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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-12-19

ever, by the thought that change
in his accustomed work might short
en- his life. He is most happy in the
discharge of his present duties, and
unless prevailed upon by his sons
he is likely to die in harness.
Justice Harlan received his early ed
ucation in Kentucky, where he was
born. In 1861 he removed to Louis
vile to enjoy broader field In the
practice of his chosen profession.
With the outbreak of the war he
raised a regiment and became colonel.
After Is months service in the union
army, upon the death Of his father
he returned home. In 1871 and again
in 1875 he was the Republican candi-
date for governor of Kentucky. In 1876
he was at the head Of the Kentucky
delegation to the Republican national
convention, and 1t was by his effort
that Hayes was nominated for presi-
dent. He caused the name of Bris-
tow to be withdrawn and directed the
vote of the Kentucky delegation to
Hayes. This move caused Blaine'slde.
feat by II votes. A few months after
Hayes Inauguration Justice Harlan
was appointed to the supreme bench.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-12-19
Washington Gossip
Interesting Bits of News Picked Up
Eere and There at the National Capital
CONGRESS nfEETS AGAIN;
SOME OLD FACES GONE

{M ASHINGTON.--Once again is con
w gress in session and prepared TO
enact laws for the people. Several
new faces are seen. The new menu
bcrs are eager for the novelty of the
thing and thinking in their hearts that
the novelty is wear-pIcof. The new
ones will be tired enough lot before
The heraticas peep in the spring. Also
they will be somewhat sorry lot be-
fore the sounding of the Christmas
chimes, for the new member in Wash
ington is not as the new member at
home; his greatness dWindleth and
his glory diminisheth.
There are more Democrats with us
to-day than there were year ago.
Two score of more or less faithful
Republicans found that their constitu.
ents liked them as neighbors the year
through and so kept them at home, 1t
is always best, perhaps, to trust to the
soundness of Judgment of a mans
neighbor, but Washington is grieving
over the absence of some of those who
made picturesque the legislative win
ter.
There are always picturesque ones
among the newcomers, but it takes
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-12-19

time to make pertinent their pictur.
sequences, and 10 overcome the resent
ment whlcn the galleries feel that any
constituency in the country should
have the eifrontery to rob them of
their floor favorites.
II is entirely probable that some one
can be found to iii the legislative
place in congress of Gen. Charles H.
Grosvenor of Ohio, but it will be hard
to find anyone TO fill "Old Figgers' ;"
place in the public eye.
No one will miss Gen. Grosvenor
more than will Champ Clark of Mis-.
souri, Grosvenor Is standpatter OF
such stength that the standpat Can
non sits abashed in his presence. Mr.,
Clark is a free trader so sturdy that
! the other strong ones are Weddings;
but nevertheless these two tariff ex'
tremes have met in friendship in a
double sense nnfathomable,
The twain have fought for years on
! the floor of the house to leave 1t arm
/ in arm, but now they will fight on the
floor no longer, for Grosvenor, with
his "figgers," his white beard, his
white suit lin summer) has gone
away.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-12-19
A Nobis Animal.

The Rajah Dowlah, with a large
train of followers, was once going
hunting in the neighborhood of Luck
now. On their way they had to pass
through ravine, in which several in
yalids were lying to receive what
benefit they could from the exposure
10 the sun and air. When their at
tendants saw the approaching party,
they ran, away leaving their charges
to their fate. The Grand Vizier, who
was riding his favorite elephant, saw
the invalids were right In his way,
but was determined not to alter his
course for their sakes. AS long as
the elephant had a free path he went
on at full pace, but as soon as he
came to the helpless persons ~
stopped, and would not go on In spite
OF all the goards the driver inflicted.
stick the beast in the earl" cried The
rajah, becoming furious. 1t was done.
but in vain. The noble animal waited
some time, but as no one came to
remove the invalids, he carefully car
ried each separately In his trunk to q
place where they would not be in dan
ger Of being trampled to death by ths
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-12-19

