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The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1903-05-20

Rather than allow the Highland to remain idle he decided
the property knowing full we'll
the Highland would producing
Mother Lode system
On January % Mr. Knapp sold his property the
Gold Mines Company Of Sumpter, and that
active development has been with
bodies Highlands
IL assured
Hardly had the deeds the Highland property Highland
Gold Mines Company been drawn when Mr. Knapp Immediately
purchased block the among
people development Highland
Shares being sold In this In order the
work. the Mr.
should be accomplished.
For complete information regarding the Highland mines write
for 'Cold Facts.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-06-11
NEW ELECTRIC LINE.
M. Z. Springer Promoting Road fror
Abba to Mininu Towns

Des Moines. juno S.-M. E. Springer
of this city is promoting a company
TO build an electric railway from Albis
to Buxton, Hiteman, Hooking, HiltOI
and Hynes. These are mining towns
in Monroe county, the combined popu
lation of which comprises about 1900
people. But one of these towns has
any passenger facilities whatever, the
others being reached only by a Goa
road, which has no passenger service
The proposition mapped out 80 Mr.
Springer contemplates the puTchas,
of the present electric light plant anG
the building of the city gas plant, cit !,
heating plant and water works in AL
bia. The road, as it has been sur
veyed, has a line running east 81,
miles, south six and one-half miles
and north ten miles from Abba, anC
it is the ultimate intention to extend
these lines on to Ottumwa, Center
vile and Des Moines, touching such
points as Tracey, Harvey, Bussey and
Knoxville, on the way to this city.
The articles of Incorporation of the
company have been formulated, but
have not been recorded. The name
of the company is not yet chosen. In
speaking Of the project, Mr. Springer
said:
I'VE have taken the matter up with
the bonding companies. We will raise
1925 600 in Abba, and will raise the
balance needed in bonds. We have
a party IN view who has promised tc
take the bonds when ready. We pro
pose to push the project as rapidly
as possible, and hope to have the orig
inal line to the points about Abba
in operation by January l.
Such a road should be a paying
investment from the start, as It taps
a very thickly settled country. Bux
ton is a town of 1000 inhabitants,
grown up in the last three years, and
developing rapidly. The Northwest
ern railroad, which is interested in
the development of the place. is in
vesting large sums there. A contract
has been let within 60 days for 385
new houses. Abba is flourishing, and
has taken on new lease of life be.
cause of the development of the min
ing towns around it. An instance
of the capital being invested In that
region is seen in the fact that John
Il. Evans recently paid half million
to E. Fl. Gibbs of Oskaloosa for mines
at Hynes.
1T is only a matter of few years
until Des Moines will be connected
with all the principal towns surround
ing it by electric railways. and if
the experience of other ventures OF
this character is any criterion they
will he successful"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-06-11
HossAck CASE TO STAY

Winterset. June SIT is ROW ex
pected that the Hossack case will re.
main on the docket of the courts in
the Fifth district for at least another
year, and possibly 1t will be tried
again. 1t will be recalled that few
weeks ago the board of supervisors OF
Warren county, where the crime was
committed, passed a resolution asking
the county attorney of Madison coun
ty, who has the case in hand. to not
prosecute it further, but to file mo
ton to dismiss the case. The board
also indicated that it would not pay
any more bills on account of the Hos
sack indictment. But two of the
judges of the Fifth district, who have
heard the testimony are understood
to object strongly to the dismissal OF
the indictment against Mrs. Hossacl
and have advised the county attorney
of Madison county not to now dismiss
the case, but let it remain on the
docket indefinitely, in the possibility
that new evidence may be discovered
Mrs. Hossack is out on bail.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-06-11
PRESIDENT IN WASHINGTON.
Executive Completes Journey and is
Welcomed Back to Capital.

