Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-12-10
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Washington. Nov. 2s.--Senate.--Af.
ter a session of twenty-five minutes,
during which little was done, the sen.
ate adjourned today until next Wed.
nesday.
! House.-The house met today and
| adjourned until Tuesday. The pro
ceedings were marked by a debate on
the motion to adjourn over, during
which the minority took the republic
ans to task for not proceeding to the
transaction of business.
4 Washington, Dec. Senate Sen.
ator Morgan today introduced resolu
tons authorizing the committee on
interoceanic canals to investigates the
| part alleged to have been taken by
the trans-continental railroads in the
isthmian canal matter and also to in
quire into the plans of the interoceania
canal committee.
| The preamble to Senator Morgan's !
first resolution called attention to- as
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 complete
| execution of the duty and the policy
| of the United States as declared in
| the act of congress, approved June
2s, 1902, providing for the construc-
ton 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
charges are made and report the
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. II asks the commit
tee to decide between the plans for
canal submitted in reference to both
| the Panama and Nicaragua routes.
Chairman Penrose. chairman of
the committee on postofices and post
roads. today introduced resolution
authorizing that committee to request
the postmaster general to send to the
committee all the papers connected
with the recent investigation of the
rostoffice, and If 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 IN hour to-
1ay, adjourned until Friday. The
time was chiefly consumed in tariff
debate.
That river traffic is improving on
the upper river there can be no doubt.
The records or the engineer Of the big
bridge draw at BURLINGTON show that
over 300 more steamers passed
through the bridge at that place this
season than last and last season was
considered good one.
Charles Lackey and Frank Kopel,
two young men living near Haverhill,
we're accidentally shot by their COM
rade. Guy Deal. The boys were start
ing out for hunt. Deal was behind
his friends about two rods. engaged in
loading Winchester shot grn 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
Koepel. 1t is not known as yet how
serious the accident will be.
Miles r. Strain, sheriff Of Monona
county, is in South Dakota in search
of Ed. Carnes, the murderer of Sheriff
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September J., 1902. No word has been
received from him since he left last
week, and his exact destination is I'M
known, but the information concern
ing the purpose of his trip Is believed
to be reliable. Many rumors are in
circulation, but nothing further is
definitely known at this time. Much
interest is taken In the matter here,
and 1t 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 /. Spoor
was the first to throw down a floral
decoration. and those in the neighbor-
| ing boxes followed suit, until the white
coat of the big steer was almost COW
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-yearold boy, of Daven.
port, turned a 22-calibre 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 serious
| time with him because of his stubborn
ness and finally he commanded the
| boy to start off to school whether he
| wanted to or not The lad became so
downcast that he got the rifle 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 a lawless and de-
PRAYED wretch. He gets no pay for
| hia aarvipac only hia maintenance