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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-30

some people on election day said Mr..
Tiler, a day or Two ago. II am golng
to whip Mr.. Solomon and whip MN n,
good This Is not boast. Walt un ,,l
Thursday night and sec what happens,
Fight fortTreasurer.
1t IS pretty generally conceded that
the fight for treasurer will be the closest
Of them all. Three unusually strong men
are out for the office and al three arc
making an unusually strong fisnt' j.,
Mr.. Brauer realizes that lie has a ire
mendous fight on his hands. and no IS
hard at work to meet the opposition ell
fectively. Both Ntr.#Tod1 and Mr.. liecn-
lcr nre making IN equally strong lisn .,.
Todd ana Brauer are hitting at each
other right merrlly and seize every oppofs
,unityto express themselves. me cilalsG 1s
they make against each other ana theit
discussion oflcach other are always NV
~ lilo features OF tho meetings. Mr..
5Ilcchlers long and t,sinterestcd services
for the county and the great esteem IN
which he Is held everywhere make MN
!, vcrv formidable candidate. Mr.. Hech-
,cr snys Mr. Braucr has had the oif1co
long enough, and that Todd has not been
in ihe county as long as he has so give g
the office to me. at least for one yea.
saws Mr.. Hechlcr. and then. II you want want
to put my friend Todd ~, az r.s TEL ~
| n is impossible TO predict winch VIII
got ii, It is said by many that the men
viii not be twenty-five votes apart.
For Commonwealth Attorney.
Almost as exciting rs this contest IS
! that for commemorative Attorney. for
| this office also there are three strong men
,,,,,,inr and some stirring speeches arc
| teing made H.,
| Mr., bryant IS making the fght or MS
| life, All through the county, from mouse
Ia house, he has been. and his orga hlza-
| ton is complete. His ability as lawyer
anG his reputation as law-maker. arc
| strong points in his favor. lie is man
! ominently fitted for the position and ms
l friends claim confidently that he VII ge'
It.. fs ~,
AR. Wendenburg is appearing as the
workingman's champion. Flo is making
4 scmo pretty stirring speeches and ire
l oucntly takes occasion TO jump on the
| Passenger and Power Company. HIS re-
cent services In connection with the STRIKE
have put him In high favor with the
! workingmen, many of whom declare tina,
he Will sweep the county.
Mr.. Throckmorton Is one Of the bcs'
lawyers In the State, and has hundreds
or friends. who are standing UP for MN
sold,y. He would make a tlnc Common
wcalth's Attorney, and he will try might!
hard to get the job.
l The Other Contests.
1 The other Offices are Of minor in1por
D lance, but are being contested very holly
| Each commissioner Of the revenue Is or
posed by a strong candidate. SeYera
magistrates have strong opposition. ON
Tor two Of tho most exciting of the con
tests is that for the small office OF con
4 stable In ono district there are six can
d:dntes for the position. It was In thi
district that 1t was suggested that tn
candidates run a foot-race for the nomi
nation.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-30
LIFE. SAVING MEDAL
FOR BODY SERVANT

Especial Gable 70 The Times Dispatch
copyright 1909
COPENHAGEN, Aug. 2o.-King Chris
tim has conferred upon tho royal servant
Hansen the llfs,saving medal for having
sespue.l Princess Louis Of sclaumberg
from drowning on Tuesday, ,,..
The Crown Prince presented tho savior
of his daughters life with q sum Il OF
money and the Princess herself sllo wed
her gra titud0 by giving him " gold box
ornamented with diamonds.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-30
TORPEDO BOATS
ROUT PORPOISEs

Especial Gable otThe T!mes-D ispa ten
Copyright. 1909
e BREsT, Aug, .9.-,rlle torpedo boat wa =
fare on the b'g schools RI porpolses =
which infest the fishlnE grounds IS PROV
Hnnring the past few days several 2. o.
these vorarlous fishes have been ! k,l y,
Experience has shown that Inc GaIt' a.. NJ y /,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-30

