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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-04-14

Having stolen goods In possession
Is taken as proof presumptive by the
iowa supreme court that the person
having such goods in his possession
stole them. This finding was reached
by the court in the case of the State
Of Iowa VS.. Joseph Raphaeland Charles
Raphael of Black Hawk county
appellants, in which the court affirms
the decision Of Judge A. s. Blair. The
residence of Mrs. c. w. Brown OF
Waterloo had been burglarized and
day or two later, some silverware
taken from the Brown residence was
found in the house occupied by the
Two Raphael boys. The Raphaels
claimed they had secured the silver.
ware from young man, a friend OF
their from Nebraska, and whose
whereabouts they did not know. They
appealed on the ground that in view
Of these circumstances the court
should have directed a verdict for
them. The court holds otherwise, and
the Raphaels will continue to serve
heir sentence for breaking and en-.
tering. ..a
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-04-14

The Persian army strikes a strang.
err with wonder, and he is apt to
imagine that he is gazing upon the
gathering of opera bouffe characters
To every three characters a donkey
is assigned, for there is neither bag
gage train nor commisariat. On this
donkey is placed the worldly wealth
of it's three masters and their mus
kets. Occasionally the yelled wife
of a soldier bestrides the beast.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-04-14

"Calo" Floor Finish is just the thing
to give nice finish to any painted or
natural wood floor. Ask your dealer for
1t. or send direct to Chas. Naeckel G
Sons Paint House at Davenport. Iowa,
for all particulars.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-04-14

The candid correspondent of Rus
sian paper hastens to correct mis-.
statement that the "pips" in raspber-
ry, strawberry and currant jams that
are not jam, are made Of wood. He
bluntly declares that they are seeds of
sesame. This" he reassuredly adds,
lis quite harmless and gives pleas.
ing air of reality to what would 9th.
erwise appear palpable fraud"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-04-14

When Mauritius was captured by
the British, from the French, in 1910,
there was a gigantic turtle at the
artillery barracks at Port Louis, and
it is still there, although almost blind.
1t weighs $50 pounds, and stands two
feet high when walking. Its shell is
eight and one-half feet long, and it
can carry two men on its back with
ease.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-04-14
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.

A spacious farm is owned by Dav.
i'd Rankin, of Tarkio, Mo. 1t com
prises $1,000 acres, all under cultiva.
ton. In one vast cornfield there are
$4,000 acres. He is the largest stock
feeder in the world. In 1902 he raised
and sold 1889 head of cattle, which
brought the sum of $172,520.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-04-14

Vests Cream Gum, ''White Sue," "Black
Joe" and "a Pleasant Smile" are guaran-
teed to be absolutely pure and healthful.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-04-14

The Best Results in Starchlng
can be obtained only by using Defiance
Starch, besides getting OF. more for same
money-no cooking required.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-04-14

Words are but the things that truth
wears.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-04-14

Most bachelors idea OF misery Is be,
ing alone with noisy baby.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-04-14

Write to us for information about
"Calo." the best floor finish. Chas.
Naeckel & Sons, Davenport, Iowa.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-04-14

If the wife isn't the boss during the
honeymoon, she doesn't amount to
much as a ruler.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-04-14

lido not believe Piso's Cure for Consumption
has an equal for coughs and colds.-JoHN b
BoyER, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb, is, 1900
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-04-14

Though the world may owe all of
us living, only few are preferred
creditors
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-04-14

An optimist is man who boasts of
his hard luck.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-04-14

ETC permanently cured No tS or nervousness after
" FIRST day OF DIR. Rlines Great Nerve Neators
sr Send for FREE $500 trial bottle and treatise.
pE h H. KLINE. Ltd, asi Arch Street fhiadep hia, Pe
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-04-14

Eat, drink and be merry, for tomor-
row we diet.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-04-14

A good many people are down on
slippery sidewalks.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-04-14

Parading cross is no proc, of pos
sessing crown.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-04-14

The elevator boy is poorly paid
when one considers the fool questions
he Is asked
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-04-14

