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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-28
LAST OF GREYBEARDs DEAD.
David Washburn of the Famous Com
pany Of Fiahters Expires.

Muscatne, May 25.-David Wash
burn, the last survivor of the famous
Iowa Greybeard regiment, died here
Saturday morning, aged SO. The
Greybeard regiment was organized in
Muscatine county in 1851 and consist
ed only of men over forty-five years
of age. Many joined from Muscatine
county and others from all parts OF
Iowa. The regiment went immediate
ly to the front and remained till the
close of the war 1t participated in
many important battles and became
known both in the confederate and
union armies. Col. VIM. Kincaid of
Muscatine commanded the regiment.
Washburn, who is survived by his
wife and daughter was born May 10,
1915. at Georgetown, N. Y. He was
married to Anna A. Holmes in Decem.
Der, 1873, who died, and in 1882 to Vir-
ginia Gay living. Two of his sons
fought in the civil war, one losing
his life there. In the past few years
there have been less than a dozen
members of the famous regiment and
Washburn has been in feeble health
for many months.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-28
DIAVOlO is INJURED.
Loop the Loop Man Narrowly Escapes
Death at MarshaiItcwn.

MarshalltoWn, May 22.-DiavOlo. the
loop the loop artist with the Fore
paugh-Sells circus, came near losing
his life at the evening performance in
this city. An Improperly adjusted
rope caught him in the head just after
he had made the loop and he received
a severe scalp wound. Had the rope
been few inches lower it would have
caught him in the neck and he would
undoubtedly have been killed. Diavolo
uses heavy machine. weighing eighty
three pounds, built expressly for his
daring act. The momentum necessary
to make the loop is gained by descent
of a long incline and naturally the
heavy machine comes out of the loop
at terrific speed. 1t has been found
necessary to rig up device to check
the speed quickly. as the rider is
pretty well dazed when he gets to the
surface. A rope fastened to pulleys de-
signed to catch the handle bars is
placed at the bottom of the incline.
This rope was not properly adjusted
and DiavOlo went against it with ter
rife force. His scalp was torn and
he bled profusely. but otherwise it is
not thought he will feel any i'll effects.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-28
ENGINEERING HALL DEDICATED.
Alumni OF State College at Ames
Gather to Witness Ceremony.

| Gathcr 70 Witness Ceremony.
Ames, May ga throng of over
100 composed of students, alumni and
other visiting guests from all parts
Of the state, gathered in front of the
building at 3 o'clock yesterday after
ioon to witness the ceremonies of the
!ormal dedication of the new engineer
ing hall of the Iowa State college. A
commodious amphitheater had been
lmprovised to accommodate large
oart of the audience. The doors of
the engineering hall were thrown
open for the inspection of alumni
and other guests, recitations being
suspended for the entire day. In the
evening general reception was ten
dered by the engineering faculty to
The student body, and all visitors, fol-
lowed by the alumni banquet.
DR.. r. III. Thurston, director of the
engineering college of Cornell Uni
versity, Ithaca, N. Y, who was the
principal speaker of the day, delivered
a very lengthy address, his subject
being "The Function of Technical
Science in Education"
After a few Introductory remarks,
DR.. Thurston said:
Young men, such as our best pro-
fessional schools of engineering are
now turning out, are now greatly
needed and the need is recognized by
employers. The demand has for some
years past been greater than the sup
ply. A generation ago, it was next to
impossible to induce the average man.
ager of any industrial establishment
to admit a college man within his
doors. Today the same class of men
are sought by all and the larger and
the more important the interest in
volved, the more anxious are the
officers of the organization to find men
trained in professional schools. l
have a deep file of letters calling for
such men. There are practically none
unemployed unless on the sick list.
In the hundred or more of the en-
cheering schools of the United States
are about $4,000, of whom about 1900
pass out into business each year.
The growth of schools has been about
500 per cent in the last generation, al
though comparatively little of the
splendid private contribution to edu-
CdIlou VI lhS9S years Ado pSSu pldSCu
where most needed.
"A list of 1000 has been prepared
for me, tabulated. OF these, one-third
are holding positions of Independent
responsibility, one-eighth are manag-
ers and superintendent of work, 10
per cent are teaching in the technical
schools, and twice or thrice as many
are wanted. Ten per cent are design
ing engineers. several are editors, one
fourth are manufacturers many are
presidents and vice-presidents of cor
porations and the balance are distrib-
uted throughout the whole system of
industries of the country"
The engineering hail was completed
and turned over to the use of the stu
dents in the engineering department,
January %, at the beginning of this
term. Its total cost was estimated at
$225.000. including heating, lighting,
sewer plants and furniture, which cost
about $4,000. Five hundred and
seventy-five students were enrolled in
this department this term. the attend.
ance having been doubled during the
past three years.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-28
kIRkWoOD IN HALL OF FAME.
Grand Army Encampment Recommends
War Governor for Honor.

