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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-21

A mischievous boy in Hamburg,
named Franz Krause, while in a
menagerie, pricked an elephants
trunk with a penknife. The animal
wound it's trunk round the boy and
dashed him so violently against wall
that he died in a few hours.
A brown African goose in North
Attleboro, Mass, lately amazed it's
owner, Preston d. White, By produc-
ing an egg of extraordinary size.
Around it's longest circumstances it
measured IL 7-S inches, and 10 inches
around it's shortest. The goose weighs
10 pounds.
The imperial Canal in China is the
longest one in the world, and con-
meets no fewer than forty-one cities in
the course of itS eight hundred miles.
Ferocious sharks, which have not
been seen in the Baltic for more than
a century, have again appeared off
the Danish and German coasts, and
give the fishermen much trouble.
Bees are excellent weather pro-
phets. There is COMMON saying that
"a bee was never caught in shower"
When rain is impending, bees do not
go far afield, but ply their labor in
the immediate neighborhood of their
hives.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-21
JEALOUS YOUTH SHOOTS
GIRL AND SUICIDES

Muscatine, Sept. 15.-Because she
refused to attend the Wilton fair with
him, Arthur Webb shot and killed
Nettie Derby yesterday morning in
her school house, twelve miles north
of Muscatine. After killing the girl,
he went behind the school house,
where he drank bottle of laudanum
and then shot himself.
For some time he had been in love
with the Derby girl, but she refused
to accept his attentions. On Wednes-
day he was in Muscatine all day and
purchased a revolver, claiming to
friends that he was going to Square
a few things" .....
He drove to the Nolte farm where
he worked and put up his team, but
went to the school house, a short dis
lance away, and secreted himself in
the attic. He remained there until
school was out yesterday morning
and came down through the scuttle
hole. Miss Durby had but one pupil
with her. This pupil rushed from
the building and Webb held the door
shut.
A struggle ensued as the unfortun-
ate teacher fought for her life. Webb
secured possession of his revolver
and shot her three times, twice in the
head and once in the arm. He then
went back of the school house and
over a fence into a potato patch and
there drank the laudanum and shot
himself in the head. The little girls
father rushed to the scene and the
body was found just inside the door,
the room being in state of disorder
on account of the desperate struggle
which took place.
Both parties were from good par
ents.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-21

Meat is seldom seen on the break
fast table in Austria and Germany.
nor is much use made of prepared
cereals. Wheat rolls and rye bread
form the staple breakfast food.
Prof. Stinson asserts that the gen.
erous use of APPLES will improve the
disposition, removing all disagreeable
feelings, and making existence more
enjoyable for ALL He also declares
that apples are an infallible cure for
the drink and tobacco habits, and that
their use as a daily article of diet will
have a wonderful effect upon the
whole system.
The elephant is credited with be-
ing the most long-lived, as well as
the most intelligent of all animals.
There are instances of their having
lived to beyond tie age of 300 years.
In 1899 the town of Kettle Falls,
Wash, was on the wave of prosperity.
A hotel built there in that year cost
$4,000. 1t has just been sold for
$500, while number of town lots
were sold at from five cents to
twenty-five dollars each. The sale
was made by the county commits
sJoners on foreclosure for delinquent
taxes, and marked the end of a boom
town.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-21
Want Taxation CHANCES.

Burlington, Sept. ia resolution
demanding that the legislature pass
a law so that properties of railroad,
telephone, telegraph and express
companies shall be taxed in proper
ton to the value of that property ly.
ing within the corporate limits was
passed by the Iowa League of Mu
inequalities. Mayor Caster was chosen
president for next year. Des Moines
was chosen as the next place OF
meeting.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-21
DROPPED DEAD IN BUGGY.
Thomas Payne, Boone County Pioneer,
Is Stricken.

