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Vircutatton
Guaranteed
To Exceed,
Candidates.
For Governor—
Leslie M. Shaw
F. E. White
Chas. A. Lloyd peo
John Cliggitt natd
Samuel P. Leland pro
M.J. Kreamer eoclab
For Lieutenant-Governor—
J. C. Milliman...
Ji. A. Plummer
B. H. Perkins peo
S. H. Mallory..: .natd
M. W. Atwood pro
M. S. Hirshfield soclab
Judge of Supreme Court—
Chas. M. Waterman
L. G. Kinne
.1. W. Lowenberg peo
Washington I. Babb...nat
N. T. Hellyer pro
John Kollmetz soclab
Supt. of Public Instruction
ltichard C. Barrett .r
(jr. F. Rinehart
Frank Carter peo
J. B. Knoepfler nat
Marion H. Dunham pro
Dr. A. Rindler soclab
Railroad Commissioner—
Chas. L. Davidson
S. B. Crane,. ...d
L. H. Griffith peo
Peter A. Dey ...natd
A. U. Coats pro
W. F. Travis ...soclab
Itepresen to ti ve—
S. M. Gardner —r
T. L. Kelly..
Treasurer—
IJ. D. Phelps rj
T. J. Coglan d,104
Sheriff—
D. P. Repass
R. C. Spencer
Supervisor—
N. P. Hoegh
E. B. Perry
Coroner—
W. R. Koob
C. Eger
Surveyor—
H. S. Wattles
Peter Lykke
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Election Returns of Audubon County.
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HAPPENINGS IN IOWA
Wealthy Farmer Ends It.
Sioux CITY, Oct. 29.—George Rose,
Wealthy farmer at German City, thii
^jvicounty, hanged himself this morning it
fit of temporary insanity.
—Sstiu, Their Trouble OutnfCourt.
DES MOINES,Oct. 28.—The troubles be
tween J. M. Pierce and Henry Wallace
owners of the Iowa Homestead ane
other agricultural papers, have beet
settled. The settlement involves tht
dismissal of all the suits pending and
turns the entire property over to Pierce
•who was practically an equal ownei
•with Wallace.
Editor Dike Dies Suddenly.
MASON CITY, la., Oct. 31.—Eugene B.
Dike, for 13 years editor of the Charles
City Intelligencer, died at his home
He went to his office at 8 o'clock, and
feeling quite badly, went home and
laid on the sofa, and in 10 minutes wat
dead from heart disease. Ho was 8
very prominent politician, Mason ano
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Grand Army man.
Investigate the Cause of Floods,
Sioux CITY, Oct. 28.—A subcommittee
Of the United States senate committes
on commerce will arrive here today on
a tour of examination into the subject
of the excessive floods in the Mississippi
and its tributaries. The committee
consists of Senators Kelson of Minne
sota, Berry of Arkansas and Gallingei
of New Hampshire.
Farmer Falls Holr to a Fortune.
ELDOKA, la., Oct. 81.—Henry Dors-
horn, an old farmer living north of
here, has just fallen heir to f33,000 in
Pennsylvania. Three times during the
past summer an attempt has been made
upon his life and it is now alleged that
the would be murderer was desirous of
getting him out of the -way in order to
claim this fortuno. Dershorn goes east
at once.
Round Op Postofflee Thief,
PEHKY, la., Oct. 27.—James Black,
who broke into the postoffloe
at Bouton,
was captured near this city yesterday
after an excitiug chase. Ho hid. in a
cornlield, which was surrounded by
farmers, who kept watch while Mar
shal Willis of this city searched the
field and arrested Black. His two pals
were also caught, but made their escape
afterward while being guarded in a
schoollionse.
Heary Failure in- Des Moines.
DES MOINES, Oct. 31 .—Israel Brothers,
retail dry goods and jobbers and manu
facturers of men's clothing and dry
goods notions, failed yesterday. The
liabilities are from $50,000 to $55,000
The firm will not state the value of the
assets, but creditors say they will not
realize over $30,000. The failure re
suits from insufficient capital in a large
business. The business will be .con
tinued in the hands of trustees.
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west of the Mississippi, with those of
two Indian chiefs, were unearthed a
few weeks ago by the builders of a
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killing him instantly, oanavica: came
here from Lehigh, la., about a month
ago. He has a brother in South Omaha
and two sisters at Nevada, la., but no
other relatives as far as known.
