Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-08-31
DURING THE WEEK.

the Atlantic coast as far north as Bos.
ton, where it is reported to have been
the severest the city has, experienced
in twenty-five years. At New York it
was especially severe, over a million
dollars damages resulting. Baltimore
and vicinity also report many thous-
ands of dollars loss. The storm which
visited South Carolina, Georgia and
Florida turns ont to be more severe
than was at first supposed. Around
Port Royal, Beaufort, and neighboring
points in South Carolina over hundred
persons were killed, mostly by drown
ing. At Savannah fifteen are reported
dead and thirty vessels are said to
have been wrecked. Other points re-
port loss of life and great damage to
property.
by rear end collision which oc.
Cured on the Long Island railroad,
near Berlin, l.. a half dozen cars
were demolished, fourteen persons
were killed and score or more dan
gerously wounded.
A bomb was thrown near the Al
tern palace at Rome. The court of
appeals and the pope's guard occupy
the building. No damage was done to
the building, but the man who threw
the bomb was literally torn to pieces
Reports from the section of the south
from Charlestown, S. c., to Savannah,
Ca, and thence TO Jacksonville, Fla,
state that cyclone passed over the
country, doing an immense amount of
damage. Details are scarce, but from
Savannah it is learned that the new
quarantine station, the finest in the
south Atlantic, was ruined; the
wharves are gone; the fumigatin
plant is at the bottom of the sea, and
nine vessels waiting to be released are
high and dry on the marsh, and no
doubt will be total wrecks. Numerous
deaths are reported, but as the wires
are down informa ton is hard to get.
French dispatches to the agricultural
department at Washington, being
the Information that that government
has decided to admit American forage
fall of all duty.
Secretary Carlisle has recommended
the immediate appropriation Of $780,
600 for continuing the recoinagc of
fractional silver com and the appro-
priation Of Sif,3 300 for the distinctive
paper for printing treasury notes,
The jury in the case of NJ b. Curtis,
Samuel of Poscn," for the murder of
Policeman Grant at San Francisco, re-
turned a verdict of acquittal. The
jury on the first ballot stood to 3 for
acquittal. This was the third trial of
curtis. The jury IN the first two trials
disagreed.
On the afternoon OF the cath the first
spadeful of earth was turned for the
midwater festival at Golden Gate park,
San Francisco. 1t was an occasion of
great interest. Thousands of people
were present, business was suspended
in town, the schools were closed and
the national guard paraded a salute
was fired 10y United States artillery
and speeches were made by prominent
persons. Ships in the harbor were
profusely decorated and the afternoon
was general holiday.
A fire which in the extent of the ter
ritory it covered, rivals Chicago's his
toric conhag ration, began In that part
of the city known as South Chicago
about 4 o'clock on the afternoon of the
cath. The $4,000 people comprising
the inhabitants of the town were pre-
cipitatcd into panic second only in
Chicago to that which characterized
the confiagration of 1871. The loss is
estimated at S25O,0O0 and nearly ZOO
people are rendered homeless. The
fire started in three story brick
building at the corner of Ninety first
and Superior avenue, and within two
hours had consumed at least thirty
buildings and five blocks of the greatest
industrial suburb of Chicago. Among
the first buildings to fall vas the First
Methodist church at the corner OF
Ninety.6rst and Superior avenue, and
the German Lutheran church on the
opposite corner. Hardly had the three
more pretentious structures been lev
eled to the ground than the fire was
detected blazing in dozen places
further east. After Superior avenue
the flames reached and crossed Ontario
avenue, Buffalo avenue, Macliinaw ave.
nue. and Green Bay avenue to the lake.
The local fire department was power.
less to check the progress of the fire
! and when engines and fire tugs were
sent from the city their efforts were
directed to saving the immense lumber
yards lying within few blocks of the
fire. The district between Superior
avenue and the lake was filed with
! frame structures that burned rapidly
as the strong wind carried clouds OF
smoke laden with sparks and cmbers
/ in all directions.
At Claysville, Ky. Saturday night
! Ike Williams, negro, shot and
killed Henry Ward another negro
| during quarrel over 10 cents lost in
crap game. Williams escaped
Capt. J. II. Spencer, commander oil
the \merIcan line steamship Illinois.
died at the Pennsylvania hospital, in
! Philadelphia, of peritonits. He was
! taken sick on the last trip of the vessel
! from Antwerp,
watson Kitchener. aged a., wa,
killed by James Dollerton, Philadel
phia saloonkeeper, at Fox Chase, Pa
William Kosley, aged 10, wa.
drowned in the Meramac at Pacific
Mo-, while bathing. Kosleys home
was at Dundee, Mich.
Secretary Gresham in private
letter to Denver friend, it is said, in,
dorses Gov. Waite's expression regard.
ing cheap Italian labor
William Fullam, miner, and Will.
lam Mock, switchmap. fought in
front of the latter's home at Lcaycn.
worth, Kan. Fullam was frightfullv
sla>hed with a knife and died three
hours later.
Gold to the amount of 100000 was
Withdrawn from the Bank of England
for shipment to Montreal
| All the evidence in the Curtis murder
| trial ~ Son ErapciSco is in Iafa