WHEN YOU BUY BLUEING
insist on getting Russ Bleaching Blue. Dom
take cheap imitation. All grocers, IOc.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-04-14

Follies of life are the amusements
we don't care for.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-04-14
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, they cannot reach the dis
eased portion OF the ear. There is only one way t.
deafness and that is by constitutional remedies
Deafness ia caused by an infamed condition OF the
mucous lining Of the Eustachian Tube. When this
tube ia inhamed you have runlbling sound or Inn
perfect hearing and when 1t Is entirely closed Deaf
ness Is the result and unless the Inflammation be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal cond
tion hearing win be destroyed forever; nine cases
out Of ten caused by CGtarrh, which Is nothing
but an infamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We viii give One Hundred Dollars for any case Of
Deafness caused by catsrrh) that capno, be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free.
+. j. CHENEY d CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-04-14

The fit of a small boys trousers de-
ponds upon the sizes of the pockets.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-04-14

Do Your Clothes Look YelIow2
Then use Defiance Starch, it will keep
them white-l6 OF. for 10 cents.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-04-14
insist on GettInn Il.

Friends on an airship voyage should
never fall out.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-04-14

The laundress' little daughter had
been allowed to peep into the dining
room, where the table was set for
dinner party. "And. mamma" she
said later, every plate had two forks
by it. What was that for?" you
don't know the way of your betters.
child" replied the laundress; "the ex.
ira fork is in case they drop one on
the floor w
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-04-14

These things that are cooked in a
chatting dish late at night taste terri
bly, like crepe on the door.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-04-14
RUSS BLEACHING BLUE
should be In every home Ask your grocer for
1t and take no substitute. iOc package

A syndicate is about to open extcn-
siye coal areas under the sen near
Halifax.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-04-14

The board of supervisors, In a petit.
ton to the district court have taken
action upon the charges against War.
den Brendel of the poor farm, and
recommended that the entire matter
be at once referred to the grand jury,
which will sit on the 18TH of this
month. Judge McHenry upon the
presentation Of the petition, at once
made the order of reference and the
charges of cruelty made by the board
of control will be thoroughly looked IN.
to by the grand jury, which is the only
body in the county which has the
power to summon witnesses under
oath and compel their testimony re,
garding the matter. No action will be
taken looking to the discharge or pros.
ecution of the accused warden until af.
ter the result Of the grand jury's inves.
tigatlon is known, and even then 1t Is
probable that the board OF superyls.
ors will do nothing more than to let
the law take its usual course in the
prosecution of Brendel, If it shall then
appear that the charges are true. The
entire board united In the petition tc
the court, and all express themselves
as anxious to have the matter entirely
cleared up, and the responsibility for
the recent charges fixed. II true, they
recommend that the warden be dis
charged and prosecuted; If not, they
want justice melted out to the people
who have stirred the affair up.
A man is as anxious to get away
from baby as woman to get to IL
The reformer never thinks it neces
sary to practice on himself
Short prayers have the surest aim
Make the best of the troubles you
have and don't hunt more.
Affection is the lining that is miss
ing from breach of promise suit.
Il has seen some men," said Uncle
Eten, "dat would lose any amount o.
sleep serenadin' gal an Gen refuse
to get up early enough to staht de tire
aftuh dey's married"
More men have danced than preach.
ed their way to women's favor.
Railroad travel in Brazil is discon.
tinued on Sundays.
In Indiana consumptives are not per.
mltted to teach school.
Only one-twentieth of the population
Of India can read or write.
"That walking delegate sacrificed
his health in the cause OF labor" Did,
eh?" "Yes. He always rode. never
walked drank nothing but champagne,
smoked forty-cent cigars, and soon
cot an incurable dyspepsia"
He who will not be servant can
not be saint.
Stationers are about the only men
who are able to keep diaries.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-04-14