Executive Completes Journey and is
Welcomed Back to Capital.
+ Washington, June 6.-President
Roosevelt returned to Washington
yesterday from his memorable trip of
over two months throughout the west
He was given hearty reception by
the people of the capital, who lined
the sidewalk as his carriage, escorted
by the battalion of high school ca,
diets, was driven to the White house.
The president cordially responded to
the greetings given him, and repeat.
eddy stood up in his carriage and
waved his hat and bowed his acknowl-
edgements. He looked the picture Of
health. a.. H..
The president was met at the depot
and escorted to the White house by
leading officials and detachment OF
soldiers. Arrived at the White house
he spoke as follows:
my Friends and Neighbors:
thank you very much for coming here
to greet me this afternoon, and
have appreciated more than 1 can say
the welcome back home that / have
received today. l have been absent
over two months, and / have travelled
uduy buIlHS IudL Iluc ou0
thing has struck me, and that is the
substantialness of the American peo-
pie. One can travel from ocean to
ocean and from Canada to the Gulf
and always be at home among Ameri-
cans. 1 thank you again, my fellow
citizens, and | am now going to my
own folks"
During the sixty-fve days that the
president spent on the road he made
265 speeches, and had it not been for
Secretary Loebs firmness, he would
have made nearly double that num-
ber From the day the president left
Washington, requests began to pour
in for changes in his program and for
additional addresses, but Secretary
Loeb in most every case said no. The
successful manner in which Mr.. Loeb
managed the trip was very pleasing
to the president. and he warmly con-
graduated his secretary on the sue
ceSSful outcome of it,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-06-11
| HAPPENINGS IN
HAWkEYEDOM
What Has Been Going on
During the Past
Week.
GEOLOGICAL WORK PLANNED
State Geological Survey Plans for
the Season-Coal investigation De-
cided On-Big Flood Damage in
Warren County.

Des Moines, June S.--A meeting of
the state geo., gical board was held
In the Office of the governor and the
work for the present field season was
mapped out
Since the last meeting the eleventh
annual report of the Iowa geological
survey has been prepared and printed
and will be ready for distribution
in the course of a few weeks. Dr. S.
w. Boyer has continued his work
on the city clay report. The collec-
ton of data and the making of labora-
tory tests have consumed more time
and involved more labor than was
anticipated when authorized for pub
LEGATION last December. The clay re-
port will be the next volume issued
by the survey.
Prof w. H. Norton of Mt Vernon
will continue to collect data relative
to the depths, volume and qualities
of the arteSian waters of Iowa. Ar
engagements have been made whereby
this work will hereafter be carried on
jointly by the Iowa survey and the
United States geological survey.
The general line of work for the
SSGuI uelu SSdSOU is dS lOllOWS. 10
push the investigation of the clays
as energetically as possible, taking
whatever time is necessary to make
the work thorough and complete; to
prosecute areal work in the counties
of Clayton, Clinton, Bremen, Winnie
shiek. Benton. Emmett, Palo Alto and
Pocahontas; to begin a special inves-
tigation of the Goals of the state
with reference to the extent of the
area in which prospecting is justifia-
BILE; the mode of occurrence of the
coal beds, the amount of the work
able coal in the several basins, the
fuel and steaming values of the differ
ent Goals and the uses to which the
several values are best adapted.
For the coming season the board
arranged for areal work in the fol-
lowing counties: Clinton, Clayton,
Benton, Emmett, Palo Alto, POcahon-
tas and Winneshiek.
Prof. John AndreSs Udden will as
sist in the areal work in Clinton, Prof.
A. G. Leonard in Clayton, T. f. Saw
age in Brenton. Prof. T. B. MacBride
in Emmett, Palo Alto and Pocahontas.
Prof Samuel Calvin. state geolo-
gist. will look after areal work in
Winneshiek,
In the completing of the work on
clays, DR.. Boyer will be assisted by
Prof Marston. Wccms and Williams,
all of me iowa State college.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-06-11
CONTROL FIT. DODGE LINE.
Big Change in the Directory of tn
Road,

