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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-07-26
RlNGlIaCS' MARVELLOUS ANIMALS
Their Acts in r ngling Brothers
Circus Almost Surpass the Pos
sihla-Recenf lrnnnrtnd Acts

SUSoS fN'''oSt SuTpaSS tne TVS
sible-Recent Imported Acts.
The trained animal exhibition In
Ringing Brothers circus, which is to
exhibit in Des Moines Friday, July
"a, is one of the wonderful features
that separates this great show from
all others. In their big program OF
circus sensations. animals of almost
every kind and from every cline are
shown not only to have sense. but a
capacity for education truly marvel
Gus. Lions, bears, zebras. elks, seals,
horses dogs and many other species
act with an almost human under
standing, and demonstrate in van:
ETY. of odd and entertaining ways that
they are endowed with something
more than instinct. The quick intel.
ligence of the horse is beautifully
illustrated. To see squadrons of the
handsome beasts with this great show
drill, dance, speed and evei act Is
fascinating sight. All the performing
horses are thoroughbreds, and perfect
types from illustrious ancestry. No
show in the world has one-half as
many valuable horses as the Ringing
Brothers carry and use in their uu.
$50 animals in this remarkable equine
collection. But the beautiful horses
are not the only attraction among the
performing animals. Think Of herd
OF forty elephants. The Ringing
Brothers carry this many. Half OF
these have been taught to do amaz
ing things. For instance, play must
cal instruments correctly, dance to
lively tune turn acrobatic feats, bal
ance, juggle, box and actually act
out comedy scene with humorous
spirit, The ponderous beasts move
fast and work with relish. None of
the usual prodding, so unpleasantly
evident In other exhibitions of this
kind, is required by the Ringing
Brothers performing herd. Herr
Souder, the most successful trainer
Of elephants in the world, Is in charge
of this immense herd, and to him is
due the credH Of teaching the bulky
brutes the wonderful things they do.
Bears, zebras, dogs, monkeys, ponies
and savage jungle beasts are thought
to do the bidding of the trainers In
wondrous ways. Among the unique
rareties In the geological collection are
two CRATES, the last of their tribe,
naturalists and explorers claim; a
rihnoceros, the only one in captivity;
splendid specimens of the gnu or
horned horse; an Gland and q nur.
sery Of baby animals.
Ringing Brothers have imported
more circus artists OF European celeb
rity for this season than ever before.
Among the riders appearing here for
the first time are the Clark Brothers,
four Bedinis and Gilbert Eldred The
DeKocks, Frank upside Down
Smith, the Colini-Cairon troupe, the
five Mowatts, the Alvos, the Dacoma
family, the Clarkonians, Ernesto Sis
tiers, Ouri family five Normans, Young
Bros, Aerial Smiths, Nelson Cons
iques, Marguerite and Hanley, Herr
Fuss, Webb-Romallo and DeVenes are
at the head of the great gymnastic
bill. The circus program in its en-
tirety is the largest ever offered by
the Ringing Brothers, and includes
more imported and exclusive features
than ever seen in a single arenic ex-
hibition before.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-07-26
NEWS IN A NUTSHELL.

The citizens estimate the earthquake
loss in Socorro at $4,000 at the out
side. Since July there has been over
100 slight tremors.
Winston Churchill, novelist, formal
ly opened his campaign for the Repub-
lican nomination for governor of New
Hampshire at a rally in Concord.
Brig. Gen. Edmund Rice tretired)
died at his home in Wakefield, Mass,
after brief illness of heart disease.
He was Ga years of age. A widow sur.
wives him.
A sentence OF five years in Mounds
vile, w. Va, penitentiary was i'm
posed on Joseph A. Hull, young man
with an international police record.
charged with forgery
A portrait of the late Secretary of
State John Hay. personally selected
by Mrs. Hay, was placed in the dip.
lomatic reception room in the state
department at Washington.
George Simonds, one of the con.
ductors of a Observation-Disclosures ex.
cursion party bound for Alaskan
points, committed suicide at Seattle
by shooting himself in the head
1t is stated that in view OF political
considerations necessitating his pres.
ence In Russia, Emperor Nicholas has
abandoned his intended tour abroad
and informed Emperor William to
that effect.
Judge John A. Rich, who sat in the
criminal court at st. Joseph, Mo-, to
try the case of a dram shop keeper
arrested for selling liquor on Sunday.
rendered decision against the sa,
loon keeper.
The report that Gen. Stoessel has
been sentenced to death has shocked
the public sentiment of Japan. Mill
tary opinion, from the highest to the
lowest, conscientiously believes the
verdict wrong.
Ground was broken for the new IN
dependence hall at the site of the
jamestown exposition. The building
will be an exact reproduction of In,
dependence hall at Philadelphia and
will be Pennsylvania state building
w. w. Flat, of Smith Bros. Sheep
company, pleaded guilty in the Unit
ed States court at Helena, Mont, to
Illegally fencing public lands in
Meagher county, and was fined $500
and sentenced to the county jail for
"a hours.
Attorneys for ]. B. Gosage, of San
Francisco served notice of application
for receiver for the Brotherhood OF
American Yeomen, a fraternal insur
ance order covering many western
states, with headquarters in Des
Moines, la.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-07-26
WHY SHE THOUGHT 1T
APPEALED TO HER.

