Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-11-09

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delphia, collided in fog Off Port au
Baraues. Mich and both sank. The
crews took to boats and one boat
containing twcnty-four men sank and
the men were drowned.
Il. c. Chambers, of Hot Springs,
Ark, has telegraphed the manager of
Mitchell an unconditional offer of
$4,000 purse for the Corbett- Mitchell
contest to take place at Hot Springs
the second week in January, 1894. lie
deposits $1,000 as forfeit.
The conference between mine owners
and striking miners representatives at
London failed to reach an agreement
and the great strike will be continued.
The result will be great suffering, not
only among the miners families, but
among the poor of the larger cities, on
account of the very high price of coal.
dispatch from Cadiz says a lieet of
eighteen British warships has been
gathered at Gibraltar in anticipation,
it is presumed, of combined move
spain toward Tangier. 1t is also re-
ported the French and Russian squad
rons intend to proceed Immediately to
Tangier and JON the Spanish vessels
there.
The republicans of the Chicago city
council met in caucus and chose George
Swift as candidate for mayor pro tenn.
At the meeting of the council on the
9th, he was elected to that position by
vote of 81 to ). A special election
for mayor to'fill out the unexpired por-
ton Of the late Carter larrison's term
will be held next month
Attorney General Olney has sent n
letter to United States District Attor-
ney Davis, of Los Angeles, Cal, IN
structing him to proceed with the
deportation of Chinese felons convicted
there. The state department has, it is
/ SAID, received a.surauces from the
Chine Sc minister that lie will induce
his countrymcn now IN the United
| States to comply with the Geary act as
| amended, and it is believed the law
will receive the moral support of the
! six companies.
| The British steamer Valo arrived at
Fort Ander, Spain, with a cargo of
| dynamite. That evening she caught
! fire and socn thousands were at the
scene of the fire. Suddenly the cargo
! exploded, tearing the wharves, ship
! ping, etc, into fragments The people
were unable to escape, and about Il
! Thousand persons were killed. Anum-
Der of ships caught fire and burned
| President Cleveland at once signed
the repeal bill npon its passage by con-
| gress
On the lst the remains of the late
| Mayor Harrison were laid to rest at
4 Graceland cemetery at Chicago, to
which place they were followed by an
immense procession.
4 Following is the text of the silver
4 purchase repeal measure that has just
been adopted by congress and is now
the law of the land: That SO much of
! the act approved July II, 1892, entitled
SAN act directing the purchase of silver
! bullion and issue of treasury notes
! thereon, and for other purposes" as
! directs the secretary of the treasury to
4 purchase from time TO time silver bull
| lion to the aggregate amount of 4, j00,
! 900 ounces or SO much thereof as may
! be offered in each month at the market
! price thereof not exceeding 81 for
3Dl.25 grains of pure silver, and to is
| sue in payment for such purchase
treasury notes of the United States. be
and the same is hereby repealed. And
! it is hereby declared to be the policy
| of the United States to continue the
4 use of both gold and silver as standard
money and to coin both gold and silver
into money of equal intrinsic value,
such equality to be secured through
international agreement or by such
safeguards of legislation as will insure
the maintenance of the parity in value
! of the CONS of the two metals and the
equal power of every dollar at all times
in the markets and in the payment OF
| all debts. And il is hereby further de.
clared that the efforts of the govern
1 ment should be steadily directed to the
estab lishment of such safe system of
4 bimctallism as will maintain at all
times the equal power of every dollar
coined or issued by the United States
in the markets and in the payment OF
i debts.
f A politician weakly aud amicably
right is no match for politician ten
aciously and pugnaciously wrong -
f. p. Whipple.
Persons extremely reserved are like
| old enameled watches, which had
j painted covers that hindered your see
ing what o'clock it was. Walpole.
To believe oneself more cunning
than others is a mistake The fox is
A more cunning than an ass; but there
ARE more fox skins in a furrier's store
than ass skins Puck.
Ten new cases of yellow fever were
reported at Brunswick, Ca, five white
ard five colorcd Eight colored were
discharged
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the Barber Asphalt Paving company
at Louisville, Ky, was arrested on u
charge of embezzlemcnt.
il. Clark X. Royce, ex-treasurer of the
Veterans Home association of Cali
fornia, was sentenced to seven years
in the state prison at san Franci' co
for embezzlcment.
The Vienna house was not affected
by the news of the repeal of the silver
purchase act, the belief prevailing
hat the consequent drain of gold to
America will not be serious.
Jonn Fisher fatally stabbed A.
Langston at West Charleston, W. Va,
L Canada has decided to not take part
in the midwinter exhibition in san
Francisco.
The club house OF the Cleveland
democracy in Bulfalo, n, v, has been
surrendered to the sheriff.
+, Strike of coal miners at Lafayette,
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