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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-23
TO DRIVE TURKEY
OUT Of EUROPE
Russia Is Preparing to Settle
the Balkan Question
Definitely.
70 TAKE CONSTANTINOPLE
Russian Troops Being NIassed where
They Will BE Handy. While the Black
Sea Fleet Ii Being Put on war Foot
ing-Aggressive Action Impending.

Vienna, April 20.-News received
here within the past few days indi-
Gates that Russia is preparing to take
hand in the Balkan imbroglio and
the scale on which the preparations
are being quietly made leads to the be-
lief that the car intends if he takes
hand in the fight this time he will
settle the far eastern question definite
iy and for the time by driving Turkey
out of Europe, taking Constantinople,
and such other portions OF European
Turkey as he desires, and disposing of
the remainder of it as circumstances
may indicate.
Not only are Russian troops being
massed in such way as to attract
the least attention, but which will
place them where they may be used
promptly and efficiently when the time
comes, but the navy Is also being put
IL condition for use The Black Sea
feat is being put on war footing, the
auxiliary navy Is being Kept in touch
with the admiralty and it would take
very little to put Russia on a full war
footing. This may all mean simply
precaution, but in we'll informed cir
cles, here, it is believed that aggres-
sive action is not far from the minds
of the cars government.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-23
IRISH LAND BILL TO PASS.
Amendments Recommended at Dub.
lin Viii BE Accepted.

Dublin, April 1S.--The Irish ma.
tional convention concluded last even
Ing. In two days il got through a
large amount of controversial work
and emerged. to quote T. p O'Connor,
"scalpless and honored from test
the whole world was watching. Ii
was rot only shaping the destinies Of
Ireland, but IL held in it's hand the
fate of the powerful British minis
try
John Redmond, replying to an en-
thusiastic vote of thanks for his
craftsmanship, declared that the con-
vention was credit in every partie-
ular to Ireland.
In statement Mr.. Redmond makes
the important announcement that the
amendments adopted by the conven-
ton will be accepted at the joint con-
ference at which Lord Dunraven, lord
mayor, Captain Shawe-Taylor, John
Redmond, VIM. O'Brien and T. w.
Russell will meet. This practically
insures the passage of the Irish land
bill. The delegates returned to their
homes last night, in a happy frame of
mind, with John Redmond's parting
words. may the God of our fathers
once again visit this land with the
peace and plenty that are her due"
T. p. O'Connor, summing up the
days proceedings, wrote the following
for the Associated Press:
This was the day for agreeing on
the amendments to the land bill which
are considered essential. Most of
these were proposed by VIM. O'Brien
They covered several important ques-
tons, including demands for more lib
eral treatment of the congested dis
tricts and Of the laborers. The pro-
ceedings were extremely harmonious
There was an animated but good hum
ored discussion on the retention of an
eighth as rent charge proposed by
Mr.. Davitt and myself, the former rep
resenting views in favor of the ma
tionalization of the land, while put
forward those of peasant proprietary.
Ultimately the resolution was adopt
ed condemning the eighth, but retain
ing technical rent charge"
One of the most important amend
ments was that proposed by Michael
Davitt, that the principle Of the Amer
lean homestead law be added to the
land bill to Safeguard the peasants
from the results of improvident bor-
rowing and the operation of land
grabbers and land jobbers."
John Redmond made the following
statement to the Associated Press
correspondent:
"The convention was the most i'm
portant national assembly held in
Ireland during the last hundred years.
If it's recommendations be substan-
TALLY carried out by the government
the land question will be settled and
the whole future of Ireland will be
full of hope. The conventions recon-
mendations will be supported by the
members of the land conference and
they will be presented to the govern.
ment as the demands of both landlords
and tenants. have the strongest pos
sible hope that the government will
have the wisdom to accept them. II
all goes well, the result will be the
absolute end of the land war in Ire
land"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-23
WINNERS IN DAIRY CONTEST.
Prof. Mckay Of State College Announ
ces Results Of Tests.


