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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-03-02
SOME STIRRING EVENTS
OF FIFTY YEARS AGO
Abraham Lincoln Was Spirited Part
OF The Way To Washington
By Night On Special Train.

Great events occurred during this
week fifty years ago. There were
scenes in Washington that should be
preserved by the paintings Of master
hand. Abraham Lincoln made the trip
to Washington under threats of assas.
sination. After q stop at Harrisburg
where he addressed the legislature, a
special train was run to point near
the city where it was boarded by Mr..
Lincoln and q few friends, the wires
were cut and after change at Phila.
delphia, the party ran through to
Washington ahead Of tipe 80 as to pre-
vent trouble which ives openly threaten
ed by the southern people at Baltimore.
Two years before that Stephen A.
Douglas defeated Lincoln for place in
the senate. Four months before Lin
coin had defeated Douglas for the presi.
dency. On the day Of the inauguration
Douglas held Lincoln's hat while he
was giving his inaugural address. That
was simple act Of courtesy and pro-
baby not premeditated. but it had far
reaching influence. It indicated to the
thousands who saw and the millions
who read Of that scene, that the nav
president should have the hearty
support of the Douglas men not-with-
standing his defeat for the same posi-
ton. And we have often thought that
1t was a great misfortune that Douglas
died before the end OF that year. And
now the state that furnished Lincoln,
Douglas and Grant to the cause of the
Union is in very bad odor because of
unsavory things in connection with its
general assembly.
The day the inaugural was delivered
q clerk in leather store at Galena
was one of the millions who read it and
was struck by the exalted plea for the
preservation of = the Union without
regard to any other issue Of the time.
A painter would find this unpretentiOus
clerk, who had not been one Of fortune 3
favorites except in undiscovered quail
ties, q dramatic suhject. In less than q
year he had received the surrender of a
large army, and in little more than
two years the surrender Of an army
still larger, with greater and decisive
event Of the same kind TO follow at the
end Of four years. In eight years the
unnOted clerk was Al,Sssident Of tbs
United States, and at the head Of a
Union made firm for the ages. Hun.
dYeds Of Thousands Of farmers, artisans
and clerks had formed vast armies and
fought the most desperate battles Of
modern times to q conclusion. They
agreed with Douglas that the Union
must be preserved and that the home
spun president from the West was Q
leader worth listening to and supporting.
The leaders of other days in their
careers were self-made men. They rosa
by native merit and force Of upright
character. Not smirch is on their
records. Their ideals were Of the
highest. What they did adorns the
annals Of the republic. What q change
to the present humiliating condition
of affairs. II remains for both parties
to vindicate their ability to cast out
such base political intrusion. The
Illinois of fifty years ago is the real
Illinois, and the state in the end will
always assert the standard" ..E
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-03-02

. 0eo. r. SpsnCsr "a fallily haxs lsft
Tho Darn 60 q Hanlin and gops 10
Lake View to napl,a fhat plaaa that's
homo WHARF they Nills.occupy Ane
rasidencs alTeaAy purchased Mr..
SpAnCer admits that. - y antiipating
moro or lAaS plaAnnfe fr0n fishing In
the lalD and .We.Gn1pscG, thathe win be-
canse be grew mp near the water whose
splaShing still bring . pleasant sound
to his eAr. He may have sOme Ash
stories 70 tall when 10 comes to Audu-
bon. Mr.. and Ma spencer leAye the
farm beCAuse they AFe admOnished by
advancing yeAIS and impaired health
that the time has como for them to take
life much easier than farm litO permits.
A host Of frisnds in ehlAs county hops
they may live many ysarS 70 enjoy
what they hAve NOD ard SAyDd, by
hard work n thlSy ,cOantyNa Frank
Bamsey tAkeS The homo place Of $40
acres and Axsl Hansen the Othsr 100,
tho caah rentOf IL ofit binR $500 an
acre which makaS- N coy income.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-03-02


