Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-06-01
DURING THE WEEK.

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DR.. Graves, who was tried and con.
victed at Denver for the murder Of
Mrs Barnaby of Providence, Il. l., ha,
been given his liberty, and the prose.
cution has abandoned the case.
Hamburg, Germany, reports the
death of several persons from Asiatic
cholera. Two deaths from disease of a
choleric nature have occurred at Tou.
louise, in the department OF Harte Ga
rome, France, and one death at Ms
mes, In the department of Guarde.
Judge Stein OF Chicago issued tenn
porary injunction restraining the di.
rectors from closing the Worlds Fair
on Sunday. He holds that congress has
made no law compelling Sunday clos
ing. His ruling was made in accord
ance with bill filed by Charles w.
Clingman on behalf of himself as u
stock holder of the exposition company
and as citizen.
A letter received at Brussels from
Ben Mohammed by the governor OF
Stanley Falls leaves little doubt that
Emin Pasha, the noted explorer, is
dead. The letter says that an AraL
chief named Said Bin Abed, in journey
ing toward Unyoro and Wadelal, met
Emin Pasha and This expedition IN
hostile manner. A severe battle en-.
sued aud the fighting lasted for three
days. Emiu Pasha aud his followers
were defeated and took fight Said
Bin Abed and his victorious followers
overlook Emin and captured and killed
HIM together with all his people.
The cowboy race from Chadron, Neb.
to Chicago, has been declared off and
the entrance fee returned to those who
proposed to compete.
Wendell A. Anderson, of Wisconsin,
is appointed consul general of the
United States at Montreal. John l..
Thomas, of Missouri, is appointed as.
sistant attorney general for the post
Office department, vice James N. Ty-
ner, resigned.
The computation by the naval engin.
GERS upon the results attained by the
new United States cruiser, New York,
upon her trial trip is completed and
shows the speed of the New York from
close computation and core cted for
tidal currents was twenty-one knots.
The war department is annoyed by
the insinuation from certain quar.
tiers that two troops of cavalry ordered
from Fort Smelling, Minnesota, to Chi.
cago, were intended to take some part
in enforcing the decree against open
ing the fair on Sunday. Acting Secre.
tary Grant says they are sent to Chica.
go simply to perform necessary guard
duty.
Last Saturday the remains of Jeffer-
son Davis were disnterred at New Or.
leans and placed in Memorial hall,
where they lay in state over Sunday.
They were removed TO their final rest
ing place at Richmond afterward.
A cyclone struck Laddonia, small
town ten miles west of Yandaiia, Mo-,
killing Jack Willis, seriously injuring
many others and completely wrecxing
five business houses and five dwellings.
terrible windstorm visited the To-
cality around Vincenpes, Ind, uproot.
ing trees and telling earns and fences.
At Lawrcnceburg, Illinois, the dome OF
the court house was blown off and de.
molished the court room and furniture.
Two business houses were destroyed
and roofs lifted from houses and scat.
tered all over the streets. Many resi-.
dences were badly wrecked by the wind
and greatly damaged by water
The Presbyterian General Assembly,
by vote of 400 TO AS, decided to en-.
terrain the appeal from New York in
the case OF Dir. Briggs and the trial is
now proceeding.
Ex-Secretary Of the Treasury Chas.
Foster, of Fostoria, o., startled the
business world by making an assign.
ment for the benefit of his creditors,
HIS assignee is j. b. Cormlee, promi,
nent banker of that city, and a warm
friend of Mr. Foster. The liabilities
are given out by Mr.. Foster as beng
5000, 600 and the assets at about the
same. The assignment was the signal
for the assignment of mum Der of con.
Germs IN which he was interested The
brass and iron works was one of the
concerns to assign. The Mambourg,
Calcined and Crockery, and window
glass companies, three concerns that
have been backed by Mr.. Foster, alsc
assigned. The extent of the failure is
so great that its significance can scarce
ly be realized. A half dozen of the
prominent industries have gone to the
wall and hundreds of people are thrown
out of employment. The loss to bust.
ness men who are deposi,ors in Foster
& Co. s bank is one of the deporable
features of the crash, but il is conf
IDENTIFY believed that none of them Will
suffer co an extent that will cause them
to assign.
The Allen & Swiney and the Eighth
street motor lines of Dubuque have
been consolidated. One fare will carry
on both lines, which the General Flee.
trio company, Boston. will control.
John Hoy, at Pittsburg, Pa, killed
his wife and two children and COM
mitted suicide.
David Caldren tried to kill his wife
ut PHILADELPHIA but failed Then he
killed himself.
An engineering corps is at Lima,
Ohio, to begin the survey on a now
railroad line, it is said, from Lima to
Toledo.
In train co lision at Austin, TeSas,
Charles Link and Francisco Salio were
killed and ten were injured.
United States Deputy Marshal liar.
ris was killed in Hope County, Ark,
being fred upon from ambush by
moonshiners.
British Tories have issued circular
asserting that Gladstone's regi, tration
bill will be beaten and that general
election will take place this fall OF
early in 1894.
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