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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-17
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Kendall Is Speaker.

Kendall Is Speaker.
Des Moines.--In a caucus of the re-
publican members OF the house of
representatives on the evening OF the
llth, N. K. Kendall was unanimously
nominated for speaker. When called
oefore the caucus. Mr.. Kendall estab-
isned precedent by taking decided
stand upon the subjects which were
appermost In the last campaign. In
part he said:
., ms is an era OF Investigation and Of
pSepe 81 ea Eyerywhere the atmos:
Tor reform. Rights. where they have been
aneuated, are to be restored, and wrongs.
where they have been inflicted. are to be
ion esseu. Old abuses are not to be
aonser Tolerated merely because they are
ancient, and new adjustments are not TO
are untried.
The Intelligent electorate of Iowa never
was SO keenly alive to Its own interest
as u Is al the present hour. Prevailing
sonuitions have been calmly and care.
tuiiy considered. and upon several issues
OF paramount concern TIE period for do
pate has expired and the judgment OF the
people has been entered.
among the conclusions irrevocably
IeuChed one Is that passenger fares ought
10 De Immediately reduced.
another Is that freight rates ought to
be speedily revised.
Another is that the railroad pass ought
TO be absolutely abolished
Another is that all nominations ought to
oe erected by the voters mt legalized
Another ia that the professional lobby
lst ought TO be scourged from the pres
ence of reputable men.
By these specific suggestions l do not
design to foreclose consideration OF other
Questions OF vital import. but II we shall
be equal TO the rational and Just settle
ment OF the problems l have indicated we
snail have abundantly redeemed the con
ndence reposed In ns by our constituency
The caucus gave hearty applause
TO the speakers suggestions.
For speaker pro TEN A. r. N. Ham
bleton of Mahaska was chosen.
In the senate, Senator Smith was
made president pro tenn. and DIR.
George Newman of Black Hawk coun-
ty was again reelected secretary.
Probably for the first time In the his
tory of the legislature. there Is but
one woman employe In the senate.
This Is Miss Inez Black, enrolling
clerk.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-17
wHALEsoNE AT $3.50 A TON.
u Might Pay Now to Look Up Those
Old Whaiebone Ribbed Umbrellas.

Il see by the papers," said Mr..
Grillnnby, that the last quotation for
whalebone in England was e1,750, or,
say. about $3.50 ton, making whale.
bone worth now somewhere in the
neighborhood of $3.50 a pound-a
pretty costly commodity.
Il can remember the time when
whalebone was cheap, very cheap;
when we used to burn whale oil in
lamps and use whalebone for umbrella
ribs. Those old-time whalebone rib
bed umbrellas were not much like the
present steel ribbed close rollers.
NO. They were of the bulgy out
sort OF Bingham umbrellas that you
see now sometimes reproduced after a
fashion on the comic stage, but which
are now never actually used by any
body, though once they were used by
everybody. umbrellas with whalebone
ribs And what l was going to say
was this:
People are out all the time look.
ting through the country for old furni.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-17
Destructive yellow River.

Thousands Of men work all their
lives at securing the banks Of the
great Yellow river In China. Yet
every now and then the tide sweeps
away all opposition and the loss In
human life is greater than any war
ever caused. Nineteen years ago the
river burst It's bonds. Day after day
the torrent flowed. 20 miles TO the
hour. 30 miles wide and ten feet deep.
The food has been described as that
OF FIVE Danubes pouring from height
for two months on end. For 1000
years the Chinese have been embank.
ing this river.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-17
The FIRST TWINGE
OF rheumatism Calls for Or. WIiIIams'
Pink Pills " You Would 30
Easily Cured.

