks in each of the cities have
named had similar packages con-
signed to banks located in even two
or three of them. II would not be at
all surprising. II the facts could be
learned. that the robbers who held up
the Rock Island lrain the other night
secured nearer $4,000 or $4,000 lhan
a few municipal bonds and several
articles of jewelry."
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-12-04
ACROSS MINpANAo.
First White Man Who Ever Crossed
the IsIand

Manila, Dec. Captain Pershing,
with sixty men, has completed march
across the island of Mindanao from
Camp Wears to Iligan. This possibly
is the first time that white men have
made the journey. Captain Pershing
visited the villages OF Madaya and
Marahui. On his way to Madaya he
found the Moros were surprised to
learn that Americans were not mon,
sters ten feet tall. with horns and tails.
At Marahui he addressed 500 Moros.
telling them of the friendly purposes
of the Americans. Representatives or
the Nato and Boycayutan tribes,
which are now at war, asked Captain
Pershing to arbitrate the difference
between them. The captain agreed to
visit them and give his arbitration on
his return journey to Camp Wears.
No hostility was shown towards the
column on the march.
The constabulary In the Zambales
province reports a repulsive incident
Of cruelty perpetrated by ladrones.
Several columns Of constabulary had
been chasing the ladrones with the as
sistance OF friendly natives. Two Of
the friendlies stragled from the col.
umn and were captured by ladrones.
who amputated the tongue and gouged
out the eyes Of one and then Sent him
back to the constabulary. The fate
of the other is unknown.
The efforts TO restore agriculture In
the Philippine islands have been
blocked by dearth Of field animals.
Ninety per cent of the carabos died in
the original epidemic of rinderpest and
Of the small number left many have
died.
The government had planned an ex.
tensive importation of these animals
to meet the crying need and had ar.
ranged to have them immunized. II
was forced to abandon this plan or &C.
count of the lack of money to meet
the purchases.
The general cultivation OF the plan.
tations is impossible without them and
the absence OF any immediate pros.
pect of getting the field animals leaves
the agricultural situation in serious
condition
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-12-04
BOXERS IN CUBAN CONGRESS
Think They Are Now Able to Get
Alonu.

Chicago, Nov. 2S.-William e. Cur
It's in Washington special to the Rec
ord-Herald says: There is nothing
very serious in the Cuban situation,
although it is irritating and humiliat-
ing to the United States, and It is our
fault that 1t is so. The attitude of the
Cubans is perfectly natural under the
circumstances, and If they do not like
us and are not willing to make conces-
sions in favor OF our merchandise,
and refuse to carry out the conditions
OF the Platt amendment, we have no.
body to blame but the boxers" Of the
United States senate who prevented
the adoption of the reciprocity treaty
at the last session.
Nobody denies that the United
States has done a great deal for Cuba.
We relieved her from the Spanish
yoke, we set her up In business with
good credit and no debts, cleaned her
streets, improved her waterwcrks,
built hospitals and docks and drove
out yellow fever. We gave her sew
eral thousand schools and showed her
bow to run them. and finally we COM
PEELED her to include In her eonstitu-
ton provision that she should not
borrow any money or any favors upon
foreign governments without our per.
mission, and then we came away and
let her alone. When her Industries
were paralyzed anu her planters could
not sell their sugar for what 1t cost
them to raise 1t she asked the United
States to help her out by giving her
products the preference over Europe
an sugar In our custom houses, but
fourteen senators whose constituents
owned beet sugar factones, blocked
ment from giving the relief prayed
for.
Now that the price Of sugar is going
up and the demand in Europe is be-
coming so active that the Cubans are
confident Of getting along without
our assistance they turn their backs
in our faces as they would to any false
friends, saying that they can get along
without US II we can get along without
them.
The Cuban congress has elected a
speaker who Is jointly opposed to
making any concessions to the United
States, and that is construed to be an
Endorsement of his sentiments. Pres
ident Palma has declined to submit for
ratification the treaty negotiated be-
tween the Cuban minister at Washing
ton and Secretary Hay. because he
knew 1t would be rejected. The Gu
ban congress refuses to carry out the
provisions in their legislation required
by the Plat amendment. binding upon
them until treaty is negotiated with
the United States, and at present they
are in no hurry to negotiate a treaty.
That is practically the situation. and
In order to soften the hearts of the
Cubans and teach them wisdom and
understanding. President Roosevelt
sent General Bliss to Havana. Gen.
eral Bliss has been working for week
or more with the president, the minis
ters OF foreign relations and finance
but has made very little progress. He
has ascertained. however. and has re-
ported to Washington that the feeling
in the Cuban congress Is decidedly hos
tile to the United States. and that
while the president and his cabinet are
disposed to be friendly there are "box.
ers' in Havana as well as in Washing
ton. Hence. the outlook Is not en-
couraging.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-12-04
GERMANS WANT TO LEARN.
Delegation of Farmers Coming te
Study American Methods.