Ames, April 20.-Prof G. L. Mckay,
head of the dairy department of the
Iowa State College, has announced the
results Of the Iowa Dairymans twelve
month contest for the month. Harry
Evans Of Strawberry point, is winner
of first place with an average score
of 81 IA; Nick Knutson, of Eemmets-
burg, was second, with sc IL, and L.
Nelson of Salem, third, with 92 1-2.
Samples of butter by over 100 dairy
men in the state were sent in to the
department for the contest. A careful
chemical analysis of each exhibit of
butter was made by Prof. c. Larson
and instructions will soon be sent out
to creamerymen whose butter proved
to be defective as to how to improve
the quality of their products. The
butter was first scored by Prof. Mckay
and then shipped to New York to be
re-scored by Mr.. Healey, the well
known butter expert.
The contest will continue until Janu-
aay /, 1904, new samples of butter be-
ing sent in by the contestants every
other month. There win be six scor-
ings in all, and the one averaging the
highest score In the six contests will
be awarded a gold medal.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-23
HERRioTT sLAMEs CITY LINKS
Charges That State Loses Valuable
Statistics. -

Des Moines, April 17--Dr. Frank I.
Herriott, professor-elect OF economics
and political science at Drake univer-
sity, has published severe arraign
ment of the municipal and state
authorities OF Iowa in the April issue
of the Iowa Medical Journal, printed
in Des Moines. DR.. Herriott's subject
is, Death Returns in Iowa's Cities and
the Profession" He declares that city
clerks in Des Moines have for years
neglected the collection and preserva-
ton Of vital statistics. which he class
es as one of the most importsnt du-
ties of the Office. He charges that the
clerks violate the law in order to be
good fellows" and accommodate ply
sicians who fail to turn in the neces-
sary certificates of death promptly
and accurately, and that consequently,
Iowa is far behind other states in the
completeness of its vital statistics.
DR., Herriott also finds that the
death rate in several cities in Iowa is
two and three times as high as that of
several large cities in adjoining states,
according to the statistics that are
obtainable. He further says:
''Des MoineS does not have the spe-
cial distinction of having the most def
cient registration of deaths in the
state, but she comes uncomfortably
near attaining it. In Boone and Iowa
City the enumerators found greater
percentage of deaths unregistered; and
Clinton and Creston had smaller
proportion of their deaths on the rec
ords than Des Moines. But twelve
cities in Iowa can claim precedence
of the capital city in the efficiency of
their death registration. Des Moines
is charged with a deficiency of 127
unregistered deaths out of a total of
$50, or 1858 per cent of the death re-
turns of the census enumerators."
Des Moines, April 16-Because
Louise Bruce, the woman he loved,
and whom he intended to marry, was
going to wed another last night, Ar
thur Perry shot at her three times
yesterday afternoon in front of the
Ideal restaurant, inflicting four
wounds, and supposing he had killed
her, turned and killed himself by put.
ting his revolver to his head and send
ing a ball through the brain. Mrs.
Louise Bruce was taken to Mercy hos
pital in care of DR.. Rood, who said
last night that while her wounds were
of a serious nature, he did not think
they would cause death.
Jack earns, a bakeryman from Os-
ceola, was the man whom Louise
Bruce was to marry, and they were
going to live in Osceola.
The shooting occurred at 1:15 p. m.
just west of the street car waiting
room on Mulberry, and moment after
it happened a crowd Of several hun
dred people was attracted to the
scene. A squad of police had to be
summoned and it was with difficulty
they kept the people back from the
body Of the man, which lay in the
gutter just in front of the restaurant
The body lay in a pool of blood until
the arrival of DR.. Beck, the coroner,
and then it was removed to Duley's
undertaking rooms on Locust street.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-23
BEAUTIFUL WOMAN A BURGLAR.
Mrs. Baumann Arrested On Charge of
Stealing Church Funds.

Mrs. 5aumann Arrested On Charge Of
Stealing Church Funds.
Keokuk. April 17.-Keokuk's latest
is a beautiful burglar, a shrewd young
woman, rather dashing in appearance,
who is in the police station locked up
on the charge of robbing the McElroy
home of $116.15 of the money of the
Westminster Presbyterian church.
Her name is Addie Baumann, and
she Is a grass widow, having separat-
ed from her husband at Davenport
some time ago, and was employed as
domestic at the McElroy home
She has been under suspicion of the
robbery from the start, and was
caught with such circumstantia1 evil
dence about her that there Is little
doubt but what she is guilty.
The police had been working on the
case for some time, and came to the
conclusion that the robber had not
come from the outside of the house
When the police went to the house
they asked Mrs. Baumann II she had
any objections to their searching her
room, and she told them she wished
they would. But they did not do it,
Later, Marshal Honnemann and H.
r. Collision went to her room without
any warning and found her busy sew
ing up silver dollars in a little bag
which she was fastening to her under
skirt. She had s27 already sewed up
in a piece of cloth and SAL was found
in her possession.
She was arrested and taken to the
station. She would not confess to the
robbery. but stated that she would
turn over all of the missing money If
given time. She implicated a travel
ing man, well known in this city, who
has been keeping company with her
for some time, and agreed to make
good the loss if she was not prose
cuted.
She carefully planned the robbery so
that suspicion would be directed from
her. She left the back door open,
placed the ladder by the window and
closed the door leading up stairs. The
rear door could not have been opened
from the out side without breaking
the fastenings and the pantry window,
through which the burglar was sup
posed to have entered, showed no
signs of having been used to gain en-
trance into the house
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-23
AMERICAN WoRKMEN DO WELL.
Are Better Fed, Better Housed, Better
Clothed and More Sober.