Sd'Sbs
Mr.. Frank Little, well known citi.
zen OF Portland. Ionia Co.. Mich. was
cured Of severe case of rheumatism
by DR.. Williams Pink Pills. In speak.
Ing about 1t recently, he said: MY
body was run down and In no condi.
ton TO Withstand disease and about
five years ago | began to feel rheu-
matte pains In my arms and across
my back. My arms and legs grew
numb and the rheumatism seemed to
settle In every joint SO that I could
hardly move. while my arms were
useless at times. was unable to
sleep or rest well and my heart pain
ed me SO terribly cclld hardly stand
It. My stomach became sour and
bloated after eating and this grew
30 bad that l had Inflammation Of
the stomach. I was extremely nerv.
GUS and could not bear the least
noise or excitement One whole side
Of my body became paralyzed.
"As ! said before, ! had been sun.
ering about Eve years and seemed to
be able to get no relief i'm my
doctors. when friend here in Port.
land told me how DR.. Williams Pink
Pills had cured MIN of neuralgia In
the face. even after the pain had
drawn It to one side. I decided to
try the pills and began to see some
Improvement soon after using them.
This encouraged me to keep on until
I was entirely cured. have never
had return OF the rheumatism or Of
the paralysis.
The pills are for sale by all drug.
gists or sent. postpaid. on receipt OF
price. SO cents per t.x. six boxes
$3.50. by the DR.. Williams Medicine
Company. Schenectady. N. Z. &
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-17
The Governors Message.

Two-cent passenger fare, lower
freight rates and primary elections
are the prominent features of the
governors message. Starting out
with the premise that the people OF
Iowa cannot afford to have passed any
law which will inflict injury upon the
railroads. because they are dependent
for their material well being upon
the railroads as they are upon the
air they breathe for the continuance
Of life, he urges the legislators to
give thorough consideration to the
matter of rates. He declares, how
ever, that experience has abundantly
shown that, with the privileges grant
ed to them by the law, they can take
care Of themselves much more effectu-
ally than the legislatures and con-
crosses can take care of the people.
He furnishes figures, which to his
mind, show that two-cent fare
would be sufficiently remunerative
and recommends that law be passed
substituting two-cent rate for the
present three-cent rate.
On the subject OF freight rates, the
governor calls attention to the fact
that they have not been changed es-
sentially In eighteen years. and says
he believes the present adjustment
Of rates is grossly unfair to the ship
pers of the state. II Is suggested
that the railroad commissioner be
given authority to establish a general
schedule of joint rates.
On the subject of demurrage. Ii Is
urged that the penalty should fall
alike upon the railroads and the ship
peTs.
The governor gives It as his opinion
that If any advance is to be made In
the matter Of primary elections nomi-
nations by pluralities must be adopted.
It is urged that the anti-pass law be
so amended that 1t will conform to
the law of the Unied Safes.
Continuous service Of employees en-
gagged in the movement of railway
trains should be limited.
Contributions of corporations for
political purposes should be prohibited
and political committees and candi-
dates should be required to publish
their expenditures.
The professional lobbyist should be
abolished.
Election of United Senator's by di.
rect vote is strongly advocated.
Enlargement OF the pure food law
to include live stock food Is urged.
The passage Of law providing for
the indetermlnate sentence Is again
recommended.
Something in the nature of agricul-
tural extension is urged In connection
with the state college at Ames. the
governor recommending that CORES.
pondence school be established, to the
end that many who cannot attend the
college may thus secure the benefits
of its teachings.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-17
Soldiers Preference Law.


The supreme court. IN the Mcbride
CT from Buchanan county, held that
soldiers who seek preference In APP
pointment under the soldiers prefer
ence law must show that they are
equally qualified" for the place they
seek with the civilian with whom they
compete In order to acquire any rights
under the statute. fhe law Is con.
strued by the court as follows:
Before making the appointment the
board or officer who Is required to Sc
lect Is bound TO make an investigation
as to the applicants qualifications. IL
these are not equal to those OF the
other persons under consideration he
is not OF the class OF persons previous
ly defined and In whose favor the pre-
ference was voted. If OF equal quail.
fication, however, he would not neces-
sarily be entitled to the position or
Office for all might prove to be dis
qualified, and therefore to render his
employment obligatory and enforcible
by proceedings In mandamus It Is fur.
Their exacted that he must be of good
moral character and able to perform
the duties Of the position he occupies.
In other words. to get the adyan-
tage of the soldiers preference law
the veterans must not only be equally
capable with the civilian but must
have good moral character and be
able to discharge the duties OF the
place.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-17
SAD YEAR FOR CUPID
WAS ONE JUST PAST
DOMESTIC JARS FREQUENT AND SEVERE
Matrimonial Wrecks Almost Rcyond Counting Haze
Sfrewn the Shores of Life West Far Ahead of the
East in the Number of Diuo css That Haze
Re=n Asked For and Granted

