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

The jury in the case of Eli Shaw,
charged with the murder of his grand
mother at Camden, N. j., last October,
returned verdict of not guilty Satur-
day. Shaw is also charged with the
murder of his mother, and will shortly
be tried for this crime.
News was received of terrible ex-
plosion of powder that was being car
.ried by pack train to Colonel Dan
Burns Candelaria mine in Mexico. It
is reported that 21S boxes of powder
and 10000 caps exploded with such
force that Is men and Gu mules were
killed.
On May Z, Rollo o. Heikes, holder of
the coast iron medal, y will shoot J. A.
r. Elliott of Kansas City for the Star
cup, which the Missouri crack won
from Fred Gilbert at Chicago April ~.
The match, which will be at 100 live
birds, will take place at Exposition
park, Kansas City.
The pilot boat San Jose arrived at
Astoria Friday and reports having
spoken the sealing schooner Doris.
The Doris recently lost most of her
men. While hunting they We're blown
away from the vessel and were unable
to again reach her. The Doris had $50
skins and reported other sealers along
the coast were doing equally well.
A deal involving 100000, between
the Union Pacific and Union Pacific,
Denver and Gulf railroads has been
consummated whereby the latter COM
pany has secured control of the Union
Pacific shops in Denver The transac.
ton was completed in Omaha at con-
ference between Receiver Trumbull
and General Superintendent Dunaway
OF the Gulf and General Manager Dick
inson of the Union Pacific.
The American line steamer Paris
arrived at New York Saturday from
Southampton after a rough passage,
with 1914 passengers. The Paris left
Southampton April %. After clearing
the land Captain Watkins shaped his
course about north, and after run of
about 30 miles headed for home, keep
ing distance of about 30 miles from
the usual course taken in previous
trips. Captain Watkins had no fear
that a Spanish war vessel would catch
his fleet steamer.
William Bestor and William Jewell,
the two robbers arrested at Waukesha,
Wis, for the murder of an aged couple,
and the burning of the bodies at Black
Earth Wednesday night, pleaded guilty
to the crime Saturday. They were SEN
fenced to life Imprisonment, and were
taken to Waupun prison Immediately.
They landed in prison 30 hours after
the crime was committed. Both made
full confession to the sheriff and dis.
trict attorney. They admit everything
but each puts the actual killing on the
other.
Elections Tuesday were held in the
larger cities of Indiana. While party
lines were tightly drawn in many
places, yet politics in the most of them
were laid aside. Schuyles Colfax, son
Of the late Vice President led repub.
lican victory at South Bend, Corners.
vile. Richmond, Princeton, Noblesville
Martinsville, Marion, Goshen, Warsaw
and a few other cities report Republi.
can majorities. Fort Wayne went
Democratic by 200, Democratic loss
Union City elected a Democratic mayor
for the first time.
1t is known that only a small portion
of the gold output of the Klondike
mines will go out on the first steamer
The treasure will be shipped OH nearly
every steamer during the summer and
the total amount that will be sent tc
the outside cannot be estimated until
late in July. The dust and nuggets
stored in the safes of the Alaska Com.
mercial company, aggregating several
millions of dollars, will go on the first
boat, together with the proceeds of the
mines of which the owners are fortunate
enough to make June cleanup. The
recent discoveries of gold on islands in
the Yukon river have caused stampede
was dreadfully nervous, and TO
relief took Karl's Glover Root Tea. I
quieted my nerves and strengthened m
whole Nervous System. l was troubled witt
Constipation, Kidney and Bowel trouble
thoroughly that rapidly regained health
strength. Mrs. s. A. Sweet. Hartford. Com