Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1892-04-21
DURING THE WEEK.

" Why iiNhSse eoiu mine III the Ouitcu
| States
The large stock barn of Elisha Carr
at Charleston, Ind, was struck by
lightning and entirely destroyed. In
the barn We're nine bloodcd horses
which were burned to death. Among
them was the Kentucky Ruler"
which was valued at $4,000. The 9TH
ers were worth about the same amount.
There was no insurance.
A correspondent says the French
preparations for war in Dahomey have
as the real object the capture OF
Abomey, the capital of Dahomey,
where, 1t is reported, the successive
kings of two centuries have been bury
ing large amounts of treasure in pits
under the palace. This treasure,
says the correspondent, allowing for
exaggerations, amounts to 500, 900, 900,
which the French hope to capture.
A desperate fight occurred in the
park at Springfield, ILL.,, near midnight
and as result r. S. Palmer, planning
mill man, lies ut the county Jail with a
bullet in one of his lungs and ]. J.
Vasconcellos, u well-known Wabash
conductor, has a bullet in his left leg
Vasconceilos found his wife in com.
pany with Palmer. The latter sprang
upon Vasconcellos, who drew pistol,
which was discharged, three timaS
wounding both men.
A frightful catastrophe occurred IN
llamstead railroad station at London,
when thousands of people who were
celebrating Easter Mondy, were
Fastening to return to the city. In
the crush, somebody fell at the foot OF
the staircase in the station and those
behind crowding, hundreds of persons
were crushed into u heap, Another
story is that the progress was barred
by the closing of door, which caused
those In the rear to crush forward.
Two women and six children were kill
ed and thirteen other persons seriously
injured. No official information is
obtainable as to the cause of the acct.
dent.
An epidemic of cholera prevails in
NaRterre penitentiary in France.
Fifty-two deaths have occurred within
a week and rs many as twenty In II
single day.
kilograms from various parts OF
Great Britain report the wntry weather
which set in a few days ago continues.
A dispatch from Ventnor, on the south
coast Of the Isle of Wight, noted for its
mildness of climate, says there is fou:
inches Of snow there The telegraph
lines of England are greatly interfered
with by snow which with sleet has
broken many wires.
The London Times correspondent
says the difficulty regarding the
American missionaries in the Caroline
islands is satisfactorily arranged,
Spain consents to the return of the
missionaries to the islands and agrees
that they will not be hampered in mis-
sionary work provided they do not
interfere with local government mat
authorities and natives.
The United States steamship Ranger
will be put in commission at San Fran
cisco on the 25th and assigned to patrol
duty in the Behring sea. The other
vessels selected for the purpose are the
| Yorktown, Mohican and Adams to be
reinforced by the revenue vessels Cor
win, Rush and Albatross. Seven YES
sells will comprise the American fleet to
guard the Behring sea during the season.
| They will be assisted by several British
war ships. The revenue steamer Bear
is ordered to carry supplies to the ref
uge station at Point Barrow, Alaska.
From advices received IL is learned
that cholera is spreading at an alarm
| ing rate In Punjaub, British India,
since the return of the pilgrims from
| Hurdwar,
The French minister of justice has
ordered the projects to forbid the
| priests to criticisc the laws or acts of
the government and report any dis
| III
A petition to President Harrison
! praying for the pardon of Rev. A. NJ.
! Deford, sentenced to Waupon for rails
| ing United States bills, IS being circu.
lated at Oshk )sh, wiz. He has already
served one year of his three years
sentence.
The body ofJ. =, Douglass. a well-to-
| do and highly respected farmer, fesid-
ing two miles north Of stouGhton, Wis,
| who had mysteriously disappeared, was
! found three miles from home in the
woods with three bullet hClcs through
his head.
! The council of the Russian empire
| adopted series of drastic measures
which indicate preparations are being
made for war All the private RAIL
ways and steamers will be taken by
the government in ease the troops are
| ordered modified The severest penal
| ties are provided against giving infor-
! nation of the plans of the government
abroad Minister De Giers is worse
and is supposed to be dying
| At Berlin woman named Kruz, con-
vIcted Of the murder of her husband,
and her elder son, Wilhelm, who was
an accomplicc in the murder, were
executed. The prisoners confessed tho
murder, saying they were weary OF
keeping their victim because he was
unfit for work. Wilhelm, being unable
to walk, was partly carried to tho
scene of the execution and submitted
quietly. The executioner severed the
head from the body with single sweep
of the axe. When everything was
ready the woman was led out. She
walked firmly TO the block and placed
her head where she was told to, and IN
u few seconds the executioner lad
finished his CHASTITY work. The bodies
were at once removed.
The affair of the New Orleans lynch
| ing, in which. "a number of Italians were
killed by an in iignant mob, and which
at one time threatened to form a breach