Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-07-20
DURING THE WEEK.

families of the dead firemen who lost
their lives in the cold storage fire at
the Worlds Fair, and the purse is not
yet complete. OF the sum s24, 099. 70
was donated by the exposition com
pany MS the receipts at the last open
Sunday.
The atteutiopsqfs the treasury de.
partment has beeh ctlled to the fact
that several small trakesmen in differ
ent parts of the county have refused
to accept silver dollars exchange
for commodities except on a basis o.
fifty or fifty-fve cents of value. 1t is
SAID that such steps as these to depreci-
ate the currency of the country are con.
trary to law, and the matter will prob.
| ably be referred to the attorney gen
eral for his opinion. Good authorities
! say, however, that the action of cer-
tain importers of New York on de-
manding gold in payment for all or
ders of imported drugs is within the
law.
The board of directors of the Worlds
Fair have decided to hereafter close
the gates on Sunday.
The German army hill passed the
reichstag by q vote of 20l to 1855.
Auditor w. X Alderman, OF the
Worlds Columbian Exposition com
pany, issued IA statement of the finances
of the far from the time of its incor-
poration to the first of July. The total
amount of money received by the fair
from bonds, interest, souvenir coins,
concessions and miscellaneous sources
amounts to SCI, 251, 1916. The disburse-
Iuents, including erection OF buildings
and operating expenses, amount to
SEQ, $50, l60,
The report from the committee on
resolutions at the Denver silver con-
ventIon was in the form OF an appeal to
the people of the United States asking
their calm aud candid consideration of
the facts relating to silver mining and
the attempt to demonatize silver The
address contains four thousand words.
lIC tCCCub CIlSlS Vic sliNtI iuNSiSSl1
is declared to have beena blow from a
conspiracy of gold standard countries.
The address argues strongly for bimc'
talllsm under the original law and cites
the irreparable damage that would be
done to the country through the de-
monetizatlon of silver, The address
ends with an appeal to the people of
the country to save the silver interests
from destruction.
A DISPATCH from New York says
great quantities of old hay from Iowa,
Nebraska, Wisconsin and other states
are being shipped TO that port for ex'
port to France and other European
countries, where there is a scarcity OF
fodder on account of the drought.
Steamers have been loading for several
weeks and many loads are landed
abroad. The foreigners pay $35 per
ton at New York and pay freight al
the rate of ten dollars per ton with
selling price on the other side about
fifty dollars, So far none of the new
crop has come on market
The Brazil Iron company OF Erazil,
Ind, has siPned the iron scale.
The new cruiser Detroit will be
placed in commission July 90, and be
prepared for service as soon as possi-
BILE
The Emily, passenger and freight
steamer, plying between San Fran
cisco and Coos Bay, has been wrecked
and is total loss.
At Curdsville, KY, SATURDAY. Joseph
l.. Byrne, aged Is, shot and killed
Thomas Baird, a farmer, in a quarrel
about boundary line.
The will of Leland Stanford was ad-
mitted to probate. Letters of admin.
J istration were granted to Mrs. Stan
ford, who will serve as executrix
without bonds.
Warren Dean, a negro accused of
assaulting woman, was captured at
Stone Creek, near Macon, Ga, and
carried by a band of men into the
woods 1t is believed he has been
lynched.
John Murray, a Pttsburg puddler,
started Monday to Chicago. If he
turns up at the Worlds Fair without
having had assistance he will be pre-
scented with 500. He expects to get
there in thirteen days
d. C. Johnston of Chicago started
from Steubenville, Ohio, Monday to
drive overland to the Snake river,
Idaho. His wife and son accompany
him in the sheep wagon. He expects
to be year in making the trip.
! At Nashua, N H., two children OF
Theophile Deschamps have died OF
poison, another Is dying, and the
mother is in critical condition. The
, bodies of the victims a"e covered with
black spots. 1t is feared that the
whole family will be wiped out The
affair has created intense excitement.
A man named Segcrman and boy
about l3 years old, evidently his son,
were found murdered four miles from
Wharton, Okla. Their pockets were
rifled. The indications are that there
was terrific struggle, as the bodies
were horribly mangled, besides being
riddled with bullets.
The bo Ter on the Towanda (Pa.
nail works has exploded. Andrew
BenjsSmin was instantly killed, Ross
Haitian fata ly injured, and man
named Bennett severely burned. A
man named McGovern is missing. The
buildings were destroyed, the loss
being estimated at S25, 900, half COW
cred by insurance.
James La Berge has been appointed
deputy collector of customs at East
Tawas, Mich.
Emil Swartz, sou of Joseph Swartz,
was drowned at the watcrworks dam
at Decatur, Ill.
The Il. w. Read Lumber company
has discharged the night crew at the
mills at Michigamme, owing to the de.
pressed lumber market. About 1UO
men were involved.
Valentine Weinerskirch, widower
about GO years old, shot and killed
himself at Naperville, Ill. He was
formerly day laborer and lived at
Aurora, Ill.
A meeting was held at Beloit, Wis,
in memory of z. A. Burdick, who was
popular temperance lecturer He