Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-12-10
CONGRESS-.

ter a session of twenty-five iu.es,
during which little was done e sen.
ate adjourned today until n We'd
nesday.
House.-The house met ttsAay and
adjourned until Tuesday. Whe pro
ceedings were marked by dtbate on
the motion to adjourn overt during
which the minority took tlsYrepublic
ans to task for not proce &ing to the \
transaction Of business.
Washington, Dec. 1.--Benate.-Een.
ator Morgan today intySduced resolu,
tions authorizing the/ committee on
interoceanic canals to investigate they
part alleged to have been taken by4
the trans-continental railroads In the
lsthmian canal matter and also to I'M
quire into the plans of the interoceanfc
canal committee.
The preamble to Senator Morgan's
FIRST resolution called attention to an
sertions In public journals represent
ing public opinion and exercising lead,
ing influence In the great political
parties In the United States that
trans-continental railroad companies
have opposed the public policy and
laws OF the United States In respect to
the ratification of the Hay-Herran
treaty. 1t declared that the railroads
are obstructing the full and completo
execution of the duty and the policy
of the United States as declared in
the act Of congress. approved June
Is, 1902, providing for the construc-
tion of canal connecting the waters
of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
The resolution provides that the
committee on Pacific railroads is au-
thorized and required to make careful
inquiry into the facts on which such
testimony and the findings of the COM
mittee to the senate.
The second resolution introduced
by Senator Morgan provides for rec
erence to the committee on inter-
oceanic canals Of the plans for govern
ment Of the canal adopted by the In
terocenic canal commission and for
review OF the accounts and plans of
the commission 1t asks the commit
tee to decide between the plans for
canal submitted in reference to both
the Panama and Nicaragua routes.
Chairman Penrcse, chairman Of
the committee on postoffices and post
roads, today introduced a resolution
that committee to request
the postmaster general to send to the,
committee all the papers connected
with the recent investigation OF the
postofice, and II necessary the com
mittee is to make further investiga-
ton and to report to the senate.
House-The house after being in
session little more than an hour to-
day. adjourned until Friday. The
time was chiefly consumed In a tariff
debate.
That river traffic is improving on
the upper river there can be no doubt.
The records OF the engineer of the big
bridge draw at Burlington show that
over 800 more steamers passed
through the bridge at that place this
season than last, and last season was
considered good one.
Charles Lackey and Frank Kopei.
two young men living near Haverhill,
were accidentally shot by their com
rade. Guy Deal. The boys were start
ing ont for hunt. Deal was behind
his friends about two rods, engaged In
loading a Winchester shot gun. One
Of the shells exploded. and the charge
passed between the two boys in front
Of him. The arms Of each were quite
badly shattered. and several shots en-
tered the sides of both Lackey and
Koepei. II is not known as yet how
serious the accident viii be.
Miles r. Strain. sheriff OF Monona
county, is in South Dakota in search
of Ed. Carnes, the murderer of Sheriff
w. e. Strain, who was shot and killed
September /. 1909. No word has been
received from him since he left last
week, and his exact destination is un-
known, but the Information concern
ing the purpose of his trip is believed
to be reliable. Many rimors are in
circulation, but nothing further is
definitely known at this time. Much
interest is taken In the matter here,
and It is hoped that Carnes may be
captured.
At the Chicago live stock show the
prize offered the Shorthorn class by
the American Breeders Association
was given Silver Crown by the judges
and the award was evidently most
popular. The magnificent silver white
steer was exhibited by the Iowa Ag-
ricultural college. Mrs. John l. Spoor
was the first to throw down floral
decoration. and those In the neighbor-
ing boxes followed suit, until the white
coat of the big steer was almost coy
cred with red roses. The inky black
coats of the Aberdeen Angus cattle
that accompanied Silver Crowns
triumphal march made the whole
scene look like an ancient pastoral
festival.
Rather than go to school, Claus
Reimers, 14-year-old boy, OF Daven-,
port, turned 22-callbre rifle upon
himself because his father ordered
him to go to school. He shot himself
In the forehead. the bullet entering
his brain, and the attending physicians
say that he will surely die. The lad
has been backward In school matters.
preferring to do other things and car
ing nothing whatever for his books or
lessons. His father has had q serious
time with him because of his stubborn
ness and finally he commanded the
boy to start on to school whether he
wanted to or not. The lad became so
downcast that he got the rife and tried
to take his life.
The school children can now learn
to bound Canada officially.
The Bashi-Bazouk, as the ununi-
formed volunteer in the Turkish
Army is called, is lawless and de-
PRAYED wretch. He gets no pay for
his services, only his maintenance
He shaves his head except tuft at
the crown, which is to be used by the
angel to yank him to his heavenly
home, If he should be slain by his In
tended victim.
Madge-"Was she glad when he
told her the old, old story?" Marjorie