Whsn Me1srA RAttenbuE ana Judd,
tbs president and pCpnn0Hoe Il The A.
N. d 8. Railroad went 70 thalsi ollCD
Saturday morning TIA aaCrstaEy Wasu't
there. When thay cAlla1a thApolioo and
broke the lock thev tOund1 MllS Dcolsy'a
bsSt clothes lying On, thassAfo hut me
was gone. The CialSlWtHsnEinhAonsd
hut an examination II tn, hoelu and
safO allowed thsre was no need for alarm
unless It Be about the missing girl. An
inveGtigatiOn showed that ahA had left
that morning iog INK HON and about
noon massage waD received from A..
81. JorSenSen saying, lahA waS ct his
homo and seemed tObs seriously sick.
She aid Sho was 4hEohsn down from
overwOrk ard wanted 10 rest for Q
week. The oGaceES commend har work
but couldn't undeEstAnd Why Ghe .would
leave without their knowledge.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-03-02
RarlY SaffIar Of Lincoln.

William Johnston, who died at SpoJ
kane Washington, February IS, was
one Of the early settlers Of Lincoln
townahip in this county having come
there Ia 1870 That was an early day
in thia, county when he had to travel
twenty mikes to reach the nearest town.
On ops trip to West Side for coal. he
was lost In snow storm and made his
bed in q hay stack until morning. His
gsnerOsity in furnishing SEED and feed
to settlers unable to pay caused financial
lon. .
Tho remains were brought to Manning
and the funeral services were held at
tAS homo Of his son, B. L. Johnston. in
Manning conducted by Rev. ]. N.
Hosier, pastor Of the M. E. Church.
His body was laid to rest in the ceme-
tery in Lincoln township where he had
spent many years Of his active life.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-03-02
FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY
FOR TOWN OF AUDUBON
The Opportunity Now Offered To
Secure A Fine New Building
Should Be Improved.

The article in the Aunubon papers
last week concerning the history of the
public library and the opportunity to
secure a fine new building without any
cost, has aroused much interest and
caused much favorable discussion.
What has been done is the result of earn
est effort on the part of the women and
generous help on the part of some bust
ness men. BY cooperation they have
paid for building and built up fairly
good library. The women have not lost
interest in the good work. On the con-
trary they feel that the time has come
when Audubon should have a new and
better building and more extensive
and free public library; and that it
should be owned and supported by the
town as a part of our educational system
just the same as the public schools.
We think their position ON this point is
we'll taken.
Audubon is in much better condition
to take up this matter than many other
towns because of what has already been
done. A sale Of the building now &C.
cuppied by Coon & McFadden's store
would furnish sufficient means to buy q
suitable site, with enough over to aug
ment the Carnegie gift so as to erect
two story building in order to provide
an auditorium for the accommodation
of many of the smaller meetings. The
voting of two mill tax would yield
$500 annually for support and secure
$1,000 from Mr.. Carnegie for the erec-
ton of building. AS stated in our
last issue the amount added to the tax
of any individual would be very small
indeed. The present rate of taxation is
just little more than 80 mills. A
library tax of two mills would amount
to one thirtieth as much. Any citizen
now paying $50 tax would pay one
dollar more, which is the same as now
paid for library ticket for one year.
II the question of support is submit
ted to the voters, which will he necessary
in order to secure the money for y
building, the women will have the
same right to vote as the men because
it is question of increasing the rate of
taxation. We mention this now so they
may inquire Of the men how to proceed
when they 60 to the polls.
On Friday evening of this week at
1880 mass meeting will be held at the
Court House when Miss Alice s. Tyler
Of Des Moines will give an address.
Miss Tyler lis secretary of the Iowa
Library Commission and will discuss
the library question.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-03-02
New Deputy sherlff.

Alex Ferguson resigned a. deputy
sheriff Wednesday, March LIST. and Chas
Sunberg assumed the position the same
day. Alex has made an efficient ofai-
cial and resigns to Engage in farming
on farm he owns about three miles
east Of Audubon. Mr.. Sunberg the new
deputy IL building contractor and q
good man and win probably make an
Obliging Official.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-03-02
Father Nuxent Coming.