would you not like to fly with me
to some hidden part of the world"
asks the enamored youth, where the
false conventions OF modern society
are things unknown, where the ham,
pering requirements Of our present
civilization are unheard of, where the
people live near to natures heart,
dreaming naught Of our silly changes
of fashion, knowing naught Of the al
lurements of hats and dresses and"
"Oh. Harold" exclaims the sweet
young thing. "Is there such a place?
Oh, how wonderful 1t would be to go
there!"
do you mean that would go?" he
cries, his voice thrilling with a won
drous upsurging of soul.
would 1? 1t would be heavenly!
Think Of being able to introduce all
the latest things in bridge and shirt
waists and bonnets among those wom-
en-, and make them all realize what
frightful back numbers they are!'|
Life.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-07-26
THE MARKETS.
Grain, Provisions, Etc.

SHlCdSO, July Il.
FLOUR-Firm. Spring wheat, special
brands. $500; Minnesota, hard patent
jute, $.30@4.50; Minnesota, hard patent,
straight, export bags, $3.40a3GO; clear, ex-
port bags, $3.OOq340.
WHEAT Declines. September, 76d
77Bc; December, 76kd7Shc.
CORN-Weak. July, 4S%a5OHc; Sep
TENDER, 49KqjOAc.
oATs-Active. July, 3Sa3S%c; septem.
Der, 32433Bc.
RYE-Easier. Receipts were cars.
July closed at Csc asked and September
at 5S1sc bid and SOC asked. Cash No. 1
was nominally 59462c.
BUTTER-Steady. Creamery. per h..
1S4211sc; dairies, 1441Sc.
EGGS-Firm. Fresh eggs, at mark, new
cases included, 14c per dozen; prime flrsts.
Ice; extras, 1Sc.
LIVE POULTRY - Steady. Turkeys,
per h., 12c; chickens. fowls. per h., 12c:
ducks. 11a1Sc.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-07-26
polio. unearth Stolen Goods.

Mason City.--The county and city
officers with railroad detectives made
raid in half dozen places and I'M
earthed over three thousand dollars
worth of goods stolen from the vari-
Gus railroads. Most was found In a
cave at Will Harvey's home in the
north part of the city. Harvey. James
Smith, known as "Big Nike" and
Allen Campbell have been arrested
and other arrests will follow. Off,
GERS have been working on the case
for six months.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-07-26

kilograms are frequently miscon.
strued. A members Of the British
Parliament was announced to make a
speech at Derby, and, being unable
to do so because the heavy rains had
destroyed a section Of the branch rail-
way, sent a telegram as follows:
Cannot come; washouc on the line"
In a few hours the reply came:
Never mind; borrow shirt"
The horn of a rhinocerous is not
part Of the bone of the head, but
merely grows on the skin.
I'VE are not living in the millen.
ium, but In the millionairium," says
the Hon. James b. Belford of Denver.
kissing in public Is unlawful in
Russia. A kiss on the street is pun
ishable by fine of three dollars; on
street-car, about two dollars more.
A declaration Of love on postal
card makes the writer liable to a fine
of two dollars. This Is to compel the
writers Of loye-gush to conceal their
rapturous sentiments in the seclu-
sion of sealed envelope.
There Is not a single moment in
life that we can afford to lose.-Boul.
burr.
There is this to be said about a
pepper-and-salt suit-It is always
seasonable.
A young man In Atlantic received a
letter from Billville which surprised
him. Here are its main features:
"John, old Teller, this is to let you
know that your uncle is In jail, an
wants you to send him his fiddle, his
slippers. jug o. the kind o. corn
Ticker he likes best, an a hymn book
with the hymns he knows in 1t, SOS
he won't lose his religion in them
ungodly surroundings"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-07-26
Prominent Democrat Dead.