Boone, Sept. 1S.-While driving
home last evening from the home of
a friend, where he and his wife had
taken dinner and spent the afternoon,
Thomas Payne, one of the best known
pioneers of Boone county, and one OF
it's wealthiest men, dropped dead in
his buggy. The cause of death is sup
posed to be heart failure.
Mr. Payne was one of the wealth
lest men in the county, and leaves an
estate valued at $150,000. He owned
1000 acres of valuable land, all loca-
ted near Boone.
He was veteran of the civil war,
having enlisted in Company G, Thirty
second Iowa, fifty years ago, entering
the army from Boone. Mr.. Payne was
"a years old.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-21

There are more men than women in
the state of Minnesota. There are
more women than men in the state of
Massachusetts,. Obviously matters
might be equalized if the extra ones
would only agree to enter into the
married state.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-21

Mrs. Frank Leslie says women
should not marry until they are %.
Editor Box thinks men should marry
before they are 25. How under the
shining canopy can this matter be
compromised
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-21

Right politics is true manhood,
which is always candid, upright,
straightforward, truthful and unset.
fish. There should be no other kind
on the face of the earth.-Ohio State
Journal.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-21

The New York World announces the
discovery of a new kind of hygaeno-
grathus. Any old hygaenograthus is
good enough for the average citizen,
however.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-21

The archbishop of Canterbury says:
"a child who has not learned obedi.
ence at the age of two never learns
it." Yes; but it can be unlearned
after the age of two.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-21

If Japan and Russia want to con-
test for the good opinion of the WORLD
let them run race to see which can
get home first. Manchuria will biz
them Godspeed.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-21

They have sea cat at the New
York aquarium. 1t is of the mollusk
family, and is described as resembling
brown kitten with black spots. We
haye seen sea dogs, but sea cats are
rare.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-21

A Paterson, N. j.. woman confesses
that she has seven husbands. If the
authorities had let her alone a little
longer she might have had baseball
team of her own.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-21

Only two counties of Massachu-
sets have departed from the ancient
tradition of the state. All the others
contain, as the census shows, more
women than men.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-21

1t may be said to the credit of Maine
that when the peace champagne was
to be drunk it was necessary to send
to New Hampshire to get the glasses.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-21

A Pennsylvania woman is suing her
husband for divorce because he is
bald. Wonder what she expects a
married man to be, anyway.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-21

Honest, now, without looking, if
somebody asked you who was victor
in the Russo7Japanese war what
would you say?-New York Evening
Mail.
That's easy. The landlord of the
Hotel wentworth.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-21

Prof. Metchnikoff says one may live
1870 years on a sour milk diet. But
what's the use?
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-21

The story that Russell Sage has of
erred $40 reward for the return of a
maltese cat that has disappeared from
nis premises must be a fake, of
course.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-21

A rich eastern girl has been writing
poems. Read them; they are also
rich.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-21

Norway and Sweden are having
trouble in cutting the bonds. Our Only
trouble is in not having enough bonds
to cut
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-21

Before even lineup or scrim-
mage had taken place in the first
football practice of the season, Glen
Mills, Council Bluffs high school
player, broke his collar bone by at
tempting to fall on the ball, but light
ing on the ground instead. Mills is one
of last years team and an experienced
player. He will be out of the game
all season.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-21

Now that an Iowa judge has en-
Joined a young man from counting
certain girl, he must want her more
than ever.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-21

The French government is going to
make J. Pierpont Morgan a command
err of the Legion of Honor. Now let
King Edward come to bat. We under
stand that there is vacancy in the
Order of the Garter.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-21

The steamship La Lorraine heard of
peace by wireless teIegraphy when 500
miles out at sea. Good news nova
days travels in seven-leage boots.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-21

AS the private soldiers have nothing
against one another, they are glad
enough to quit shooting.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-21

One of the artistic effects" adver
tised by the milliners this fall is guar
anteed to put an artistic $3.50 crimp in
the husbands pocketbOok.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-21

An American circus is stranded at
Grenoble, France, and the walking be-
tween there and home is reported to
be very bad.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-21

Junket, hey? Is travelling N strange
countries in hot weather and having
to eat whales much of a junket for
fat man ?-Secretary Taft.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-21

A physician has discovered a way
of preventing scars. His method will
not be popular with German students.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-21

Diamonds have again been advanc-
ed in price. If this goes on hotel
clerks will soon be unable to provide
themselves with the necessities of life.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-21

