Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-03-10
DOMESTIC.

Henry Heffner and wife were away
from their home in Lima, o., when
their three little children poured the
Icontents of a can of powder on tho
stove and were fatally burned.
George Collins, aged IL, stabbed his
mother fatally at Parkersburg, W. Va,
while she was trying to whip him.
The steamers Humboldt, Excelsior
and Noyo sailed from Seattle for Alas
ka with $50 gold seekers on board.
Mrs. Leonardo Cushman and DR.. AL
exander Fulton committed suicide in
Philadelphia.
A fleet of so schooners sailed from
various ports of Newfoundland to prose-
cute the seal fishery.
The estimates of the state debt of
Iowa for the fiscal year ended June 80
last is 1922, 1860.
In the United States district court at
Kansas City, Mo-, Judge Rogers de-
clared unconstitutional the entire sys-
tenn of government inspection of meat
which has been established, in the pack
ing houses of the United States.
Fire in a tenement house in New York
city made 20 families homeless.
Normal conditions again rule in
Washington pending the report of the
Maine board of inquiry. This, it is be-
lieved, will not be ready for two or
three weeks, as the naval court is max
ing thorough and painstaking investi-
cation with a view to ascertaining the
exact facts on the cause of the eXplo-
n, - - IL.
after his examination in Key West, said
he believed the court would find that the
war ship was blown up by design.
The supreme court of Georgia has up
held the compulsory vaccination law,
enacted during the recent epidemic.
In its twenty-eighth annual report
submitted to Secretary Bliss by the bor-
der Indian commission the statement
IS made that the Indians are showing
marked progress in educational mat
tiers and in industrial pursuits.
The public debt statement issued on
the LIST shows that the debt decreased
81 1911 during the month of Febru-
airy. The cash balance in the treasury
was $s56,571,766. The total debt, less
fhe cash balance in the treasury,
amounts to 81 ,010, 104,216.
Nearly the entire business portion of
the village of Watersmeet, Mich, was
destroyed by fire.
A distinct earthquake shock was felt
at Paducah, Ky.
The court of inquiry into the Maine
explosion examined several more wit
nesses, but no evidence was made pub
lie. The work Of divers at Havana con-
tinued, but nothing Interesting was
made known.
At meeting in St. Louis of the mag
mates of the National Baseball league a
measure for the suppression of obscene
language and rowdyism upon the base
ball field by players was adopted.
While Mr.. and Mrs. John Brown, re-
siding on a plantation near Livingston,
Ala, were away their home was de-
stroyed by fire and their five small chill
Slren persisted in the flames.
! At the meeting of the presidents cab
inet the recent murder of the colored
postmasters at Lake City, S. c., and Ada,
Ga. were discussed in detail.
The statement that all the ingram
carpet manufacturers of the country
are to combine has been confirmed.
The American clipper ship Tacoma
arrived at Tacoma, Wash, winning one
of the longest races ever run. She
sailed from Philadelphia October IL,
making the time of her passage over
. lo,ooo-mile course 1913 days.