Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-04-20
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right to divorce by Judge McHenry
OF the Polk county court. She had
charged that her husband, Anderson
Monroe, was guilty OF cruel and In
human treatment. Mrs. Monroe is the
daughter of a soldier of the civil war,
who died before the struggle was
ended. Her maiden name was Breed
love. Soon after the death of her
husband, the mother of Mrs. Monroe
married q negro. Mrs. Breedlove had
seven daughters and these following
the example of their mother all mar
ried negroes. Thus there are seven
daughters and a mother all of whom
are wives to black husbands.
The X-ray has received the judicial
sanction in Iowa. Law on this sub
ject was made by the supreme court
few days ago when 1t decided that
sciagraph or photograph is adj
missible as evidence on basis iden-
teal with photographs. It was the
first decision of the Iowa court on
the X-ray and follows the decisions
In Tennessee. Washington, Nebraska
and Wisconsin. Objection to the al
mission of an X-ray photograph of
bullet in the spinal column OF officer
Baker of Council Bluffs was made by
the lawyers of 19-year-old George
Matheson, who appealed from SEN
tence of eight years for attempted
murder of the policeman. While the
supreme court gives sanction to the
X-ray photograph. 1t reversed the
Judgment on other grounds and
Matheson gets a new trial.
Governor Cummins while In Wash
lngton secured a promise from the
war department that within six
months the Iowa National guard may
draw the coats of it's new uniforms
and have the same charged against
its superintendent of the National
guard fund or supplies. 1t was I'M
possible to make an arrangement for
Immediately equipping the guard with
the new uniforms. While it Is true
that New York secured It's uniforms
1t was by at least an evasion, II not
A violation Of the law which evoked
an order from the secretary of war
positively forbidding the adoption OF
a similar plan in the case of any other
state.
Tax payers of Iowa must contrib
ute $25,693, S42.GS to the support OF
school, municipal, city and state gov
eminent this year. This sum in
cludes all the taxes levied on the
state on the 1904 valuations except
special Improvement taxes in cities
and the .mulct law tax. 1t Is not quite
100000 more than the tax levy for
last year, which was SIS, 59S, 513.59.
Auditor of State Carroll has just CON-
pleted totals for the tax for 1904 as
reported to him by the county audi
tors. These figures showed a total
taxable valuation of all property in
the state of $640,060, 468. The real
value of this property being four
times the taxable, makes the total
valuation of all Iowa property over
two and half billions of dollars. On
this valuation is tax total of $25,693.-
S42.5S to be collected the present
year. OF the tax collection by far
the largest sum goes to district
schools which will receive $685.
S07.65. The county school fund will
also receive 1923, 26014. The counties
will get 1854, 0S6.16, while the NUM-
cipalities of the state require $4,021,-
62616. The state itself gets s1,919,-
263.57. The special tax for the state
university and Ames Agricultural COL
lege net them each $127,971.S7 and
the State Normal gets $63,9S4.90 from
It's levy, If all of the taxes are collect
ed. For township roads alone $1,749,-
1888 has been levied. The sold
iers' relief fund Of the ninety-nine
counties amounts to $167,164.6t.
State Veterinarian Koto appeared
before the state board Of health to
make a report as to the prevalence OF
tuberculosis among the swine Of the
state. In an interview he said
"The packers have called the atten-
ton of the department to the fact
that the presence of tuberculosis Is
found in a large number of hogs on
post-mortem. The disease has been
traced to localities where the disease
has been prevalent among cattle. II
is especially noticeable in Iowa now
among the swine. | am not prepared
to make an estimate as to the per
cent of the swine which are afflicted
but the reports from the packing
houses where meat passes the gov.
eminent inspectors are very interest
ing, and indicate that the department
will have work to do to rid the state
Of the disease. Many localities seem
to be included in the list from which
the diseased hogs have been shipped.
The prevalence of tuberculosis among
cattle is no greater now than for
merly. The disease seems to be TAX
ing the place of hog cholera in the
concern Of the swine growers Of the
state, but ii has not attained any such
extent as that disease did, as yet"
Thomas Durham, an old resident
of Littleton, had one finger mashed
while operating a feed grinder. The
machine became choked with grain
and in clearing 1t he used his hand
instead of stick. Dr. Haradon took
out pieces of bone and dressed the
wound and thinks he may save the
finger If blood poisoning does not set
In. In that case 1t must be ampu.
tated.
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