Chicago.-Surely New Years day
must have been the saddest that Gu.
pid ever has spent When the little
god balances his books for 1906 he
will be compelled to sit down and
weep, for the list of the matrimonial
wrecks of the year shows an awful
number of disasters. There have
been enough domestic jars to shake
the continent worse than the earth
quake shook San Francisco, if they all
had occurred at one instant The
tears that have been shed would make
a salty sea if they could be collected
in the desert basin of Sahara.
Indeed, 1t has been bad year for
Cupid. Divorces have been more
numerous than in any other twelve
months since marriage became an in
stitution. Princes, dukes, counts.
statesmen. magnates, and millionaires,
butchers, doctors, grocers, lawyers,
and laborers have come to grief in
their love affairs.
In the good old days people married
and lived happily ever after" Now
the problem of the novel begins in
stead of ending at the altar. People
get married and then get divorced.
Chicago still leads the world in d.
vorce population, and perhaps in the
facility with which divorce is grant
ed, due cause being shown. The hear
ing of testimony and the granting of
a decree in default cases in this city
takes only few minutes, and the
average length Of time consumed is
estimated at ten minutes by people
who study divorce methods. That
is why the local courts are known as
divorce mills" They work with the
speed of steam buzz saw as they go
Through the knots of matrimony. Your
lawyer files the papers, your case
is called, and burr-r-r-you are d.
,vorced.
1t Is the women who keep the buzz
saw working in the divorce mills in
Chicago. Four out of five suits are
brought by the wives. The men are
meaner than the women, perhaps;
yor else the Husbands are more willing
to tough it out without appeals to the
court
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-17
Ask Further Legislation.

Ask Further Legislation.
Representatives N. Il. Kendall and
b. +. Jones OF the legislative insur.
ance commission have filed their min
GRITTY report with Auditor of State Car.
roll. The minority recommends leg
islation limiting The expenses Of life
insurance companies. requiring a
strict accounting Of surplusses, and on
future business an apportionment OF
dividends which will amount to a liza
bility.
Summing up its view of the report
OF the majority the minority says:
The minority Is of opinion that
the majority report goes to an unnec-
essary extreme in emphasizing the
difhculties In the way of life insur-
ance reform. and that II ignores the
evidence In assuming that little need
for legislation exists.
I'VE do not agree with the report
In Its position on deferred dividends
and consider It's mild belief In pub
licity as evasive and totally made
quate to the demands of the occasion.
AS the object of the minority Is TO
aford some pro, lon to the surplus.
we are led to discussion Of those
factors that are Its greatest menace"
After fully discussing these factors.
the report concludes:
In view OF all that has been said In
these reports on the subjects Of ex-
pense and deferred dividends, and
from the best information we have.
and with desire to be fair to all
parties at interest. we recommend to
the Thirty-secoDd general assembly
that laws be enacted, requiring:
"(a) Life insurance companies to
limit their average expenses to their
loading-modifled preliminary term
permitted.
"(b) A strict accounting of exist
Ing surplusses.
"(c) On future business, an an
nual statement and provisional appor.
tionment Of surplus to each policy
holder. and the aggregate 80 appor.
toned to be charged as liability OF
the company.
eve cannot conclude this report
without expressing the profound con.
viction that the business Of life insur.
ance should be limited to It's original
scope and that the element Of invest.
ment ought to be entirely eliminated
therefrom."
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-17

who has come from Alaska on visit
to his brother. The nugget might be
likened to a mans hand with the
palm turned upward. for it is over six
inches long. almost four inches wide,
Is an inch thick at the thickest part,
and weighs" $3.50.
There are few men who can dig
such chunks of gold out of their own
mines. but Clarence Berry is one of
these lucky miners. He is one of
the pioneers of the gold mines of
Alaska, and having been one of the
first men to get to the various rich
diggings. his energy and persever.
ance have been rewarded with large
amount of gold. How much no one
knows but he, and he won't tell.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-17
Want DoIIiver to Supper. Chase.

