Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-08-04
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Moines. July 30. 100.

great pianist and teacher Heinrich
Pftzner, OF Berlin, Germany The
new catalog Is beauty, and offers
exceptional inducements to those con.
templating the study vt music In any
of its branches The catalog Will be
sent free on application.
II. t, Snberson, who has charge of
the work OF recording and registering
automobiles at the office OF the secre-
tary Of state, says that Il Is not gener.
ally understood, perhaps. but the fact
is that the state law on the subject OF
horseless carriages repeats all city or.
dinances. Des Moines. for instance.
had an ordinance regulating automo.
biles, their speed. etc. and requiring
them to be registered with the cniel uf
| police and certain numbers to be used.
| All OF these regulations are nullified by
| the state law. The only authority left
| to local authorities respecting auto
mobiles is that over those which are
kept for livery purposes, to be filled
! out.
Charles and Harvey Schurlz. ,wo
coal miners from Highland Park,
| suburb of Des Moines, met with armed
resistance when they attempted to
lombard the home OF Sylvester White
on East Fourth street. and as result,
both are In Mercy hospital, seriously
wounded. Both will probably recover
| unless complications set in. Harvey
was only slightly wounded In the ab.
| domen and right forearm but Charles
has bullet holes In his right shoulder,
| left wrist and bullet lodged in his
right thigh. which the physicians had
| difficulty in extracting.
Three mills will constitute the state
levy for the year 1904. The executive
council has formally agreed upon the
figure and promulgated It. The legis.
lature when il made the appropria.
tons for the ensuing twenty-seven
months last April directed the execu.
tive council to make a levy sufficient
to raise s2.000,000 with which to meet
all appropriations. The executive
council after completing the revision
and equalization of assessment for this
year. decided that three mills would
raise the required amount. This Ia
virtually n reduction over last year
and the year before. Last year the
levy was but three mills, but IL was
three and half mills in 1902 IL
would have been necessary to make
an equally high levy again last year
had II not been for the unexpected re-
ceipt of 100000 from the war depart
ment. Last years requirements con.
templated the raising of so 100000. The
total levy for state purposes this year.
including the special levies for the
state educational institutions will
therefore aggregate but 81 mills. The
| Legislature fixed the state university
and Iowa State college levies at 10
mill each and the State Normal school
levy at ITO mill.
Former Governor William Larrabee
has made gift of the magnificent
pipe organ installed by him In the
Iowa building at the st. Louis exposi-
ton to the state board of control for
the chapel at the state Industrial
school for boys at Eldora. Judge G..
s. Robinson OF the board Of control
has just returned from visit at
Clermont as the guest of Governor and
Mrs. Larrabee. II was while there
that he was informed OF the gift. This
Is the second pipe organ which Go, err
nor Larrabee has given to the state
| of Iowa. The first was presented on
his retirement from the board of con-
troll OF which he was the first chair
| man IL went to the institution for
folders orphans at Davenport. IL
was said to have cost about $4,000
ind the organ for Eldora Is OF similar
construction. The organ which he
aas given Edora has been In the
| iowa building at st. Louis ever since
| the fair opened 1t IL used in giving
| saily concerts and the concerts have
lelped make the Iowa building the
most popular spot on the whole OF
The fair grounds or all the state
buildings It Is the one which receives
| he most attention and which Is most
listed. The organ has had It's share
~ attracting the audiences. The or
gan was built by the M. p. Moller
company of Hagarstown, Md. 1t has
Two manuals. thirty stops, 1872 pipes,
line pedal movements and the casing
S Of solid mahogany.
Attorney General Mullan has scnr
TO w. w. Wilmer, chairman Of the
executive committee OF the Iowa com.
mission OF the Louisiana Purchase
exposition, his formal opinion as to
the inability OF the commission to use
the $4,000 additionally appropriated
for the Iowa exhibit at the st. Louis
show by the last general assembly.
Since the news OF the decision was
conveyed to the commission informal
Iy, several members interested In Sc
curing portions OF the $4,000 for
their departments have been in the
city interviewing General Mullan in
the hope of convincing him that his
Interpretation of the law was wrong.
DIR. s. Bailey, In charge OF the horti-
cultural department, Judge Carruth-
ers, in charge OF mlning and geology,
and others were interested in secur-
ing a more favorable opinion, II pos
sible. Others OF the commission were
pleased with the decision. General
Mullan was convinced of the accur-
acy Of his first view, however, and
did not yield, adhering to- his original
position In the opinion transmitted TO
Mr.. Wilmer.
Baron Alphonse Rothschild, the
most patriotic of Frenchmen, issued
a notice, during the Franco Prussian
war, that he would present a hand
some sum OF money to any Jewish
soldier in the French army VINO might
capture a German flag Such a cap
ture was made, and in due course the
| soldier came up for the promised re.
ward. After he had received it, Baron
| Alphonse invited the soldier into his