John SHARP WILLIAMS of Missis-
j sippi will again be the Democratic
leader in the house for the next two
years. With Williams as the leader
the Democrats will go along as they
have gone along under his leadership
In the past, rowing occasionally among
themselves and not infrequently get.
ting bitterly angry with their leader,
but in the end submitting and fol
lowing the Mississippian as submits
sively as they have followed him at
the outset.
There are Democrats who hold that
DeArmond of Missouri is an ADLER man
than Mr.. Williams. He certainly is
an ADLER lawyer, but the man from
Mississippi knows the arts and sci
ences as few mere laymen know them,
and the books that he hasn't read are
unread of most men.
GwFrnxsrysx1pss>rg~sg "-----~-
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| the cost of transportation will come to
over s755,000.
Eight GOLFERS accompany the feet.
The Marcellus, Hannibal, Leonidas
| and possibly the Sterling accompany
| the feet to Trinidad, and then re-
| turn for more coal. Others will go
as far as Rio and return to join the
| fleet again at Magdalena bay, and all
that have free space tween decks will
carry general supplies for the Mare
Island navy yard. The Connecticut
carries $50 tons of briquettes made
Of slack coal and pitch to test them
as suitable fuel for use in the navy.
The cost of coaling, exclusive of the
amount of coal carried by the ships
from Norfolk to Trinidad, will be
$1,229,2S0, a sum more than equal to
the bonded debt of the state of Idaho
or the state of Washington.
Provisions in Plenty.
As to provisions, Columbia must
pack enough in the giant hampers to
feed her sons for the long 115 days,
|
Christmas, New Years and Washing
ton birthday dinners, and the list
shows she has not been niggardly in
her selection.
There are variety Of foodstuffs, in
Guiding tons of cereals, salt meats,
dried fruits and canned goods, and
$4,000 pounds of -four for making
fresh bread in lieu of long anathe.
matized hard tack. There are tons Of
1 dessicated foodstuffs that have al
ready been tested and found good, and
the more recent additions-dried eggs
and dehydrated vegetables. There are
5000 pounds of dried eggs, an equiv
alent of $4,000 dozen fresh eggs, and
when the Christmas baking Is on and
the 10000 fresh eggs also carried are
not available, the mixer Of cakes will
find that the dried product when
mixed with water will froth as easily
as the fresh
New methods of communication be.
tween the ships have been installed, and
new methods of controlling the fire
from the guns. So new is this system
of fire control that retired naval of.
ficer was heard to remark when the
news came to him: That is good
idea, good idea. | am glad to hear
it, indeed, for fire is most dangerous
thing aboard a ship" The Colorado
was first in this experiment. Wireless
telegraphy has been part Of bat.
tleship's equipment for so many years
now that 1t is quite an old story, but
The feet decided it must have wire
less telephony, too, so the past few
weeks have witnessed busy scene In
Hampton Roads, and in New York and
Brooklyn harbors, where experts have
been busy putting in the appliances.
Connecticut Is Flagship.
Admiral Evans chose the Connee.
ticE. as his flagship. Capt Ingersoll ID
her commander and chief of staff OF
the Atlantic fleet. Upon the shoulders
of Rear-Admiral Brownlow at Wash.
ington, much of the work of prepare
ton fell. The splendid condition of the
fleet when it left its anchorage here
to-day shows how well he has done It
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-12-19
~ R4zZzHsAD yUWzyYcuzgs