Cedar Rapids, May 22.--The Iowa
department of the Grand Army of the
Republic encampmcnt yesterday pass.
ed ringing resolutions against the pur.
pose of the state of Virginia to place
a statue of Gen. ItObt L. Lee in the
Hall of Fame at Washington. The
old soldiers of Iowa recognize that
Lee was brave soldier and a couIte
Gus gentleman, but they maintain that
the cause for which he fought was
treason, and they are steadfastly
against any ate mpt to honor him by
a statue in the national capitol.
The resolutions also contained a
clause that the statue Of Samuel J.
Kirkwood, Iowa's great war governor,
be placed in one of the two inches al
lotted to the state of Iowa in the Hall
of Fame at Washington, also in the
capitol at Des Moines.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-28

TEN FEET OF SNOW.
Loss of Stock in Montana Figured at
10000 Head.

Butte, Mont, May 21.-Ten feet Of
snow is reported from Coutts, Mon
tana, near the boundary, and the Their
mometer is ranging from to de-
grees below zero. Traffic on the
Great Northern is seriously interfered
with by the drifting snow and the
trains are being operated only under
the greatest difficulty.
Conservative estimates place the
loss of stock at about two million dol
lars and the number of head of stock
lost is figured at about ninety thous-
and.
This loss will be swelled by the ruin
of the fruit crop throughout northern
Montana, which, it is understood, is
total failure.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-28
UNITED STATES PoWERLEss.
Will Make No Protest to Russia fol-
the kishineff Massacre.

Washington, May 22.-Another large
batch of resolutions came to the state
department yesterday, all relating to
The Jewish massacre at Kishineff. The
department is acknowledging in prop
er terms the receipt of all these with
promises of consideration. AS the
Russian government appears to have
done what it could to restore order in
the disturbed section, and seems to
be furnishing the perpetrators of the
outrages. there is said to be no grounds
for United States Intervention or
even representation at this time.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-28
FRANK BAIRD SEEKS A BOND.
Thinks He Will Give Bail Pending
New Trial.

Knoxville, May 21.-The friends of
Frank Baird, under sentence for the
Sullivan robbery at Hamilton, believe
he will be able TO get new trial and
secure bonds pending an appeal to the
supreme court. Baird's bond is now
5000, being $4,000 on appeal and 800
each on the two remaining indictments
one for robbery and one for assault
with intent to commit murder. Judge
Nichols fixed the bonds in these two
cases. An effort is being made to Sc
cure the bonds.
Judge Nichols imposed fines of $500
each on w. A. and Bert Richards, with
$50 attorney fees in each case and
other costs, on their conviction for
selling liquor contrary to law.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-28
DISBARMENT OF LAW FIRM.
County Attorney of Henry County and
His Partner Accused.

Mt. Pleasant, May 22.-Judge Smyth
fixed next Wednesday as the date for
the consideration of charges made by
a bar committee against McCold &
Finley for disbarment. The petition
for disbarment proceedings was signed
by the leading members of the bar af-
ter a we'll attended meeting where
it was decided to demand the disbar-
ment of the firm because of alleged
crooked transaction in connection
with the purchase of livery barn,
the evidence of which was brought
out on a trial. Finley is county at
torney. and if he is disbarred county
attorney will have to be appointed
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-28
Cambridge Store Robbed.

Cambridge, May 2O.-Tne drug
store of J. c. Thomas was robbed by
some one entering by opening the
front door with a skeleton key. Only
a small amount of money was secur-
ed. There is no clue 10 the robbers.
Three other business houses in Cam
bridge have thus been opened in much
the same manner during the last year
and robbed of goods and money.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-28

Not only did Andrew Carnegie tell
a lot of funny stories at the annual
dinner of the iron and steel institute
in London, but the reports of "peals
of laughter" indicate that those pres
ent saw the point the same night.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-28

A man who could swiftly solve the
most difficult mathematical problems
and easily duplicate the feats per
formed by lightning calculators has
just died in a New Jersey asylum.
Genius and insanity again.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-28

One of the late Millionaire Swift's
maxims was: Business, religion and
pleasure of the right kind should be
the only things in life for any man. "
All right except, perhaps, as to the
order in which they are enumerated.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-28

A movement has been started in
France to decrease the infantile death
rate so as Ito provide the requisite
number of recruits for the army" BY
the way, which is the better way, to
let baby die while in swaddling
clothes or to have it grow up to be
shot?
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-28

The next day feelings of the gentle
men who accompany the president on
his western horseback rides, although
they hadn't mounted a horse before in
many years, may be far better i'm
agined than described.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-28
NEGRO OCCUPIES BENCH.
Unique Honor Bestowed On Member
of Colored Race at OskaIoosa.

