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


discovered the plagiarism. The
committee states that In Its opinion
Booth did not understand the extent
to which 1t was permissible to go In
the compilation of HIS grafton.
Dean Shepherd announces that the
committee exonerates Mr.. Booth from
all moral guilt
Mrs. Sarah Kuhn. OF Sigourney.
convicted of husband murder in 1900,
has filed an application for pardon
with the governor for transmission to
the Thirtieth general assembly. Mrs.
Kuhn was convicted on circumstantial
evidence. II was charged that she
gave her husband strychnine or some
such other drastic poison In bottle
of beer
M. l.. Temple. of Osceola, late can
didate for speaker of the house. has
confirmed the story that he has with.
drawn from the race. leaving the field
open to Geo. w. Clarke. of Abel. He
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 tina. 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 a monument to
be erected In the National cemetery
ut Andersonville In honor of the
northern soldiers who died In the
Andersonville prison. The agitation
has been started by ID. G. 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 ...... .......$10,0 900
Massachusetts .............. $500
fhode Island ..,........... 1000
Maihe ........ ............. o,oou
Michigan .......... ......... 5000
Sites have also been selected by
illinois. Indiana, Connecticut, Mime,
sofa, New York and Vermont. II is
stated that 800 Iowa men persisted In
the Andersonville prison and are now
buried In the National cemetery With
t3, ITO of their comrades.
The auditor OF state has raised the
question OF the legality of the com.
muted policy" In the handling of In.
surance business and the State Life
IF 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 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
ntes, 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
so 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.
ell at the capitol II was decided to in.
struct Attorney General G. w. Mulan
to appeal the anti-compact case direct
to the United States supreme court.
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The half million acres cultivated
in tea In India produces 100000 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.
When old houses are being torn
down, clouds or dust cover the pc
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 sprnkled, 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
and so closely fitted that water can
not pass between the interstices.
A mnch-abused wife In London
made complaint against a drunken
husband, who frequently beat her. Re
turning home at night, she saw him
crouchirg behind the door, in the
evidently ready to pounce
upon and hammer her. She after
wards discovered that he was deaf
having hanged himself to the ventila
tor Just over the door
The sun-and.air cure for general
debility is being tested on the Weis
sex Hirsch, wooded hill near ORES.
den. Most of the patients treated in
this outdoor sanitarium are females.
A privileged feminine visitor beholds
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.