Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-11-26

open TO Geo. w. clarke, OF Auel. ne
also explained that his withdrawal
had been made without arrangement
or bargain that he was promised
nothing in return and had asked moth
ing. but expressed the hope that in
the makeup of the house committees
he would be assigned to the chairman
ship of the Judiciary committee. Mr..
Temple said thai his withdrawal was
prompted by the desire for harmony
and out of motive OF friendship for
Mr.. Clarke, for whom he processes To
entertain the highest admiration and
the kindest feelings of friendship.
The general assembly this winter
will be asked to appropriate between
$1,000 and $4,000 for monument to
be erected in the National cemetery
at Andersonville In honor of the
northern soldiers who died in the
Andersonville prison. The agitation
has been started by ID. c. Bishard.
secretary and treasurer of the Iowa
Ex-Union Prisoners of War associa-
ton. and is receiving the hearty CO.
operation of the members. Already
monuments have been erected there
by states as follows:
Pennsylvania ........ 49,. $4,000
Jhio .......... .............. 6,UoO
Massachusetts, ............... $500
thode Island ................ $500
Maine ........ ............,. o,UOO
Michigan .......... ......... o,UOO
Sites have also been selected by
illinois. Indiana, Connecticut, Mime
sofa, New York and Vermont. 1t is
stated that 900 Iowa men persisted in
he Andersonville prison and are now
buried in the National cemetery With
1910 of their comrades.
The auditor of state has raised the
question of the legality of the com.
muted policy" in the handling of in.
'prance business and the State Life
Of Indiana. concern which recently
commenced to do business in Iowa,
has been compelled to suspend its
business In Iowa pending the set
Element of the question. The COM
pany was given a hearing before At
torney General Mullan and Auditor
Carroll, the company being repre-
sented by Mr.. Wing and by w. l..
Reed Of Des Moines as attorney.
The auditor holds the COMMITTED"
policy is illegal under the Iowa stat
utes. and the matter has been left in
the hands of Attorney General Mullan
for settlement and the passing of an
opinion. The COMMITTED" policy Is
one in which the premiums are paid
in lump sum. For example, a man
90 years old Is insured and the policy
Is dated back seven years, and he
pays the lump premiums when he is
insured.
AT meeting of the executive coun-
Gil at the capitol II was decided to in
struct Attorney General C. w. Mullan
to appeal the anti-compact case direct
to the United States supreme court.
The half million acres cultivated
in tea in India produces 10000. 900
pounds. the investment being about
500 an acre. The labor required is
thirteen persons to the acre. One
pound of Indian tea will produce sew
en- and one-half gallons of tea of a
given strength, while the tea Of China
Will produce but five gallons. 4
When old houses are being torn
down. clouds OF dust cover, the De-
destrians. This Is prevented In Lon.
don by law recently enacted. The
contractor who demolishes an old
building in that city is compelled to
keep II thoroughly sprinkled, to keer
down the dust. A similar law would
be welcomed in cities on this side
OF the Atlantic.
1t raineth alike on the silk and the
cotton umbrella.
A street in Lyons, France, the Rue
de la Republique, is paved with glass
The blocks are eight inches square
not pass between the interstices.
A much-abused wife In London
made complaint against a drunken
husband. who frequently beat her. Re
turning home at night. she saw him
crouching behind the door, in the
moonlight, evidently ready to pouncs
upon and hammer her She after
wards discovered that he was deaG
having hanged himself to the yentila
tor just over the door
The sun-and-air cure for general
debility is being tested ON the Wels.
sex Hirsch. wooded hill near Ores.
den. Most of the patients treated in
this outdoor sanitarium are females.
A privileged feminine visitor beholds
strange sights there. In the ladies'
Enclosure she sees many a famous
beauty playing at tenpins, and clad
only in large black hat. pearl neck.
lace and one transparent muslin gar.
ment. Young and pretty women look
charming In this simple toilet but
there are many patients who are
neither young. slim nor beautiful. and
words fail to convey the oddly of
their appearance,