Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1897-10-14
BREvlTlEs.

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Gen. Benjamin Tracy has been NOM
mated by the republicans for mayor
of!.Greater New York.
Examination of the financial de-
partments of the various municipal
tiles which will be consolidated into
Greater New York, has revealed 4
shortage of from s1,Ooo,ooO to $1,000,
900 in Brooklyn. Unless SPECIAL leg
islation is obtained at Albany to pre-
vent it this tax burden will be saddled
upon the tax payers of the greater
city.
3 Replying to recent accusations made
against him for condemning the con-
cert, or so-called concert, of the
powers, Mr.. Gladstone writes: ''Ip
1880 we tried to make the concert act
and we failed, and went on withoutit.
We thus procured enlarged territory
for Montenegro and Thessaly for
Greece. This is exactly what ] have
desired for mode of action in the
east in these two disgraceful years.
Compare the results
Dispatches say the Spanish cab
met has resigned. The queen has ac-
cepted the cabinets resignation, but
has asked General Azcarraga to con-
tinue in office until a solution of the
crisis is found Senior Sagasta has
been telegraphed for and it is believed
that the liberal leader will be asked
to form cabinet. 1t is said that Sc
nor Sagasta is in favor of supcrceding
Captain General Weyler and granting
autonomy to the Cubans Immediately.
The governor of Indiana few
days ago received letter from NJ r.
Connolly, the prosecuting attorney of
Ripley county, saying that the grand
jury adjourned without finding any
indictments against the Versailles
lynchers. The witnesses all testified
differently, hence no indictments.
The governor has transmitted the
letter to the attorney general and re-
quested him to make n thorough inves-
tigation Of the case in his own time
and way.
Washington dispatch: Fire broke
out in the central power station of the
Capital Traction Company and in
thirty minutes the magnificent six
story structure was doomed. The
building occupied the entire block
from Pennsylvania avenue to c street
and from Thirteenth-and-a-h street
to Fourteenth. The blaze started in
i the southwest corner and swept like
|. wind through the enormous building
I, The loss will reach million dollars,
$500, 900 being on the building, 5000, 900
on machinery and street cars, and
100000 by other occupants.
The newly organized street cleaning
brigade for the city of Chicago which
has resulted from Mayor Harrison, S
recent visit to various eastern cities,
has been placed in charge of Mrs. A.
f. Paul. This is probably the only
case in the country where woman
has been given charge of street clean
ing. Several years ago Mrs. Paurs
only child died of diphtheria. Evel
since then she has devoted herself tC
sanitary work and the betterment OF
the city's physical conditions. Mrs
Paul is to have complete charge of the
down town street cleaning and gar
bage forces.
Cuban advices say Captain Genera
Wcyler has published decree declar
ing still in force his prohibition of tn.
expectation of leaf tobacco produced
in the provinces of Havana and Pinal
del Rio. 1t is semi-oflicial!y announced
that in an engagement between tn,
Spanish troops and the insurgents il
the district of Manzanillo, province o
Santiago de Cuba, the latter los
thirtytwo men killed and forty-tw,
wounded. The insurgents recent,
attacked Spanish convoy in tn,
vicinity of Barrancas, which resulted
in the Spaniards losing thirteen mel
killed and twenty-seven wounded.
Warsaw dispatch: Though a,
official denial will be Forthcoming, i
has leaked out from official circles il
such a manner as leaves no room TO
doubt that there was deliberate an
determined plot against Empero
Nicholas Mt the time of his recent visi
to Warsaw. Its success was only frus
! trated by accident. Several week
before the arrival of the imperial part
: a number of persons supposed t
belong to the German socialist part
undermined the principal street il
Warsaw, between the governor gen
erals palace and the royal castle. A
the tunnel was nearing completio
the conspirators became apprehensiv
,efa lndlgse.nt roadway and calle
1890. -;gi . :. : build som
var .,A.ls recognized the hecess,-l
icat practical. 1t is therefore pm
Id be in the home of every
r, and it's Special Farmers