Courthouse and the matter was discussed.
Speeches were made by Judge Wm. I:
Clopton and Hon r. V. CoGbill, two OF
the men most actively interested IN Sc
curing a monument to the Confederates
without further delay. and much enthu-
s'asm on the subject was stirred. Tho
outcome of the meeting was that com,
in hand tho matter of building credit
able monument on the Courthouse green,
and to devise the best means for kindlinE
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-30
OLD couRr-Ho USE on c11EsT ED ooUNrY

a popular interest in the work and raising
same with The least possible delay.
The members OF the committee were
Judge Ciopton, Judge J.. NJ. Gregory, w
w. Baker p Y. Cogbill, G. II. Short,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-16
RAILROADS CITED TO APPEAR.
Interstate Commerce Commission At.
ter Several Western Lines.

Washington, April 10.-The inter
state commerce commission yester-
day made a number of trunk railway
lines respondents in proceedings in
volving the legality of their local
rates on grain and grain products and
in the case of two of the roads the
class and commodity rates, and issued
an order requiring the roads to file
answers by May l.
In the case of the Chicago & North
western, Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy, Chicago Great Western, Chi
cago, Milwaukee & St Paul, Wabash
and Rock Island the commission says
it appears that these lines made large
advances in rates between Missouri
river points and st Louis, other Miss
issippi river points, Chicago and in
termediate destinations during the
last half of 1902, on grain and grain
products originating west Of the Mis-
souri,; that such advances operated
to increase total rates on such traffic
from points west of the Missouri
river to Chicago and the other points
and that high local charges between
these various points have been and
are kept in force by such carriers. In
the case of the Missouri, Kansas &
Texas and the st. Louis & San Fran
cisco the commission says it appears
that these roads put in effect class
rates between st. Louis and Texas
common points considerably higher
than those in effect on like traffic at
any time since the operation of the
interstate commerce law in 1887, eX-
cept classes d and E, upon which
rates are respectively l cent higher
and l cent lower and slightly lower
than on November 20, 1889, but 3
cents higher than on December 4,
1893. 1t also appears to the commits.
sion that many special or commodity
rates were also increased about the
same time, and that rates to Texas
common points from numerous terri
tories, including practically all Sec
tons east of the Missouri and Miss
issippi rivers have also been mater
tally increased by these advances in
these rates from st. Louis, and that
these advances may be unreasonable
and otherwise in violation of the law.
investigation of the legality Of these
rates is therefore ordered and follow
ing the filing of the answer hearing
will be arranged at which represen-
tatives of the various roads will be re-
uuired
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-16
MERGER IS DEFEATED.
Federal Court Enjoins Northern
Securities Company.

St Paul, Mimi, April 10.-The Unit
ed States circuit court of appeals yes
terday handed down decision in the
suit of the United States against the
Northern Securities company, enjoin-
ing the company from voting the stock
OF the Northern Pacific or Great
Northern Railway companies, but al
lowing the return of such stock as had
been delivered to that holding com.
pany. The opinion was unanimous, all
four judges concurring, but the opin.
ion was written by Judge Thayer.
The substance of the order is in the
decree, which is as follows:
A decree for the United States will
accordingly be entered to the follow
ing effect:
"Adjudging that the stock of the
Northern Pacific and Great Northern
Railway companies, now held by the
Securities company, was acquired In
virtue of combination among the de-
fendannts in restraint of trade and
commerce among the several states
enjoining the Securities company
from acquiring or attempting to
acquire further stock of either of said
companies, also enjoining 1t from vot.
ing such stock at any meeting of the
stockholders of either of said railroad
companies or exercising or attempting
to exercise any control, direction or
supervision of influence over the acts
of said companies or either of them
by virtue of it's holding such stock; en-
joining the Northern Pacific and Great
Northern companies, respectively,
their officers, directors or agents, from
permitting such stock to be voted by
the Northern Securities company or
any of its agents or attorneys on it's
behalf, at any corporate election for
directors or officers of either of said
companies and likewise enjoining
them from paying any dividends to
the Securities company on account Of
said stock or permitting or suffering
the Securities company to exercise
any control whatsoever over the cor.
porate acts of said companies or to
direct the policy of either, and finally
permitting the Securities company TO
return and transfer this stock to the
stock holders of the Northern Pacific
and Great Northern companies, any
and all shares of stock of those COM
panies which it may have received
from such stockholders in exchange
for it's own stock, or to make such
transfer and assignment to such per-
son or persons as are now the holders
and owners of its stock originally Is
sued in exchange for the stock or
said companies"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-16
WILL GIVE CORN TO IoWANs.
Growers Association to Furnish

