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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27
GENE RAJ NEWS.

Injustice to Judge Lands, misstate-
ment Of his position and misstatement
OF the facts on record are charged
against Judges Grosscup, Seaman and
Baker of the federal circuit court of
appeals in the governments petition
for rehearing of the appeal of the
Standard Oil Company of Indiana,
filed at Chicago.
OF $4,000 in decayed greenbacks
sent TO the treasury department for re-
demption by o. d. Earl of Morrillton,
Ark, all but $25 was identified and a
check for s9,975 was mailed to Mr..
Earl. Fearing the banks were unsafe.
Mr.. Earl buried his savings in an old
pail in 1904.
Having been defied by the Indiana
state executive board of the organiza-
ton, President T. l.. Lewis of the Uni
ted Mine Workers issued from head
quarters letter advising all miners
on strike in Indiana to return to work
Immediately.
The regimental championship rifle
shoot of the United States was won
at Camp Perry for the third successive
year by the Sixth regiment of Massa-
chusetts.
Persian revolutionists captured Ain.
ed-Dowleh, who had advanced on Tab.
riz at the head of 1900 government
troops.
Seventy miners were entombed by
an explosion in mine at Wigan.
4 .
them were killed.
Three firemen were killed and a
| fourth dangerously hurt at London,
| Ont, when the floors of a burning
building fell upon them.
Capt. Baldwin trained three signal
| officers in the handling of his dirigible
balloon and then turned it over to the
| army.
DR.. Joseph Eichberg of Cincinnati
was drowned in Big Upper lake. New
York. while trying to land large pick.
erel
The home of Wofford Tweed near
| Marshal. n. c.. was destroyed by fire,
and his wife. their three children and
| Mrs. Murray Tweed were burned to
| death
Fire destroyed the Kaatskill House
in the Kaatskill Bay district of Lake
George, n. Y, and three cottages.
| 7. w. Burgess. blacksmith, was
in the water more than 20 hours in ar
| attempt to swim the English chaLne'
and gave up mile from the French
| coast
Fire in the town of Gore Bay, Mani
tou island, destroyed Is business
houses and the lighthouses.
The body of the late Rear Admiya'
James X. Cogswe!l, retired, was 10
tered at Milwaukee after services IL
| st. Paul's Episcopal church.
Three sharp earthquake shocks ter
rified the inhabitants of Eureka, Cal.
and did much damage to chimneys
and windows.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27
S~N~>'~<~>~'~'~NSS<SN ~'O|SOSS|OOSS'
NEWS NOTES.
FOR THE
BUSY MAN
Most Important Happen.
ings Of the World
Told in Brief.
RACE RIOT NOTES.

The grand jury at Springfield, ILL.,,
returned indictments against six more
alleged leaders of the mob. At Kan
kakee, Private Klein of Chicago. who
killed Earl Nelson, was released on
$4,000 bail
One more death, that of ]. w. Scott,
was added to the fatality list of the
Springfield 1ll.) riots. National Guard
patrols were fired on twice from am
bush, but no one was hit. Gov. Deneen
issued proclamations offering rewards
for the arrest of the murderers and
urging all citizens who had informa
ton about the rioting TO present 1t to
the grand jury.
Gov. Deneen ordered home all the
state troops in Springfield except the
Seventh infantry and First cavalry.
Negroes were in great fear of renewal
Of attacks. Arrangements were com
pleted for surrendering Private J. b.
Klein to the civil authorities at Kan
kakee for trial on the charge of kill
ing Earl Nelson.
Abraham Raymor and Kate Howard
were indicted at Springfield as lead
ers of the mob.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27
PERSONAL.

