Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-12-01
!, AUDUBON CO., IOWA, THURSDAY, DE(
DURING THE WEEK.


sather-in-law of President Harrison,
after an illness of about ten days, died
at the White House on the Goth of No
vember, ut the age of o.. All the mem
bers of the presidential family were a
the bedside.
The Rothschilds are said to be at the
head of scheme which contemplates
consolidation of the four chief export
ing brcwerles of the world The pro
posed capital stock contemplated is
$40, 900, 900, with bonds in the amount
of 5000, 900, 900.
mounted highwayman has for som,
time been causing alarm by the many
cases of robbery he has committed ir
the various suburbon towns of Chicago
few nights since policeman was
held up and compelled to hand owe,
his revolver and fifteen cents, all he
had of value.
The fact that clouds obscured the
heavens at almost every point in the
country made it impossible to take any
observation of Biela's comet on the
night of the 2Sth. However it is safe
TO say that those astronomers who
claimed that the comet was going in
another direction were nearest accu.
rate.
At u bull fight at Antiago, Mexico
three bulls rushed simulta neously
against the barricade erected for the
protection OF The spectators. The bar.
ricade was shattered and the bulls
rushed upon the people, killing two
and woundlng large number. The
spectators rushed to one side of the
amphltheater and the weight crushed
it, the people being precipitatcd in
mass. Fully fifty persons were badly
injured.
The st. Games Gazette, of London,
! declares that the idle workmen of that
city are being secretly drilled in the
use of fire arms with which they are
well supplied. Police interference is
anticipated and consequent trouble
A correspondent, writing from Sa-
moa, says: "The natives are fighting
in the bay. The towns are all des-
troyed. No native houses are stand.
ing. European property is safe as yet
but the natives are threatening to burn
the white people out Business is at
standstill All the natives have now
left the bay of Pago- Hago and are on
the east end of the island. Hostilities
commenced Tuesday, Oct "A. The
Tualauta and Tualatao, inland tribes
are about to join Leiato's party and If
they do the.wholc of Tutuila will be in
war"
Terrible floods are devastating the
Puget Sound country, and great loss to
| property has already resulted.
Six men were killed in wreck,
caused by collision on the u MON Pa
cifc at Aida, a station near Grand
| Island, Neb.
At recent convention of railroad
representatives at Chicago, it was I'M
animously agreed that very low rates
would have to be provided for farmers
and workiugmcn, in order that they
may be able to attend the Worlds Fair
The Nihilists are trying to stir up
the Nolga peasantry by means of
pamphlets and letters torevolt against
the government The police have been
instructed to suppress any insurrec-
tionary attempts.
/ Mrs. Parnell has offered her credi-
tors 10 shillings on the pound. She
admits that she has net annual in
come of $500. Her liabilities are Co.
! $50 and her assets 81, s25. Mrs. Parnell
was recently examined by doctor,
who pronounced her prospects for liv.
ing long precarious.
! A dispatch from Astrakhan, on the
! River Volga, states that naphths
barge caught fire there, and before
any attempt could be made to save
them, twenty-six other barges, some
I loaded with naph;ha and others empty,
were "a mass of flames Two steamers
| also caught fire and were destroyed,
the boatmen and hands on the steam
! ers barely escaping with their lives.
The Car has nominated the Caro-
witt to be President of the Russian
! State Council. This is hailed as sign
! that tine Gar desires to infuse more
liberal spirit into his administration.
No immediate change in methods is
possible, however, as the President Of
the Holy Synod, who is religious
| fanatic, is Vice President of the Coun-
Gil. But under the Presidency of the
Czarowitz the repression of jews and
Catholics will eventually be relaxed