Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-01-13
DOMESTIC.

The Ohio Legislature convened at Co
lumbus, the democrats organizing the
senate and the republicans the house.
The chief feature of the session will be
the election of United States senator.
Charles G. Dawes, of Illinois, took
charge of his office as comptroller of
the currency.
The public debt statement issued on
the Sd shows that the debt decreased
$10,114,S 800 during the month of Decem-
Der. The cash balance in the treasury
was $S61, $40. The total debt, less
the cash balance in the treasury,
amounts to 5000. ,507.
Viola Marquand, aged 90 years, daugh-
ter of a wealthy farmer, and Michael
Miller, aged &c, saloon keeper, COM
mitted suicide at Monroeville, Ind.
Thirty-six buildings at Farmville,
Va, were destroyed by fire, the loss be-
ing $15O,000.
The visible supply of grain in the
United States on the Sd was Wheat,
3s,s16 900 bushels; corn, 3s, 421 900 bush
els; oats, 12,244,000 bushels; rye, 1885,
900 bushels; barley, 4,441,0O0 bushels.
The government receipts in December
were 59,646,69s and the expenditures
$27, G34,O92.
The entire east side of the town of
Commerce, Tex, was swept away by
fire.
Counterfeit 500 silver certificates are
in circulation. One of the most danger
Gus bogus money schemes ever fioated
has been unearthed, and as a result Sec
rotary Gage has decided to call in all
the notes of that denomination.
E. H. Tripplett, president of the AL
com Agricultural and Mechanical col
lege for colored people near Rodney,
Miss, was shot by some one unknown.
An English syndicate with a capital
of $5O,OoO,OOO has been formed to con-
troll the fish catch of the great lakes.
John Blackford was fatally injured
by train at Lexington, Ky. He was
one of Kentuckys most successful trot-
ting-horse breeders.
Gen. John McNulta has been appoint
ed receiver of the National Bank of Illi-
nois in Chicago.
A train on the Kansas City, Pitts
burg & Gulf road was held up by two
men near Kansas City and the safe in
the express car robbed Of $4,000.
George Baker and his wife were
found murdered in their home near
Fairbury, Neb.
Mrs. Adeine F. Fassett, an artist
of national prominence, dropped dead
on the street in Washington.
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Union and Milling company in Stock
ton, CAL, containing 10000 tons of
wheat, were destroyed by fire, the loss
being $5oO,O0O.
Nehemiah Ward, q rich farmer, was
killed and robbed of money received in
sale of cattle at Lima, o.
Girard college in Philadelphia eel
ebrated its fiftieth anniversary, Hon.
Thomas B. Reed delivering an grafton.
For the first time in the history of
Journalism pictures were sent by wire
to New York paper. ...
A bill was introduced in the Virginia
Legislature to tax each unmarried male
person over 30 years of age in the state
one dollar year
The fire losses of the United States and
Canada for the year 1897 were S11O, 3d.
$50, against $l15,655, 500 in 1896.
About LOO post offices throughout
the country have been assigned to the
money order class, making approx
mately $4,000 post offices at which
money orders may now be obtained OF
cashed.
Isaac Beck, local agent of the Amer
lean Express company at Muncie, Ind.
committed suicide.
President Mckinley sent to the sen.
ate the nomination of Jonathan Mer,
RAM for pension agent at Chicago.
Fire in the lumber yard of the Sagi.
nav Lumber and Salt company at Crow
island. near Saginaw, Mich. caused q
loss of over $150.000.
Alonzo Kinds four-year-old daughter
poured carbolc acid in the baby's eyes
st Elwood. Ind. destroying the sight.