London, April 18.-The report of the
commission of British workingmen
who were taken to the United States
at the end of last year by Alfred
Moseley, wealthy Englishman, to
study conditions of labor there, was
issued today. 1t presents the views of
twenty-three delegates who separate
ly synopsize their. deductions, re-
sulting from the American trip. The
report shows lack of unanimity, ex-
cept that all agree that the British
workman has nothing to learn from
the American workman, while British
employers are not as far advanced as
the Americans in the treatment of
their employees.
Mr. Moseley says that the American
workman has a far better education,
lis infinitely better prepared, housed,
fed and clothed, and moreover much
more sober"
Mr. Moseley says in conclusion:
IF we are to hold our own in the
commerce of the world, the old meth
DDS must be dropped, and the old ma.
chinery abandoned"
. He believes that some form of profit
sharing is the true solution of the cap.
ital and labor question. He welcomes
the trusts as best able to compete on
the most economical lines. He says
that the organization of capital on the
one hand and of labor on the other
will solve the industrial problem
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-23
CHANCE FOR A BOY.
State Fair Directors Offer Scholar.
ship at Agricultural College.

ship at Agricultural College.
Des Moines, April 18.-Secretary J.
c. Simpson Of the state department of
agriculture has announced the addi-
ton to the state fair programme of
what promises to be one Of its most
interesting features. This is judging
contest in which there will be a single
prize offered, but that one prize will
be worth the competition. 1t will be a
5000 scholarship to the Iowa State
college, in the regular agricultural
course at that institution.
The contest will be open to the
youth of Iowa under Fl years of age
1t will be held in the new stock pavil-
ion on the fair grounds Monday fore
noon, August "a, beginning at 8
o'clock and all contestants must re-
port to the superintendent in charge
not later than $50 in the morning of
that date
The scholarship will be awarded to
the boy who does the most proficient
work in Judging certain classes of
horses, cattle and samples Of corn as
signed for this purpose, and who can
give in the best form in writing the
reasons substantiating his Judgment.
The department of agriculture will
deposit 5000 with the treasurer of the
Iowa college. This sum will be paid
to the boy winning this contest at the
rate of s25 per month until the full
5000 is paid, providing the conditions
laid down in the offer are complied
with. -.
The plan, it is believed, will find
great favor among, the boys of the
state who are interested in corn and
stock Judging and who hope to take
course at Ames. Secretary Simpson
first suggested the idea and it was
taken up by the board and met the
approval of Professors Curtiss and
Holden of Ames.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-23

duplicates Ex.Gov. TAYLOR.

Frankfort, KY, April l6.-Frank
Cecil, who has been away from Ken
lucky since his Indictment last year az
accessory to the murder of Governor
William Goebel, and who recently sur
rendered, gave sensational testimony
in the trial of James Howard yester-
day.
Cecil corroborated Culton, Brough-
ton Golden and others as to the al
legged conspiracy He also said that
Caleb Powers. then secretary Of state,
told him man had been secured to
come here from the mountains 10 kill
Goebel. II this man failed to arrive,
Powers told. him (Cecin would be paid
$4,000 II he would fire the shot. Cecil
says no declined.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-23
MILLING INDUSTRY PARALYzEp.
Every Flour Mill in Minneapolis
Closed Down for Indefinite Period.