Every republican member OF the
legislature from the Fourth congress.
sional district, except one who was
not in the city, has signed a petition
to Senator Dolliyer to use his infiu.
ence to secure the appointment of
ID. c. Chase Of Webster City as United
States attorney for the northern dis
trict. This petition comes on the
heels of a resolution adopted by the
republican legislators of the Tenth
congressional district at secret eau
Gus, urging Senator Dolliver to vote
for Mr.. Chase.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-17

ture, quaint old colonial, and that
sort of stuff. Why couldn't we hunt
up those umbrellas-there must be
millions of them lying around in
country garrets-why couldn't we look
up those old whalebone ribbed ging-
ham umbrellas. for the whalebone
there is in them? Don't you think
there may be an idea here for max
ing money.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-17
GOLD NUGGET A BEAUTY.
Alaskan Mine Has Probably the
Largest Ever Found.

1t is not an uncommon thing to see
men who have enough greenbacks to
choke an elephant, but it's not often
that one meets man with gold mug
get large enough to make even horse
sick If he had to try to eat it without
having 1t run through quartz MILL
There is a man in Los Angeles. Cal.
however. who has the nugget. and he
Is the Klondike king. Clarence Berry.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-17

in age from Is to 40; some of them
were negresses, but the majority were
Circassians.
The latter are supposed to be the
most beautiful of all Turkish women,
on which account the slaves of the
sultan are always selected from
among them; but in this instance
looked in vain for any trace of good
looks, and, indeed, could hardly help
smiling at the comic effect they pro-
duced, dressed up to the mines in the
latest Paris fashions, executed by To-
cal dressmakers.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-17
Prunes Now a Necessity.

Prior to 1886 the prunes consumed
In this country came almost entirely
from France and the Danubian prov.
inces. The consumption was small and
the fruit was considered a delicacy.
Vow more than 100,o00.0OO pounds of
dried prunes are eaten yearly in the
United States. and, needless to say,
re product Is no longer regarded as a
INJURY.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-17
Cold Affected Head and Throat
Attack was Severe.

Chas. w. Bowman, list Lieut. and
Adjt 4th M. s. M. Cav. Vols, writes
from Lanham, Md, as follows:
Though somewhat averse to pat.
ent medicines. and still more averse
10 becoming professional affidavit
man. IL seems only a plain duty In
tho present instance to add my OK
perience to the columns already writ
ten concerning he curative powers
Of Peruna.
"Ihsve been particularly benefife
by lis use for colds I'm the head and
throat fhavc been able 10 fully euro
myself Of most severe attack In
forty-eighf hours by its use according
TO directions. I1se II as q preventive
whenever threatened with an attack.
Members Of my family also use
II for like ailments. We are recon-
mending It to our friends"
--Chas. w. Bowman.
Ask Your Druggist for Free Peruna
Almanac for 1907.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-17
May Offer Reward.

There is nothing for the state gov
eminent to do with respect to the
lynching at Charles City. The
Charles City or Floyd county author
tiles are investigating the case and
If they are unable to discover the per-
petrators of the crime, 1t undoubtedly
will be decided oy the governor that
a reward should be offered for their
disclosure. Governor Cummins said
that 1t was impossible for him ade.
quately to express the horror and In.
dignation with which the lynching
must inspire ill iawablding people.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-17
IN A MODERN HAREM.
circassian Slaves Now Wear Copies
of Paris Fashions.

Less picturesque than the descrip-
ton in Pierre Lofts "Disenchanted"
was my reception in the harem of Bos.
ma Hanum, the wife of close rela-
tive of the throne, says a writer in
the Boston Globe.
/ was assisted out of my carriage
by a gaunt eunuch in a black frock
coat and red fez, who gave me the
shivers as he clutched my arm with
his sable paw.
Inside the hall l was met by
crowd of female slaves, who helped
me to remove my wraps. They varied
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-17
Senator Dolllver.


