Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-07-27

been received and has proved nnsatis
factory. The French minister resi-
dent, oheying orders, has left the
Siamese capital and the French adj
miral has declared blockade of the
Siamese ports. The English papers
generally comment in heliigerentstrair
ON the French proceedings in Siam, de-
claring they are really aimed at Great
Britain and must be severely checked
The comments in the German paper;
on the France Siam dispute axe only
noteworthy for their declarations o
friendly neutrality toward France
Germany apparently is only interested
TO the extent of protecting her owr
property and her subjects IN Siam. The
North iGeraian Gazette in lengthy
article. emphasizes this phase of the
matter.
Ex.Gov. Phillips has been appointed
by Gov. Markham of California to sue
coed the late Leland stanford in the
United States. senate. j as PA
All doubts that the big Corbett-
Mitchell fight will come off under the
auspices of the Columbian Athletic
club, Chicago, are removed by the no.
ceipto of the following 'cablegram
LONDON. July 20.-.Mitchell has
signed articles which / shall forward
at once, and will not listen to offers
from other Clubs. .-s...
tSignedl ATKINSON, Sporting Life.
THIS dispatch was addressed to Presi.
dent o'Nlalley, of the Columbian club.
A London special says the Bank OF
England's reserve last week was in.
creased GIGS, 900, of which only e39, 200
were in gold imported. The reserve is
now over $4,000. Money in the
market Is superintendent. Other de.
posits increased 600 pounds. The
continent is buying American stocks
freely. 44 There were some American
purchases and it is also reported that
British public were coming in, There
were no bad runors Bar gold was
Silver was down to 33H ;
Rupee paper was 6915. =
For some time trouble has existed
between France and Sam over the
killing OF Frenchman by Siamese
mandarin and other treaty violations
by the Siamese. Affairs finally reached
a state when France, after masslng a
fleet of ironclads opposite Bangkok,
sent an nltimatum to the Sianese. Be-
fore reply was. received China an.
nounced her intention of standing by
Siam Then came the Intelligence that
Russia had placed her navy at the dis
posal of France. England has from
the first displayed lively interest in
the proceedings and a few days ago,
after meeting OF the cabinet, orders
were issued to the admiralty, of what
nature is unknown, but that she in
tends to take part IN the controversy
is assured. The chances for war are
favorable.
In tightat picnic at Bon Aqua,
given by people at Warner, Tenn.
three men were cut with knives, two
of whom are dead, and the third is dy-
ing. The dead men are James Yates
and William Redding.
EThe Ohio Transfer and Storage COM
pany's building at Columbus was
burned. entailing loss of $500, 900.
The storage consisted principally OF
agricultural implements belonging to
Richmond, Ind, Springfield and Day
ton, Ohio, firms.
Gov. Stone of Missouri has granted
a stay of proceedings to Aug. Is in the
case of the negro murderer Duncan,
sentenced to be hanged Friday next
at Clayton, St Louis county, in order
that the condemned mans attorneys
may prepare an appeal to the United
States Supreme Court.
Henry Moore, "a years old, a wealthy
retired merchant, was assaulted at the
Hollenden hotel, Cleveland, Ohio, by a
stranger. Mr.. Moore thinks his as
peatedly accused of having committed
will probably recover. h
= A railway bridge half a mile long
connects the Intercolonial railway
with the Dartmouth branch on the
upper side of the harbor at Halifax, n.
s. There were high tides and more
than half of the .western portion fell
This is the second collapse of the
bridge. It is built on piles, and the
engineers say cannot be made safe.
Morris Tretten, aged 40, escaped
from Sing Sing IN. Y. prison. He
weighed 200 pounds and was feet 0
inches in height. He was sentenced
in Septem Der, 1891, to. FIVE. years i'm.
prisonrnent for assault IN the second
degree. The last seen Of him he was
two miles east of the prison, with the
guards in close pursuit.
? A draft of fshort-time seamen from
the United States iwarships Adams
and Boston at Honolulu was trans
ferred from the navy yard at Vallejo,
Cal, to the receiving ship Vermont at
New ork for discharge. They Will
be sent to New York by way of Fan.
anna. This draft will be followed by
another, which Is expected to arrive
from Bering sea.
James La Berge has been appointed
deputy collector of customs at East
3Tawas, Mich. FA g
Emil Swartz, sou of Joseph Swartz,
was drowned at the waterworks dam
at Decatur, Ill
The +. w. Read Lumber company
has discharged the night crew at the
mills at Miehigamme, owing to the de.
pressed lumber market. About loo
men were involved. - t
~ Valentine Weinerskirch, widower
about 60 years old, shot 'and killed
himself at Naperville, III. He was
formerly day laborer and lived at
Aurora, Ill.
John MeCarty, farm hand at Tip
ton, nd, 81 years of age, fell from
fence and was killed.
Engineers of the lower Mississippi
states will attend Gov. Fosters Ievee
convention at Baton Rouge. ff-r
The body Of George Copely was
found in pasture near Alexand r.
iii, The cause of death has not been
learned.
Mrs, William McNorris, of Hall.
Ind, accidently scalded her 2-year.
old SON to death, AMI is crazed by the
nd