Chicago, July 21.-James w. Dun
can, once one of the leaders of the
Democratic party in Illinois, and
prominent among the members of the
Chicago bar, died at his home here,
after ten days illness. The disease
which brought death to Mr.. Duncan
was leukemia. concerning which med
ical science knows little. 1t causes
multiplication of the white corpuscles
of the blood, producing fatal blood
weakness.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-07-26
FISH CAUGHT IN TRAP.

County Commissioner George w.
Ringle, Of lie Roy, Kan, tells fish
story that he insists is true. George
says that William Mckay, of lie Roy,
recently caught catfish in an ordi-
nary steel trap. And more than that,
they say that Mr.. Mckay has been
a fisherman a number of years and
b still truthful man. The fish cap
!ured in this unsual manner was a
Fellow catfish. weighing about nine
pounds, and Mr.. McKay's theory is
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-07-26
Ames Mules Suffer Insult.

onawa.--Henry Harlow, the presi.
dent Of the State Good Roads associa-
lion, will attend the state good roads
school at Ames from Aug. IL to Aug.
10 He is authorized to take four
teams of mules from Onawa, II neces-
sary, so as to give practical demon
stration of the work. The mules have
10 be educated" to do good road
work. and 1t Is feared the mules at
Ames are not sufficiently intelligent
to properly perform their duties.
hence the invasion by the Onawa
mules to the town Of the agricultural
college.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-07-26
ragedy in Missouri.

Barnard, Mo-, July 21.-Edward
Walker, a young farmer. cut the
throat of his 19-year-old wife, and
then slashed his own throat. He is
dead and she cannot recover. A note
found indicates that the couple had
agreed to die together. Walker was
discharged from hospital for the In.
sane five years ago.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-07-26
Commission Reports.


Des Moines.-The first annual re-
port of the Iowa state highway COM
mission, just appearing in public form,
shows that taxes were levied for col
lection in 1904 In Iowa for road pur-
poses in these sums: County road tax,
s547, 1909; township road tax, $2,2S3,-
1879; $1,62S,720; total, $4,459,l
Since then the levy has been in
creased.
The commission has compiled cen.
Sus returns of one township only in
each cos,nty, showing the enormous
use of the roads of Iowa. The figures
covering the entire state are now be-
Ing made by the commission. The
following is summary OF the totals
and averages for the single townships
In each county:
Average
Acres reported ............... 20,iSS
Full loads hauled weigh, lbs. :. 10000
Distance to market, miles. 500. AT
Ton mile hauling. ........... 22,JbD
Time per round trip, hours. 49,. 80
Times required per arce hrs, j. 69.01
Miles of light travel. ........ 1928
The commission recommends that
laws be enacted In Iowa providing for
\ larger unit of administration and
skilled superintendent In rotd max.
Ing, the county remaining the unit
Of administration of road funds. 1t
recommends the following:
state supervision OF the highways
In general way, particularly along
the line OF Investigations for new
methods OF construction and other
plans Of improvements. The county
and township road officers should also
be required to furnish reports OF the
work being done and expenditures OF
funds to the state commission on
blanks furnished by them. These re-
ports should then be compiled and
published annually for the whole
state.
"A county engineer should have the
immediate superintendent Of the
work done by the county and general
supervision of the township work.
Preparation of road material by
convicts.
"In company with II. II. Hauke, a
Clinton county supervisor, n member
Of the commission drove over q mum.
Der of miles of macadam road which
Is being built in that county out OF
the county road fund and the mulcC
tax. These roads are being built at
reasonable price and the county has
made considerable progress In the
construction Of earth, gravel and
stone roads, as Is shown In the accom-.
panying report. The work Is done
under the direction OF the county
surveyor, Mr.. Hart, who Is really en-
gineer to the county board. The work
Is all let by contract and In a busi'
ness like manner. The specifications
and contract and report are Enclosed
with this report to show the admins
tration OF road funds that could be
obtained by developing the office Of
county surveyor into that OF county
| enpineprb
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-07-26
Ex-Kansas Mayor Dead.

LeavenwCrth, Kan, July 21.-Dr.
Shaw F. Nicely, for four terms Dem
ocratic mayor of Leavenworth and
United States marshal for the east
ern district of Kansas under Presi-
dent Cleveland during his second
term, died here of neuralgia of the
heart. DR.. Nicely for several years
published the Leavenworth Evening
Standard, which went out of exist
ence in 1908.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-07-26
pes Molnes Day at Fair.

