Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-11-23
DURING THE WEEK.

Directum, the trottiug stallion, and
Alix, the western mare Alix trotted
match at Fleetwood Park, New York,
for $1,000. Directum won in three
straight heats, making the last in POS,
the fastest mile ever trotted In Novem-
Der.
Advices from Buffalo say there is an
other big strike on among the train
men of the Lehigh Valley railroad.
The line is pretty well tied up and the
strike will probably spread and cause
considerable trouble.
The steamer Australia arrived from
Honolulu on the 18th, and brought the
news that Queen Lilicukalaui had not
yet been restored when the vessel
sailed, nor ives there any Indications
that she would be. Affairs on the ISL
ands were quiet rs usual
John A. Drake, son of Gen. +. Nj.
Drake OF Centcrville, Iowa, and treas
urer of the Indiana, Illinois and Iowa
railroad company, was knocked down
and robbed of $50, 900 in his Office in
the Rookery building at Chicago. His
father at once left Cor Chicago to assist
in investigating the case. The Chicago
police seem inclined to believe that
Drake was not robbed, but that he
alone is responsible. but they have no
evidence, and his father pronounces
the charges absurd.
Ernest Swarthout, on trial at Nor
rison, ILL.,, for the murder of his father,
was found guilty and sentenced to
fourteen years in the penitentiary.
The Emperor William opened the
German reichstag on the 18th. In his
speech from the throne he said the
foreign relations of Germany were un-
changed and Germany was at peace
with all her allies. With the blessings
OF God this peace would continue.
Corbett and Mitchell have at last
completed arrangements to fight their
prize mill at Jacksonville, that is if the
following dispatch from the governor
of Florida to Sheriff Broward of Duval
county does not interiors: "DEAR SIR:
The governor directs that you will
take proper precautions to prevent any
'prize-fights' or so-called glove con-
tests in Duval county. N. ID. LAND,
Private Secretary"
The coroner's jury investigating the
Rock Island wreck at Seventy first
street, Chicago, November s, returned
verdict holding the company respon-
sible for criminal neglect. Conductor
Freeman, Flagman Orion and Collector
Porter, of the wrecked train, are held
to the criminal court for negligence.
A Battle Creek, Mich, dispatch says:
The coroner's jury rendered the follow
ing verdict in the Grand Trunk in
quest: "We find that the collision
was caused by gross disobedience of
orders given by the train dispatcher,
and we also find that Conductor Bert
ran N. Scott and Engineer II. Wooley
of train No. 6 are guilty OF criminal
negligence in running past their meet
ing point, at which they had positive
orders to stop" The Grand Trunk
company were eXonerated from all
blame in the matter. Conductor Scott
will have his hearing before Justice
Henry on the charge of murder IN the
second degree.
Through the theft of proofs of the
report while in the government print
ing Office, Commissioner Blount's re-
port relative to the Hawaiian matter
became public on the Goth. In this re-
port Mr.. Blount charges Minister
Der of natives and a larger number of
foreigners to dethrone the queen and
establish provisional government to
be followed with annexation to the
United States. He charges there was
COLLISION on the part Of the minister
and revolutionlsts He points out that
by the time and place, the haste with
which Mr.. Stevens acted, and by quot
ing from Stevens report and papers on
file at the legation, and declares that
the minister misrepresented the rev.
olution to the United States govern
ment. He criticises Stevens, saving:
"Stevens consulted freely with the
leaders of the revolutionary movement
from the evening of the 18th. They
disclosed to him all their plans. They
feared arrest and punishment. He
promised them protection. They
needed troops on shore to overawe the
queens supporters and government.
This he agreed to and did furnish.
They had few arms and no trained
soldiers. They did not mean to fight
The leaders of the revolutionary
movement would not have undertaken
it but for Stevens promise to protect
them. But for this their mass meeting
would not have been held. But for
this no request TO the land troops would
have been made. Had troops not been
landed, no measure for the organiza.
ton of a new government would have
been taken. The American minister
and revolutionary leaders had deter
mined on annexation to the United
States, and had agreed on the part
each was to act to the very end" Elk.
Minister Stevens, when interviewed IN
regard to the contents of the report,
sand Blount's report, so far as given to
the public, Is ex-parte and shameless
perversion of the facts With reason
able promptness he said ne would be
heard in his own defense.
The national convention of the Ma
tional Reform association began four
days session at Pittsburg, Pa. DIR. w.
J. Robinson made the address of well
come and DR.. Scoville the response.
The resolutions dealt with moral
problems and the labor question.
The trial of the case against the
Hon. Thomas McGreevy and n. X.
Connolly, charged with conspiring to
defraud the Dominion government in
connection with the construction of
the harbor works and the Esquimalt,
b. c., craving dock, began in the As
size cpltrt at 0ftaya