Berlin, Dec. IA large delegation
of farmers under the auspices Of the
German Agricultural society is going
to the United States in April for a
three months tour, studying American
agricultural methods. The German
embassy at Washington negotiated
the affair with the agricultural de.
partment, which will furnish guido
during the entire trip. His expenses
will be betrayed by the Germans.
The trip includes stops at Balti.
more, where special attention will be
given to dairy farms, and Washington,
where the agricultural department
German Agricultural society, though
q private organization, has taken the
United States agricultural department
as a modei and is trying to do in Ger.
many many things which the depart
ment does in the United States.
After leaving Washington the indus
tries OF West Virginia will be exam
ined and then the horse breeding and
tobacco growing industries of Ken.
lucky will be inspected. The tourists
afterwards will visit st. Louis, Kan.
sas >.ty and Omaha, where the stock,
yards will be investigated, and will
also inquire into the Nebraska beet
sugar industry. They will next stop
at the irrigating systems Of Colorado.
From San Francisco the German
farmers will go on an excursion to Los
Angeles and study the fruit farms.
They will return eastward via Tacoma
and see the wheat fields of the Da.
kotas and Minnesota. Later they will
visit the Chicago slaughter houses
and grain elevators, after which they
will be shown the beet root industry
of Michigan. A number Of agricul.
tural experiment stations along the
route will be examined. The travellers
will embark for home at New York
June 80.
The German Agricultural society's
board Of managers will be represented
on the trip by Baron Won Allenberg-
Pashaly. Besides a number of i'm
portant agriculturalists the party will
include dozen students of the Berlin
agricultural institute. who will take
the trip at their own expense, re-
garding the knowledge to be gained
as a valuable Investment for the flu.
ture great farmers of Germany. DR..
Gilbert, the agricultural attache OF the
German embassy at Washington, will
accompany the delegation. There is
a great rush here of farmers from all
paris of the empire to file applications
for membership in the delegation, but
most of them must be rejected, as II
is regarded as impracticable to do
good work II the party exceeds thirty
or forty.
The society has just completed an
immense building here costing over
$3.50, 900 In which will be installed the
new bureau to be founded upon the
researches made during the trip to
the United States.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-12-04
State Court Is Ignored.

Ottumwa. Nov. 2S.-For the first
time since the Dred-Scott decision. 1t
is said a United States circuit court
has refused to follow decision of a
state supreme court.
The case is that Of the Water Sup
ply company of Ottumwa against the
city OF Ottumwa Plaintiffs sought
to prevent the building Of municipal
water plant. and carried the case to
the United States circuit court at st.
Louis. That tribunal decided that Of
tumwa has reached the legal Unit OF
Indebtedness. Notwithstanding that the
supreme court Of Iowa decided a levy
for this purpose would not be a part
Of the constitutional Indebtedness OF
the city.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-12-04
TO HANDLE BAD TRUSTS.
Hepburn Suggests Prohibitive Ia
Be Put on Watered Stocks.

