davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-28
PEASANTS REVOLT
GAINS IN CROT|A
Wild Scenes OF Riot Follow
Celebration at Agram and
Many Are Injured.
MILITIA IS NOW IN CONTROL
Disturbances Due to Poverty and Race
Hatred Between siavs and Magyars-
Crostisns Choose Time when Hungari-
ans Are Having Other Troubles.

Vienna, May 22.-The revolt in
Croatia is spreading to every part of
the titular kingdom. and threatens to
extend to Dalmatia.
The celebration at Agram yesterday
of the anniversary of the death of
Jellacihich Won Buzim. the former ban
of Croatia, eliminated in a fierce con-
fiict with the police. who attacked the
crowds with sabres, woundiag many
persons and making $50 arrests, in
GLIDING several students and women.
The city of Agram is now completely
under military rule.
At Buccari and Meja thousands of
peasants attempted to destroy the rail
road in order to prevent the arrival of
troops. They tore up the rails at five
different points, and when the military
arrived they pelted them with stones,
injuring several soldiers. The troops
retaliated by shooting and bayoneting
many Of the peasants.
The Slavs resident in various parts
of Austria and Bohemia, are holding
indignation meetings to protest
against the proceedings in Croatia,
where, as already cabled, over 1000
persons have already been imprisoned
The disturbances in Croatia are
primarily due to the long standing
race hatred between the Slavs and the
Magyars.
The present outbreak has two main
sources. First, the general discomfort
of the peasantry, arising from the ex-
IRENE poverty prevailing everywhere,
and from the fact that in some parts
of the country the peasants are on the
verge of famine. Second the indigna-
tor aroused by the alleged tyrannical
rule of Count Hederyary, the present
ban of Croatia.
The Croatians attribute much Of
their poverty to the financial methods
of the Hungarian government, which
is accused of drawing from Croatia
money in excess of it's legal proper
ton Of the taxes, in spite of the pro-
tests of the Inhabitants. Consequent
ly. throughout Croatia there is increas-
ing hatred of Hungarian rule and
language.
The present agitation covers the en-
tire country, from Essegg, in the east.
to the districts on the Adriatic coast,
its immediate cause varying accord
ing to the different localities. In the
districts around Kreutz the disturb
ances have also socialistic origin, the
peasants attacking the Hungarians, not
on account of their nationality, but
because they are wealthy.
In. the towns of the Agram district
generally the language question is the
principal cause of the trouble, the
Croatians asserting that their own lang
uage was guaranteed them by the
agreement of 1868.
The Croatians. following their old
tactics, are stirring up trouble at a
time when the Hungarian government
Is tied up with difio ulties at home
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-28
OIL ROADS A SUCCESS.
Report on Subject In Agricultural Blue
Book to Be Issued.

Washington, May 22.-The annual
official publication or the department
of agriculture known as the "Year
Book" will be printed about June Is.
James w, Abbott, special agent for
the Rocky Mountain and Pacific coast
division. in special report, makes a
review of the use Of mineral oil in road
Improvement, which he says has been
a great success in California. He
says:
THE growth of oil in popular favor
in Southern California has been steady
and rapid. Many of those who have
bad most experience with 1t have
come to regard its use in dry region
as the most important discovery ever
made in road making Quite consid
cradle number of people have said TO
the writer: We could not go back TO
the old conditions; II We had to give
up our oiled roads, we would move
away"
MIR. Abbott thinks that oil can be
used to advantage al any place In the
United States where the roads become
very dry and dusty. and where water
can be kept out of their foundations
in the winter. so that they will remain
firm and not give way beneath the oil
on the surface In the spring. The
reliance must, he said, be upon an oil
with an asphalt base.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-28
HARDWOOD 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 encampment yesterday pass.
ed ringing resolutions against the pur.
pose of the state of Virginia to place
statue Of Gen. Robt. f. Lee in the
Hall of Fame at Washington. The
old soldiers of Iowa recognize that
Lee was a brave soldier and 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
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
RUIN AND DEATH in TORNADO.
Several Residences and Other Build
inqs Torn Down at York, Neb.


inss Torn Down at York. Neb.
York, Neb., May 22.-Last evening
at TAO this place was visited by the
worst tornado that has passed through
the country since 1890. when the town
of Bradshaw was torn to pieces. The
funnel-shaped cloud came directly
from the south until 1t struck Beaver
creek, one-half mile south ofthe city,
when it changed its course to the
northeast.
Mrs. Kingsley's barn, large one,
was wrecked. d. N. Blood's residence
was partly torn to pieces. Pat Nc
Gowns residence was unroofed, the
barn torn to pieces and the horses
carried away. Thomas Mathews res
idence was turned over, with his wife
and baby inside. Then the wind tore
down trees and barns telephone poles,
etc, until the United Brethren church,
on the corner of Eighth street and
East avenue, was reached This was
q fine brick edifice, costing $4,000.
II Is almost total wreck. E. ID. Mar
setu's residence and outbuildings, one
mile northeast of the city, were badly
damaged. No fatalities have been re-
ported, although there are quite a
number who were injured. During the
storm rain fell in torrents.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-28
ENGINEERING HALL DEDICATED.
Alumni Of State College at Ames
Gather to Witness Ceremony.