During the last week great pres
sure has been brought upon Senator
Dolliver to persuade him to support
Hon. ID. C.. Chase of Webster City
for attorney in the northern district
Of Iowa. Legislators from that part OF
the state have signed petition to
the senator. This places the sena-
tor In a rather embarrassing position,
as 1t is understood that the list OF
federal appointments has been al
ready agreed upon by the Iowa con-
gressional delegation, and II q change
Is now made. the whole agreement
Will fall through. Effort has been
made to make II appear that this mat
ter has some bearing upon Mr.. Dol
liver's candidacy for the senatorship,
and that Governor Clmmlns' friends
might take advantage OF the situation
to make the governor candidate ut
this time to succeed Senator Dolliver
In an interview the governor says he
Is not candidate for election TO the
United Senate senate by the Thirty
second general assembly, will not be
candidate, and will not do anything
whatever, to further or encourage any
proposition to his election by this
general assembly. The governor quail
fes his statement by saying: But
there is one thing that shall not
say, and that Is that | would refuse
the honor III 10 were offered 10 me by
the legislature" II Is claimed that
the republican members OF the legis.
lature are pledged to Senator Dolli
ver's candidacy, and that all that Is
lacking is the formality Of his cleo
ton.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-17
Sheer white goods. In fact. any tins

Sheer white goods. In fact. any fine
ash goods when new. owe much OF
their attractiveness to the way they
are Numbered. this being done In o
manner to enhance their textile beau
ty. Home laundering would be equal
ly satisfactory II proper attention was
given to starching, the first essential
being good Starch. which has SUFFICIENT
strength to stiffen, without thiclening
the goods. Try Defiance Starch and
you will be pleasantly surprised at the
improved appearance of your work.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-17
pes moInes Postal Bushes.

Des Moines Increased her postal
business IL per cent in 1905 over that
of the previous year. The report OF
Cashier Bachrodt shows a total reve-
nue. of $56O,333.13 for 1906, as against
$500, S67.42 the previous year. The
gain in dollars and cents is seen to be
$50, 465.71. Mr.. Bachrodt's report al
SO shows that for the month of De-
cember last the postal receipts in
creased 1912 per cent over December
last year. December In 1906 netted
s55,1S2.60, while for the December
previously the receipts were $4S,-
7O2.9O, a gain of s6,379.70.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-17
Life Insurance Is Protection.

Representatives N. e. Kendall and
F. f. Jones, minority members of the
legislative insurance commission, de.
clare themselves, in their minority
report, to be in hearty sympathy and
accord with the primary and legiti.
mate object OF life insurance-"Pro-
lection to widows and orphans"
They hold with the commission ap-
pointed to recodify the insurance laws
OF Massachusetts,, that 1.-THE funda-
mental idea of insurance is one of pro-
lection, not of profit. 1t was concely.
ed for the distribution of losses, not
of gain"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-17

or desertion and tells the story to the
court in a business-like way. The
uniformed stranger, strolling into
the courtroom, easily might think the
dispute was over a grocery bill or
ruined gown, rather than a ruined
life. The law says she may have
divorce, and she proposes to get it.
That is all. If her husband has a
good position or a bit of property, she
asks for alimony. The struggle for
some form of maintenance sometimes
becomes strenuous, showing that the
woman regrets the loss of the man
who has been her support rather more
than the loss of the man who has
been her husband.
All this is like a comic opera, but 1t
makes Cupid weep He has been tell
ing the world for thousands of years
that marriage is sacred institution.
and now he first discovers that it is
joke.
The proportion of divorces to mar
riages in New York is one in four.
In Chicago it is one In nine; in San
Francisco IT is one in four The
further west you go the more fire.
quent are divorces. The decree sepa-
ration has hitched its wagon to the
star of empire. Kansas City, Los An
geles, and Seattle are as bad as San
Francisco, in each of these cities there
being one divorce to every four mar
riages. The statistics for Sioux Falls
are kept locked up in reporter proof
vault.
The most notable case of the year,
perhaps, was the international tragedy
of the Castellanes. For years the
world had witnessed the extrava-
gances and indiscretions Of Count
Boni and wondered how much longer
the poor countess would endure them
for the sake of her children. Ameri-
can sympathy, almost without excep.
ton, has been with Anna Gould, for
however much Jay Gould. the rail-
road magnate, may have been dis
trusted, his daughters always were
popular. Count Castellane was a RI
diculous joke to people who took life
lightly and an exaggerated villain to
those who took it seriously.
Troubles of Heiresses and Titles.
When the countess finally left her
husband. people on both sides Of the
cold eoryad biy, Nh