Hampton Roads, Va, Dec. 16.-The
departure to-day of the great Atlantic
squadron for the Pacific is only an
other of the many great proofs of the
nations marvellous growth and devel-
opment. The iron clad warship Is only
As years old, yet, passing through a
process of swift evolution to its pres
ent perfection, this American discov-
cry has revolutionized the science of
naval warfare throughout the whole
world. There are now 270 vessels In
commission in the United States navy
where at one time, in Washington's
administration, there was not one.
OF these there are Is battleships of
the first and second class, carrying
guns into whose mouth this country's
first and only "commander-in-chief of
the navy" Esek Hopkins, might easily
have hidden his disgraced head when
an outraged continental congress sum-
marily dismissed him.
:, 1t was in Hampton Roads that the
first chapter in the worlds history
of iron clads was written. 1t was
gathered 16 of her finest sea fighters
ready for trip of nearly 10000 miles.
Where the Merrimac swung clumsily
across the channel long ago and drove
terror to the hearts of seamen who
had never yet seen such monster
Iron clads as graceful and as swift as
greyhounds have come and gone all
summer until they have become IA
miliar sight. Among these Is the
Minnesota, the largest of Uncle Sans
big battleships, and next only in size
to the Dreadnaught, which King Ed,
ward of England launched with such
ceremony a year or so ago, and to
the Satsuma, Japans new monster Of
the deep.
History of American Navy.
The first appropriation made for a
navy for this country was that of the
continental congress in IT'S, and the
sum of 100000 was expected to pur-
chase, equip and generally outfit 10
ships. For the present year, ending
July. 1908, the navy will have needed
$125 041 500, an increase of 100000
over lest year. Nine millioS alone go
for ordnance stores. The last appro-
priation of congress for the building Of
ships was s2OOO0,0O0 to be expended
on two big ships, each of which is to
measure sic feet in length, 85 feet
beam, and make 81 knots an hour.
Three million dollars was appropri-
ated for submarines of the Holland
type, and in September five torpedo
boat destroyers were contracted for.
Think of this in comparison with the
800, 900 that cost the continental con-
gress so much thought, and which was
furnished by the people Of the colo
MES after so much privation.
IF we are to have commerce we
much have navy to defend it" wrote
Col. Humphreys from the Barbary
States In 1893 after he had been sent
to see If there were means of stop
ping the piracy of Algiers and Tripoli
on American trading vessels. For
years the nation had endured the hui
initiation of paying tribute to these
countries, and after Washington had
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-12-19

Incorporated this sentiment in his
message Of 1894 the United States stfl
paid tribute, because there was no
navy to prove her independence. How
ever, that congress appropriated $780,
600 with which to build six frigates.
Among these were the Constitution,
now the oldest ship afloat under any
flag, and a training ship for appren-
tees at Portsmouth. With this feet
and it's later auxiliaries Decatur
taught the rulers of Algiers and Trip
oil stern lesson, and America soon
took her place among the naval pow
ers of the world, place which none
disputed after her victories over Great
Britain in 1812-1S15.
Quick Work of Preparation.
The president issued the orders for
the sailing of this fleet on August %
and since then coal mines, railways
| provision dealers, and manufacturers
| of heavy ordnance and ammunition
have known the busiest season they
have had since the Spanish-American
war. Altogether 35 vessels go to San
| Francisco, and when all have as
sembled in the waters off the coast OF
| California, Fighting Bob" Evans will
have under his command the largest
most invincible, the most perfectly
equipped feet that has ever modified
| in one place since the history of the
world began.
The aggregate displacement Of the
vessels sailing Is nearly $4,000 tons
and the aggregate power is 664 guns OF
four inch calibre and over. The -four
divisions of this feet will carry 581 Of
| ficers and IL, 500 enlisted men, rs fine
an array of jackies as any navy has
ever known, and an earnest and eager
set, too, for as soon as the news OF
| the cruise was noised abroad enlist
ments increased rapidly throughout
the navy and assertions became prac
tically unknown
The moaern wife who puzzles fol
days over the packing of her hus
! bands grips and lunch basket wher
he is off for a weeks hunting trip
| can never begin to appreciate the
enormity Of Columbia's task in fitting
out her 1880 sons for an outing o.
lis days, in which they are not ex
pected to set foot on land at all. Be
sides all the stores that each shiI
can carry when her capacity Is taxed
to it's fullest, there will be two ships
that carry supplies alone, the Glacier
| and Culgoa.
Immense Supply of Coal.
The item of coal alone Is not In
considerable. On October IL, contracts
were let for $4,000 tons to be deliv
cred at the six seaport towns where
the fleet will stop, Trinidad, Rio
Janerio, Punta Arenas, Callao. Mag
dalena bay and San Francisco. 1t /!
mined in West Virginia. shipped b!
rail to four tide water cities of the
Atlantic, and whom there is handled
by five American companies in 80 for
eign steamers to the ports named
where it is piled on the piers read.
for the battleships. Fifteen of thes,
steamers go all the way to San Fran
cisco with their cargoes. The cost o
the coal will be about IS tor, ant
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-12-19
JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS TO
AGAIN LEAD DEMOCRATS

