Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-07-30

thousands OF dollars, judging from re-
ports made to the hail insurance com.
panies in this city. The path of the
storm appears to have been about
forty miles wide, but 1t followed no
regular course, veering considerable.
1t entered the state from South Da.
kota, where the loss Is said to be as
heavy as in Iowa, first striking Lyon
and Osceola counties and then travel
ing southwark and slightly east across
the state, striking quite heavily in
O'Brien, Cherokee, Monona, Warren,
Greene, Shelby, Polk, Crawford and
Cass counties. The severity of the
storm varied and hail stones of I'M
usual size and to considerable depth,
fell in many places. In most places
the hail was accompanied by a terrific
gale and severe electrical storm.
The horse show at the Iowa State
Fair at Des Moines this year, from
August Fl to 20, will be the best ever
held in the state. There will be an
exceptionally strong showing Of heavy
horses and it is predicted it will be
the best ever seen in Iowa. Professor
c. F. Curtiss, of the Iowa State Col
horses, this arrangement giving gen.
eral satisfaction to the exhibitors.
The Scandinavian Relief commits
sion, appointed by Governor Cummins
some months ago, for the purpose of
collecting funds in Iowa to be sent to
the relief of the starving Scandina-
vians in Sweden, Norway and Fin.
land, has made its final report to the
governor. 1t shows that the people of
Iowa contributed with great liberality
to the cause. The total sum collected
was $10,S70.40. The expenses were
light, reaching total of but 449.62.
The entire net sum left after deduct
ing expenses has been forwarded to
the sufferers. The report shows that
about 60 per cent of the funds went to
Sweden, about 20 per cent to Norway
and the same amount to Finland.
The recent strike at Dubuque and
the sending of the militia there at the
urgent request Of the sheriff, cost the
state a considerable sum. Bills have
been allowed by the executive council
of $1,83S.25. The warrants have been
drawn by Captain Amos Brandt,
deputy auditor under Mr.. Carroll, and
will be turned over to Adjutant Gen.
eral Byers.
The executive council is working
steadily on assessments and has prac-
tically completed the task of equaliz.
ing the returns from the counties.
The results, however, will not be made
public until all the assessments have
been fixed. 1t is known the council
has not cut down the aggregate assess
ment in the state. Some of the valu-
atoms in the lower counties have been
raised, and those in the higher have
been depressed. 1t is understood this
has resulted in a slight increase of the
aggregate. The council is now work.
ing on telephone and telegraph assess
ments. AS there are 1000 telephone
lines and over to assess, the task be-
fore the council is heavy one.
Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson,
'the hero of the Merrimac," will
speak in this city on the 29th on 1.-THE
United States as World Power"
On the both William J. Bryan will
speak on THE Value of An Ideal"
Captain Hobson's lecture is one of the
best known and most popular that
has been delivered on the Chautauqua
platforms for the past two years Mr..
Bryan's address will be of a political
nature, and may contain statements
as startling as those recently made at
Chicago, which attracted attention all
over the country. Mr.. Bryan by spec.
ial request will touch on the Iowa
democratic platform. He will be intro
duced by J. b. Sullivan, of Creston,
the democratic candidate for governor.
Attorney General Mullan has rem
dered an opinion to Secretary J. +.
Kennedy Of the state board Of medical
examiners, in which he holds the
board exceeded it's power in passing
a resolution providing 1t would not
issue license as an itinerant physi-
clan to anyone not q resident OF this
state. A resolution of this kind was
adopted last February, and the result
of 1t was the exclusion from the itin-
Grant field of several non-residents of
Iowa. Under section 1881 of the code,
the annual license required from itin-
Grant practitioners is $3.50. Mr.. Null.
Ian says the board has no power to
between residents and
of Iowa If they are alike
entitled to licenses. He holds the res
olution cannot be enforced by the
board.
Terrapin eggs are Matched in about
thirty days. With her forepaws the
female terrapin scratches hole in
the sand, and in it places her eggs,
from thirteen to fifty-nine. She then
covers them, and relies upon the sun
to do the Matching.
Mary McAndrew, an amiable and
pretty factory girl, aged seventeen, of
Scranton, Pa, became slightly i'll. Her
in the factory, to tease
her, said she showed the early symp-
toms of smallpox, some scattered
cases of which malady are in the city.
The girl became so alarmed that she
went home and committed suicide
by taking carbolic acid.
An aching back tooth had for weeks
tortured Edward Keller of Hoboken,
N. j. A dentist removed the tooth,
and with its removal Keller lost his
voice
Edison is a man of actions rather
han q man of words. His only re.
corded speech Is remarkable for Its |
brevity. He had agreed to lecture
On electricity before a girls semin- |
ary, and a friend named Adams was
20 work the apparatus while he talk |
ed But when the inventor arose to |