Oskaloosa, May 22.-For the first
time in the history of negro race in
the state of Iowa and for the first
time in the history of the state, a
negro has occupied the bench as a
circuit judge in the trial of one of his
fellow citizens. This honor belongs
to George II. Woodson, a member of
the firm of Woodson & Brown of this
city.
During the progress of the trial of
the case of Delishman VS.. the c., B. &
O. railway, Judge B. w. Preston was
called from the room on business and
then came the call for some one TO
fill the place as judge. Attorney
Woodson was chosen and filed the
plao. until the close of the trial.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-28

A resident of Gotham has petitioned
the board of aldermen to pass a reso-
luton forbidding a man from kissing
his wife on Sunday. Does this man
realize that he has been sidetracked
for about a century?
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-28

The people of this country sym
pathize with that struggled in Chinese
leper, Dong Gong, in his affliction but
the main thing is to get his Dong
Gong carcass back to China as soon
as possible.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-28
Montana's Loss Was Enormous.

Helena, Mont, May 22.-Statistics
compiled by President Power, OF the
state board of sheep commissioners,
fix the total number of sheep lost In
the recent blizzard at 100000.
Up to the time of the storm. 100000
had frozen in the snow of previous
blizzards, making grand total of
I 800 600 lost in Montana since De-
cember. At an average of $3.50 this
means a monetary loss of s3.750,000.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-28

Whenever a woman finds that she
can make a man utterly, hopelessly
miserable she is pretty sure he loves
her and that she can make him very
happy. Women have lots of sense.
Can't fool 'em!
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-28

No doubt King Edward will put his
own construction on the fact that an
enormous crowd of Parisians assem-
bled and cheered when he took his de,
parture.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-28
Turks Burn a VILLAGE.

London, May 25.-The Sofia CORE
spondent of the Morning Leader tele-
graphs that the Macedonian commit
tee reports that the Turks have burn
ed the village of Banitzi, near Sores.
Only forty-eight of the 500 inhabit-
ants escaped and many women and
girls were outraged and murdered
and their bodies cast into the water.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-28
Tornado at Merrill.

Sioux City, May pa tornado
struck Merrill. fifteen miles north,
doing considerable damage. An ele-
vator was twisted from its foundation,
several small buildings wrecked and
much OF her damage done.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-28

Possibly BOnilla was not elected
president of Honduras, but he has one
of his opponents in Jail and the other
on the run in Nicaragua, and things
seem to be coming his way.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-28

Booker Washington says that the
education of the negro at Tuskegee is
begun with a toothbrush, and now
there is a loud demand for bathtubs
down at Yale.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-28

Mr.. Sully and his friends, with esti.
mated profits of 100000 made in
cornering cotton, can now afford tC
take tour through the South and see
how cotton grows.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-28

Sometimes a woman will stop low
ing a man just because she thinks
he's far enough gone to love her any
way.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-28

DIR. Barrows says that the way to
cure criminals is TO exterminate their
eyil tendencies. In many cases this
would not leave much of the criminal.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-28

Little girls under 10 years of age
can no longer be employed in South
Carolina cotton mills. This shuts the
babies out at any rate.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-28

When a man sees two women whirl'
ing along alone together in an auto
mobile he always looks instinctively
to see the smashup.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-28

The German minister of war has re
signed because he was criticized by
outsiders. II is evident that he didn't
have the true officeholding spirit.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-28

Some Kentuckians act as if Trey
would be perfectly at home in that
part of Europe referred to as "Tht
Balkans"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-28
College for Blind Injured.

for the blind was struck by lightning
at 10 o'clock p. m, the central cupola
being completely demolished and the
building set on fire. For a time it
looked as though the entire building
would be burned, but by the most he
roic efforts on the part of the help the
fire was distinguished. The students
were holding one of the social events
in connection with their commence
ment exercises, and it is almost mirac-
ulous that there were no fatalities.
The night Waterman, Edward Latham,
who was on tho outside, was knocked
down and badly stunned, but not seri-
ously injured.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-28

There is talk of a corner in dia
monds This is terrible, but we have
come to the point where we refuse to
worry any more.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-28
CUTTING Affair at Graders Camp.