Tamagno the tenor. died worth sew
eral millions because he did his own
washing and cooking his own maca-
roni and never allowed himself to
have a good time. Lots of. people in
this country have not the making of
Italian tenors, thank goodness.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-21

The man who tried to go through
the ceiling with his automobile may
have been seeking a road where there
is no speed limit
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-21

New York is having gospel meetings
in Hel's Kitchen. Well, if they had
to be in New York anyway
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-21

The duke and duchess of MARI
borough have been visiting Paris.
They sat in the cafe de la Paix and
drs-k beer, probably to show that
they we're odd and could reverse the
usual formula. They have a cham
payne income and beer thirst.
The copper era., 1905-03-16
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS. Old Cabinet Remains. Except COrteIy0u
 Who Succeeds Haynne.

The following nominations were sent to the senate by the president:
 Members of Cabinet: John Hay. of District of Columbia. secretary of state: Leslie NJ. Shaw. of Iowa. secre- tary of the treasury: William H. Taft. of Ohio, secretary of war: William IT, Moody. of Massachusetts. attorney general: George B. Cortel- you. of New York, postmaster gen eral: Paul Morton. of Illinois, sccre- tary of the navy; Ethan A. Hitch cock, of Missouri. secretary of the interior: James Wilson. of Iowa. secretary of agriculture; Victor H. Mctcalf. of California, secretary of commerce and labor.
 Ambassadors, extraordinary and ministers plcnjpotent,arv White law Reid. of New York. to Great Britian: Robert <. Mccormick. of Illinois. to France: George V. L. Meyer. of Massachusetts. to Russia: Edwin H. Conger. of Iowa. to Mexico: Henry White, of Rhode Island. to Italy.
 EnvoyS extraordinary and ministers pcnipotentiary: William Woodville Rockhil. of District of Columbia. to China: David ]. Hill, of New York. to The Netherlands: Henry Lane Wilson, of Washington. to Belgium: Brutus ]. Clay. of Kentucky. to Switzerland: Thomas ]. O'Brien. of Michigan. to Denmark; Charles !. Graves, of Minnesota, to Sweden and Norway.
 There were other and numerous nominations to serve as ministers in South American republics and at European nations, besides various nominations for conSults at European capitols.
The copper era., 1905-03-16
A Coming Home City.

Douglas is making marked progress in many ways. not only as q coming commercial and smclting center, but d desirable city for homes.
 A magnificent Y. M. C. \. building is in process of construction which would be a credit to any city of thirty thousand inhabitants.
 Now the w. C. T. |. has organized q strong association and other like associations will follow.
 Fraternal societies have been es- tablished which is always an index to the helpful and cooperative spirit of the people. as well as abiding faith they have in the present and future of the town.
 The fact is that the Copper Queen people do this kind of thing where ever they plant themselves. The in iluence of Phelps. Dodge X Co. is al ways manifest for the general well fare. the moral and religious inter- eSts ot their employees.
 This fact makes these people splcn- did factors in the business of state building. They are most desirable state builders. for the introduction of good material into the structure of the commonwealth
The copper era., 1905-03-16
The Man Ne Like to Meet.

Some unknown philosopher says: We love the man with the roses on his tongue, the man who sees the boys dirty face. but mentions his bright eyes: who notices your studi- ous habits; the man who sees all your faults. but whose tongue is quick to praise and slow to blame. We like to meet man whose smile will light up drearine>s. whose voice is full of music like the birds: whose hand shake is an inspiration and his God bless q benediction. He makes us forget our troubles as the ravens dismal croak is forgotten when the woodthrush sings. God bless the man of cheer. There i> plenty of trouble here. but We need not in- crease it. There is q lot of dying done ahead of time.
The copper era., 1905-03-16
Contest Notice
Department of th c Interior.
 United States Land Office.