eatUST " WithcsS ScIStuottys
Ames, May ga throng of over
700 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
aoon to witness the ceremonies of the
ormal dedication of the new engineer
ing hall of the Iowa State college. A
eommodious amphitheater had been
Improvised to accommodate a large
Dart 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 a general reception was ten
dered by the engineering faculty to
he 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 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, 1t 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 III
volved, the more anxious are the
officers of the organization to find men
trained in professional schools. /
have deep file of letters calling for
such men. There are practically none
unemployed, unless on the sick list.
I'm 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-
cation of these years has been placed
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 hall was completed
and turned over to the use of the stu
dents in the engineering department,
January 22. at the beginning of this
term. Its total cost was estimated at
s225,000, including heating. lighting
sewer plants and furniture, which cost
about $4,000. Five hundred and
seventy-five students we're 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
TO DRIVE JEWS OUT.
Leading Papers of Russia Sound q
Note of WARNING.

st. Petersburg, May 25-While it is
not intended to imply that the govern.
ment's Jewish policy aims at stimulat
ing Jewish emigration. observers ex
pect that this will be the resul. of IL
II is noteworthy, however, that NJ
Kronshevan, the editor of the Bessa
raytz, the anti-Semitic paper of Kish
enev, writing after the massacre, ora
tically addressed the Jews in an an
ticle in this way:
BECOME Christians and our broth
ers and enjoy all the privileges OF
Russian citizenship II not, you have
one year to go where you please. AT
ter that term has expired there must
not remain single Jew in Russia un
less he is Christianized, and thereaf.
ter entrance to Russia will, be forbid
den to the Jews forever"
Mr.. Kronshevan's defenders in,
clude, besides the Novoe Vreyma and
other nationalist papers, the director
of the department OF police, M. Lop
oukhen, who upon returning from
Kishener told a leading journalist
that Kronshevan was the only man
in Russia who had not been bought
by the Jews" /,
News has reached here privately
from Warsaw that on May 5. the
workingmen there urfurled red flags
shouted down vito the autocracy,'
and sang revolutionary songs. A
thousand men participated actively
and many more passiyely in this dem
onstration. The affair was suppress
ed by the Cossacks and police.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-28
RUSSIA FAvoRs OPEN DOOR.
Ambassador Mccormick Assured In
terests in Manchuria are Safe,

London, May 23.-Ambassador Nc
Cormick is here for few days on his
way from st. Petersburg to America.
He sails on the Kron Prinz Wilhelm
Wednesday next with his wife and
Miss Patterson. The st. James Ca
zette prints an interview with him,
in which he is quoted as saying:
"One of my last official acts before
leaving st. Petersburg was to inter-
rogate the Russian government on it's
policy toward Manchuria | was as
sured that Russia had no desire to
see the Manchurian ports closed to
the United States, or to have its con.
suls excluded. The Russian govern
ment was emphatic in declaring that
1t was at one with America in the
open door policy in China, and what
applies to the United States must APP
ply to every other power. Your gov
eminent also received and accepted
similar assurances. know NJ. Witte
is firm advocate of the open door
and have every reason to believe
that Russia is quite sincere In the
matter. She points out that ii is her
own interests to support that policy,
and | think that is the case. think
that their statesmen are very anx-
ious that the Siberian railroad shall
be success. and to be SO II must get
freight in large quantities. Russia
cannot Of herself supply sufficient
freight to make 1t successful"
You do not consider. then, that the
situation in the far east is in any way
serious in regard to Russia's occupa-
ton of Manchuria?
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-28
LIVE WIRE CAUSES DEATH.
Harvey Scett Killed at Sioux City
While Repairing Wires.

