Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1889-07-04
CURRENT EVENTS.
CREAM OF THE NEWS AS GATH.
Erred FROM DISPATCHES.
Events and Happenings Throughout
the Country During tho
Past Week.

New York, June Goth.
AT Johnstown within twenty-four
hours forty-nine laborers were taken
i'll with symptoms of typhoid fever.
Professor +. Benjamin Andrews,
an alumnus and recently a professor
at Cornell, was elected president of
Brown University.
Tho large fireworks establishment
OF Hever Bros, in Boston burned to
the ground, tho flames spreading with
such rapidity that ut least six persons
persisted In them.
John A. and Edward s. Boycc,
respectively 81 and Is years OF ago.
drowned In the Red river at Wolverton,
Mimi, while bathing. Their home
was at Arcadia, Wis.
The President has appointed Frank
Mason, of Ohio, consul general at
Frankfort; Charles II. Trail, consul
at Marseilles; and II. G, Knowles OF
Delaware consul at Bordeaux.
Miss Fuller, daughter of Chief
Justice Fuller, will study law. She Is
one Of the handsomest ladies ut Wells
college and has recently written q
play in three acts called Dreams"
Lester Martin, aged years. In
Kansas City, was burned to death and
his mother fatally injured, az re-
suit eff carclessness In lighting kero-
sene stove. Ella Bradshaw, servant,
escaped with slight injuries.
3 --Thirty-one persons were poisoned
at Findlay. Ohio, by eating corn beef.
Halfa dozen physicians were kept busy
for several hours, and it is now thought
all will recover. The persons poisoned
were members OF twenty different
families, and the meat was eaten for
dinner.
President Harrison has appointed
William Walter Phelps, OF New Jersey,
Minister to Germany. Mr.. Phelps
was one OF tho successful commission
ers OF the United States TO the Samoan
conference, and President Harrison
and Secretary Blaine were we'll pleased
with his work. Phelps is u young
millionaire who has taste for politics
and diplomacy. lie has served several
years in Congress.
The timo-keepcrs in the Cambria
Offices at Youngstown estimated that
from four to five hundred Of their
workmen were lost, and counting wo-
men and children dependent upon
them they put their their loss OF peo-
pie at 1000. They estimate tho entire
loss of life at 10000. Halves, a fire
brick manufacturer, thinks that at least
500 strangers were in the town at the
time of the flood.
Mrs. Hayes, wife of cx-President
Hayes, was stricken with apoplcxy at
4 o'clock Friday afternoon June 2lst in
Fremont, Ohio, and at . o'clock she
was unconscious. The attact came
when Mrs. Hayes was sitting in her
room sewing. Paralysis OF the right
side resulted, rendering her speech
less. Medical help was Immediately
summoned, but all efforts to restore
the lady TO consciousness failed for the
time being.
Tho President has appointed
James G. Wright, OF Illinois, TO be
agent for tho Indians ut Rosebud agen-
cy In Dakota; Capt. Meredith, OF
Chicago, Chief OF tho Bureau, of En-
craving and Printing; Frederick
Douglas, OF the District Of Columbia.
TO be minister Resident and CONSUL
General OF the United States to Hayti;
Daniel NJ. Randell, OF Indiana, to be
United States Marshal for the District
OF Columbia vice A. A. Wilson, resign
ed.
The Red Cross hospital reports
few new cases received at Johnstown
on the 22nd. Two are two serious
cases OF blood poisoning and two
typhoid fever. The physicians also
compared notes as to tho number OF
lives lost in the food. All agreed that
the dead numbered at least 10000.
The resident physicians have probably
had better opportunity for judging
the loss of life than any other person
here. Their judgment is accepted
with confidence.
Two boys, In Philadelphia, Harry
and William Jessier, aged fifteen and
seventeen respectively, ola mechanical
turn OF mind, constantly employed
their spare time running asmall steam
engine. Harry had stated his inten
ton to attach the engine TO the family
ice cream freezer, and TO do away with
hand turning. With that end in view,
the lads were conducting their expert
ments, when terrific explosion occur
ed, killing both boys instantly. Mrs.
Kniss and her little son, who happened
to be near, were severely injured.
--Tuennis Liable was hanged in jail
at Paterson N. j., juno 9th. The
crime for which Liable paid the death
penalty was committed February oath
last. He came to this country from
Rotterdam last December and married
his wife just previous to his departure.
Soon after Labbe's arrival at Paterson
he became dissipated and abused his
wife, finally forcing her to leave him.
He sought a reconciliation and mot his
wife at the house OF friends. During
the interview his wife made some
answer that enraged him and he plung-
ID knife several times into her body,
killing her instantly.