Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-05-19
miscellaneous News

Miscellaneous News,
The president Saturday approved the
Alaskan homestead and right of way
bill.
Fifty.f five thousand dollars has been
allotted to the secret service division of
the treasury.
Walker and Cassidy, leaders of the
"Robbers' Roost' gang of outlaws, have
been killed near Price. Utah, by posse.
The Western Labor union has been
organized at Salt Lake by representa-
tives of labor unions all over the west.
Owing to demonstrations upon the
part OF Italian students, the universities
of Naples, Bologna and Rome, have
been closed.
John Calvin of Cincinnati was elected
president of the Elks on the third bal
lot Friday at New Orleans, which re-
suited Calvin, l54 Phelps, 90 ALLEN, 32.
The woodworkers employed in seven
sash and door factories which produce
about half the output of the country,
struck Monday for rs per cent increase
in wages.
John Cornell was burned to death,
Royce Collins fatally injured and over
dozen others more or less seriously
hurt in boarding house fire at 225 La
Sale avenue, Chicago, Thursday.
Floods caused by recent heavy rains
broke the Santa Fe reservoir at Man
chester, Kan, flooding the lowlands.
The damage is heavy and much damage
was wrought in the lower part of Abb
lene.
Mrs. Ruth Morrill,, wife of the vener-
able senator, died at the family resi-
dence on Thomas Circle, Washington,
Friday. She had been seriously i'll for
some time, but lately she was consid-
erably improved.
w. civilians was nominated Friday
for congress from the 10Th district, de-
feating w. II. Hinrichsen. the present
congressman, and the Illinois member
Of the Democratic national committee
The convention lasted two days.
Judge Hagner of Washington has
signed a decree granting Frances
Hodgson Burnett the novelist, divorce
from DR.. Swan M. Burnett, well
known oculist of that city. Sheis per-
mitted to resume her maiden name of
Hodgson.
Editor Lewis of the Kinsley Graphic,
has been appointed private secretary to
Governor Leedy to succeed Ed Little,
who resigned to become lieutenant COL
onel OF the First regiment, Kansas vol
unteers. Mr.. Lewis will assume his
duties at once.
There has been little material change
in Mr.. Gladstone's condition since Sun
day. His debility is extreme aud
seems to be increasing. Happily he is
free from suffering and his mind is
perfectly placid.
About 800 delegates were present al,
st. Louis when Grand Chief Arthur
called third biennial convention of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
to order for the three weeks session,
also about 200 visitors, who are mostly
members of the ladies' auxiliary.
Edouard Remenyi, the Hungarian
violinist, dropped dead at the Orpheum
theater San Francisco, while perform.
ing Saturday afternoon. Edouard Re-
menyi was born in Hungary, GA years
ago. He leaves widow, son and
daughter who reside in New York.
Charles Warren Spalding, president
of the Globe Savings bank, was taken
Saturday to Joliet penitentiary, where
he will serve an indeterminate sentence.
His crime was the embezzlement of
$4,000 worth of bonds belonging to tho
University Of Chicago endowment fund.
Five lives were crushed out and sew
eral men were terribly injured Friday
by the collapse of two 5.story fiat build
ings in course of erection on East One
Hundred and Sixteenth street, New
York. The rear and side walls fell,
carrying some 25 or more bricklayers
and laborers with them
Professor J. Scott Clarke of North
western university, Evanston, has ac-
cepted an invitation to read paper be-
fore the educational conference of the
Transmississippi exposition at Omaha
in July. His subject will be, methods
of Studying English Classics as Means
of Rhetorical Training"
There was violent earthquake in
Sicily Saturday morning, extending
southwark from Mt. Aetna, and reach
ing to Minjoa and Caltagirone, 80 miles
southwest of Catania. A number of
houses were wrecked at Bicaville. on
the declivity of Mt Aetna, and at Benz
passo. Other shocks followed.
| J. S. Collins, one of the most promi-
nent citizens Of Topeka, and well
known real estate man, was killed in
bed early Friday morning by an I'M
known person. The weapon used was
shotgun belonging to Mr. Collins
Two shots were fired in rapid success
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