son was born to Senator and Mrs.
A. J. Beverage of Indiana at Man
chester, Mass.
Cashier n. A. Aston of the bank of
Stevenson, Ala. disappeared and it is
alleged that he is short in his accounts
from $4,000 to $4,000.
John ID. Rockefeller gave his cousin
Miss Gertrude Rockefeller of Okla
homa City, Okla, $50 as a wedding
gift.
Miss Annie S. Peck, the mountain
climber, for whose safety fears were
felt, returned in safety to Lima, Peru.
Rear Admiral Robley d. Evans cele.
brated his sixty second birthday and
went on the retired list. At Lake Mo-
honk, n. Y, he received numerous
calls and kilograms of congratulation,
and was given big reception and low
ing cup.
Edward Cotteringham, treasurer Of
the Union Traction company of Lip
ton, Ind, accused of embezzling
$1,000, was arrested in Ottawa, Ont.
Alfred Il. Wimberly, Kentucky man
ager of the Bankers Life association
Of Des Moines, Ia, and a wellknown
insurance man.. committed suicide in
Louisville, leaving a note saying he
was tired of life.
At Utica, n. Y, Representative
James S. Sherman was formally noti-
fled of his nomination for the vice
presidency at the Chicago convention
last June. The notification was made
the occasion of a general holiday and
the residents of the city. irrespective
of party, took part in the tribute to
fellow tOwnsman.
Omer X Benedict, editor of the Ok
lahoma City Times. was arrested on
a charge Of criminal libel preferred by
Gov Haskell
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27

1t looks as though the potato bug
like the elm tree beetle. the cotton
boil wesvil and the wicked flea, which
have on their backs lesser critters &c
bite EN-, is going to get his. Farmers
In Maine, which is big potato state
are rejoicing over the alleged dis
covery of parasite which is exter
minating the Plato bug. That in
sect has been for many years one OF
the scourges of the country, infest
ing every region where tubers are
raised. If the parasite proves to be
all that is claimed the days of the Pc
tato bug are numbered.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27
Hotels Must BE Kept Safe.

Fire Marshal Louis Seigel will pre-
vent the overcrowding Of hotels dur
ing fair week. mo portions of hotels
which are not of easy access 10 fire
escapes can be used as sleeping
quarters. The blocking of hotel cor.
ridors and halls with cots will also
not be allowed this year All avenues
to the fire escapes must be kept clear.
If there are any hotel fires next week
the buildings will be in such shape
that guests can get out of them
easily"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27

Another proof Of the growing i'm
portance of interior waterways. Traf
nc on the Missouri river has so in
creased that larger steamboats, ant
more Of them are demanded to NEE
requirements. The Missouriis mighty
stream, 5000 miles long, though the
tortuous course and uncertain depth
with fiuctuating currents, make navi
cation difficult and dangerous. Never
theless there are long stretches where
boats OF considerable draft can be EN-
ployed. and with water transportation
for a large portion OF the products of 8
big region the gain would be great
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27

A Chicago professor predicts thai
English will be among the dead Ian
guages in the year 1000. However
when 1t is considered that the Ian
guage has been pretty well used and
abused without showing the wea,
most persons are sanguine enough te
hope that it will live little longer.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27
to Consider Fares.

Commission to Consider Fares.
The state railroad commission an
nounced that the Chandler interurban
rate petition will be taken up on the
Gath and a hearing held. Chandler
complained because the interurban
companies do not charge on strictly
mileage basis, but charge to the most
distant station possible. If traveller
gets off between stations he must
buy ticket TO the more distant one.
And so, going, he must buy for the
longer distance. This petition origi-
mated in Des Moines on account of
the Granger line. The company estab-
lished certain pay stations, but also
arranged for the convenience of trav-
elers TO let them off and on cars at
still other stations between. But 1t
claims that it must maintain some
system about selling tickets.
The railroad commission has an
nounced a commodity rate for beer,
making the intertata rate between
Missouri and Mississippi points the
maximum rate in this state. This Is
NiiC do ~ WdSOuS, eJC.
A lower rate has been asked for
wheat and corn for milling purposes,
and this is pending before the board,
having been submitted.
For sand a commodity rate of 80
per cent of the soft coal, slack, rate
was asked, but the board has denied
this.
Plaster board has been put in with
salt, lime, cement and Stucco in a
commodity rate for those things.
Starch in car loads has been given
the corn tariff rates.
A commodity rate was asked on
lubricating oil, and this is under con.
sideration.
The board denied the petition of
Secretary Wrightman of the Iowa
Manufacturers association for the
following rule:
when cars furnished by carriers
IN response to shippers request do
not, on account of dimensions or con-
dition of the car, hold a quantity of
the article to be shipped as great as
the minimum weight specified in the
classification, charges shall be assess
ed on the actual weight hauled"
However. a $4,000 pound minimum,
class b, was fixed for waste paper in
bales, sacks, boxes or crates.
Returning empty iron barrels were
given rate of one-half of fourth
class, by the board.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27