Order of the Eastern Star.
OTTUMWA, Oct. 80.—The Order of the
J&atern Star'' at _ye?tfi«iay'R-»£«reion
"eleoted tike- following officers: Grand
matron, Mrs. Delia Meredith of New
ton grand ^patron, W. H. Morris of
Manchester grand associate matron,
Mrs. M. B. Rithburn of Clinton grand
associate patron, S. J. Sail of Des
Moines grand secretary, Mrs. Maria
Jackson of Council Bluffs grand treas
urer, Miss Ella Houghton of Red Oak.
The next session will be held at Cedar
Rapids.
Escaped Convict From Lincoln.
PERRY, la., Oct. 81.—Last Saturday
night the postofflce and general store at
Bouton, six miles east of here, was
broken into by burglars. One of them
was captured. When he was taken to
the county jail Sheriff Payne recalled
having seen his photograph recently
and at once identified him as an cscaped
convict from the Nebraska penitentiary.
Warden George W. Lcidigh of Lin
coln arrived yesterday and identified
him. His name is John Curtin of North
Platte and he is under sentence of five
years for highway robbery. He escaped
on the evening of Oct. 3.
Warrant for A. C. Satterlee.
Sioux CITY, Oct. 81. George M,
Christian, postofflco inspector, passed
through the city yesterday, going to
Alvord, Lyon county, armed with
warrant for the arrest of A. C. Satter
lee, local editor of the Alvord Democrat,
on the charge of unlawfully taking lot'
ers from the postoflice at Alvord. Sat
terlee is the man from whom Chairman
Walsh of the Democratic state
committee
procured two letters written by Chair
man McMillan of tho Republican com
mittee addressed to B. H. Perkins, can
didate for lieutonant governor. These
letters indicated some political connec
tion between the Republican state com
mittee and the Populist candidates
was at first charged that tho letters
were stolen in Des Moines, but Satterlee
•icknowledged sending them to Walsh
it Des Moines, saying he had been au
horized to sell them for what he could
-pt.
JAIL DELIVERY AT DEADWOOP
Desperate Criminals Overpower Jailer
and Escape.
DEADWOOD, S. D., Nov. 2.—Last night
about 9 o'clock Walter Putney, Tom
O'Day, Frank Jones and Tom Jones
overpowered the jailer, assaulted his
wife, and accompaniod by William
Moore (colored), a murderer, mado their
escape from the Lawrence county jail,
The first four are white men and have
been indioted for robbing the Belle
Pourche bank a few months ago and are
looked upon as the most desperate men
in the northwest. There are members
of the notorious Curry gang of outlaw!
They were arrested only a few weeks
ago after a most desperate fight. Moore
was being held for a cold-blooded mur
der, committed last month. A large
posse is searohing the hills and it is
thought the fugitive will be in custody
before night.
HENRY GEORGE DEAD
FAMOUS SINGLE TAX ADVOCATE SUD
DENLY STRICKEN DOWN.
Strain of the Mayoralty Campaign Too
Great For the Candidate of Jefferson
Deimicrai-y—Died as lie Wished to Die,
In the Harness Fighting For the Cause,
NEW YORK, Oct. 80.—Henry George,
author of "Progress and Poverty" and
candidate of the Thomas Jeffersonian
Democracy for mayor of Now York,
died at 4:10 o'clock yesterday morning
in the Union Square hotel of cerebral
apoplexy. In his great Cooper Union
speeoh accepting the nomination foi
mayor less than a month ago, he aaid.
'I'll make this race if it costs me my
life. This is a call to duty and, as a
good citizen, I have no right to disre
gard it on account of mere persona]
consideration."
The cheers of the workers have sud
denly been changed to sighs, for, true
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HENRY GEORGE.
to his words, Henry George, the apostle
of the rights of man, died as he wished
to die—in the harness fighting for the
cause—toward the close of the greatest
municipal political contest the world
has ever seen.
He kept it up to the end and only a
few hours before the dread messenger
cried halt, Henry George had addressed
enthusiastic andienoes in three of the
towns of the boroughs of Queens and a
still larger assemblage in an nptown
hall hero. He spoke at Whitestone at
8 o'clock and made a speech at College
Point and Flushing before returning to
New York to speak at the Central opera
house. Mrs. George went with him.
