Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-09-27
items OF GENERAL NEWS

It is now certain that the number OF
fatalities resulting from the recent cy-
clone will reach sixty or more. The
property loss is variously estimated at
from $500, 1000 to 81 100000.
The congressional district committee
met at Lexington, KY, and canvassed
the votes for Breckenridge and Owens.
A protest from Breckenridge, declar-
ing that Owens apparent majority was
secured by fraud, was read. The COM
-nittee found Owens had 255 majority
and declared him the nominee. Brock
inridge will make no further protest.
Desha Breckenridge son of the con-
gresham, insulted James Livingstone,
an Owens man, on the 21st. Living
stone smashed Breckenridge with his
fists and Desha drew a dirk, which
Livingstone grabbed, receiving a
wound in the hand. Friends rushed in
and big fight was threatened, but
cooler heads controlled the situation
and further bloodshed was prevented
A dispatch says feud is likely to re-
suit from incidents of the campaign
which will rival the famous Kentucky
vendettas.
At Galesburg, Ills, on the Goth, Di-
rectly sent the 2-year-old pacing rec
ord down from 2:O9 to 2:O7A, and at
the sa me time reduced his own record
24 seconds.
japanese advices say that in the ma
val battle at the Yalu river no Japan
csc vessels were sunk, but that the
Chinese loss was three vessels sunk
and one burned. The loss of life to
the Chinese was very great. This APP
pears to be the correct story.
On c. w. Williams new track at
Galesburg, Ills, on the 10Th Alix, who
had twice tied Nancy Hanks record OF
2:O4, lowered the worlds trotting
record to 2:o3a, going the mile like a
machine, without the use of the whip
or word from the driver.
Advices from Shanghai state that
while the Chinese squadron of fourteen
vessels was attempting TO unload 6,oOC
troops at the mouth of the Yalu river
they were attacked by fleet of nine
teen japanese vessels. The flag ship
of the Chinese squadron and several
other vessels were sunk and 1900 men
were lost, while the Chinese claim the
Japanese loss was three vessels and
1000 men.
At the recent state convention OF
republicans at Saratoga, n. Y, ex,
VicePresident Levi p. Morton was
! nominated for governor on the first
ballot; Charles T. Saxton was nom,
mated for lieutenant governor, and
Judge Haight was named for judge OF
the court of appeals
Officials of the Santa Fe road were
recently informed that a party OF
bandits were planning to hold up a
| train on that road. The scheme was
given up by spy in the camp of the
robbers, who kept the officials in,
formed. Finally he announced that
the attempt was to be made on the
morning of the 18th. Accordingly fif,
teen heavily armed detectives were
placed in the baggage car of the train,
When near Gorin, Mo-, the train ex
plodcd railway torpedo and the en-
gineer at once stopped the train
| Thereupon four masked men rushed
forward, one of them stepping on the
engine and commanding the engineer
to hold up his hands. Without wait
ing for his command to be obeyed he
shot the engineer in the breast, inflict-
ing probably fatal wound. A de-
tective on the tender at once fired in
the face of the robber and a lively eX
change of shots followed. The rob
bers saw how matters stood, made fol
their horses and escaped. Blood
hounds were put on track and a few
hours later two were captured, one
being the man who was shot at the
engine. He is perhaps fatally wounded
1t is almost certain the remaining rob
bers will be captured, as they are
| known.
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