Mrs. Viewed Ca bride of six weeks)
And how long will you be away,
dearest?" Mr.. Newed-"About ten
days" Mrs. Newed-"Well, think I'll
learn to cook while you are absent
Mr.. Newed-"That's good idea And
I'll take the dog over and leave him
with one of the neighbors."
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-04-14

In the w. T. Wood malicious prose
,ution damage suit for $4,000 Judge
McVey held that the Iowa statute,
section 5040 of the code, made any
selling On the Sabbath. no mater
whether or not necessary, a violation
Of the law, and hence criminal Of
tense, directed verdict for the de-
iendant. The evidence had shown
hat the Retail Grocers' association
1ad employed two men to so to Mr..
Woods store on Sunday and there
10 purchase goods for the purpose OF
obtaining evidence against him of the
yiolation of the Sunday law. When
he evidence had been obtained, In
formations were sworn out against
aim before Justice Duncan, and upon
rial Wood was acquitted of the
charges against him. He then i'm
nediately sued the retail grocers for
malicious prosecution, claiming that
hey had acted without probable
cause. The ruling of Judge McVey,
of course, that all Sunday selling,
whether or not necessary, was a Grim
nal offense, knocked the prop out
from the plaintiffs case
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-04-14

Gadsby-"My wife will raise Cair
with me if she discovers that I've beer
drinking" Jagsby-"All you've got
to do Is to hold your breath when you
go near her." Gadsby-"That's all
right; but I'm afraid it's too strong
to be held
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-04-14

why does Mrs. Clubwoman look 81
sad?" THE worlds injustice to wo
man has just struck her forcibly
again" How was that?" "She hap
pened to think that Martha Washing
ton isn't called the mother Of hei
country"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-04-14
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Moines, April Ii. 1904.

AfSs AIOlhNc, ApIil III, lWuf.
City Auditor John Lucas has notified
each member OF the new council that
hereafter he will draw no warrant in
payment of any goods sold by an alder
man, directly or indirectly, to the city.
The policy adopted by Auditor Lucas
is In strict conformance with the
statutes on the subject, law thatshas
heretofore been given loose considera-
ton by the council, or no regard what
ever. Mr.. Lucas gives notification
that he will enforce the law to the let
ter, and that the city will hereafter pur-
chase no goods whatever, nor let any
contract, to any member of the coun-
Gil. He holds in his hands the power
to prevent payment of any such bills.
and his refusal to draw the warrants
will have the effect of stopping the
practice altogether. No secrecy has
been employed heretofore In the city's
buying goods from aldermen, their
sales amounting to many thousands
annually, and in disseminating the Gus
tom. other Iowa cities have taken the
initiative. The intention of the law,
it has been explained, is plainly to
prevent manipulation Of aldermanic
politics In manner that will give one
company or another, in which any
councilman Is interested, preference In
the awarding Of contracts for goods
Or work; and further to prevent exor.
bitant charges for services returned
or value received in this manner.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-09-08
Weekly Letter on the ~
New York Situation by
- Hon. Henry M. Mcdonald.

any county petition. through the at
tack OF the democratic managers upon
the validity Of some Of the signatures,
which attack will surely be made, it
is proposed to obtain not less than 100
signatures in each county, and not less
than a total aggregate OF 10000, Your
readers will see at a glance the vast
amount of work and the very consid-
cradle expense involved in this under
taking. Directly after the masterful
speech of acceptance Of Mr.. Watson,
delivered at Cooper Union, this city,
on August IS, preparations began to
be made for putting the above ticket
in the field.
With this end in view, and in order
that close canvass Of the state may
be made by the peoples party, county
organizations have been effected in all
counties in the state, in which cities
of Importance are located. Some of
the strictly rural counties have also
been organized, and the organization
work is being vigorously pushed in
the remainder of such counties
In prosecuting the organization of
the counties, some significant results
have developed. For example, in Chau-
tauqua county Ernest Cawcraft, the
secretary of the regular democratic
county committee, resigned some two
weeks ago, organized new county
committee and has already secured the
pledges Of about 1,000. democrats to
vote for Watson and Tibbles. Mr.. Cav
craft writes that the regular demo-
cratic county committee in his county
is practically disorganized, and that
the same results will be achieved in
three or four adjoining counties within
the next thirty days.
New York county, which polled S46,-
542 votes in 1900. or about two-fifths
greater vote than the state of Me-
braska in that year, has organized
with county committee of forty-five,
Vnich number will be gradually in
creased to about seventy-five. The Of
ficefs OF the county committee are
Louis 3. Parsons, chairman; H. C. S.
Simpson, vice chairman; John r.
Waters, treasurer; w. J. Fitchett, sec
retary; and George M. Everett, SER
gcant at arms. An executive commit
tee. composed of seven members of
the county committee, has also been
elected. The officers Of this committee
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-09-08