All the halls in which he spoke were
filled and at College Point and Flush
ing crowds were turned away. At
station to the meeting hall at a gallop.
To the cheering crowds he said: "I
believe that all tho needed reforms are
summed up in the philosophy, the right
of every man to eat, to drink, to speak
as he sees fit, so long as he does not
trench on the rights of any other man.
believe that God, the Father, can
take care of His own laws. There is nc
need for us to get into trouble trying to
meddle with God's laws to enforce
them. If I am elected, and I believe
that I -will be elected, I will enforce the
law upon the rich and poor alike."
Sketoh of His Career.
Henry George was born on Sept. 2,
1889. He received a common school
education and then went into a count
ing room. He was also a sailor and
afterwards learned the printer's trade.
In 1858 he reached California, where he
worked at the printer's case until 1866,
when he became a reporter and after
wards editor, working at different times
on the San Francisco Times and Post.
He returned to New York in 1880 and
went to England and Ireland the fol
lowing year, -where he was twice ar
rested as a suspect, but was released
when his identity became established.
Mr. George is best known to the world
at large through his writings upon eco
nomic questions, notably his work en
titled "Progress and Poverty" publish
ed in 1879. His other works are "Our
Land and Land Policy," 1871 "Irish
Land Question," 1881 "Social Prob
lems," 1883 "Property in Land," a con
troversy with the duke of Argyle,
1884 "The Condition of Labor," "An
Open Letter to Pope Leo XIII," 1891
and "A Perplexed Philosopher" (Her
bert Spencer), 189a. In 1886 Mr. George
was nominated by the United Labor
Party for mayor of New York, polling
68,000 votes, against 90,000 for Abram
S. Hewitt, the Democratic nominee,
and 60,000 for Theodore Roosevelt, now
assistant secretary of the navy, Repub
lican. After his nomination for mayor
by the Jeffersonian Democrats a month
ago, Mr. George made an extremely ac
tive canvass, speaking several times
every evening and working from early
to late at his headquarters. He gave to
the oampaign its most sensational inci
dents, his attacks on Richard Oroker
and Senator Piatt, whom he threatened
to prosecute for various crimes, such as
levying blackmail upon city contractors
and aspirants for offloe, should he be
elected mayor. His candidacy gave to
the coming election its greatest element
of uncertainty, for, according to expert
politicians, it -was praotioally impossible
to estimate how much of Bryan's vote
of lust year would go to George instead
of Van Wyck.
Thirteen Firemen Seriously Burned.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. H.—During the
progress of afire at Bornot's dyeing and
scouring establishment today, a large
can of benzine exploded. Thirteen fire
men were so seriously burned that thoy
had to be taken to a hospital. It
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TWELVE YEARS OLD. EXIRA, IOWA THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1897. $1.00 PER Y1
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to -th* Wise"
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Men's Blue Chinchilla Overcoats $4 40
Men's Blue Kersey Overcoats .-. 5 75
Men's Light and Dark Brown Cheviot Overcoats 4 40
Men's Blue Chinchilla Ulsters 5 75
Men's Fancy Plaid Suits 5 00
Boys' Long Pant Suits 2 50
Child's Black Cheviot Knee Pant Suits 1 50
Child's Cape Overcoats, from 75c to 4 00
Men's Fifty Cent per Garment
Fleeced Underwear!
strawboarU Trout Formeo. I
•ANDERSON, Ind., Nov. 2.—The forma­
tion of a strawboard trust, controlling
eAery
plant in the country, has been ef
fected and will commence operations at
once. It includes the 12 independent
plants and the 19 owned by the Ameri
can Strawboard company. The last
two to be brought in were the Car
thage, Ind., and the Peoria, 111., plants.
The offloeB of the American Strawboard
company in New York city will be
elosed and the managing secretary, C.
W. Bell, formarly of Cincinnati, will
be sent abroad as the traveling agent of
the trust. The new company, the
American Strawboard combination, will
open offices in Indianapolis and Joseph
Fanning of this state placed in charge.
