Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-06-27

captain H0Wgate, cAarge0 WIFI IOr
gerry and Justification of accounts while
in the government service, returned a
verdict of guilty on both counts, with
recommendations to mercy. Appeal
on bill of exceptions was taken to the
district court of appeals.
The barks Salty and Silicon came in
to port Thursday direct from the ice
bound coast of Greenland. They bring
no tidings of the Peary expedition, but
the captains tell of thrilling expert
ences while navigating their vessels
through the ice packs which INSTRUCTED
the enterance to the Astruk ford.
Capt. HoughtOn brings tidings of the
total destruction by ice off Cape Desc
lation of the Spanish Government bark
Ice Bear. Her crew had narrow es-
cape from drowning, landing Oh the
coast of Cape Desolation, where they
almost starved before assistance came.
Forty thousand dollars worth of Sc
curities purporting to be backed by the
credit of Los Angeles, California, that
are being peddled among some of the
leading financial houses of the east,
are pronounced to be forgeries. The
bonds purport to be sewer and public
improvement bonds, bearing interest
at 10 per cent. The bonds in question
a little over week ago were rendered
to G. II. White & Co., of New York.
That firm had already sent its Chicago
representative to Los Angeles to bid
for several issues of the bonds about to
be made, and he was instructed by tele-
gram to look into this block, which
was offered at suspiciously low price,
Ten per cent bonds are not common,
and they feared something was wrong.
Mr.. White arrived last Wednesday, and
at once went to the city clerks office,
where he ascertained that his suspi-
cions were correct. No such issue had
ever been made, and If the bonds exist
they are forgeries.
The attention of the Mexican De-
partment of Foreign affairs has been
called by the British Legation to the
murder at Catorce of Edward Stephen
son, a young Scotchman, by Manuel
Bustamante, Mexican station agent.
Bustamante shot the man twice and
then escaped. Stephenson called at
several Mexican houses asking for as
sistance i'll caring for his wounds,
which had cut into the intestines, but
was refused. Being discovered by a
policeman he was taken to prison and
confined until the following day. His
friends called at the prison with ply
stefan to attend his wounds, but were
refused admission until o'clock on the
morning following the shooting. They
found Stephenson still alive, but al
though everything possible was done
to save his life, he soon died. On APP
plication being made for the arrest OF
Bustamante it was refused, but finally
granted. The Americans and English
men of Catorce are greatly excited over
the seeming injustice in the case, and
ask full investigation.
Miss Nettie Parker, a handsome St
Paul young person, was arrested In
Chicago the other day, because she
chose to 60 about looking like a boy
Miss Parker is a decided brunette and
has strikingly handsome face. She
is slender and below the medium
height. She wears her hair cut like
man, and when arrested had OH sailor
hat, a neglige waist and sort of a cut
away coat of blue. The only thing
about her that looked like woman
was her skirt and her feet. Even the
latter were incased in square-toed shoes
She arrived in Chicago on the 9:3C
train, over the Wisconsin Central, and
she had not been off the train more
than five minutes before she was placed
under arrest by Officer Coleman, who
is on duty at the Grand Central depot
The officer saw her alight, and immedi'
ately suspected that she was boy in
female attire. He sought out the con-
ductor of the train and questioned him
about his queer.looking passenger,
"Why, she's boy, for sure" said the
conductor. have watched her all the
way from st. Paul, and will stake a
months salary on my assertion" The
conductor having thus confirmed the
officers suspicious, he decided to have
the curious individual investigated,
and placed under arrest. Miss Parker
demonstrated with the blue coat, but
he toted her off to the armory, gripsack
and all, and turned hen over to Capt.
Koch. Capt. Koch, in turn, handed the
young woman over to the fnatrons, who
took her to the annex. There she was
searched and large revolver was
found in her possession After plying
the woman with questions they ex,
tracted the following information;
That the prisoner was Miss Nettie
Parker and that she lived on Jackson
ctraet St Panl. that she was travelling