Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-10-11
items OF GENERAL news

Oliver Wendell Holmes, the famous
poet, essayist, novelist, philosopher and
scientist, died at his residence in Bos-
ton on the afternoon of the 18th. He
passed peacefully away after an illness
of short duration, the immediate cause
Of death being heart failure, the result
of extreme old age. His son, Judge
Oliver w. Holmes, Jr., the judges wife,
and DR.. Charles =. Putnam. the family
physician, were at the bedside. DIR.
Holmes death was not unlocked for, as
he had been ailing for about ten days,
or since he returned from Beverly,
where his summer residence is located.
Oliver Wendell Holmes was born in
Cambridge, Mass, August 20, 1909.
Ex-Governor Andrew G.. Curtin, of
Pennsylvania, died at his home in
Bellefonte, on the nth. His end was
peaceful, he having been unconscious
during the last twelve hours. All the
members of his family were at his bed
side when he passed away. Mr.. Curtin
had been in feeble health for some
weeks, but his condition grew serious
few days before his death, and from
that time he sank rapidly. Death was
caused by old age. The ex-governor
was in HIS eightieth year, this being
combined with nervous trouble, which,
upon reaching the vital point in the
brain, ended his life. Gov. Curtin's
death leaves but one war governor
living, Gov. Sprague of Rhode Island.
The ear is suffering with Bright's
disease and it is said his condition is
hopeless.
The New York democratic state CEN
trail committee nominated Charles f.
Brown for judge of the court of APP
peals IN place of Judge Gaynor, de-
clined. Hill and Lockwood were mott
fed of their nomination, and made
speeches of acceptance.
Judge Gaynor, nominated by the
New York democrats for judge of the
court of appeals, has declined to allow
his name to go before the people.
At the Chillicothe, Ohio, race track
Flying Jib hitched to a running mate,
went a mile in 1881. breaking the
worlds record of 2:014, made by
Westmont at Chicago ten years ago.
Georgia has gone democratic by
about 10000.
In the cyclone at Little Rock four
were killed and thirtytivc injured.
The Christian Endeavorers will meet
in Boston in 1895 and in Washington
in 1896.
Prof David Swing died at his home
in Chicago on the Sd from,acutc blood
poisoning brought ON by an attack of
iaundice.
A dispatch from Hartford, Conn, an
nounces that Corbett has covered Fitz-
simmons's $4,000, and that me citing
will take place in New York on the
18th to complete the arrangements.
A cyclone struck Little Rock, Ark,
on the evening of the I'd, doing i'm
mense damage to property. The roofs
were torn from thirty of the largest
buildings in the city and hurled against
others with such force that a half
dozen larger buildings were completely
wrecked Hundreds of houses i'll the
residence portion of the city We're
unroofed and otherwise damaged and
the tremendous downpour which fol-
lowed ruined hundreds of thousands Of
dollars worth of property. The state
insane asylum and pcnitentiary, both
of which are situated near the city,
were partially wrecked and a number
of inmates injured, some of them
fatally 1t is known that four or five
persons were killed. The property
loss will probably reach a million
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