Cedar Rapids, May 25.-In cutting
affair at graders camp on the Mil
waukee just inside the city limits
Andrew Smith was dangerously wound
ed about the head and face. His as
sailant, Charles Johnson, welded a
sharp knife used to peel potatoes, and
jabbed it into Smiths face at least
dozen times.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-28

A woman can be jealous of the de
votion of a man to the very work
that earns her bread and butter.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-28

The strike of the Montreal grave
diggers is the worst of all. 1t incOn
veniences people who have no way OF
retaliating.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-28
Max o'ReII, the Writer, is Dead.

Paris, May 25.-Paul Blouet MAX
O'RelD died last night. He has been
ailing for several months and never
recovered entirely from the effects OF
an operation performed some time ago
in New York
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-28

AS soon as King Edward heard that
Mr. Morgan had come over he hurried
back to England.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-28

When the island of Heligoland was
named there must have been a present
iment as to the way it would finally go
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-28
cIarinda Man Instantly Killed. =

Clarinda, May 25.-During an cleo
trical storm John Cons of this city,
was struck by lightning and instantly
killed HeNwent to window to pull
down the shade and the bolt passed
through his right shoulder and down
ward through the body. His 7-year old
son was badly shocked, and it is fear
ed will not recover, Several other
occupants of the house were rendered
unconscious by the shock
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-28

A large head indicates brains;
big head, a lack thereof
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-06-30

very large amount of soil. An alb
rupt rise and fall of a few inches
might have no significance, but where
there is a rise and fall of a foot or
more there can be no doubt but the
well is liable to yield, at times, I'M
sanitary water if the surface sur
roundings are such as to permit of
it."
1t is not the farmer alone who is
interested in a pure water supply on
the farm.
The health of the large communi-
ties of people who draw their food
supply from the country is in a
measure dependent on the health of
the farming community. There is
scarcely a city child who is not, in a
degree, dependent for it's health on
the sanitary conditions prevailing in
the house of the dairyman. Milk has
been repeatedly shown to be the
means of distributing typhoid fever
and other diseases. Any vegetable
foods from the farm eaten raw are
liable to become carriers of infection
under ~unsanitary conditions.
A farmers bulletin of this Depart
ment fully and clearly explains the
sources of contamination of wells
and the means of protecting them
from pollution.-Experiment Station
Record.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-06-30

temperature of about eighty degrees,
or in midsummer a few degrees
lower. It should be of short dura-
tion, and the tender skin should be
dried by patting with a soft linen
cloth.
The mouth should be wiped out
several times a day, and always after
taking milk, with a pledget, or wad
of cotton, dipped in tepid water, or
in a solution of borax or bicarbonate
of soda.
Finally, advantage must be taken
of the mild temperature to have the
baby live an out-of-door life. Of
course he must not be exposed to the
hot sun in the middle of the day, and
should have extra wraps in the early
morning and the evening. At night
the nursery windows should be open,
so that the conditions may be as
nearly as possible those of out-of-
doors.-Boston Youths Companion.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1903-06-30
The Baby in Summer.

Each season has its special dan
gers. Winter, when people are hud-
died together. indoors, the sick and
the well all breathing house air, is
the season of contagious diseases;
spring, with its sudden changes of
temperature, is the season of bron-
chial and pulmonary affections; sum-
mer is the time of intestinal derange-
ments. For the baby, in whom the
digestive apparatus is so easily up
set, this is a season of particular
peril, and more perish, in the cities
at least, during the months of July
and August than in any other two
months of the year.
Much of this sacrifice could be
avided were more care, or rather
more intelligent care, paid to the lit
tie ones welfare. A proper diet is
most essential. The child-we are
speaking now of babies in the first or
second summer-ought, of course, to
be nursed; but when this is not pos
sible a substitute must be found in
cows milk. This should be absolute
Iy fresh and clean, diluted with bar
ley-water, or otherwise modified In
der the physicians direction. The
nursing bottle, which should never
have a tube attached, must be kept
Immediately clean. It should be
boiled and rinsed in bicarbonate of
soda after each nursing.
In addition to the milk, the baby
must have an abundance of cool,
pure water to drink. The clothing
should be light and loose, allowing
free play to all the limbs, and care
should be taken to add an outer gar
ment whenever a sudden drop in the
temperature occurs. A flannel band
may be kept over the abdomen, but it
should be changed twice or three
times a day.
The baby's bath is of the greatest
Importance. After the cage of six
months the bath may be given at a