In response to a request from tn,
management of the Iowa state felt
the directory board of the Commercial
club decided to recommend to Mayor
Mattern that Monday afternoon, Aug
27, be Des Moines day. This recon-
mendation will be forwarded to the
mayor. The Iowa state fair manage
ment requested the directory board
Of the club to determine a day to b.
known as Des Moines day, so that II
could be announced in the advertis
ing and literature which is being sem
out.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-07-26

THEY BENT TO LIFT THE TIMBER.
river bank, where each was served a
portion of rice; and when this food
had been devoured ravenously, the
days work upon the bridge began.
The bridge was a part of that slen-
der thread which the Russian apider
had swung from continent to CONT
nent.
Ho Toi and his twenty-odd bedfe!-
lows, though but so many atoms in the
millions to be ensnared, were for the
moment invaluable to those VINO
wished communication quickly estab-
lished.
When they were set to work, Ho Toll
sought out the man whose cry he hal
heard in the night. They bent TO
lift the same pieco of timber, and they
carried it, stepping from trestle to tres
lie over the river.
When at a safe distance from the
watching soldier, Ho Toi began:
Where is your home, brother?"
"In the country about Pei-Thang."
"Ahaa-I knew you for a stranger.
The people there are $3.50 differels
from the rest of u.s.
II had not noticed" replied the
other man slowly.
They are so like the Japanese!"
When Ho Toi said this he watched
the man keenly.
II have not known those people," ne
said, simply.
us it So" eagerly went on Ho TOT,
assuming great enthusiasm.
When were you in that country, my
friend?" blandly asked the other.
THAT Isl have heard as much '
corrected Ho TOT, in some haste. II
have never been so far south as this
before. am from the upper hills.
Several traders once came through my
country, and they told me many things.
The Japanese are indeed mighty peo-
pie. Think of their blowing up that
bridge when the sentries were at both
ends of it. You should be proud
There Is something about your eyes
The growl OF a soldier close by
caused Ho TOT to close his little argu-
ment so sharply that his teeth could
be heard to click together.
Night and loneliness settled down
upon the river. Thirty tired men sat
about a fire.
Gossips, while not unknown In that
country. are generally found among
those who have foresworn the virtu-
GUS life. A few Of these were apart
and talking.
In my mind there is grave feel
ing concerning the BRIDGE" said Yeng
Sol. 1T will soon be finished. Then
we will rest, my brothers"
There may be other bridges" sage
iy remarked the man at Ho TOTS side.
Then let us pray there may be
other FOOLS" rejoined Yeng Sol, groan-
ing at the very thought. Il do not
think I have worked so since I was a
child. and then knew no better"
"Or it may chance that this same
bridge will need new mending," sud-
denly spat out Ho Toi, and jogging
the arm of the one next to him, hs
called out as If testing, "Eh, brother,
what do you think?"
81 do not understand-when a bridge
Is fixed. is 1t not fixed?"
Pooh" growled Ho Toi. "Have
you not had the stomach ache twice?"
THAT may be-" admitted the other.
II doubt If he ever had two such
pains as this bridge has suffered"
coolly put in Yeng Sol. TT would re-
quire new man to wreck the bridge,
and such men are scarce. The man
who"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-07-26
Done Again.

81 bought your six best sellers :"
said customer In the book store.
"Ah, indeed" replied the clerk,
with a smile; "how did you like
them?"
well, ! think you should abbrevt
ate your advertisement"
What do you mean?"
why, make 1t the six best SELLS :
Chicago Daily News.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-07-26

that the fish swan over the tray,
which had been set In the edge of the
water for mink, and In some manner
let its weight settle down on the trig-
ger, which went off and the steel jaws
Of the trap caught the fish.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-07-26
Slot Machines Ordered Out.

Chief of Police Jones, backed by
Mayor Mattern, has ordered all slot
machines in Des Mones to be kept
under cover from this time on.
This order does not mean that the
machines are to be kept under cover
for time and then put out on the
counters" said Chief Jones, "but 1t
means that they must be kept out In
definitely. AS long as they are now In
hiding It seems to me that they might
as we'll stay where they are. The
mayor is backing me In this matter
and | intend to enforce the law to
the limit"
Every patrolman has been given
orders to arrest dealers who put their
slot machines into play. AS a result
of the order there is some uneasiness
among cigar dealers. They had con-
sidered Justice Livlngston's raid a
joke, but Chief Jones' order seems to
strike home.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-07-26
Side Lights on History

Sir Isaac Newton had discovered the
faw of gravitation.
"I'd like to see anybody get around
that?" he said.
Consulting the records and satisfy
fng himself that no supreme court ever
had declared 1t unconstitutional, he
proceeded to divide 1t into sections
Chicago Tribune.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-07-26
VIII obey Letter Of Law.