DeArmond concluded with extreme
wisdom, so opinion goes, not to con-
test the Democratic leadership with
John Sharp Williams Of Mississippi.
Mr.. DeArmond Is grave, retiring and
taciturn. However, he is not at all
retiring when some one is needed on
the Democratic firing line He won't
be the leader this year, and, though
probably his hopes are high. 1t seems
extremely likely that he won't be the
leader when the Mississippian retires
from the house two years hence.
John Sharp Williams, so 1t Is said,
is bent on having two years In which
to study and rest up before he
enters the United States senate. Sen.
ator Moneys term does not expire
until 1911, when Representative VII.
liams will take his place in the upper
house
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-12-19
ALL ARE LOYAL TO EVANS.
Sailors of the Fleet Respect and Love
the Admiral.

There is little doubt of the loyalty
of the bluejackets of Rear-Admiral
Evans.
He believes in the old saying about
all work and no play He has en-
couraged athletics and all forms of
amusement. until the men have more
play than ever before, and the eff.
cheney of the feet shows they do more
work. Sometimes the liberty parties
give trouble. When the men are at
fault "The Old Man" sustains thu po-
lice. When the police abuse his men
unnecessarily he makes 1t warm for
the police.
He refuses to take his ships to any
port where the men are mistreated.
One day at certain port an appreu-
tice boy who was tossing bali about
ashore was dubbed by policeman.
His comrades took him off In boat
70 the flagship and asked to see the
admiral.
He took one look at the youngster's
bruised head. asked few questions,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-12-19

IEUT. THOMAS HOLCOMB, JR.,
Il of the marine corps, has been APP
pointed to the position of aid to the
president. This marine officer is the
champion rifle shot of the world, a
fact which almost unquestionably won
him the White House place.
II is not at all without the range of
possibilities that President Roosevelt
will take his new aid down into Vir-
ginia with him some day and there
attempt TO beat him at target practice.
1t may interest sportsmen and some
people who are not sportsmen to know
that the president keeps record Of
his hits and misses when he is in
the field after big game. 1t is an ac-
curate record and no miss is omitted,
no matter how hard the shot was or
how hard were the conditions of
shooting.
Mr.. Roosevelt says that he has met
gunners who would say: well, got
three out Of five to-day" when in
reality they had done nothing of the
kind. The president doesn't charge
men of this kind with telling false
hoods, for he states simply that they
eliminate from the reckoning certain
misses which because Of the extreme
difficulties of the case were not to be
accounted as misses.
The tendency of some sportsmen, &C.
cording to the presidents view, rs to
count as chances only those in which
there was perfectly fair prospect OF
hitting the game. A quick shot at a
deer disappearing at bound into the
forest at a distance of $50 or 200
yards is not counted as miss at all
times by all sportsmen.
The presidents record. however,
takes account of all missing misadyen-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-12-19
Good Catch.

Eva--If young man should com,
down the road?
Katharine with camera)-I should
snap him.
Eya-Suppose real handsome
young man should come down thu
road?
Katharine--Oh, then should snaI
him up.-Chicago Daily News.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-12-19
Verbal PLAY.

Gosh, but I'm jst teetotally played
Quit" exclaimed the hired man, as he
threw himself down in the shade OF
the old apple tree.
II reckon, mebby, yew air, by
grass!" rejoined the old farmer. EN-
nyway, I never knowed yew to hurt
yoreself a workin'. Chicago Daily
News.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-12-19
CHAMPION RIFLE SHOT Is
MADE AID TO PRESIDENT

lures, and as result his list OF hits
is not so formidable as are the lists
Of hits of some others-that is, for.
midable in comparison to the number
of misses. Mr.. Roosevelt Is account
ed a good rifle shot. He doubtless
knows he can't beat Lieut.. Holcomb,
but that they will shoot against each
other there is no doubt at all
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-12-19
Not stintinq.

Social Preceptor--In order to suo
coed in society, my dear Mr.. Comeup,
and to get the fashionable world to
come to your dinners. you must have
plenty of savoir faire-
Social Parvenue-Well, I guess got
money enough to pay for all want.
Just order 1t for me in bulk.-Balti'
more American.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-12-19
State Fair win Be Longer.