washington, Dec. 1.-RepreSentas
tive Hepburn of Iowa has a plan for
regulating the trusts. He would i'm.
pose a prohibitive tax upon watered
stock. I'VE all want to reach those
trusts that are evil" he said today,
"and 1t Is the bad trusts that are or,
ganized for the purpose Of permitting
the promoters to issue large volume
Of stock to be marketed upon prospec,
tive earnings. In my opinion a pro,
hibitive tax on the stock OF every
corporation which is not representa-
tive OF substantial value would wipe
such corp rations out of existence,
and when that is done combinations
would be only for the legitimate trade
advantages which could be secured.
Combinations of the latter class. in
my opinion, are not harmful.
las an example. take Mr.. Morgan's
steamship merger. What motive did
Mr.. Morgan have in engineering this
gigantic scheme through II 1t were
not for the great profit he could de,
rive, not through the legitimate bus
mess of shipping, but through the
issuance of stock based OH the COM
bination. The motive for the railroad
mergers will be found to be the same.
Give tie collector of internal rev.
enue authority to fix the value of the
stock Of the corporations the same as
they place value on liquor and cigars,
have the tax on the stock which does
not represent actual value subject to
a fixed tax, this fixed tax in every In
stance to be sufficiently high to mako
the existence of such stock impos.
sible." Colonel Hepburn concluded.
Cubans Can Buy Cheap In Europe.
Washington, 4 Dec. Authorization
has reached fthe state department
that dealers In Cuba In machinery
have q decided advantage buying In
Europe instead OF the United States.
for the reason that they get lower
prices, from 10 to 80 per cent ac-
cording to the class of machinery:
lower shipping rates; quicker delivery
and moro advantageous terms OF pay.
ment, European manufacturers being
willing to sell on time where Ameri.
cans denhand cash. 1t also Is stated
that even should the duty be reduced
prefenti$l to the United States, the
lower prices and freight rates. quicker
delivery hnd easier terms OF payment.
would fully compensate for the higher
customs charged Cuban dealers on
European machinery and materials.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-12-04
GAMBLERS ADMIT DEFEAT.
Cannot Remain Open Under Public
Exposure.

Des Moines, Nov. 26.--The gamblers
of Des Moines have closed their doors
and attribute their defeat to the fight
waged against them by the Des
Moines Daily and Sunday News and
other Des Moines news papers. No
unusual legal or official proceedings
were had, but the gambling dens sim.
ply could not stand the publicity
thrown upon them by the press. The
immense circulation Of the News, new
close to 10000. makes II a great pow
err In local and state affairs. Its large
circulation is partly due to its low sub.
sc>l6tion price of $3.50 a year for
both its daily and Sunday editions.
The News is probable the only daily
in the state which is always stopped
when the time is out, It publishes
tho full Associated Press dispatches.
!; Guiding daily markets by wire.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-12-04

Michael J. Dady, the Brooklyn con-
tractor, has been bunkoed out of $10,-
900 in Havana, but in simple justice
TO the Cubans it must be said that the
operation was performed by a man
hailing from Chicago.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-12-04

A beautiful young American woman
who was not satisfied with the shape
Of her nose is now likely to lose it
entirely because she attempted to
have it changed. AS a rule nature
understands better how to do these
things.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-12-04
aREGoRIs ACQUITTED.
Jury In Perry Murder Case Brings In
Nerdicf

Abel, Nov. 28.--The jury in the muir
der case of the state VS.. Jim Gregoris
at a late hour brought In verdict of
acQuittal. Gregoris was charged with
the murder last spring. but was not
indicted. his alibi being apparently
truthful one. Later on Peter Hriskos
OF Des Moines stated that Gregoris
had made a confession to him that he
committed the murder. Upon this evil
dence Gresoris was indicted and
tried. Hirskos made poor witness
ON the stand and the jury refused tr
believe his story.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-12-04

The Department of Agriculture has
succeeded in producing a hardy
orange that can be grown 200 miles
farther north than the varieties hith-
erto commonly grown in Florida
but it can't compete with the Yankee
baldwin apple.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-12-04

The turtle who had initials carved
on his back thirty years ago at Nan
tasket has just arrived at New Jer-
sey coast resort, where he hopes to
play his shell games unmolested.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-12-04