Sioux City, May 25.-Before the
Mortified gaze of score of specta-
tors who had been attracted to the
scene because of the serious injury
done to Pearl Godfrey, little girl,
only a short time before, Harvey d.
Scott, a lineman for the Iowa Tele-
phone company, was electrocuted by
live wire.
The man was almost instantly kill,
ed, at least 1900 volts of electricity
passing through his body His left
hand. where the wire came in contact,
was frightfully burned, the wire cut
ting through the flesh to the bone,
leaving a blackened wound.
While Scott lay writing on the
ground, the wire emitting a blue
fame and the sickening odor of burn.
ing flesh rising in the air, George In
g.edue, an electrician, attempted TO
cut the wire and was Knocked down
and dazed so that he staggered aim
lessly across the street and fell in a
heap to the walk.
Amid the excitement George S.
Aim, formerly superintendent of
transportation for the Traction com
pany, seized a piece of timber lying
near and dragged the wire away from
the dead mans body.
Scott, who was at work near the
scene of the tragedy. was summoned
there about 10 o'clock, when Pearl
Godfrey, aged 8 years, the daughter
of Bert Godfrey, was nearly killed by
the wire. She wac walking along
Myrtle street pushing baby cab
when she saw the wire on the side
walk Stepping in front of the cab,
she seized it in her right hand and
was Immediately Knocked uncon-
scious. She screamed as she fell,
The wire, released from her hand,
swung around and, striking her on the
calf of the leg, burned it badly. Geo.
S. Aim and others picked up the child
and took her to her home. Physicians
stated she might not live. Her right
hand was badly burned.
A half hour later Scott appeared
and throwing rope over the deadly
wire started to drag it down from the
heavy wire of the Sioux City Gas and
Electric company. George Ingledue
who had been sent FROM the telephone
office to attend to the break, was
standing near Suddenly he was
startled by a scream:
"Cut it. George, for Gods sake cut
it, shrieked Scott as he fell back.
ward, clutching the wire in his right
hand.
Ingledue dashed to the rescue and
applied his nippers. He received 9
fearful shock that knocked him down
Dazed he picked himself up and stag
gered across the street, where he
collanSad
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 8 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 sUelled by the ruin
of the fruit crop throughout northern
Montana. which, 1t is understood, is
total failure.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-28
KILLS INFANT SON.
Horrible Case Of FanaticaI Supersti.
ton Reported From Russia.


Vienna, May 25.-The recent mas
sacres af Jews at Kishenev are not the
only proof of the unspeakable crimes
caused by superstition in Russia. a
terrible case of religious fanaticism
Is reported here today from the Rus.
sian village of Vanjandu, in which a
man, as a thank offering for his own
restoration to health, offered the life
Of his son by slaughtering him in the
church. Some time ago. the man,
who is named Aslamasow, was taken
seriously i'll, and in spite of all RENE
lies failed to get better. One evening
ne dreamed that God promised him
restoration of health on the condi-
ton that as soon as he was well he
would sacrifice his infant son as a
thank offering for his recovery. In
ais dream he promised to do this, and
shortly afterwards became quite well.
On the following day he bought knife
and after vespers in the church kill
cd his son in full view of the worship
oers and laid him in front of the altar,
The ignorant and superstitious in
1abitants of the village expressed sur
prise that such holy" man as
Aslamasow should be put into prison
,or obeying the orders of the AL
mighty.
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 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 1t is almost mirac-
ulous that there were no fatalities.
The night Waterman, Edward Latham.
who was ON the outside, was knocked
down and badly stunned, but not seri-
nnslv ininron
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-28
LAST OF eREYeEARps DEAD.
David Washburn Of the Famous Com.
pany Of Fighters Expires.

Muscatine, May 25.-Dayid Wash
burn, the last survivor of the famous
Iowa Greybeard regiment, died here
Saturday morning, aged SO. The
Greybeari regiment was organized in
Muscatine. county in 1861 and consist
ed only OF men over ferty-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 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
FRANK BAIRD SEEKS A BOND.
Thinks He viii 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. Bairds bond is now
$4,000, being $4,000 on appeal and 500
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
DIseARMENT 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
bar committee against McCold, &
Finley for disbarment The petition
Tor disbarment proceedings was signed
by the leading members OF the bar af-
ter well 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
ont 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
cambrldqe Store Robbed.

Cambridge, May 2O.-Tne drug
store of j. c. Thomas was robbed by
some one entering by opening the
front door with skeleton key. Only
a small amount of money was secur-
ed. There is no clue to 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
UNITED STATES PoWERLgss.
viii Make No Protest to Russia for
the kishineff Massacre.

Washington, May 22.-Another large
batch Of resolutions came to the state
department yesterday, all relating TO
he Jewish massacre at Kishineff. The
department is acknowledging in prop
err 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
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
billiards.. making grand total OF
100000 lost in Montana since De-
cember. AT an average of $3.50. this
means a monetary loss of $3,75O,000.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-28
cIarInda Man Instantly Killed.

Z Clarinda, May 25.-During an elec.
trical storm John Cons of this city.
was struck by lightning and instantly
killed He went 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 IL 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 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 a 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

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

The next day feelings of the gentle
men who accompany the president on
his western horseback rides, although
they hadn't mounted horse before in
many years, may be far better i'm
agined than described. Cd
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 resident of Gotham has petitioned
the board of aldermen to pass 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

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

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 EN-!
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-05-28

The people of this country sym
pathize with that struggled in Chinese
Ieper, Dong Gong, in his affection; but
the main thing is TO get his Dong
Gong carcass back to China as soon
as possible.