STO"STS NSSoSidhioH " U ofH'o"
Growers Association to Furnish
Des Moines, April As the first
step in increasing the yield of corn in
Iowa by fifty million bushels, the pos
sibility of which was demonstrated by
Prof Holden Of Ames, Iowa, the Iowa
Corn Growers Association will give
away to every farmer in the state a
package of pure bred seed corn.
The corn is Reeds Yellow Dent, the
only grain known that has been scien-
tifically bred for half century. 1t has
been purchased in, large amount, by
the Corn Growers Association, an as
sociation formed by George S. Forest,
superintendent of agriculture for the
Worlds Fair, and will be given away
in two pound packages upon receipt
of enough money to pay postage, TWEEN
ty-fve cents. This will plant one
fourth of an acre and yield a large
amount of seed corn for the coming
year.
Farmers wishing the corn should
write to George S. Forest, at Miles,
Iowa, or to Prof Holden, at Ames.
Prof Holden states that IL Reeds yell
low dent is sown in the state there
will be little doubt but that the
yield will be increased in a very short
time.
A portion of the corn raised will
be used in the Iowa exhibit at the St.
Louis exposition.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-16
LIFE INSURANCE DECISION.
Iowa State Travelling Mems Associa-
ton Wins a Point.

Des MOines, April 10-According to
ruling of Judge Howe in the case of
futile VS.. the Iowa State Travelling
Mems association, a contract made
with an Iowa insurance company OUT
side of the state is considered all
Iowa contract, and it's provisions hold
good under the laws of the state.
This decision means much to the in
surance interests.
The futile case was a suit to en-
force the payment of a $4,000 policy
in the defendant company, the lat
ter refusing to allow the claim on
the grounds that the contract, al
though it was made with a party in
Missouri, was entered into by CORE
spondence and on this account was
considered an Iowa contract. The
plaintiff claimed the contract was exc
cuted under the laws of Missouri, and
as they state specifically that insur-
ance policies allow payment in cases
of death by suicide, judgment was
asked accordingly. The case then de-
vOlved on this one question-was the
insurance policy an Iowa contract?
J. NJ. futile committed suicide in
Missouri two years ago. At the time
he had a policy for $4,000 in the Iowa
State Travelling Mems association.
The suit was brought for this amount
and also for attorney fees. and Incl
dentals, which in all brought into the
case the sum of $500.
Judge Howe in his ruling directed
verdict for the defendant, first, on
the grounds that it was an Iowa con-
tract, and second, that there was not
sufficient evidence of waiver to allow
the case to go to the jury. In effect
the Iowa suicide clause is held valid.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-16
INCREASE IN APPROPRIATION.
Iowa State College Trustees Add
$1,000 to Funds for New Building.

Iowa State College Trustees Add
$1,000 to Funds for New Building.
Ames, April 9.-The board Of
trustees of the Iowa State college
has decided to make an additional
appropriation of $4,000 for the
erection of the main building The
action of the board was the result of
the building committee stating that
it was found impossible to so modify
and revise the original plans and
specifications as to enable it toreceive
BIDS that would lie within the limit of
the original appropriation of $225,-
600 without making radical changes
in the size and general outline of the
building as originally planned by the
architects, and submitted to the
board at its meeting on March &c.
The lowest bid obtained on the build
ing at that time Appropriated to
$350,000, but it is expected that with
a few slight changes in the less i'm
portant features of the structure,
such as characterization, furniture, etc,
the board will now experience no
difficulty in obtaining bids sufficiently
low as to be acceptable. 1t was
deemed advisable to receive separate
bids on different parts of the con
struction of the building. such as
masonry, plumbing, heating plant,
etc, in place of letting the contract
of the entire structure to one firm
1t is believed that the aggregate
amount of the various bids will be
less than if bids were obtained on the
building as whole.
The board has $550,000 AS q building
fund at its disposal at present. In
addition to the present 100000 ap
preparation for the main building.
$4,000 has been appropriated for the
erection of an addition to the present
agricultural building, a new stock
pavilion and a green house, out Of this
fund, thus leaving only 100000 for
the proposed new agricultural hall to
be erected soon after the completion
of the main building. 1t was feared
by the board that by appropriating
the additional $4,000 for the main
building, the remaining 100000 would
be far too small an amount to erect
as large and pretentious a structure
as would be able to meet the increaS-
ing demands of the agricultural de-
partment as indicated by it's recent
rapid growth. In such an emergency
it is the intention of the board to re-
quest the state legislature for an add.
tional appropriation.
The board will meet here May to
receive new bids on the main building.
The matter of selecting new presi.
dent will also come up before the
board.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-16
IN YELLOWSTONE PARK.
President Will Enjoy Complete Rest
And Cessation of Public Duties