Vodka" bottles in Russia carry the
vodka" trade is government mo
nopoly-but a commission of the
Duma, appointed to consider the drink
evil, has lately recommended that the
eagle be removed from the label. anc
q skull and crossbones be put in its
place, with appropriate warnings
against the use OF the poison.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27
Rare Present Given State.

J. d. Edmundson Of Des Moines has
presented to the Iowa Hall of History
the fine diary kept by his father, Will
liam Edmundson, when the latter
went overland from Oskaloosa to Cali
fornia in 1850. The entries are of
much Importance historically. It re-
lates the death of number of Iowa
migrants and tells the story of the
cross-plains trip. He also gave to the
historical department the campaign
badge which he wore in 1860, bearing
the picture of Abraham Lincoln upon
se sill; facing.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27

One want begets another. The
harvest is uncommonly big this year,
and the demand for agricultural nipple.
ments is on corresponding scale. In
some quarters the announcement is
that all records have been broken
Such activity means busy times and
lots of work in the manufactures OF
mowers and reapers and other up-to
date machinery for farmers.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27

Who denies that the world is grow
ing better? asks the Omaha Bee. A
man has been sentenced to seven
years in prison at Goldfield, New. for
selling fake mining stock. Life is go
ing to lose some of its attractiveness
in the west if it is made crime tc
fleece a tenderfoot by the mining
stock game.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27

John Ruskin proposed old-age pen
sions more than so years ago. In his
lectures at Manchester in 1857 OF
"The Political Economy of Art he
pleaded for pensions to soldiers o,
the plowshsre as we'll as soldiers OF
the sword"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27

The English papers have combined
TO boycott the word suffragette. They
discovered that it's use was no assur
ance that circulation solicitor
wouldn't get painful of dishwater
where he had been counting on kind.
ly welcome.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27

Tests Of reinforced concrete barges
and pontoons have been conducted by
the Italian government since 1897, and
the results have been so gratifying
that several more of the strange con
structions have been ordered.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27

The Pan-American idea continues to
md favor. The president has ap'
pointed nine delegates to the Pan.
American scientific congress, to be
held in Santiago, Chile, in December.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27

A co-educational college in Ohio Is
reported to have been responsible for
10000 weddings during its career Of SO
years. This looks as If the co-educa,
tional system is not as bad as some
persons say it is.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27

WI Ting,Fang has eight ancient
rules which assure person that he
can live for 200 years. The rules must
be the limit of unbearableness, or
somebody would have tested them by
this time.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27

A Wilkesbarre Judge has an
nounced that debts for sheath gowns
are uncollectable in his court. 1t Is
. poor style that cannot chronicle it's
own peculiar foolishness at the
start-off.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27
NO Relief for Southwest.

The state railroad commission
made an order, to the, effect that no
additional train service on the Bur-
lington railroad will be ordered at
the present time. However, the
company voluntarily extends the ser.
vice from Van Vert to Mount Ayr.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27

Mr.. and Mrs. John ID. Rockefeller,
Jr., have a second son. The outlook
for that youngster is brighter than 1t
is for the second son of the king of
Spain.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27

Sweden is sending to the United
States for some of her sons who have
forsaken her and have made success
Of careers In this country.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27

Japan's new prime minister says
his one aim will be to preserve the
worlds peace, but thus far he has not
ordered the Japanese navy to sink
itself.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27
A. c. Ross. Pub.

