Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-02-16
AUDUBON, AUDUBON IOWA,
DURING THE WEEK.

A fire In the insane asylum near DO.
yer, n. H., at night resulted in forty
four patients burning to death. OF the
inmates but few escaped.
The Steamer Australia arrived at
San Francisco from Honolulu, bringing
the news that United States Minister
Stevens has established an sAmerican
protectorate over Hawaii
A private telegram received at Dali
las, Tex, from Congressman Springer,
of Illinois, from Washington, says:
Judge Walter Q. Gresham, of Illinois,
was rendered the office of secretary of
state by President-elect Cleveland and
has accepted"
A sensation was created at st. Louis
by the announcement that eighty stu.
dents attending the college of Physi-
clans and Surgeons, at the corner of
Jefferson avenue and Gamble streets.
had left for home on account of the
sudden death of three stnlents. The
excitement was intensified by the report
that the deaths were caused by what
is feared is typhus fever. The dead
are: George Herndon, of Western
Kentucky; Fred II. White, of San An
tonic, Texas, and David III. Brown, of
St Louis, all of whom died within a
short time. The students were at
tackled by symptoms which the physi-
clans were unable to ascribe to either
virulent scarlet fever, cerebro spinal
meningitis or cerebral typhus, and in
issuing the death certificates the facts
were submitted TO the health depart
ment. In the case of Student White
the health officer issued certificate of
scarlet fever. 1t is believed that the
disease was contracted in the dissecting
room
A Hot Springs 5. d., special gives a
story of the killing of four white men
by Indians at Pine Ridge agency. 1t
seems that four men named George
Hadeway, John Bennett, Rodney Royce,
and Ed Cochrane, herders belonging to
Singers &c Humphreys outfit, were
found dead in their cabin. They had
caught the Indians the day before
killing steer belonging to their herd
being held on the agency for delivery
at Pine Ridge. They threatened to re-
port the depredators to the Indian
agent, and this SO exasperated the
Indians that they made threats, which
it seems they carried into execution
several hours later AS soon as the
news of the tragedy was brought to
Pine Ridge Captain Brown, the agent,
dispatched twelve mounted police, un.
der command of Police Sergeant Joe
Bush, to the scene of the shooting, with
instructions to arrest and bring in the
perpetrators of the bloody work. When
the squad arrived at their destina ton
Two Strikes and his crowd opened fire
on them and sklrmish took place, re-
sulting in the death of two of Two
Strikes party and the wounding of
two. One of Two Strikes sons and
another buck were killed, and Two
Strikes and one of his men wounded,
Two Strikes himself being shot in the
iNS uhSt viz W. olIlhCS
squaw was wounded slightly in the
ankle. The dead Indians were left
where they fell, and the wounded ones
were brought to the agency.
Mr. Cleveland officially announced
the names of four members of his cabi-
net through the United Press as fol-
lows: Walter O. Gresham, of Illinois,
secretary of state; Daniel S. Lamont,
of New York, secretary of war; John
G. Carlisle, of Kentucky, secretary of
the treasury; Wilson s. Bissell, Of Buff
falo, n. Y, postmaster general. On
making the announcements Mr.. Cleve-
la nd SAID: "rhere is no need of any
mystery in regard to the cabinet, and
it is useless to speculate and indulge
III guesses. / shall make no secret of
the matter, but shall announce the
names of gentlemen selected to fill the
positions as fast as | receive their &C.
ceptance and permission to make the
matter public"