Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-10-19
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL

Des Mo'nes Oct. is, 1907.
K W. Bobery of Des Moines has re-
.ently returned from the Philippines,
/, bringing home with him number OF
| interesting curiosities and spe linens
| Of natural history, among which is a
| OF of skins of tropical birds, the
| majority of which he presented to the
! state historical museum. Several of
hem are OF gorgeous plumage.
Blashfield, the artist, has nuified
he capitol Improvement commission
that he hopes to be able to place the
large painting which goes above the
landing of the main stairway of the
capitol, by Dec /. The commission
received this information a few days
ago, and elated at the prospect
The information has also reached the
commission that Kenyon Cox is rap
idly completing the lunettes, and that
in all probability he will be able to
place them by the middle of Febru-
airy or during the session of the legis-
lature. Diehlman is at work on the
mosaics, also, but these cannot be
placed before next summer. The COM
missions term of Office expires July
i. Its members believe that practi.
cally all of the work will be complet-
ed by that time.
A special train carrying a number
OF the most prominent road experts
in the country will leave Chicago Oct
10 over the Burlington route for a
lecturing tour through the state of
Iowa. 1t is the intention of the COM
mission behind the good roads move
ment to strike all the larger towns
throughout the southern part of the
state and with lectures and demon
strations with the good roads split
log drag, interest the farmers in
keeping the roadways in their section
of the country in repair Dean Ward
King, who has spent years in the
study of the dirt road, will be with
the party, having consented to be-
come one of the principal lecturers
during the tour.
Having been informed that the Sec
ond Indictment against Tom Denni-
son Of Omaha has been dismissed at
Red Oak on the motion of the state,
which precludes further prosecution
Governor Cummins will immediately
take up the application of Oklahoma
for the return TO that territory OF
Frank Shercliffe, charged with break
ing and entering, and decide the mat
ter on its merits in accordance with
his statement at the time the appli-
cation was presented and urged by
the authorities of Oklahoma. The
governor win decide whether Sher-
cliffe should be given up to Oklahoma
by Iowa on its indictments and show
ing made that he was in that territory
when the crime of which he was &C.
cused was committed.
Rock Island surveyors, running prs.
liminary lines to Des Moines cutting
off the curves and grades between
Des Moines and Malcolm, east of Grin
nell, have arrived in Des Moines. The
air line survey will be carried direct
to Des Moines, cutting off Grinnell,
Newton, Colfax and a number of other
fair sized towns. For long time it
was known that the Rock Island man
lnICIuSu tdhlLS d uduu III
the race for the through mail con-
tract. With a crooked road. and
heavy grades it was not possible to
meet the heavy schedules of the more
fortunate roads. An air line between
Chicago and Omaha was decided the
only thing which would make success.
full competition possible: The new
survey will be used, it is reported
from railroad circles, simply as the
line for the fast mail. The track will
be single, the mail trains returned
eastward on local or through passen-
ger service. This will not cut off
Grinnell or the other towns as sta.
ton, but simply make the cut off a
quick route for the fast mails. Three
of these surveys will be made One
coming from Malcolm direct west to
Des Moines goes, it is claimed, the
farthest south of any of the three lines
chosen upon. The rest will lie be-
tween the present main line and The
newly projected survey.
While kneeling in his kitchen
building fire shortly before O'Clock
a. m. Samuel McConkey, an aged cob
bier of 319 South Jefferson street, was
brutally attacked, beaten and robbed
of Sc by two men, believed to be
Thomas Powell and Patrick O'Brien.
both of whom are under arrest and
have been identified as McConkey's
assailants. McConkey is seriously in
jured and his head bears the marks
of at least ten blows from heavy
instrument.
A state dispensary law similar to
the one in operation in South Caro-
lima may be urged by the united tenn
perance forces of the state at the
coming session of the legislature
The matter came up before the recent
| joint convention of temperance force
in Des Moines, being presented by E.
| B. Howard of Ames in paper read
| at the joint session. Mr. Howard, who
has investigated the state taking the
| liquor business in its own hands, is
| firm believer of this being the only
practical solution of the liquor pro-
blem until the people are ready for
strict prohibition. The legislative
committee had it's attention called to
| the solution of the problem advanced
| by Mr. Howard and it received con-
| siderable discussion, the probability
Of advancing 1t in the legislative lob
! by this winter being considered