Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1898-05-12

severe attack on the American people,
He traced the history of the trouble, re-
lteratlng the Spanish arguments and
spoke OF American senators as "border
ruttlans, whose illiterate boorishness is
only equalled by thier venality and
pompo us conceit."
Miscellaneous News.
owing "a the bread riots martial law
mas been proclaimed throughout Tus.
cany.
William H. Butler, first vice presi.
dent OF the American tobacco company,
mas resigned from his position.
The Duke and Duchess of Marlbor-
ough dined Friday with Queen Vic
toria at Windsor Castle and remained
over night
The queen of Belgium, while driving
IN the vicinity of the royal palace at
Laekln, Saturday, was upset into the
lake. Her majesty was not injured.
A terrible story of cannibalism comes
from New Guinea. Fourteen escaped
prisoners from Mana attacked a friendly
village, killing and eating Is men.
Mauss Bros. and Wolff Bros. shoe
factories, at Seventh and Sycamore
streets, Cincinnati, each seven stories,
We're Quilted by fire Friday. Loss, $780,
900.
The report is received at Guthrie, o.
L., that tornado devastated the county,
on Sunday morning, destroying 10
houses and badly wrecking as many
more.
H. N. Martin and his wife were
killed ip their home at Watertown, N.
T., Friday night, by breathing escap.
ing coal gas. Five other people mar.
rowly escaped.
At South Bend, Ind, Frank Harring.
ton fatally shot Mrs Vahlert, a widow
with whom he boarded, because she re-
fused to marry him. He then blew
out his own brains.
Charles F. Hayemeyer, son of the
late Theodore F. Havemeyer, committed
suicide Monday night at his home in
Rosslyn, l.. |. He shot himself through
the brain. Mr.. Havemeyer was 30 years
Of age.
Cramp company has completed a
handsome steam launch, which is for.
warded to Harvard university as a pres
ent from President Frank Thomson of
the Pennsylvania railroad and his three
children.
Mayor Zeigenhein of st. Louis offic-
tally proclaimed Saturday. May IA, a
public holiday in honor of the victory
Of Admiral George Dewey. A man,
moth celebration will take place at For
est Park
The skylight in the officers cabin of
the battleship Maine has been shipped
to Chicago. 1t will be appropriately
framed and draped and carried in the
do 1ol,o -
Dewey's victory.
Part of the Passaic rolling mills at
Patterson, N. j. was blown up Wednes-
day. One man was killed and three
injured. The explosion occurred in the
boiler and gas section of the building.
The damage to the works was SO, 900.
The May returns to the statistician of
the department of agriculture show the
acreage in winter wheat to be 81 per
cent greater than the acreage last year,
the comparison being not with the acre.
age harvested in 1897, but with that
sown in the fall of 1896.
On Monday last the ice covering q
stream in defle near Crater lake,
Alaska, gave way under the passing
throng of Klondikers and more than a
score of men were precipitated into the
water and carried to certain death be-
meath the rivers frozen coating.
The business portion of Pine City,
Mimi, was burned Tuesday. The
flames threatened the town with entire
destruction, but were finally brought
under control by the aid of the Hinck-
ley fire department., which had been
telegraphed for. The loss is $4,000.
The American bark Forest Queen,
Captain Beasley, from Tacoma March
3, has been given up as lost. She was
loaded with lumber for San Pedro. No
tidings have been obtained of the
schooner Alton, width sailed from Ia
coma nearly two months ago for Cop
per river.
The fourth biennial convocation of
the general Federation Of Women's
clubs will meet in Denver, June ~. At
the convention Mrs Ellen M. Henrotin,
president of the federation, will, it is
said, retire from active club life and de-
vote her time to individual study and
pursuits.
Representative Bartholdt Of Missouri
has introduced joint resolution to
create commission of three members
each of the senate and house to inquire
and report to congress by Jan. 1, 1899,
on the general subject of immigration,
its extent, character and influence, its
present administration, etc.
Gen. Merriam has issued an order
directing Captain Bogerdus Ell
dredge, 14th infantry, stationed
at Skagway, Alaska, to proceed with
one company of infantry to Port Angel.
This order was occasioned by reports of
wholesale robberies and holdups at
Wrangel by thugs and gamblers.
Additional advices from Sierra Leone
confirm the reports of the assassination
of Minister Archer, Miss Hatfield and
Mr.. Cain and adds to the list of muir
dered missionaries the name of Miss
kegs" possibly mispronunciation of
the name of Miss Schenck. Miss Cain
fled into the bush and her fate is not
known. All these missionaries were
Americans, who were sent out here by
the United Brethren of Christ Mission
of Dayton, o.
Third annual oratorical contest be.
tween the normal schools of Illinois,
Iowa, Wisconsin, Missouri and Kansas
occurred May at Normal, ILL.,. before
immense audience. The Judges gave
the award to A. T. St. Clair, Emporia,
Kan, first; George w. Rankin, Of
Whitewater, Wis, second; A. M.
Nicholson, Cedar Falls, Ia, third. The
noyt cnntoct 0f 1900 will tolya y>looo ~