fact that national issues were not
prominent in the campaign of 1902,
secured practically all of the so-called
gold democratic vote. which defeated
Mr. Bryan in this state in both 1896
and 1900. In poll of 1,357,87 votes,
Mr.. COler was defeated by only S,S03
votes, which plurality was entirely
caused by local fights which Senator
Hill had on his hands in Albany. Rens-
selear and Clinton counties. 1t will
be noted, change in the vote of less
than two-thirds per cent would have
elected Mr. Coler. This poll, as I have
indicated, shows the cloSeneSS of the
vote OF the two great political parties
of this state.
The managers of these parties, real
iZing this clOseness of vote, view with
great concern the organization of an
independent party Radicals of this
state-more especially the most earnest
supporters of Mr. Bryan in the two
last campaigns, knowing the pivotal
position of the state. and believing it
their duty to stand for radical princi-
pies under any and all circumstances,
have determined to organize a peo-
pies party in the state, for the pur-
pose, not so much of defeating Mr..
Parker, although it is believed that
will be the result of the organization
OF the party, as to further political
movement which will in 1908, or at
the latest in 1912. place an exponent
of jeffersonian democracy in the pres
idential chair.
| say, organize peoples party
since that party which polled in this
state in 1892, 16,429 votes, and in 1894,
II ,049 votes, passed out of official ex-
istence in The stale in 1896, since no
peoples party candidates were, as was
the case in many other states, nomi-
mated in the last mentioned year, in
the. state Consequently, the party did
not poll 10000 votes in this state,
which vote is necessary in order that
"a party may claim place on the Of
fetal fallot.
In order to secure such place again
the state statutes require the verified
signatures of not less than fifty voters
in each of the sixty counties of the
state, and in addition sufficient num-
ber of such signatures to make up
total of 5000 AS matter of fact, in
order to guard against the failure of
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-09-08

ale NJ. G.. Palliser, chairman, 100 VIII
liam street. New York; II. G. S. Stimp-
son, secretary. % Broad street, New
York; and John r. Waters, treasurer,
46 Cedar street, New York. Additional
members OF the committee are Ed
ward Polals, s. G. Levy, John ]. Young,
H. IA. Mcdonald, George W. Thomp-
son and l.. b. Parsons
A convention will be held upon the
i2tn inst for the nomination of q full
electoral and state ticket Immedi-
ately thereafter, signatures will be OBJ
tanned for the verified petitions, which
have described.
AS indicating the concern which g
peoples party movement in this state
is exciting among democratic party
managers, may say that ex-NatiOnal
Committeeman Chairman Jones OF Ar
kansas ex-Secretary Walsh of Iowa,
National Committeeman Johnston OF
Kansas and other prominent Bryan
democrats, who until within the past
few days have been entirely ignored
by Taggert, Sheehan, McCarren, Nj
coll and Belmont. who have been In
exclusive control of national demo-
cratic headquarters, have been hur-
riedly summoned to New York, and
are now installed at democratic ma
ti0nal headquarters in many instances
on fat salaries. These men are en-
deavoring In every way to check the
movement In this state for the organ
lzatio.s of the peoples party. They
will not, however, succeed, as the men
leading the movement can not be
.bribed, caioled or coerced. They are
in the contest to the finish and fully
expect to poll from $4,000 to $4,000
votes for Watson and Tibbles.
Preparations have been made to put
a full electoral and state ticket in the
field in Connecticut These. tickets,
which have been partly made up, Will
be fully completed within the next ten
days.
A convention has been called for
New Jersey. to meet at Long Branch
on September 10, at which q full peo-
ple's party ticket both electoral and
state, will be nominated.
The outlook is. certainly very en-
couraging, and bodies well for the fl-
ture of the country
HENRY M. MCDONALD.
New York. N. "
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-09-08
OUR NEW YORK LETTER