Des Moines, June 5.-As was ant
cipated, Edwin s. Hooley, presider
of the Evansville & Terre Haute raj
way, and also stock broker in Me-
York, made coup at the annual NEE
ing of the stockholders of the De
Moines & Fl Dodge railway in thi
city yesterday afternoon. In railroa
circles it is believed that the outcom
will mean the REIMBURSEMENT of tn
line by the Rock Island, which ha
been operating it under lease, an
the taking charge of it by the Illinoi
Central Nothing was done yesterda
beyond the election of three new d
rectors, ousting three Des Moine
men favorable to the Rock Islant
The other matters were deferred
meeting Of the stockholders whic
will be held here July 8 and anothe
meeting of the directors to be hel
in New York June IL. s'......
Mr.. Hooley was represented at tn
meeting by Mr.. Jeffries of Terr
Haute, Ind. After the votes had bee
cast it was found that Norbert He'll
sheimer, Roswell F. Vail and Law
renee B. Pearson of New York, fol
lowers of Mr.. Hooley, had been elected
directors to succeed w. H. Stillwell
John !. Ollie and e. c. Finkbine o.
Des Moines, whose terms had expired
Mr.. Hooley had control of the bulk o
the stock. Immediately after the
meeting of the stockholders, the an
nual meeting of the directors wa!
held, the three new members and Ma
than Seeley of New York and Carol
rf Nh
was taken beyond the date of adjourn
ment being fixed as above stated
Mr. Carroll Wright, attorney for tn,
Rock Island in Iowa, refused to dis
cuss the situation last night beyond
making the statement that he did no
think the result would affect the Rocl
Island.
1t is presumed that the object of thu
special meetings is to decide what &C
ton will be taken regarding the re
demption of the bonded Indebtedness.
of the road, about 100000, and ais,
regarding the lease of the Rock Isl
and. The bonds and lease expire il
1905. The bonds are said to be helC
by stockholders of the Rock Island.
The Des Moines & FIT. Dodge roaC
was built a number of years ago b,
local promoters. While it failed to pa,
financially when operated independ
emily, it is a valuable feeder" To-
trunk lines. 1t is 1873 miles long ant
extends from Des Moines to Ruthvel
via FIT. Dodge. The Rock Island ha
operated it for the past eighteen
years. The company was. anxious t
purchase the road, but Mr.. Hoole!
captured the majority of the stool
some time ago. 1t is alleged that h
bought it in the interest of the Illinois
Central
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-06-11
JEWS TO RESIST ATTACKS.
Every Jew, Man and Woman, /
Odessa Armed With RevoIvers.

Berlin, June 4.-Advices received
received from Odessa under date OF
May %, say the Jews there are now
prepared to defend themselves intel
ligently. Several thousand revolvers
have BEEN imported since the Kish
enev massacre so that at present al.
most every Jew man or woman is
armed. Those who were unable to
buy weapons received them as gifts
from the defense committee. A sys'
tenn of communication has also been
agreed upon so as to spread warn
ing throughout the city when there is
an outbreak of violence in any quar-.
ter. Families residing near each
other will concentrate for defense and
every second man will join what
might be called an expeditionary corps
to take part in aggressive defense
where rioting is actually going on
The committee has arranged with tho
workingmen's association for co-opera
ton in case of further rioting. The
Tageblatt prints dispatch from st
Petersburg announcing that law was
published this day giving a list of 101
towns in Russia in which Jews are
allowed to acquire land and live with
out restriction. Jews are temporarily
forbidden to buy land outside these
places where they will be legally
settled.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-06-11
CLEARING AWAY
DEBRIS OF FLOOD
Water Falling Rapidly at Kan
sasCity and Work of Res
tOration Proceeds.
MUCH LIVE STOCK WAS LOST
Carcasses of Twenty-Five Hundred
Hogs and Three Hundred Cattle
in the Ruins at the Stock Yards
Seventy-one Dead at Topeka.

Kansas City, Mo-. June 5.-With
the rapid fall of the river business is
resuming it's normal condition. The
water works are pumping black water
from the Kansas river, not fit to drink,
and the danger from fire is over.
Electric street car lines are in opera.
ton. The telephone and telegraph
connection will be established be.
tween the two Kansas Cities today,
lines being stretched across the ruins
of the James street bridge. m
Gangs of railroad repairers are
close upon the heels of the retreating
flood and the tracks are being cleared
of mud where covered and brought to
grade where washed out. At dark
last night the water was beginning
to leave the floor of the union depot
Men in rubber boots worked in the
depot all afternoon, putting the build.
ing in order.
At the stock yards $500 hogs and
800 cattle were drowned. A force Of
men began today to remove the car
casses where lodged in drift. The
current through the stock yards dis
trict flows ten miles an hour. This
makes it difficult to get about.
In the wholesale and packing house
districts of the west bottoms the scene
is even more depressing than yester
day. The water is not so swift, but
additional buildings have fallen, and
the lowering of the flood has exposed
heaps of ruins. In some places men
with poles are loosening the heaps of
wreckage to let it drift away. This
wreckage to let it drift away. This
streets. Fires will probably be built
to destroy the rubbish that is left
when the water disappears. All the
wooden buildings in the west bottoms
and many of the brick structures are
tOttarinp
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-06-11
TO SPREAD PLAGUE.
said To Have Secured BaciIli, Which
Will Be Used.