Every riour MIL IN minneapolis
Closed Down for Indefinite Period.
Minneapolis. Mimi. April 1.-THE
Northwestern Miller says:
Tonight every -four mill in Mime
apolis and practically all of the mer-
chant spring wheat mills in Minnesota
and the northwest shut down entirely
and will cease turning out flour for
an indefinite period. This act has
been forced upon the millers by the
intolerable conditions surrounding the
manufacture and sale of -four. For
some time, owing to the price of
cash wheat, the high rates of freight
and the depressed state of the -four
markets, mills have been operating at
loss, but the browning disadvantage
which has paralyzed the milling in
iustry throughout the northwest was
he act of the line of boats operating
between Duluth and Buffalo in today
moving wheat on a basis of cents
Der bushel, while the present proper
donate rate of -four from Duluth to
Buffalo is maintained at 8 cents per
100 pounds, equivalent to 5 4-10 cents
bushel. The transportation lines
nave told the millers that under the
operation of the Elkins bill they need
DOT anticipate any discrimination in
.ates against -four, but the action of
he line boats in making this cent
rate on wheat shows that such an as
surance was meaningless. Until
freight rates on the manufactured pro-
iuct are placed on parity with those
given the raw material, or until the Q
cent rate given wheat is advanced,
the millers will find it impossible to
grind, and unless something occurs to
improve the milling situation, the
prospects are that the practically uni
versaI shut down of the merchant
spring wheat mills will be indefinitely
prolonged.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-23
GOOD ROADS CONVENTION.
More Than Three Hundred Delegates
In Attendance at Des Moines.

Des Moines, April 16.-More than
three hunderd delegates were in at
tendance yesterday when the state
good roads convention was called tc
order. Senator T. G. Harper Of Bur
lington was made chairman. Ad
dresses by Colonel Killebrew Of Ten
nessee, Judge McVey Of Des Moines
and NJ. o. Eldredge, assistant director
of the Office of public road inquiries,
were listened TO. and the convention
selected the following delegates to the
national convention at st. Louis:
First Observation-Disclosures, T. G. Har'
per, Burlington; William Louden,
Charles Waldin, w. w. Parsons, ]. s.
McKerney; alternate, Colonel Bell,
Washington.
Second Observation-Disclosures, George
T. Baker, Davenport; A. l.. Under,
Muscatine county; A. B. Sims, John
son county; A. j. Clark, Iowa county;
e. Fl. Thayer, Clinton; alternates, S.
A. Wilson, Scott county, H. NJ. Tracy,
Jackson county; M. A. Raney, Iowa
county; G. s. Carson, Johnson county;
w. l.. Lane, Muscatine county.
Third Observation-Disclosures, B. J.
Mills, II. W. Grount, T. H. McQuillan,
A. II. Farwell, Hugh Jamison; alter
mates, Stanley Conn, Graw Purcell, W..
II. Harris, Tim Sullivan.
Fourth Observation-Disclosures w. H.
Baily, Chickasaw county; ]. H. Ker.
win, Fayette; A. A. Crossley, Cerro
Gordo; J. Greer, Winneshiek; Will
liam Larrabee, Jr., Clermont.
Fifth Observation-Disclosures, G. E..
Thomas, Grundy county; Malcolm Nc
Me, Benton; C. A. Huston, Cedar
Rapids; c. e. Arney, Marshalltown;
E. K. Taylor, Traer; alternates, NJ. E.
Hunter, B. Murphy, A. J. Fuhremis-
ter, p. Kreutzer, J. s. Stacy.
Sixth Observation-Disclosures, l. II. Tom
linson, Monroe county; w. H. Young,
J. Reinier, Wapeilo; J. B. Mowery,
Wapello; alternates, Edward Weller,
keokuk; Johnson, Monroe; H. S.
Barnes, Poweshiek.
Sixth Observation-Disclosures. Frank
Morris, Des Moines; w. HI. Funk,
Warren county; e. r. Silliman, Colo;
c. A. Robins, Winterset; J. B. Allen,
w. Britton, Polk county; Lee Hiatt,
lHuldnOld, fTOI. CndTleS r. CuTIlSS,
Ames; G. A. Styles, Winterset; w. B.
Kinnick, Dallas county.
Eighth Observation-Disclosures, W. w.
Morrow, Alton; r. r. Chapman,
Clarke; J. w. Harvey, Decatur county;
w. P. Hepburn, Page; J. G. Rogers,
alternates, J. w. Carson,
Clarke county: J. d. Brown, Decatur;
August Post, Appanoose; J. w. Dren-
nan, Clarke; J. w. Kent, Lucas.
Ninth Observation-Disclosures Col. w.
F. Baker, Pottawattamle county; E. S.
Bogart, Mills; r. r. Bell, Cass; Mike
Mcdonald, Guthrie; John l.. Garrett,
Adair.
Tenth District-Delegates, A. C.
Steel, Carroll county; E. z. Smith,
Calhoun; c. D. Doolittle, Hamilton; A.
Richey, Pocahontas: A. F. Simpson,
Webster; alternates, |. N. Sayler, EN-
met; John Smith. Kossuth; Henry
Haag, Greene; J. S. Stevens, Boone;
William Myers, Denison.
Eleventh Observation-Disclosures, Henry
Harlow, Monona county; w. J. Sim
yard. OBrien; J. Dalton, Cherokee;
Herman Hack, Osceola; J. S. Horton,
Woodbury.; alternates. w. S. Arm
O'Brien; j. w. Daley, Chero-
kee.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-23
HAPPENINGS IN
HAWKEYED0M
What Has Been Going on
During the Past
Week.
DEMAND A STRINGENT LAW
Southwestern Iowa Teachers Demand
That tho Legislature Enact n CompuIso-
~ Educational Law to Require an En-
tire Years Attendance In School.