Editor Independent: In this, the
first of series of weekly letters, which
| shall be glad to write you until the
close Of the campaign, relating to the
political situation in the eastern states,
and more particularly the state of New
York, | think it may be Of interest to
your readers to briefly state the polit-
ical conditions existing in this state.
The state of New York polled for
presidential candidates in 1900, 1885,
043 votes. The total electoral vote of
the United States for that year was
1854, ,970-so that this state polled
more than one-ninth of the entire
electoral vote. The magnitude of this
vote indicates the vast amount of work
required to canvas the state, and also
the small percentage of votes which is
needed to-shift the electoral vote of
the state from the republican to the
democratic column, or vice versa. The
managers of these parties recognize
fully the Importance of the vote of this
state. The democrats unhesitatingly
acknowledge that Mr.. Parker can not
win without the state, while on the
other hand the republicans, although
they claim that it is possible that they
can win without the electoral vote of
New York. at the same time concede
that it is probable that Roosevelt will
be defeated if he loses in the empire,
state. Consequently this state will be
the hardest fought portion of the bat
tlefeld of 1904. Both parties knowing
this are using the most strenuous ef-
fort to advance their canvass in this
state
Referring to the closeness of the
vote of this state in normal cleo
ton, may say that we haye not had
an election in which the republicans
and democrats gave fair expression to
their natural party preferences since
1892 until 1902, when ex-Comptroller
Coler, of this city, ran as democratic
candidate for governor. Mr. Coler was
entirely acceptable to the radical DEM
ocrats, or Bryan men, having sup
ported Mr.. Bryan earnestly in 1896 and
1900, being in the first mentioned year
the largest contributor to the cam
paign fund in this state
On the other hand, Mr.. Coler being a
New York banker. coupled with the
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-09-08
Tolls Why He Will Vote For Watson
and Tibbles. Asks Dissatisfied Dem 5
|crnts TO Call Another Convention

the eve of the assembling of that nom
descript convention, it came to my
mind (how | need not say) that the
two great parties" were one and the
same ant-Roosevelt party and that a
change of men and a continuance of
the republican" system of Wall street
plutocracy had been secretly agreed
upon for years before the time came
for making nominations. Roosevelt
was the wolf whom the republicans
caught, as was very well said by the
gentleman from North Carolina. whom
his captors could not hold on TO and
could not let CO." So they held on
to him at Chicago in order to let him
go at st. Louis. The mute stander
turned out to be pat-stander for all
the republicans are concerned about
Wall street plutocratic supremacy by
the sagacious expenditure Of money.
When | saw the monster protruding
his horns from the womb of the ST.
Louis convention. was so disgusted
that Immediately renounced all party
affiliations and became social demo-
crat. Christian socialist My intense
Americanism exposes me To the criti-
cism OF these socialists whose ''coun-
try Is the world. and not America"
| believe that ought 10 have waited
longer: and my present purpose Is, In
view OF the tremendous confusion
caused by the ST. Louis abortion. to
revise and correct my own action.
Surely when such somersauit has
been perpelrated by the pretended
democrats al st. Louis. | am justified
In taking sober second thought aud
IN a,tug with the true American so-
viai democratic party. viz. the peo-
pes rarty. generally known as popu-
liats, CtherS may see in this step an
example worth following.
The candidates ~ the populIst oT
sathtr the peoples party are 10 all
lntentR aud purposes vollcctiyIsss for
popular sovereignty. lndlvldualists for