London, June 4.-The Sofia cores
oondent of the Daily News alleges
hat the Macedonian revolutionary
eaders have obtained possession of
large quantity of Indian plague bacilli,
which they threaten to use to cause
In outbreak of the plague If their de-
mands are not conceded.
The correspondent quotes the lead
ers as saying that If within eight
days after their warning the great
lowers do not guarantee the abroga-
lion of the Berlin treaty then "We
may die, but we will not die alone,
COR there shall follow us into the
grave myriads of the people of Eu-
rope, the continent which has robbed
us of our liberty" 1t is stated that
the determination of the leaders is to
infect Constantinople, Salonica and
even Berlin.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-06-11
Crop Conditions are Serious.

Council Bluffs, June Ga newspa-
per man who has been over south
western Iowa during the last ten
days, reports that fully one-third of
the corn crop has never yet been
planted, and that easily half of what
was planted will have to be repIanted
IL there is to be crop. Crop condi-
tions throughout the territory are the
most serious they have been at any
time In twenty years. Much land
that has ordinarily been farmed will
lay idle this year owing to the exces.
sive rains that have fallen. The loss
to farmers can never be estimated
but in the southwest quarter of the
state will reach into the millions.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-06-11
NEW ARRESTS MADE.
Clerk and Assistant in Rural Deliv-
ery Service in CUSTODY,

cry ScTNiCc III SuStouys
Washington, June Gas a result
of the sweeping investigation of af-
fairs at the postoffice department,
Thomas w. McGregor, clerk in charge
of the supplies for the rural free de-
livery service, and c. Ellsworth Up
ton of Baltimore, one of McGregpr's
assistants, yesterday were arrested
on the charge of conspiracy, with
Chas. f. Smith of Baltimore, to de-
fraud the government in the pur-
chase of the leather pouches furnished
the rural carriers throughout the
country. Their cases make seven ar
rests in all since the investigation be-
gan. other arrests are expected
later. Yesterdays warrants were
sworn out in Baltimore by Inspector
Sullivan and Simmon. The complaint
sets forth that McGregor and Upton
agreed with Smith to obtain for him
orders for many thousands of leather
pouches, such as are used by rural
letter carriers. The price agreed up
on was ninety cents per pouch; the
actual value was less than fifty cents.
Smith was to pay to them the differ
ence between ninety and fifty cents
per pouch. 1t is stated at the depart
ment that the actual number of
pouches which were purchased ex-
ceeded 10000, for which the govern.
ment paid ninety cents each, or $751;
900 in ALL Smith received and re-
tanned of this for his own use $4,000.
The remaining $4,000 was paid to Nc
Gregor and Upton. The government
could have bought the entire number
of pouches from the manufacturers
for $1,000.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-06-11
HE THREATENED TO KILL.
Boycott at Sioux City Ends in Arrest
of Non-Union Man.

Sioux City, June Sin the presence
of a large crowd of people William
Van der Burg, non-union black
smith, All West Seventh street, SOL
EMMY threatened to kill T. J. Ber-
man, president of the Trades and La
Dor assembly and business agent of
the Union Label League unless the
president of the Trades and Labor as
sembly abated his efforts to drive the
non-union mans customers away.
Now Berman has had Van der Burg
arrested
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-06-11
DIES MONIES VALLEY LOSS.
Fruit in This Region Was Most Seri.
ously Affected BY Frost.


cusly Affected BY Frost.
Des Moines, June S.-Secretary
Wesley Greene, of the Iowa State
Horticultural society, IS sending out
the usual summaries of fruit condi.
tions. as shown by reports the first
of the month. Mr.. Greene finds tne
decline since the last report has been
from 10 to 80 per cent in some varie-
the Des Moines valley The summary
prepared by Mr. Greene says:
"A summary of the reports for June
shows decline of 10 to 80 per cent
in some varieties OF fruit since the
last report. The lowest percentage is
in the Des Moines valley, the next
lowest is in the Nishnabotany The
counties east of the Iowa river show
the highest percentage on plums,
cherries, currants and gooseberries;
these fruits If properly distributed
should bring a good price as not more
than one-fourth of the usual crop will
be harvested. Apples will be about
half crop in the southwest from
present indications. and three-quar-
tiers in the north and west. Strawber
ries, raspberries and blackberries are
well distributed over the state and
will be good crop unless injured by
unfavorable weather conditions later
in the season. The summary for June
is as follows:
Apples, 6S per cent; pears, %;
plums. Of: cherries, 26; peaches, 80:
grapes. 81; currants. SO; gooseber-
ries. "a; red raspberries. rs; black
raspberries, 90; strawberries, sc per
cent of the full crop"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-06-11