Cinnabar, Mont. APRIL 9.-Presi-
lent Roosevelt Is in the fastness of
Yellowstone park, and for the next
sixteen days he expects to enjoy COM
2lete rest and cessation from public
1uties. He will be in almost daily
communication with Secretary Loeb
At Cinnabar, but nothing except of
The utmost importance will be referr-
ed to him. In company with John
Burroughs, the naturalist, who &C.
;ompanied him from Washington, he
will closely study the nature of the
various animals that inhabit the park.
The president has looked forward to
his outing for some time, and he was
n a particular happy frame of mind
when he lead the calvalcade into the
park. Every trail leading into the
park is closely guarded. and no one
will be allowed to disturb the presi-
Tents solitude. His headquarters
will be at the home of Major Pitcher,
he manager of the park. A num-
ser of camps have been established
n different localities, and these will
De occupied by the president from
ime to time.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-16
INgsRIATEs AT KNOXVILLE.
Proposed to Occupy Former School
for Blind.

Des Moines April 11.-People inter.
ested in the remarkable experiment
which Iowa Is making with it's new
inebriacy law are making an effort to
have the old Knoxville industrial
school for the blind converted into an
institution for the inebriates.
The inebriate law. for sending
drunkards to insane asylums for good
care and recovery. Is popular all over
the state. Threats to attempt it's re
peal are not worrying its friends, for
people generally like it. A superin
tendent of one of the state institu
tons recently declared it, in his opin
ion, the most popular law the legisla
ture has passed since the board OF
control measure. 1T may need some
changes, The said, "but can't be re
pealed except by the supreme court;
and there is little fear of that"
The Knoxville people made de
termined effort two years ago to have
the abandoned institution in their
town converted into normal school,
but failed. AS it stands. the establish.
ment could at a small cost be convert
ed to the use of an inebriate asylum
much cheaper than to a normal
school. 1t would accommodate all
the inebriates now in the institutions
but would have to be enlarged greatly
before long if the number Of candi
dates for such an institution continues
to increase.
Care of inebriates along with in
sane is severely criticised, and by
none more than by the officials Of the
asylums. They believe absolute seq.
regation would assure success of the
new law; without it the plan might
fall. The board of control is under
stood to want a new institution, and
there Is good authority for saying 1t
Will recommend the Knoxville plan.
THE good this law has done cannot
be measured by considering the peo-
pie it has locked up or the question Of
their reformation" said an institution
official. I'm every county there are
men who have been scared into re-
form since this law went into effect
| know a round score of such cases.
About the time the second 'dipso' Is
sent up from county the hard drink
ers see a great light. They realize
that they are in line. l could with
little investigation, confidently be-
lieve, prepare a list of reformed
drunkards, literally scared into de-
cency by this law, longer than the list
of all the men sent to asylum under
it,"
1t is an interesting fact that just
about the same time that Iowa adopt
ed this law, Austria passed an almost
exactly similar one, for sending con-
firmed drunkards to aSylums for in
sane. The Austrian law, like that Of
Iowa, is popular, but as yet, according
to reports, experimental. In Europe
the Austrian experiment is being
watched with as much interest as
the Iowa experiment is receiving in
this country.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-16
LoRENz OPERATION PERFORMED
Use Of Hip of 5-Year-old Girl to Be Re-
stored.