The trust will have an absolute monop
oly. Manager Williams of the Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois Strawboard com
pany plants does not anticipate any im
mediate chance in nrice.
taUESb WOUi
There Is an old woman—pray can you geflsa
who?—
With such a bad temper men namo hor a shrew.
She frets, and ahe scolds, and she storm's and
the shrieks.
And never old woman had BO many freaks.
She'll smile and caress you perchance for a
day,
Then blow you up roundly, for that is her way,
And many good people had rather leavo home
Than stay when this surly old woman will
come.
Her children behold her with terror and dread
And hardly dare peep from their warm, oozy
bed.
Though brave little Golden Locks, hardy and
bright,
Bometimes ventures out for a taste of sunlight.
Yet such a rare housekeeper never was known.
She sweeps tho wide earth, every corner and
zone,
And this queer old woman, BO hated and feared,
Most beautiful children has nurtured and
reared.
She carefully hides them away out of sight
And keepB them by daytime and guards them
by night.
She cradles them gently on earth's tender
breast
And lulls them with breezes from south and
from west
Until their swoet beauty is ripe for display,
When two charming maidens, young April and
Hay,
Call out the dear children to play in the sun
then olaim the work the old woman has
done.
—Zitella Cocke in Youth's Companion.
Londoner! and Rain.
The other day I saw, below the
rim of my own umbrella, three or
four men walking indolently along
with their own tucked under their
arms. It takes more than a slight
wetti^" to make a Los-
We have the best article to be found at that price.
gmtmmmpmm rr mrnmmi
He may not have found them, 1
refleoted, but that does not prevent
England
from being a country which
tuberculosis has conspicuously
cursed. My friend is only one of a
great multitude. They shrink with
abhorrence from overshoes, and
they would as soon don beaded moc
casins for the street as arctics. Yet
there is many a day when no hoots,
however stout, can resist the inces
sant downpour above and slush he
low. And such hoots as are worn 1
I marvel how any human feet can
incase themselves habitually in
their heavy, thick soled roughneBS.
Among the lower classes, and par
ticularly policemen, you see rigid,
ironlike footgear that looks more
impracticable than the most cum
brous sabot of the French peasant
Edgar Fawcett in Collier's Weekly.
LET us convince you by comparison that we allow no outsiders to sell goods in our line cheaper than we dol
Last week we noted the fact that a Des Moines clothing firm was sending catalogues to many Audubon
county residents. We have compared our goods, prices and make with their samples and have con
vinced those who have taken the trouble to compare them also that we speak the truth in saying that
no one can afford to send away from home for Clothing!
Besides when we recommend an article and it does not prove to be as we represent it, we make it right
We will sell you goods in our line as cheap as any firm and if you'll investigate you'll find sliat we are
strong bidders for trade to remain at home where it belongs. There are other firms who continually howl:
We sell no shoddy goods, etc.," but let us tell you candidly that shoddy olothing is a thing of the past. A
firm may do business for a time selling shoddy stuff but such a firm will remain in business but a short
time. We use no fake advertisements! If we have a suit to sell $7.50 we do not tell you it is a $10.0)0
suit but give you excellent value for your money or the man who issues that little catalogue will capture
your dollar. But we have headed that fellow off long.ago We knew tuey were hungry and greedy for
trade and started our business in Audubon over three years ago with the intention of making a saccess of
it by selling honest up-to-date, well-made goods at a price as low as any dealer in the United State can off
them. We have succeeded and will continue to succeed!
Hugo and Yerdl.
L00I3 at the Lis't!-
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Men's
Boston One Price Cash Clothing House, Audubon, Iowa.
Verdi labored long before he per
suaded Victor Hugo, who was vexed
that the tragic beauties of his "Le
Roi S'Amuse" had been turned into young negroes of today are trying
operatio effeots, to attend a per- to learn the art, and those who do
formance of "Kigoletto." He suc
ceeded at length, and Hugo sat in
the box with the composer and lis
tened to the opera. But not a word
did he speak. Verdi's impatience
got the better of him and he asked:
"Well, what say you—about the
quartet, for instance}"
"Show me a way in whioh four
persons can be permitted to speak
simultaneously," replied the poet,
"and I will write something more
beautiful than your quartet. "—San
Francisco Argonaut.