TUCSON, Arizona, March 7 1905.
 A sufficient contest affidavit having been filed in this office by James F.. Creed, contest ant. against homestead entry No. 3ll5, made June TO- 1899. for Lots and s of Section l9' Township 6-S Range 3I-E.. bv Joseph w. Cor don. Contested in which it is alleged that said Joseph w. Gordon has not lived upon cu- tivated or otherwise improved said above oe- scribcd lands during the past five years except during period of about sixty days at the time of filling on said land, and that said absence not due to his employment in the Army, Navy. or Marine Corpse private soldier seaman. officer. or marine. during the war with Spain. or any other war in which the United States has been engaged, said parties are here by notified to appear, respond and offer evi- dcncc touching said allegation at 10 o'clock m on April 20, 1905, before Charles W. Beck Court Commissioner. Clifton Arizona, (and that final hearing will be held att o'clock P. m April 2, 1905, before) the Register and Re ceiver at the United States Land Office in Tue son, Arizona.
 The said contestant having. in proper af- da vii, filed March q. 1915. set forth facts which show that after due dilgent personal service of this notice can not he made, ii is hereby order ed and dire ,tcd that such notice be given by due and proper publication.
 MILTON R. MOORE Register.
 First publication March l6 1905.
The copper era., 1905-03-16
BIGGEST BATTLE IN HISTORY.
Russian Army Almost Wiped Gut of tx-
 istence-Pedce May Come.

Estimated losses of the battles fought around Mukden for the past two weeks show that it is the bloodi- est in modern history, and the great est since the Franco-Prussian war. when G2. OO0 men were lost at the bat tie of GravelOtte.
 Japan is in a frenzy of jubilation over Ovama's defeat of KurOpatkin.
 From the most correctly informed quarters and conservative estimates the Russian casualties exceed 150,- 00O. while the prisoners will number from j0. .0O0 to 100000 It is believed the Japanese casualties are fully as heavy. making the series of battles the most sanguinary in history.
 The full extent of the Russian dis aster is still unknown. It is known however. that their casualties and losses in guns and munitions of war are enormous.
 The remnant of the Russian army i> advancing north along the railroad. but badly demoralized. being caught between the wedge and the extreme Japanese left. northwest of Nukden. They have been heavily punished all along the route. the Japanese she'll ing the disordered masses.
 The St. Petersburg correspondent of the London Times. cables his paper that the last message from KurOpat- kin was: = am surrounded.
 The losses in operations preceding the battle and those in tine battle proper must have reached enormous proportions, but up to the present neither side has attempted an esti- mate. They will exceed the Shakhe losses. in which the Russians alone lost in killed. wounded and missing. G. .O0O men.
 Everyone in St. Petersburg is dis cussing peace. which many of the staunchcst advocates of war. bureau crats and officers, declare inevitable. It openly is bruited that Roiest- verky's fleet has been recalled and i, now on it's way hOmeward.
 Aside from peace. defeat may bring other consequences in its train. That enormous impetus has been given to the reform movement k plain even to the most reactionary conservative, but the immediate result chiefly dreaded is the effect on internal dis orders, not only in the capital but also upon the millions of peasants in the vast agricultural sections.
 Outwardly St. Petersburg iS calm. A stranger in the streets would not know that the armies defending the honor and prestige of Russia had just sustained a crushing defeat.
The copper era., 1905-03-16
Notice of Forfeiture.

To Placido Alvarez and Pedro Michclcna:
 Y, n and each or you are hereby notified that l have expended during tEc year le4 Two hundred dollars in labor and improvCm up on the following mining claims or lodcs situated in Greculcc Gold Mountain Mining district. County of Grahlm. Territory of Arizona. viz
 The Silvcrinn Mining claim location notice of which is duly recorded in the office Of the County Recorder of Graham cuuuty, Territory of Arizona. in Book II Record of Mines nt page 75 thereof. The Compaua de Cobra min ing claim. location notice of which k duly re- Graham county. Arizona. in Book n Record of CT, of Mines al page 96 under thereof: in or:er to hold said premises the provisions of Section 23ti Revised Statutes of ths United States. bring th" amount required to hold the same for the year 1901, and if within ninety days after this notice by publication you fail or refuse 10 contribute vour proportion of such expenditure. including the cost of publica- % tiou of this notice as co-ov ncrs, your. and each of yonr interests in said claims will become the property of the subscriber under said section.
 i-6 GEORGE BURKNEE.
The copper era., 1905-03-16
The COlOnel's Waterloo.

