Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-03-17

On invitation of the Iriquois club to
deliver an address at the Auditorium,
chicago, the afternoon of April %. He
Will also respond to a toast in the even
ing at the clubs banquet, which is to
be Sound Democracy and sound
money demonstration. Speeches will
be made by Senator Caffrey of Louis
lana, ex-senator Villas of Wisconsin,
Hon. John K. Cowen of Baltimore,
Hon. James M. Beck of PHILADELPHIA
and other men of national reputation.
Miscellaneous News.
| Applications for an enlistment in the
artillery average thirty day at Boston.
| Fire destroyed the town of White
more, Ia, causing loss of $25, 900.
| Mrs. Ida May Steele was arrested in
Trinidad, Colo, charged with horse
stealing.
Grade teachers in the Chicago public
schools have won their fight for higher
salaries.
The Victor mill at Cohoes, N. Y, the
largest wOollen mill in the United
States, burned Tuesday.
The United States cruiser San Fran
cisco sailed from Lisbon Tuesday, going
IN a southwesterly direction.
A ledge Of gold bearing quartz has
been found by men engaged in grading
at Seventh street in San francisco.
President Schurman Of Cornell uni
versity is now on a two weeks tour
through the west and will visit the
University of Nebraska on the trip. 81
The veterans of the civil war living
in Oakland, Cal, have decided to offer
the services of a full company to the
| government in the event of war with
Spain.
The vote on equal lay representa- on
in the general Methodist conference,
taken in the Kansas conference Satur.
day, resulted in victory for the propo-
sition by vote of 80 to %.
Preparations have been made by Dir
ector Walcott Of the United States geo.
logical survey for an extensive explor-
alton Of the geological, Typographical
and other features of Alaska.
| 1. g. Reed, prominent Philadelphia
newspaper man, while visiting at New
York city, became violently insane.
Reed is 45 years of age and is a brother
of Rev. j. S. Reed of San Francisco.
The Rock Island Plow company has
raised the wages Of the molders in the
shops 10 per cent The increase affects
800 men, and under the new scale the,
! men will receive on the average $2.7b a
day.
Captain Coach Of the Seventeenth in
fantry, who has been detailed for sew
eral years as assistant inspector general
of the national guards of Missouri, has
been ordered to join his regiment at
Columbus. O..
The Kanawha and New River coal
miners, West Virginia, have been Or
dered to strike on April and 1900
men will come out unless the. operators
agree to meet the terms offered by the
United Mine Workers.
The Goebel election bill passed the
Kentucky house March II, So to % over
the governors veto and is now law.
During its passage two of the members
Depp'a and Gilmore, engaged in fsticuffs,
but peace was restored.
Mr.. w. A. Platt Of Colorado Springs,
Colo, has been appointed receiver Of
the Commercial bank Of Denver, in
place OF Frank Adams, resigned, and
also of the German National bank of
Denver, in place Of q. T. Hill.
The board of control Of the Colorado
industrial school for girls has selected
Mrs. Ursula L. Harrison Of Chicago as
superintendent of that institution, the
inmates of which have been giving the
management a great deal of trouble
Two Kentucky towns were fire swept
Saturday morning. At Monticello the
court house, the postoffice, bank, and
many other places were destroyed with
q loss Of $50, 900. Golden Pone suffered
in the, same manner to the extent of
$4,000, every business house, being
burned. n
/ General Lee Kadeski, commander-in-
chief of the uniform rank Catholic
knights of America, stated to an Asso-
ciated Press representative that of the
| $4,000 members of the organization, all
put in the field within % hours in case
of war.
The Both anniversary of the naval
battle of the Monitor and the Merrl-
mac was celebrated by banquet given
at Philadelphia March 3 by the Penn
sylvania commandery of the Naval
order of the United States. The guests
included prominent citizens and dis
tlnguished navy army officers
Spiegel Grove, the home of the late
ex-President R. B. Hayes, at Fremont,
o., was advertised March II, to be sold
at shersiff's sale April IL to satisfy a
4 Judgment of 5000. The Judgment
was damages for injury sustained by
Mrs. Addie M. Smith in a runaway
caused by the Hayes family's dog.
Everything is stir and hustle at the
Mare island navy yard at Vallejo,
Gal. Hundreds of workmen are being
added to the usual force to rush the
work of preparing the Charleston, Phil
adelphia, Hartford, Pensacola and
Adams. The Charleston and Philadel-
i phia have been ordered completed at
Dnce, and tits chiefly on that account
that SO many extra employees have been
added to the payroll.
The large smelling plant Of the Dead
wood and Delaware company, mile
EAST of Deadwood was totally destroyed
q BY fire Thursday morning. AS far as
81 Is known the fire originated on the first
door from an overturned pot of molten
flag. The buildings were constructed
principally of wood, were very dry and
burned fiercely. Four hundred men
ire thrown out Of employment. The
oss Of the works is estimated to be
$780, 900, with 100000 insurance.
II The convention at Fort Worth of tha