Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-03-26
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
pes Moines. March "a. laoa

abroad are being built or planned
within the bounder!c: of Iowa this
ear. Railroad building In Iowa Will
lever be so extensive as this coming
eason. Reports show that the aggre-
cate building will amount to 1,S5S
niles, electric roads not being count
ID In this. Twenty-one steam rail
oads are planning or building exten-
ions in the state. Twelve of these
re newly organized and Incorporated
companies The remaining nine are
lid and established railroad com
,anies which plan extensions. The
;reatest of these are the extensions OF
he Chicago Great Western from Fort
Dodge to Sioux City and Omaha. and
he Iowa Falls & Northern from Iowa
Falls to Des Moines, which are now
10Th In the course of construction.
he Illinois Central, while not plan
ling new roads, is letting contracts
or the ballasting of the line between
Fort Dodge and Waterloo which will
Employ fifteen hundred men this sum
ner.
Governor Cummins has issued
proclamation for a state good roads
OHNeHLlUu, W bt uciu III DcS niOtuCS,
april Is, to select fifty-five delegates
the International and National
hood Roads convention at st. Louis,
April q to May 2.
The trustees of Des Moines college
ave made satisfactory settlement
With the estate of the late j. v. Hinch.
nan of Glenwood and will receive $2S.-
100 to be used for any purpose. This
means that the $4,000 indebtedness
an be wiped out at once. II makes
valuable $4,000 from the Baptist Ed
icational society and opens the way to
attaining the 100000 mark as a per
nanent endowment
The new amphitheater now being
constructed at Ingersoll park has been
.endered by the street car company to
he Commercial Exchange for the use
If the public on the occasion of Pres.
| dent Roosevelt's visit to Des Moines.
five thousand people can be accommo-
lated under cover and the seating ca
,acity can be extended to 10000. The
irst car of lumber to be used in the
construction of the new "loop-the-
Ioop without the loop" at lngersoil
has arrived, and construction Is to be
sin at once. The structure will cost
! $4,000, and will be one of the finest
amusement attractions in the west.
Albert w. Swain. formerly of Oska-
oosa, but for ten years in charge OF
United States affairs in Montevid'o
Uruguay, has been appointed consul
Southampton, England. The nomi
ion has been confirmed by the sen
The new position carries about
tame salary as his present one,
egarded as much more desirable
every way. Swain will return to
United States as soon as he can
iffairs in shape and return TO 10
going to England next fall.
There is In Des Moines paint
which the owner claims is a genuiI
2ubens, and which is valued at Sl0t
100. 1t is q picture of Christ, and
he back of the canvas is the seal
he great master. The colors are pei
'ect and Mr.. Joseph Lehner. who own
I, insists that 1t is well authenticat
ID. He expects, as soon as possible,
o remove the painting to New York
,r some other large city, and there
dispose of 1t at auction. The paint
ng has been in Des Moines for thirty
aine years. A small circle OF the
friends of Mr.. Lehner have seen II, but
he public generally and art lovers IN
particular. have not seen IT. Since re
sent publicity about the picture, hun
ireds have called to see 1t, but MI
.ehner has Ii in concealment, because
If litigation which is pending. Three
months ago the painting was exhibit.
ID in the royal gallery at Berlin, GEE.
many. 1t was insured and sent ovt
he water, and back to Des Moines
accompanied by letter from the df
.ector of the gallery, thanking Mr.,
Lehner for sending the picture. He
pronounced 1t genuine Rubens. The
emperor, himself, viewed 1t.
James Callahan has given the Meth.
,dist Hospital association $4,000, and
work on the new $4,000 building will
De begun Immediately. Its completion
will depend on the fund of $4,000
20 be raised within the city Of Des
plans for the new hospital, and com
nittee OF the association will go &c
Chicago the coming week to inspect
modern hospitals there with reference
20 the arrangement OF the wards and
equipment.
Governor Cummins has selected Col.
w. G. Bows of Cedar Rapids, com
nander of the Fifty.third regiment, and
Col. w. b. Humphreys OF Sioux City.
commanding officer of the Fifty-sixth
regiment to act as aids to Adjutant
General Corbin at the time of the dedi-
cation of the buildings of the st. Louis
exposition April so. Col. Bows has
accepted the honor and Col. Humph-
reys will doubtless do SO. The names
will be forwarded to General Corbin.
oy whom the formal appointments will
BE made. Some time ago it was an.
nounced that General Corbln had been
selected as grand marshal of the dedi.
cation parade and in letter to the
governor he asked that two officers be
named to serve on his staff.
The Hooking Coal Company with
STOCK and properly amouhtihS 10 over
A million dollars in value. has just
Deen formed in Iowa, and win furnish
the coal to the Iowa Central and
Minneapolis & ST. Louis railroads,
which presumably are backed by the
illinois Central. This is one OF the
argest coal deals ever consummated
n the state and as result the vast
supply Of coal that is needed for the
illinois Central and the other two
roads mentioned win come from the
fields of Iowa instead OF Illinois as
heretofore. The new company secures
control of the mines, machinery and
other property OF the White Breast
fuel company, at Hilton. Monroe
county. located FIVE miles southeast OF
Abba, and also the mines and other
property located at Hooking. two miles
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