Efforts are being made In London 70
further the emigration of British wom-
On to South Africa
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27

In order to keep up the supply OF
billiard balls several hundred ele-
plants have to be killed every year.
Billiards is an expensive game.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27
Thomas Last Hone Gone


Charles Thomas must serve his fuu
HE sentence in the penitentiary for
the murder of Mabel Schofld.
The decree of the United States su.
preme court has been received at the
Office of Clerk Bousquet of the Iowa
supreme court, disposing of the final
question raised in the case.
1t was On March 23 that the high.
est tribunal IN the land dismissed the
appeal Of Thomas from the decision
OF the Iowa courts. But the attorneys
LOT the young man filed petition for
a rehearing. In the decree filed with
Clerk Bousquet it is understood both
by Assistant Attorney General Lyon,
who presented the states case to the
United States supreme court, and by
Judge c. c. Cole, attorney for
Thomas, that the whole matter is in
cluded and that the decision so fled
is final
The only remaining hope Of Thorn
as is the legislature and of course
1t will be many years before it will
undertake to consider the Thomas
case.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27

One point in favor Of the directoire
gown is the fact that 1t could not pos
sibly be as bad as some of the imag'
NATIVE artists picture It.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27
Des Moines Authors Books.

Four Des Moines authors come to
the front this month with new books.
OF this number is Miss Margaret
Walker, with her new book entitled
Bird Legend and life," Ed Sabin
when You were a Boy" Edith
Rickert, THE Golden Hawk" and Tom
Dawson, "The Life of Mckinley"
which is one of the series of the
American statesman.
All of these books come from the
same publishing house, which is a pc.
culiar coincidence, and is that of the
firm of Baker & Taylor Of New York.
This is the second book for Miss
Walker, who is teacher in Irving
school, Her first book venture, Lady
Hollyhocks," has reached its third
edition. Mr.. Sabin is versatile
writer and has written several books.
Miss Rickert is well known for her
former book, Folly" and magazine
stories. Mr.. Dawson is a brother OF
Allen Dawson, formerly of the Leader
and has previously written book
on South America.
These books have reached the city
library and add TO an already large
colony Of Des Moines writer's books
in the library.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27

The schools of London are to have
foghorns. but not, it may be, as
symbol Of the pedagogy of old Eng
land.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27

It is proposed to build medical col
lege at Lucknow as memorial OF the
visit OF the prince of Wales in 1905,
ut q cost Of $1,250,000.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27

Alfred Soderman of Worcester,
Mass. has succeeded In growing po
tatoes and tomatoes on the same vine.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27

Nine. Jeanne Marni has Just won
the Chauchard prize given by the
Societe des Gems de Lettres of France.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27
Come Here Again In 1909.

The Iowa rural letter carriers voted
to come to Des Moines for their an
nual convention in 1909. An early
morning meeting was held the 18th
and the final business before the con.
vention was closed and the delegates
left at O'Clock for the trip to Ames
The old officers of the association
were all reelected, with some change
in the directory board. G. v. Adams
was reelected as president; B. B.
Child, secretary; c. M. Smith, first
vice president, and w. S. Hoon, Sec
ond vice president President Adams
was chosen as chairman of the dele
cation which will attend the national
convention at Omaha in October.
AT the national convention the life
insurance feature of the letter car.
rler's organization will come up for
special attention and it will either be
abolished or radical changes made
in the system.
After the adjournment Of the meet
ing, the entire delegate body took the
lnterurban to Ames, where they were
guests Of the Business Mems league,
and the day was spent in listening
10 coed road discussions and in
sightseeing about the town and col
lege grounds.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27
Want Nominees, Opinions.