Des Moines, April 11.-Dr. John
Ridlon of Chicago for the one hun
dredth time yesterday performed, in
Des Moines, the operation which has
made DR.. Lorenz's name familiar in
every city in the country on account
of his visit to America to perform 1t
on the daughter of ]. Ogden Armour
of Chicago-the reduction of congeni
tai dislocation of the hip
The operation performed yesterday
the first Of the kind ever done in
Des Moines-was closely watched by
thirty of the physicians Of Des Moines
and surrounding cities, who came over
for it, and by large number of ladies'
The operation was perfectly success
full so far as the reduction of the dis
location was concerned; it remains to
be seen, when the plaster cast is re-
moved, whether the head of the bone
will remain within the socket without
a second operation.
The patient was the 5-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A. " Ev-
erett of Ocheyedan, Osceola county.
The child, of course, was as putty
in the hands of the strong man. Dr.
Ridlon is large and powerful man.
Selling the child's right leg, the one
affected, he began its manipulation,
round and round upon the hip. This
involved the saving on the tensely
drawn tendon connecting the muscles
of the thigh and the abdomen. The
work began at almost exactly 200
o'clock. Within five minutes the hip
bone had been dislocated from its I'M
natural position and was freely NOV
ed about. When free the doctor illus
trated to the physicians the fact that
the leg could be absolutely straight.
ened, but when the head of the bone
was inserted in the hip socket, the
cords were shortened. This made
necessary the manipulation of tho
knee joint to stretch the cords, which
was done until the leg could be per-
fectly Strengthened while the hip was
properly socketed. Then came the ex-
pertinent to test the depth of the sock
ct by extending the leg alongside the
other in a natural position, but it was
soon seen that it could not be brought
into n position of more than forty.ive
degrees before the bone would leave
the socket.
DR.. Ridlon illustrated the position in
which the leg should be bandaged in
the plaster cast and began to do this
work, which was far more difficult
than that of dislocating the childs un-
naturally jointed hip. A bandage of
half an inch in thickness was put on.
The position of the leg and the hip as
bandaged was apparently the most I'M
natural. but really the only possible
one. The leg was raised to a position
at right angles from the body extend
ing to the side The bandage included
the hip, the abdomen and the thigh.
Being finished it was cut at the edges
so as to release the leg below the
thigh, the left leg around which it had
been wrapped to hold it, and the lower
part of the abdomen and spine. About
the body it was not to exceed four
inches in width. Though perfectly
hard it was evident that the bandage
could be easily worn for an indefinite
period.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-16
BUILDINGS FOR UNIVERSITY.
Assembly Hall and Gymnasium t.
Cost S15O,OOO.

Iowa City, April 11.-Iowa univer.
sity is to have a new $150,000 gymna
SUM and assembly building. This
was decided upon by the board of re.
gents yesterday morning just prior to
adjournment, after an all-night ses
sion. The full board has been in ses
sion for two days, but the members
and the president of the university re
fused to speak until yesterday.
President MacLean said: The new
plan of the board of regents to hold
the annual meeting, and take action
on the presidents budget in April in.
stead of at the June meeting, has
proved a great success. The meeting
just closed has been one of the
busiest, with the most work actually
accomplished, of any board meeting in
years. In fact, it was one of the sig
nificant meetings in the history of the
university"
President MacLean's annual budget
was submitted to the board. The total
amount of appropriations asked by
him for the university for the coming
year amounted to $240,000 This
amount was practically allowed with
slight scaling in various departments.
The most important action taken by
the board was the decision reached in
regard to the erection of new build
ings for Iowa university. The students
are especially hilarious over the result
of the meeting, for the long sought
gymnasium is now an assured fact.
The board had a weignty question to
decide, the advisability of erecting a
gymnasium and assembly building
first, or library and museum build
ing Both are needed and equally
sought after by the various friends of
the university. The friends of athlet-
les feared that the departments of
science would be successful in secur-
ing the first building, but the board
decided otherwise.