An U. S. patent has been granted
for an amidobenzofavine produced by
transforming the nitrotetraamidoditol
ylphenylmethan of amididitolyphenyt-
methan into ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
methan. An infringement seems i'm
possible.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-12-04

The Kansas Judge who has deliv-
cred the opinion that a man has the
right to bury his wife alive appar.
entity has no fear that he will ever
be in position to need the equal suf-
frage vote.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-12-04

The New York Tribune thinks that
the result of the Molineux trial ought
to put a stop TO the practice of hiring
handwriting experts" at $50 day
and expenses" to swear away mems
lives.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-12-04
INDIAN SUITS UP in COURT.
Interfered With by Deaths Among the
Musquakies From Smallpox.

Cedar Rapids. Nov. 2s-Jacob
Lamb CT Toledo. who is attorney for
the various Musquakie Indians VINO
have damage suits pending against
the government officials on account
of the old reservation school trouble,
says that the suits have been inter
fered with materially by reason Of the
deaths from smallpox In the tribe.
Heirs of the deceased will be substi.
tuted in all cases where 1t is possible.
He declares that the Indians suffered
a loss of 10 per cent Of their numbers
by smallpox but at no time made any
effort to get away from quarantine.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-12-04

Count Bonl de Castellane has been
expelled from the French Chamber of
Deputies on the ground that he was
not legally elected. A thirst for VIM
dication will now be added toy the
other ambitions of Count Boni's al
ready oyercrowded life.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-12-04

The action of the German students
in joining in a movement against pis-
toll duels is unreservedly to be COM
mended. There is always a POSSIBLE
fly that somebody will get hurt in a
pistol duel,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-12-04

Which do you suppose is the mad
der, the burglar who blows apart
81 900 safe and finds 1898 in it, or the
owner of the safe when he views the
wreck the next morning?
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-12-04

Both the man who invented the
Cardiff giant" and the man who
carved It are dead and neither had
anything left of the money of which
the public was defrauded.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-12-04

Mr.. Carnegie's former private secre-
tary says that the chief characteristic
of the great philanthropist is his
egregious vanity" We beg to differ.
1t is his egregious bank roll.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-12-04

Express messengers are warned
that Harry Apgar, aged eleven, has
left his home in Gotham with the in
tention of becoming an outlaw like
Jesse James.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-12-04

Sarah Bernhard denies that she is
German. 1t seems ridiculous, taking
her past into consideration, that Sarah
must make a personal declaration of
her Frenchiness.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-12-04

The decision of Montana judge
that an abusive cartoon of Senator
Clark is not libelous should not be
taken, however, as applying to all pub
lie men.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-12-04

School girls have reason to rejoice
because the price of sugar has be-
come lower at the very beginning Of
the fudge season.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-12-04

The North Missouri father who has
an 1S-ounce pear in his orchard and a
12-pound boy in the nursery is glad
that the boy isn't a pair.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-12-04

Mascagni has discovered that an
American cocktail makes music. Two
or three of them, however, are apt to
create a discord.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-12-04

Uncle Sam is now at peace with
all the world. Both Crazy Snake and
the sultan of Bacolod have promised
to be good.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-12-04

After refusing food for four years
the captive turtle of Prof. Lee Of
Bowdoin college has died. Maine al
ways was a healthful state.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-12-04

The American heiress whose name
was not on that European syndicate's
list must feel very cheap.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-12-04

Another duel has been fought on
French soil; fierce combat; nobody
killed.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-12-04

Buffalo Bills retirement from the
show business will rob many Of our
most carefully educated Indians of
congenial vocation.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-12-04

High noon is the proper hour for q
wedding in high life. When it comes
to divorce any old hour is good
enough.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-12-04

Hawaii's latest scandal proves that
Honolulu is making desperate effort
70 get in the st. Louis class.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-12-04

NJ. Marconi is still trying to accom-
plish results without the use of wires.
What If he should get into politics?
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-12-04

To ascertain just how many Of us
there really are cost the census
bureau about $12,0OO,0O0, or 1916 per
capita.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-12-04

prominent Mexican boasts that
he owns 100000 cattle, 100000
sheep and 100000 horses. He is a
hog.