Sioux City, April 20.-After demand
ing from the next state legislature a
compulsory educational law to require
an entire years attendance in school
the tenth annual session OF the North
west Iowa teachers adjourned. The
demand and the Inauguration of a cam
paign for higher wages for the teach
ers were the two chief features of the
session. The matter of joining the
Federation of Labor was discussed
among the teachers outside the con-
vention, but it did not meet with gen.
eral approval.
The campaign of education for high
er wages will be relied upon to bring
good results. Many teachers favored
college diplomas as a necessary re-
quirement for high school positions.
The next meeting will be held either
at Fort Dodge or Sioux City. The fol
lowing officers were elected: Presi-
dent, H. Bigelow, LeMars; vice, presi-
dent, F. E. Lark, Onawa, treasurer,
Miss Maria z. Pingrey, EsthervilIe;
recording secretary, Miss Eva d. Ken
dali, Sioux City; executive committee,
A. V. Storm, Cherokee; J. V. Durkee,
Sioux Rapids; George p. Mullen, Fort
Dodge.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-23
PHYSICIANS JOIN TRUST"
State Society Will Affiliate With
American Medical Association.

Sioux City. April 1S.-Young doctors
VS.. old doctors was the character of
n struggle in the Iowa State Medical
society convention, which closed here
yesterday, in the. adoption of the new
constitution. This aligns the society
with the American Medical associa-
ton, which some of the doctors term
the great medical trust" 1t will vir-
tually force all doctors to enter local
county societies. II they are not mem
bers Of local societies they cannot be
members of state or national society.
IT was opposed on the ground that 1t
favored Of trades unionism. Each
society will be entitled to one delegate
in the house Of delegates. which will
transact the business of the state So
ciety. II the local society has over
fifty members, the representation will
be one delegate for every fifty mem.
bers or fraction thereof II doctor
fails to pay his dues, the local society
will have to expel him or forfeit its
membership.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-23
SERvlA READY TO FIGHT.
King Alexander Will Protect interests
in the Balkans.

London. April 20.-The correspond
ent at Belgrade of the Daily Mail has
had an audience with King Alexander
Of Servia. In this interview the king
said the situation in the Balkins was
exceedingly grave and that the Alban-
Ian difficulty was greater menace to
peace than the Macedonian question.
The continued massing of Turkish
troops in old Servia," King Alexander
said to the Daily Mails correspondent,
will force me to take similar steps.
Servia will not take the initiative, but
if the other Balkan states move Servia
will not, and cannot look on, but must
protect her own vital interests"
King Alexander denied with empha-
sis that his recent coup petat was eff
fected with the chief purpose OF set
Ting the question of successor to
the throne. and declared 1t was simply
a measure to check the injurious as
tendency of the radicals.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-23
DOCTORS ASK APPROPRIATION
Want $4,000 to Establish a Bacteria.
LOGICAL Laboratory

Sioux City, April ia campaign
for the state appropriation of $4,000
for psychological laboratory was
started yesterday by the Iowa State
Medical society. A resolution was in
troduced to the effect that lobby
should be established at Des Moines
for that purpose at the next term of
the legislature. Along this line pa
pers were read last evening by DR.. F.
w. Powers, of Waterloo, THE Labora-
tory in Public Health. Work." by DR..
F. F. Westbrook, of the Minnesota
state board of health, and by DR.. Wal
ter L. Bierring, of Iowa City. The
sense of the meeting was that II Yer
mont can pay $4,000 a year for the
support OF such an institution, Iowa
certainly can, and a campaign to in
fluence legislators will be commenced
at once,