Changed the Tone*
This story is told of an eccentric
Hastings parson: One day, on visit
ing the belfry, he found a white
washer whistling a dance tune as he
worked. The parson reproved him
sharply for ohoosing such music for
suoh a place.
"Beg your pardon, sir," said the
man, "but I forgot where I was,"
and then to show he was sorry he
started whistling the "C^ld Hun
dredth." His hand, howetfqr, kept
time with the music, and -so the
T- made the
Circulation
Gu€tranteed
.to Exceed
We sell Wright's best health Wool Fleeced Under
wear at $1.00 per garment.
We sell the best 50c Unlaundered White
the market long or short bosom.
We are agen/ for the Gotham St
blocks on hand!
P«Fr..
We are agents AheGi Wes
$1.00 glove warranted.
Boys'Unde .$1.00 pev
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Men's
to 2.50.
and Boys' Duck Coats, 25L
DE OLE BANJO.
It Appears to Be loiinr Favor With tlx
Cplored Population*
The young of the colored race
seem to think that it is their duty
to throw aside entirely everything
which has even the slightest resem
blanoe to the customs of their par
ents. This is a great pity, for the
traits -which characterized their old
father and mother, or rather the
"mammy" and "daddy" of the old
en time will linger with us a sweet
memory as long as life lasts.
The banjo and the fiddle, too, at
once played by the faithful old serv
ants of former days, will soon be a
thing of the past. It is true that
when the old darky "got 'ligion" he
oharged up to the banjo all the sins
of every kind that he had ever com
mitted, but before his conversion,
from every quarter on the planta
tion you Gould hear the familiar
"plunkity plunk."
Not one in a thousand of the
attempt it see no music in the tunes
whioh their fathers played, such as
"Gwine Long Down to Town,"
"Dan, the Boatman," "Jordan Is
Hard Road to Travel," and "Jinnie,
Put the Kittle On," etc.
They imitate our college boys
and play "Peekaboo," "After the
Ball" and "Down on the Farm.'
There's nothing soul stirring about
any of these pieces. The mandolin
is growing in popularity with the
darkies, and in a few years the ban
jo as the favorite instrument of the
negro will be a matter of history.
When in a Kentucky town last
winter, I remained on the platform
for some time after my entertain
ment to receive the cordial greeting
of old friends and acquaintances,
among whom were many old Vir
ginians. A lady who had moved
from Virginia 30 years came up and
said:
"Mr. Miller, I brought my old
negro 'mammy' out to hear you to
night. She is waiting for .the audi
ence to clear the middle aisle, wher
she will come down and speak
vou. The old woman is 86 yea*
entire1
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reachTng down troni the stage,
took the old woman's hand, saying,
I did so, "Why, mammy, how-*
dy?" With a kind of swinging fa*"
and fro of my body, after the fash
ion of the colored folks in a religious
meeting, I struck up a song, the old
negro joining me, which to all
Amelia county people, white and
black, would always "raise tho
roof," "Rise and shine I'm gwine
home to glory."
The heartiness with which the old
woman "j'ined in" was delightful,
and to those who were present it
x^r-as the best part of a^yjjvjjhich
hSd been going^oa^for more tiiSU
two ~haUF8r- "Wienwe had finished
the "duet," the old woman looked
up into my face and said:
"Son, I sho' is glad to see you,
kase you come f'om ole Virginny,
whar I did come f'om. You ken
talk mo' like a nigger den a nigger
talk like hisself." Then her face as
sumed a serious look, and she said,
"My son, stop playin o' dat banjer
or you'll nevah gittoheb'nl"—Polk
Miller in Washington Post.
An expert at figures says 12,000
vehicles, a quarter of them omni
buses, pass through the Strand in
London every day, and the narrow
nesH of the street causes each of
their 63,000 occupants to waste on
an average-three minutes.
In Brazil at a funeral of an un
married woman the mournincftiJjjr
is scarlet. The coffin, th^^hearse,
the trappings of the horses and the
livery of t|»o driver qAe all soarlet.
The most dangerous waters in the
world for the passage of ships lie
off the east coast of England, Cape
Ushant, in Franfce, and Cape Finis
terre, in Spain.
Ireland, with a population of
4,704,000, has oae of the smallest
suicide frateB in Europe—only ten to
the million.
The of the London
pon £600,000 a
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to sutf