Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-05-26
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ing for the organization and enrolment
of an auxiliary naval force of 5000 men
which shall form an inner line of de-
Tense. The reading of the war revenue
bill was completed and seven-eighths of
the amendments were agreed to. The
| house was not in session.
| The best part of the business portion
| of Kewaunee, Wis.,, was destroyed by
fire, the loss being 100000.
Thomas Nuty, who in November last
killed his three sisters and young
brother at Rawdon, was hanged at Jol-
iette, Que.
b. j. Franklin, ex-governor of Ari-
IONA, died suddenly at his home in
| Phoenix.
| Fire that started in Dow & SHELLS
wholesale grocery in Toledo, o., caused
a loss of $35O,OOO. The Blade newspaper
office was badly damaged.
| Three men were caught who were at
| tempting to poison the water used by
the soldiers at Chickamauga park.
| Premier Sagasta announces that
Spain will energetically endeavor to en-
list the aid of Europe in her behalf.
| A son and daughter of Oliver Cochran,
a son of Henry King and son of Henry
Richmond were drowned near New Mar.
tinsville, w. Va, by the upsetting of
| boat.
In London J. w. Stocks broke the one
mile paced bicycle record, making the
| distance in 1873.
An explosion occurred in projectile
| factory at Carthagena, Spain, killing
ten men and injuring 60 persons.
| There were $50 business failures in
the United States in the seven days
ended on the Goth, against $50 the week
previous and 24S in the corresponding
period of 1897.
A hurricane which swept the shores
of Australia wrecked many small craft
in the coast trade.
In convention in Harrisburg, Pa,
Rev. DR.. Slas C. Swallow, of that city,
was nominated for governor by the
prohibitionists.
The American squadron employed in
blockading Havana has been reinforced
by several vessels.
Increased activity in most lines of
business throughout the country is re-
ported.
Advices confirm the report of the ar
rival of the Spanish squadron at Santi-
ago. Another report says that the fleet
has left Santiago and that the squad
rons of Admiral Sampson and Commo-
dore Schley were in pursuit.
The cruiser Charleston sailed from
San Francisco for Manila with aid for
Admiral Dewey and more vessels were
preparing to follow.
1t is reported that transports have
left Tampa, Fla, with United States SOL
diers to invade Cuba.
A train carrying st. Louis soldiers to
Chickamauga was wrecked near Ross
vile, Tenn, killing George Walker and
injuring six other men.
The new Spanish ministry is in favor
of prosecuting the war to the end with
the utmost energy.
The president has ordered the formid-
able double-turreted monitor Monterey
to sail from San Francisco to join Adj
miral Dewey's fleet at Manila.
Mrs. Lena Sparri, the insane widow OF
a fireman in Poughkeepsie, N. Y, MUIR
dered her two children, son two years
old and a daughter five months old.
French merchants declare friendship
for the United States and say pro-Span-
ish utterances of newspapers in Paris
are only the mouthings of small mi
nority. .r... -..
A tornado which passed through a
portion of northwest Arkansas did i'm
mense damage to property and caused
the death of seven persons.
A large section of a slope in ain iron
mine near Meyersville, Pa, caved in
and four men were buried alive.
, Edward Bellamy, author of Looking
, Backward" and other well-known
works, died at his home in Chicopee
. Falls, Mass, aged 40 years.
: 1t is announced from Gibraltar that
another Spanish feet is about to sal.
for Cuban waters.
A tornado swept parts of Fannin and
Red River counties in Texas, causing
extensive damage to property and some
loss of life.
Official denial is made of a report that
naval battle took place off Mole ST.
; Nicholas, in which ~ Spanish ships
were sunk.
Gen. Lacrete, with his battalion of
. Cubans, 5000 stands of arms and a
large cargo of assorted ammunition,
!, landed from the steamer Florida on the
northern coast of Cuba, in Havana prov
ince.
Trains collided on the Vandalia road
near Collinsville, ILL.,, killing four men
and injuring 20 others.
The percentages of the baseball clubs
in the national league for the week
ended on the 2Ist were: Cincinnati,
.760; Cleveland, GOT; Boston. $3.50; Bal
timore, $40; New York, 600; Chicago,
500; Pittsburgh, .4s1; Philadelphia,
ass; Brooklyn, 400; Louisville, 1871;
st. Louis, 800; Washington, .2Ao.