Colonel John NJ. Fuller. of Honey Grove. TeXas. nearly met his Water loo, from Liver and Kidney trouble. In recent letter. he says: "I was nearly dead. of these complaints. and although tried my family doctor. he did me no good; so I got 50c bot tie of your great Electric Bitters. which cured me. l consider them the best medicine on earth. and thank God who gave you the knowledge to make them" Sold. and guaranteed to cure, Dyspepsia, Biliousness and Kidney Disease, by all druggists. at DOC q bottle.
The copper era., 1905-03-16
Germany Thinks Japan Too Bold.

! \ strong am l-Jd Ddnc>c ItCllH8 l> rapidly developing in Germany. and
 many openly advocate that Germany
 go to the assistance of Russia if she
 wants to keep her colonies in the
 far east. Their success in the pres cnt war has evidently been too much ! for the Japanese, and the tone of the Japanese press is growing more and more anti-forci"n.
 Tokio papers begin to threaten that wars with France. Great Britain, ! Germany and the United States are to follow the humiliation of Russia and say that Japan will in time en- force q Monroe doctrine in Asia. and will make it their object to drive all 1 Europeans out of Asia. beginning with driving France out of Tanquin and ending with oustin% the Ameri- cans from the Philippines.
 Even the moderate papers have dropped the mask which in the be- ginning deceived so many Europeans. They even laugh to think that the NHitO pOppIO NNlt lpplloH CHOuSH IO believe the solemn asSurances of q few months ago.
 conservative Tokio paper, the Nikongin is quoted in Germany as saying:
 "Therc iS something utterly ridicu- lous in the idea which our diplomats made the European powers believe in. that we arc only fighting to insure peace in the east. They will soon know better when their turn to take the medicine comes.
 "CnleSs We had something of i'm portancc to gain for ourselves why should We have undertaken this war. which has cost Ills so much valiant blood and treasure? We have q pur- pose and will keep it before our eyes until it is accomplished that is whcr the foreigners have been shown the way back to the countries from which they came to sweep down like vul- tures on what they thought was d dead body. They probably see that they have made mistake now. for even if China is dead and unable to defend herself, Japan is very much alive.
 We will never allow the Far East ern question to be settled by the Europeans and Americans. who have invaded this part of the world with out shadow of right. and who will always be aliens to Us. The Far Eastern question must be settled bv an empire which has risen in the Far East-Japan. The peace of the Ori- ental Far East, under the transform ing influence of Japan, a great en- pire will be formed on the Far East ern shores of the AsiatiC continent
 These are plain words which can not be misunderstood, says a Berlin paper. and it will be interesting to see whether the United States and England will continue to svmpathize with and admire d nation who looks forward with anxiety and longing to the day when it shall be ,trong enough to drive them out of Asia :, l
The copper era., 1905-03-16
Incredible Brutality.

It would have been incredible bru. tality if Chas. F. Lcmberger. ot Syracuse. N. Y, had not done the best he could for his suffering son. My boy" he says. ''cut q fearful gash over his eye. so l applied Buck lens Arnica Salve. which quickly healed it and saved his eve" Good for burns and ulcers too. Only 25c at all druggists.
The copper era., 1905-03-16

The Black Hills Mining Review. of Deadwood. South Dakota. quotes MT. Charles w. Merrill. metallurgiSt of the Home>take Mining company. as saying before meeting of the Black Hills Mining Mems Association that the cost of crushing ore at the Ami GUS mill. belonging to the company. was now only lS cents per ton. The Black Hills Mining Review is de- >irou> of knowing whether that has ever been beaten.
The copper era., 1905-03-16
For an Impaired Appetite.

Loss of appetite always results rom faulty digestion. All that is needed Is a few doses of Chamber l;,, 1aln stomach and Liver Tablets. They will idviporate the stomach. strengthen the digestion and give you an appetite like a wolf. These Tablets also act as a gentle laxative. For sale by all dealers in medicine.