The. Polk county delegates in the
republican state convention held a
conference on the 21st and promulgat
ed a resolution which ives adopted
by unanimous vote, expressing the
purpose Of the delegation to vote In
good faith for all Of the candidates
who, respectively, received the highest
number of votes at the republican prt
maries In this county on May 1st-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-07-26
Automobile Breaks Ribs.

Gus Noble, South Seventh and Mad
ison streets, is confined to his home
suffering from two fractured ribs as
the result of a collision with an auto
mobile. Noble is driver for the I'm
perial Bottling works. Near East
Second and Locust streets a big tour
ing car smashed into the rear OF his
wagon. Noble was thrown from hi.
seat and In the fall to the pavement
fractured two Of his ribs. He wai
taken to his home, where his injuries
were dressed by physicians. The ma
chine was but slightly damaged.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-07-26
Senator Allison FAILING

Dubuque, Ia, July Ex-senator AL.
hson is reported as slowly falling. 1t
is believed he may never return to
Washington. He is suffering from
Bright's disease.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-07-26
Fighting Tuberculosis.

The Iowa Association for the Study
and Prevention of Tuberculosis will
meet In Des Moines Tuesday, July 81
Prominent physicians from all parts
of the state will be present and II Ia
expected that ex-Gov. William LARA.
bee, the president, will preside. DIR.
Il. Luther Stevens, secretary, is in re.
ceipt Of a letter from Senator Dolli
yer, In which he assures him that he
will be present. Hon. Henry Wallace
editor Of Wallace's Farmer, will speak
at the afternoon session and Hon.
Nate Kendall Of Abba will deliver az
address.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-07-26
New York, July q

FLOUR-Steady but quiet. Minnesota
patents, $4.S04460: do bakers. s3.45q3.s5:
winter patents, $4.00Q4.25 do. straights.
$37593.95; do. extras. $2.90q3.40; do. low
grades, $2.SO0l3.35.
WHEAT-Advance. September, $40
SSkc.
RYE-Dull. 70. 2 western. G71Sc {. o. b
New York.
CORN-Easy. September. 5GAc.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-07-26
Live Stock.

CATTLE-Strong. Good to fancy steers.
$5.75q6.40; common to good steers, SLIGO
SIS; inferior to common steers, $1,000
4.75; good to fancy cows and heifers, 1915
@5S5; yearlngs, good to choice, $500
5.65; fair to choice feeders, S37544.25; fair
to choice stockers, $3O043.S5 good cutting
to fair beef COWS, $2.404320; bulls, COM
mon to good, $2.25a41O; bulls, good to
choice, s4.1094.25; calves, fair to good, $500
q6.25;. calves, good to choice. S625q7.00.
HOGS-Steady. Good 10 choice butcher.
s6.60d6S5; good to choice shipping, 5000
6.S2h; good to choice heavy mixed, 5000
6.65; rough and heavy packers, $6.00g6.40:
light mixed. s6.6Oa6.77lk; good to prime
heavy, $6.40G6.S0; good TO choice pigz.
$525I625
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-07-26

Be very careful about winding the
clock too tight 1t is sure to upset the
mechanism to some slight extent and
two or three tense windings mean q
visit OF the clock repairer.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-07-26
BURGLARS Made Good Haul.

Burglars, after robbing the dwelling
of Ed Notowitz, Gil East Walnut
street. of about 5000 worth Of rugs,
carpets, jewelry, and other valuable
articles, set fire to the dwelling In the
hopes of covering up the crime. The
police were notified of the robbery n
few minutes after II was pulled off,
and, although the officers hurried to
the place, trace OF the burglars could
not be found. Later the goods were
found in the alley, where they had
been buried.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-07-26
Anti.c Corporation Party Launched.


To fight the present and future
usurption OF the municipal govern
ment by the public service corpora
tons, there will be organized In Des
Moines before the coming election a
citizens organization, to be known as
"non-political party" Plans are al
ready under way. Both republicans
and democrats are interested In the
movement. The Civil League, an or
ganization that has been active and
influential In city politics In Des
Moines for nearly two years, being
particularly at the front In its fair
and unsparlng criticism Of candidates
In the recent election, will encourage
the organization. The directors Of
the Civic League are giving the mat.
ter consideration.