Father Mcdonald has secured Father
Nugent the celebrated orator of Des
Moines and known the country over for
his fiuency and easy delivery of speech
to give one of his famous lectures. here
at the Opera House Tuesday night,
March 2sth. Father Mcdonald has been
very fortunate in getting him to come,
and the people of Audubon will GER
tainly have treat in hearing him.
His subject will be: The Life Size
Portrait of God"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-03-02

II looks natural to see Jake Ruhs In
tho hardware on the southside again
after being out for about two years. A
trade was made with w. 8. Foley by
which be takes section Of Canada
land owned by Mr.. Ruha Jake win be
ct hounA 10 all his old customers and
now onsS q well whom he win be glad
to 60 q his store.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-03-02
HON. FRED. F. FAVILLE
GAVE A FINE LECTURE
g From His ExpOriOncO with
cflnlnaIS He Urges a Square
Del For The Under Man

Thoas who attended the FayiIle lee.
SHre Friday night were entertained and
Instructed. Mr. Faville Is . clear and
tuEookul speaker. And a. he drew upon
~ oxpsrience q prcsector Of crimi.
nl1 70 illustrate his discussion his lee
tu1O carried interest and conviction to
HI audience. We should be pleased to
tqoote - length from his address did we
have tAe manuscript. We decided to
. onjoy his lecture instead OF taking notes
ND must therefore content ourselves
with giving . very brief account OF
what ~ said.
fhs hrut part Of his discussion related
70 the Mosaic law which demanded IAN
eye Tor IN eye and tooth for 9 tooth.
And nlnc the laws that existed among
our tcrefathers In England in recent
times which made more than hundred
OmensoI punishable by death. Even In
our own cCuntry at the present time
tkSEs arc many incCngruities andmany
peuo1tiea ere all out Of proportion to
- c6ense While he believes that tho
vio.Atlpn Of law should be punished and
justice be melted ont to everyone guilty
q CriHnA he contends that when sem
tones y given the Judge should consider
MT only the otfense but the individul
and The condition and circumstance
.yur6oR which IL was committed. Mr.,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-03-02
ALoctsrs On Australia.

4 On Friday svening March 10. Rev. p.
J. Pond win deliver . lecture at the
ChEistian Church on Australia which u
NJ hcanA Wear sure this lecture win
~ very inntEpctive and entertaining
a y - hsaEd By > larns auaisneA
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-03-02
The First Bahv Girl.

A cute little baby girl was born to
Mr.. and MrS. ThOa Campbell of Mel
vile tOwnahip, Friday night, February
94th. 1911. This IL their fourth child
and the first girl, tho others bsing boys.
Tom d Al smiles these days and says
that h don't have to hire q girl to help
with tie h01ss work. Mother and babe
axo &c. won.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-03-02

Ynun6 Peoples meeting this evening
= ~ al6t 8 O'Clock. Sunday school
Sunday morning ct $50. Services ct 8
osclDck Nm. and 1880 in the evening.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-03-02
M hlonax 0fThe World.

OF the worlds stock Of money seven
billion dOllarAis gold. three and one
haN billions silver. and four and one,
Third Millions uncovered papsr.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-08
His First Speech.

Senator Swanson. of Virginia, says
the Buffalo Commercial, tells a good
story on himself about the first politi-
cal speech he ever made. He says:
81 jumped up and began: Gentle
men, Herodotus tells us-'Which
tickets he on?' yelled the man with
the red shirt'-'Herodotus tells u.s.
| resumed with a gulp, of a whole
army that was put to flight by the
braying of an ass The crowd ap-
plauded and / felt fine. Then the
mans voice rose above the din.
Young fellow he called you
needn't be afraid Of this crowd. It's
been tested"
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-08