Want Nominees Opinions.
Des Moines.-ln personal letter
sent to republican candidates for the
| next legislature, Secretary of State
Hayward and Treasurer Of State Nor.
row have been seeking to ascertain
the sentiment among candidates as
to extra session of the Thirty-second
General assembly to amend the pri-
mary law so as to submit the sena-
torial succession to the voters at the
general election.
1t Is understood that many replies
have been received TO this letter. from
prospective members of the assembly.
1t is probable that the result of the
inquiry, in numbers, will be disclosed
soon. There are 1873 republican can
didates for the legislature and it is
said that inquiries have been sent
to each one.
This is regarded as a purely nom
factional inquiry, one of the officers
mentioned being classed as a stand
patter and the other as a progressive,
but both are candidates on tsle re-
publican ticket for reelection this
year and simply are anxious to pro-
mote the party interests.
Nominees for the legislature have
been in receipt of the inquiry and
have made replies, at once, in many
cases. The Acknowledgment letter
follows:
at has been suggested that a
special session of the legislature be
called to amend the primary law so
press their choice for United States
senator at the November election.
ut is urged that this would prac-
tically eliminate factional strife in
the legislative districts, bringing both
factions together in the support of
party nominees; that candidates for
the legislature when called on by
members of either faction for declar-
atoms or pledges on the senatorial
question could say that they would
be governed by the expressed will of
the party at the polls, whoever 1t
might be for.
at is also urged that the expense
vi q ltN udsS vi TIC
ture to amend the law might be much
less than the expense of a possible if
not probable, long drawn out contest
over the election OF senator by the
next general assembly; that such con-
test would be prevented by an amend
| ment OF the law permitting the repub-
licans of the entire state to select the
candidate.
Does this plan meet with your
approval?
will you please advise by return
mail and also give, briefly, any rea-
sons that occur to you for or against
the plan proposed. and greatly
oblige."
The inquiry was sent out as the
result of the gossip about an extra
session. There has been much discus.
sion of the proposition for several
days. Indeed, amcng the closest ad-
visers of the governor it was the
proposition of the three confronting
the Cummins faction which from the
beginning elected the chief support.
1t is regarded among politicians as
not altogether unlikely that the stand
pat leaders will favor the extra ses-
sion solution of the problems now
confronting the republican party.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27
Want Recruiting Office.

The action of the war department
in abolishing the army recruiting sta
ton here and the substations over the
state Is causing much comment among
business men of the city and it is
almost certain that the matter will
be taken up at once with Congress
man Hull by the commercial organiza-
tons of the city and steps taken TO
have the order rescinded. A number
Of prominent business men were in
terviewed and it is the general opin-
ion that the matter will be made a
subject for action at once.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-27

IIgHt Compdhy VIII Fight.
A law suit will be necessary to de-
termine whether the city shall con-
tinue paying the Welsbach Lighting
company s22 a year each for gas
street lights instead of SIT year AZ
provided by the franchise. In 1906
the city council entered into a ten
year contract with the company In
creasing the price of the lights IS
year each. The new administration
holds that the contract was fIIegab
and refused to pay the increased
price. Both city and company arc
willing 10 fight
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-10-23
DON'T WANT BRYAN +.
AND TAFT TO MEET.

New York, Oct. 23.-Chairman
Hitchcock of the republican national
committee postponed at the last mo-
mert today his departure for Chicago
until tomorrow afternoon. He was de-
tanned most OF the day at his hotel,
where he saw a number Of visitors,
among them being Charles p. Taft Of
Ohio, and several leaders in nearby
states.
Having discovered today that the
schedules prepared would bring Mr..
Taft and Mr. Bryan together at Port
Chester, New York, next Monday, the
republican and the democratic nation
al committees, through their publicity
bureaus rearranged their dates with
the result that Mr.. Bryan will speak
at that place in the morning of Mon
day and Mr.. Taft will make his ad-
dress there at 3 o'clock in the after
noon.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1908-10-23
women IN
WAR CLAMOR
Parade Streets Headed by the
PrinceSSeS Of Montenegro

cettinje, Montenegro, Oct 2s.--A re-
markable expression of the depth to
which the war fever has penetrated
the Montenegrin people, as a result of
the annexation of the provinces of
Bosnia and Herzegovina by Austria
Hungary, was witnessed In Cettinji
today, when the women of the capital
united in a great street demonstration.
These were headed by Princesses
Zenia and Vera, daughters of Prince
Nicholas, who marched through the
streets carrying Montenegrin flags.
The princesses were followed by a
great throng Of women Of all classes,
who chanted war songs as they
marched, stopping from tine to time
to plead with the men who followed
in their wake, TO defend the sacred
rights of the nation.
The two princesses subsequently
formed a committee for the enroll
ment OF Red Cross nurses.