Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-07-13

age building, a private exhibit at the
Worlds Eair grounds on the 10th.
knowing the lnfiamablc nature of the
material, the entire department was
called to the scene. The fire was in
the shaft which surrounded the smoke
stack, which lowered almost hun.
dred feet above the roof of the build
ing, number of fremen went into
the shaft, where they commenced to
fight the flames Suddenly the flames
burst out far below where the firemen
were working, cutting off all means of
escape One after another the fremen
jumped to the roof below, many of
them sustaining fatal injuries, Fifty
Of their brother tiromen climbed TO the
roof of the building to aid the afflicted
men. In the midst of their work Of
rescue the tower fell, crushing through
the roof and carrying with it the liv-
ing load into the furnace below.
Through the brave efforts of the de-
partment many OF the tiremen were
saved, but when the list of dead is com
pleted 1t is believed that it will reach
at least twenty-five, AS the bodies of
eighteen have been recovered and n
number are missing. The seriously
injured number about a dozen.
During the reception OF the Colon
bian minister few days ago the pope
said America would soon have IA patron
saint, as Columbus would be bcatihed
shortly.
Reports from grain dealers and COW
ering the six principal wheat produc-
ing states, producing two-tmrds of the
total crop, Indicate they will furnish
about one hundred and fifty million
I bushels this year against two hundred
aud thirty millions last year Ohio is
the only one which will raise as large
crop as last year. Indiana promises
an average crop: Michigan nearly an
average; Missouri two-thirds; Kansas IA
half. New wheat will not move as
early as usual, as the sections which
usually ship early have a poor crop
| Over 60 per cent of the farmers say
they will hold or are not disposed to
sell at the present low prices.
The Surveying parties engaged in
laying the route for the intercontincn-
tai railway have completed the field
work and returned to Washington to
work up the data of the secured line.
The survey runs from the southern
boundary of Mexico TO the northern
boundary of Bolivia, a distance of four
thousand miles, with no sleeper grade
than four per cent Along some por.
tons of the line the mineral deposits
are so rich that gold and silver enough
can be taken out in cutting the line to
pay for the construction in these sec
tons. The proposed line connects the
railway systems of North and South
America.
President Cleveland is laid up at
Buzzard's Bay with an attack of rheu-
matlsm in his knee and foot 1t is said
not to be of very serious nature.
A Honduras correspondent tele-
graphs from Tegucigalpa that nine
teen prominent partisans of Bonilla
were shot by order of President Var
quez. Many others now in prison fear
they will meet similar fate. E
Justice Samuel f. Blatchford, of tn c
United States supreme court, died al
his home IN Newport, X. l., on the
evening OF the 18th. About three weeks
previous he suffered stroke of paraly-
- ~, .al1xy
His wife and only son were with HIM
at the time of his death.
The counterpart of the caravels used
by Columbus on his voyage of discov-
cry of the new world-the Santa Maria,
Pinta and Nna--arrlved at the Worlds
Fair pier on the 18th. A royal rccep-
ton was rendered them and the Span
ish officers in charge. Numerous promi-
nent men of the United States were
present, and Senator John Sherman
was the orator of the occasion.
Mary and Ruby Ray, two young
girls, were out picking berries near
their home at Bardwell, Ky, when
they were surprised by a villain, who
after ravishipg them murdered them.
A bloody coat, found on the scene suf-
feed to give the blood hounds scent,
when was followed TO Sikeston, Mo-,
where negro named Seay Miller was
arrested. lie protested and declared
his innocence, but he was taken to
Bardwell by a mob of men from MIS-
sour, Kentucky, Illinois and Tennessee
and hanged to telegraph pole.
The marriage of the Duke OF York,
Prince George of Wales, and Princess
Victoria Mary of Teck took place in
London on the 9th in the chapel royal
of st. James palace. The wedding
was brilliant function, attended by
large gathering of the British and con.
tiuental royalty and the highest no
bllity.
William Collins, charged with de-
frauding the Missouri Pacific railroad
by keeping fictitious names on the pay
roll; was bound over at Omaha, Neb.,
to the district court. y
]. A. Howartb, a wealthy farmer
living near Fairbury, ILL.,, has been
taken to the Kanhakee asylum. A
blow from pitchfork received some
time ago is supposed to have made him
insane.
John Fretz, 90 years old, shot his
father, Andrew Fretz, at Alton, Ill.
The boy was defending his sister at
the time from the fathers brutality.
The wounds OF the father are not
fatal.
The bronze statute of William Lloyd
Garrison presented to Newburyport,
Mass. by William Ii. Swasey, has been
unveiled.
Attachments were filed at Memphis
against the liquor house of Strauss q
Levy, and against the Streight Hard
wood Lumber Company.
AT Little Falls, Mimi, Fred Denny,
his wife and two children were
drowned while crossing the river in
faulty boat
Albert Carpenter, a railroad man OF
La Crosse, Wis, slipped and fell