tion. But whilst wages have been
stationary earnings have gone down
considerably. Periods of unemploy-
ment due to depressed trade, come
more frequently and last longer.
Even when in employment the skill
ed artisan finds, owing to a variety of
causes, that work is more irregular.
Both these causes tends to lower his
earnings.
Cost Of Living Goes Up.
But whilst wages have been
stationary and earnings have been
going down, the cost of living has
been steadily advancing. Govern
ment returns and figures from other
reliable sources show that during the
ten years the wholesale prices of the
staple articles of food have risen by
10 per cent. Rouse rent and coal
have gone up wen more. Thus the
skilled and highly organized work.
HAL udS lOuhu hihhSCh oCih6
ed between the upper and neither mill
stones of higher prices and lower
earnings. Life for them has be-
come one long drawnout grapple with
want. On the railways the average
of the 100000 men employed is but
twenty-five shillings-say $6-a
week. One hundred thousand of
these men have less than twenty
shillings ($4) a week, some going as
low as fourteen shilllngs ($3.50.)
In the coal fields the tale is much
the same. Take South Wales as an
example. In that coal field alone 1t
is known that 10000 men are toiling
underground for less than twenty
s%hillings a week. When We leave
the skilled trades and get down
among the unskilled, we reach a very
quagmire of poverty, misery, desti-
tuition and degradation, for which
there is no parallel in any civilized
country. The late prime minister,
Sir Henry Campbell Bannerman, dur
ing his last election campaign. stated
on indisputable authority that 49,
900, 900 of the people, nearly one
third of the whole, were living in d.
rest poverty.
Socialists Make Roadway.
There is one other factor which
must be taken into account in reckon
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-08

ing up the causes which have led to
the present uprising. OF late years
the Socialist movement has made ire
mendous Roadway. Every week from
1000 to 1850 meetings are held
under Socialist auspices at which the
gospel of discomfort with the present
and hope for the future is vigorously
proclaimed.
The next great outbreak will be
the miners. That may be delayed
till next year, but when it m the
world will witness the amazing spec
tacle Of a whole nation on strike.
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-08
WHITE HOUSE
s ON WEELS
DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRA-
TION Is WHEREVER PRESI-
DENT is, AND Is NOW SWING
ING AROUND THE CIRCLE.

Once more the White House is on
Wheels. The nations official address
has again become President Taft.
En- Route" and telegraph companies,
postmasters. railway mail clerks.
presidential secretaries, and railroad
oficials are turning handsprings to
keep in motion the intricate ma
chinery hat a president starts when
he abandons the peaceful environ
ments of a New England summer re-
sort and starts out to see the country.
1t is no slight task to start a presi-
Dental Swing around the circle" 1t
is a vastly greater job to keep the
president moving on schedule time,
keep the nations business running
smoothly, prevent kinks in telegraph
or mail service to the travelling White
House, avoid seeming discourtesies or
political mistakes. and to keep the
president in good health and free
from unnecessary worries and irrita-
lions.
President Taft is known the world
over as a good traveller" Just how
good Is really known only to the men
who have been with him for several
years. The president is alawys the
last man to give in. There may be
hustle and excitement all about him,
but little of it is reflected from the
chief executive. He Is always the
most serene man of the occasion to
those charged with the smoothing
them out, and refuses to become up
set or worn out.
The secret of his boundless res
erve of power and strength when
travelling lies in his ability to catch
@forty winks" whenever the occasion
presents itself. Between two stations
he car drop down into a big easy
chair, put politics or affairs of state
out of his mind, and lapse into quiet
sleep for 10 or Is minutes. He
awakes with mind cleared and bodily
strength renewed, and is able to keep
up a program of speech-making and
continuous touring hat has been
equaled by no other president.
The presidents special that rolled
out of Beverly two days ago, to carry
the president on a tour to cover "a
states, is a busy little world in itself.
The president lives in the private car
Ideal" a Pullman set aside for his
use by the Pullman company, and fit
ted up according to the presidents
tastes and preferences. At the end Ia
an observation room and platform.
The little room serves both as sitting
room and dining room for the presi-
dent and his immediate staff, which
includes usually only Secretary Hilles
and Major Butt, the military aide,
and a physician who watches the
presidents health and cares. for his
throat.
Adjoining this sitting room in
which he often entertains visitors
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-08