Mr.. Howells will approve Of this:
1T opened its mouth and said in a
voice choked with tears, and in the
American language: do not mind
breaking down again, but 1t makes
me SO angry 1t was Mr., Vanderbilt
and he had been in the ditch"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-06-11

The Nebraska man who went to
Chicago to answer an advertisement
for a husband and had $500 taken
away from him was pretty lucky
after all He escaped without getting
a wife.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-06-11
DISASTER AT SEA
Steamer Liban Goes Down With Over
Hundred Lives.

Marseilles, June S.-A terrible ship
ping disaster occurred a little dis
lance from this port at noon yester-
day, when two passenger steamers,
the Insulaire and the Liban, both be-
longing to the Fraissenet Steamship
company of Marseilles, came into
collision. The Liban sank and over
one hundred of her passengers and
crew persisted.
The steamer Liban left Marseilles
in the morning on her regular passen-
ger trip to Bastia, Corsica, and was
run down and sunk by the Insulaire
off the Marie islands. The collision
was witnessed from the pilot boat
Blechamp, which was about two miles
distant. The Blechamp Immediately
repaired to the spot to render assist
ance. The force of the collision had
cut great hole in the Liban's side
and she already was making water
rapidly. Her captain saw the only
chance was to run the steamer
aground and the Liban was headed
full speed for the shore; but within
seventeen minutes of the collision and
while still in deep water the forepart
of the steamer plunged beneath the
waves and few minutes later she
had entirely disappeared.
In the meantime the Blechamp,
the steamer Balkan, also belonging to
the Fraissenet company, and other
vessels, had drawn near the sinking
ship and were making desperate eff
forts to rescue those on board. The
Blechamp picked up forty persons,
many of whom were at the point of
exhaustion. The Balkan rescued
thirty-seven passengers, and up to the
present it is known that in addition
to the passengers, seventeen Of the
crew were also saved.
Officers of the steamer Balkan de-
scribe the scene just before the Liban
disappeared as terrible one. AS the
vessel was sinking she was inclined
to such an angle that her masts struck
the water, making the work of rescue
most difficult. Many human beings
we're cInging to the laundering vessel
and made despairing cries as she went
down. At the same time the boilers
exploded, intensifying the horrors.
For a few minutes the victims were
seen struggling in the sea, then the
waves closed over them and all was
silence. OF about 200 passengers who
were aboard the Liban it is feared
that at least half were drowned.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-06-11

A German physician has revived the
bee-sting cure for rheumatism, and de
scribes the case of patient who at,er
being stung 1852 times experienced a
complete cure. And yet there are PEG
pie who prefer to believe in mental
healing.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-06-11

Article of the constitution of the
American Press Humorists. just organ
lied at Baltimore. reads: The annual
expenditure shall not exceed the an.
nual receipts" If all the members
live up to article s they will always
feel like joking.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-06-11
FLOOD DAMAGE IN WARREN.
Loss in Corn Crop Alone in That Sec
ton Is Estimated at S75O.OOO,

Indianola, June 8.-The wet weather
has not caused much immediate suf-
fering in Warren county. but has
played havoc with the crops. Those
who have been about through the
county estimate that only about two
thirds of crop will be raised. This
means a loss of nearly if not quite
$750,000. Favorable weather from
now on will help matters a great deal
by allowing the growth of late forage
crops. such as millet and Hungarian.
It is doubtful If there will be more
than half the usual acreage of corn.
The county supervisors say, roughly
estimating, that the damages to coun-
ty bridges will amount to $4,000; and
that the road and bridge losses to
the townships will aggregate $4,000
more
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-06-11

Milliners of this country have agreed
TO refrain from putting birds on WON
ems hats during the next three years.
Now If you see woman with dead
bird on her hat you will know that she
is dreadfully behind the styles as well
as a bit of barbarian.