That the period for holding the an
nual Iowa state fair will be nine days
hereafter instead OF seven was the
decision reached by the state board
of agriculture.
The time extension Is the result OF
the phenomenal growth OF the insti-
tuition in the last few years and deem.
ed necessary by the board to accom-.
modate the mammoth crowds that
come to Des Moines every year.
Since the organization OF the fair
II has opened on Friday and the
crowds have never come until either
Sunday of Monday. The board be-
lieves that II the fair Is started on
Wednesday that the people viii start
to arrive on Friday, thus making the
actual session seven days.
The report of Secretary J. c. Simp.
son Of the board of agriculture shows
that within the last six years the
fair has grown as never before. The
management has put on improvements
to the amount of $4,000 out of the
gate receipts and fees from exhibitors.
In every case OF surplus the money
has been spent on improvements and
lettering the exposition grounds.
"The aggregate increase paid out
for premiums in the last four years
has been about $4,000" says Mr..
Simpsons report. This is In accord
with the policy of the board to in
crease the amount of cash premiums
by a more extensive classifcations OF
the prize list as the revenue from
the fair receipts grows. The Iowa
state fair is not maintained for any
pecuniary profit, but for the practical
information received through an in
spection OF exhibits"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-12-19
DES MONIES LETTER
Items Of Interest From Our Correspondent
at the State Capital.
40
. 60 G;
TuberouIosls Cause Of Debate.

tuberculosis Cause OF Debate.
Des Moines.--A heated discus
sion as to whether the farmers
and live stock raisers should lead
In the campaign for the eradication
Of tuberculosis In live stock. took
belt Meat Producers of Iowa. 1t
resulted In the adoption Of reso-
luton, modified considerably. urging
the state of Iowa to cooperate with
the United States department of agri.
culture In Its efforts to wipe out the
disease. Considerable OF the discus
sion centered around Iowa state Col
lege at Ames, many of the members
urging that the institution should
lead In the campaign In Iowa. Others
censured the institution because II
allowed animals from the college herd
to be sent to the international live
stock show that later proved to be
affected by tuberculosis. Some of the
speakers declared that the college
authorities should have known
whether or not the animals were af-
fected and II they did. the critters
should not have been sent TO the
show, Others insisted that the pres
ent system of test for tuberculosis
Is not correct and that not infrequent'
~ animals are ordered killed that
post-mortem examinations show are
tree from tuberculosis.
The resolution dealing with the
eradication OF tuberculosis, as finally
adopted, Is as follows:
Our meat producing interests de-
mand immediate and vigorous action
towards inaugurating system for
stamping out tuberculosis and We
recommend that our state cooperate
with the national department OF agri'
culture In stamping out this dreaded
disease among our farm animals. And
we believe that our state agricultural
college, OF which we are all justly
proud, should be foremost In the work
of educating our people on this most
vital question"
The resolutions adopted strongly In.
dorse the Cooperative Commission
company, urge continuance OF its
war on the live stock exchanges and
ask that the members of the Corn
Belt Meat Producers association pat.
ronlZe II.
The idea OF cooperative packing
house was endorsed.
Practically all of the old officers
We're reelected The next conyen.
ton will be held In Des Moines next
December.
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The kulp Court Martial.


Gradually tho court martial before
which Captain i.ulp of Davenport is
being tried for disobedience OF orders
for not stopping the prize fight in
that city Nov. Fl " extracting all Of
the details surrounding the occur
renee.
This is In spite Of the extraOrdi-
nary ignorance concerning the event
which its promoters have confessed
on the stand.
General Lincoln, president OF the
court is quoted as saying that II Is
the business OF the tribunal 10 find
out the facts and neither TECHNICAL
ties nor reluctance of witnesses will
balk the court.
Judge Advocate Berkebile has de-
veloped the situation which obtained
az the ring side. He discovered the
fact that the promoters OF the fight
two OF whom have been sworn--know
little concerning the expenses or the
receipts, though they have testified
that each OF five OF them got $500 out
OF the show"
All this was In line with the policy
OF every military court to determine
the exact facts In cases tried before
them. The law excludes expert testi.
many as to whether the affair at
Davenport was or was not prize
fight, but the court and the Judge ad.
vocate are trying to secure an exact
knowledge OF what actually occurred;
from this showing the court may
make up its mind as to Captain Kulp's
duty In the premises.