Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-02-24

10 ueCldTeu ny physicians TO be q tre-
mendous advance on the old stethoscope.
The phonendoscope conveys to the
physician the sound made by the in
ternal organs, thus telling him whether
they are healthy or not.
A storm of sand, lightning and wind
struck New Orleans Saturday. The gale
was so heavy that in the rear of the
city sheds were knocked down, Chin
neys toppled over, trees uprooted and
fences laid low. One man was SER
iously injured by lightning. Telegraph
and telephone wires were crippled in
many quarters. Forty thousand dol
lars is a rough estimate of the loss.
The addresses on behalf of the Dem
ocratic, Populist and Silver Republican
parties, which are the result of the con.
ferences which have been in progress
among the leaders Of these parties at
Washington, were issued last week. They
seek to unite the members of the three
parties in future elections upon the
financial issue as the question of para
mont Importance and are separate ap-
peals to each of the parties to consoli-
date all along the lines for this purpose.
Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois are prac.
tically snowbound. Reports from Ce-
dar Rapids and Webster City, Ia, Free
port, Bloomington, Rockford and
Galesburg, Ills, indicate an average
snowfall of two feet ThroughoutW Wis
consin and northern Michigan the fall
is much heavier, in fact the greatest of
the season. A 4O-mile gale has piled
the snow into enormous drifts, com.
pletely paralyzing street railway traffic
and seriously interfering with the op.
GRAFTON of trains on the steam roads.
Special from Juneau, Alaska, confirms
the loss of the Clara Nevada, and says !:
"The cause Of the disaster was doubt.
less the explosion of her boilers. OF the
90 people on board none are believed to
have been saved. The wreckage was
discovered by T. A. Marquett, customs
inspector at juneau, who ordered the
Rustler to the scene, in Lynn canal,
where burning vessel had been seen.
Wreckage bearing the name of the i'll
fated vessel was found, but there was
nothing to show the identity
OF any of the passengers.
The Spanish armored cruiser Viz
caya is in New York waters. She
dropped her big anchors in the upper
bay Saturday after IS days voyage from
Canary islands When her officers and
men learned the startling news of the
disaster to the American battleship
Maine in Havana harbor and the down.
fall of Former Minister De Lone they
broke into a wild uproar of talk. For a
couple OF minutes all discipline on the
great warship seemed to vanish to the
winds. Men rushed below to tell their
comrades on the lower decks.
The Canadian president of Woman's
Christian Temperance Union, Mrs.
Ruthsr I'D. says that in accordance
with the worlds w. g. Il. u. constitn-
tion, the presidency falls upon the vice
presidents at large, Lady Henry Somer.
set, and in case of her vacating the Of
fee, which appears certainty owing
to lllhealth, to the secretary, Miss Agnes
E. Slack of Ripley, England, who next
to Miss Willard was the most promin.
ent member of the worlds convention
held in this city last autumn. The
dominion officers are understood te
favor Miss Slack's appointment.
Sporting News.
Oscar Gardiner, the "Omaha Kid"
Knocked out Luke Stevens of Buffalo
in the ninth round at Buffalo.
Yale will play Harvard baseball at
cambridge, June 90; New York, June
2S; third at New York, July 2, in case
of a tie.
Jake Shaefer and Frank g. Ives will
settle their difference by SOO-point
game, lS-lnch balk line, for the billiard
championship of the world The game
will be played in Central Music hall,
Chicago, April 2.
Maine Explosion Gossip.
In view of the disaster to the battle
ship Maine, Governor Budd requested
all citizens and directed officers in