along his line of travel, is his own
compartment. The president enjoys
the luxury of a brass bed, which adds
not a little to the comfort and repose
of travel. A table and some chairs
complete the furnishings of the room.
Here the president dictates most of
his letters, revises and distates his
speeches, and t~ransacts much of the
state business that follows the special
train into every nook and corner of
the United States.
The Grew" of the special Ideal"
is small. The car will accommodate
about eight persons, and the immedi-
ate staff with the president consist of
Private Secretary Charles D. Hilles,
Major Archibald w. Butt, military
aide; w. w. Mischer, confidential
clerk; Charles Wagner, private stem
%ographer, and James Sloan and
Richard Jervis, secrel service men.
The president has a chef and a
steward, furnished by the Pullman
company, and two walters to serve
the meals in the private car. The
cook and the steward are especially
selected for the president and have
travelled many miles with him. The
president Is a hearty but careful eat
er, and his food is carefully chosen
and prepared in a serverly plain and
"home-cooked' manner.
The Advance Man.
One of the most important cogs in
the whole machine is President Taft's
advance man, Lucien Wheeler. He
seldom appears in the days proceed
ings; in fact, he is usually miles
ahead of the president, getting up at
unearthly hours to make connec-
lions; sleeping in country hotels at
junction points, and using all his
energy to keep in the lead of his
chief.
Wheeler is the presidents man
ahead" He is the bill poster and
contract maker of the big attraction
that is following him. One day
Wheeler drops into town ind by APP
pointment meets the chief of police,
the mayor, the commercial club and
the officials who are to have charge of
the entertainment of President Taft.
He finds out the hotels, clubs, halls,
parks and other points that the presi-
dent must visit on. He learns the
plans of the local committees for
the entertainment Of the president
and then he takes charge of affairs.
1t is Wheeler who decides where
the president shall leave the train;
where the automobiles shall wait for
him; where police are to be stationed
and how many there shall be; what
entrance of the hotel he shall use;
what streets he shall travel over; into
what door of the hall he may go;
whether an entertainment hall is
safe; and the score OF other little
things that may be completely con-
f1sing unlessethey are worked out in
detail by a man who knows just how
complex the thing is.
When Wheeler leaves town the To-
cal authorities have a definite plaS
agreed to by the presidents advance
agent, for every minute of the presi-
dents stay, and for every movement
that he is to make. A copy of that
plan goes back to the presidential
train, is studied by the secret service
men and Major Butt, and is followed
to the letter when the town Is
reached.
Secret Service on the job.
In all these matters Of local ar
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1911-10-08
Socialists Make Headway.

There is one other factor which
must be taken into account in reckon
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-07-04
PAUL is INSANE.

Carl Paul, a resident of the town of
Hewitt, was on Friday committed to
the state insane asylum at Winnie
bago. His wife Mary was also ex-
amined the same day, but no action
will be taken in her case until July Ia.
She is now at the home of one of her
children and her mental condition
will be watched until the above date.
Paul was recently arrested for threat
ening to do great bodily harm to Ed.
Lille, a neighbor. The testimony in
county court Friday showed that
about ever since the man has lived
out in that territory he has been
abusive with everyone, especially his
wife, and none of the neighbors cared
to have any dealings with him. When
in court his wife bore evidence of his
brutality. Both of her eyes were
blackened and her face was scratched
and bruised. But he claimed that he
had clicked" her on another part OF
her body. The testimony showed that
when he beat his wife she sought pro-
lection at the home of her neighbors
and this soured him against them
also. 1t is thought that If his wife
is insane. her insanity is due to being
tied to such man. The couple are
well along in years, their youngest
child being twenty-four years of age.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-07-04
IT SCARED PEOPLE.

A bill was passed June 20 in the
Legislature which in effect compelled
all stores selling groceries, dry goods
and meats to close on Sunday. The
law read in part as follows:
"The keeping open of store Oh
shop for the sale of dry goods, wear
ing apparel, hats, caps, boots, shoes,
hardware, furniture, crockery, glass
ware, jewelry, groceries, coffees, teas,
spices, meats or meat products CT
the first Cay of the week. shall not he
deemed work Of necessity OF
charity
Store keepers goJ up en- their hind
legs and protested against this bill
They threatened te close every SAIGON
in the state, il conformity with a
state law enacted so many years age
that few people are aware that such
Ia law was enacted. Federal Judge
j. V. Quarles of Milwaukee, says that
the saloon law is oaad statute, in
.smuch as it has never been enforced
The storekeepers also claimed that
the new law would work great hard
ship on poor people, who buy from
clay 90 day. Governor McGovern
claimed the same thing, and said the
law should be Immediately amended
or repealed.
In consequence of the protests
another bill was framed, repeating
the law which caused such a storm
People will be permitted to purchase
groceries, meats and meat products
on Sunday, as heretofore, for the bill
was passed on Thursday.