Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-07-28
DOMESTIC.


Edward Rawley and wife were struck
by Wabash train at Brooklyn, ILL.,,
and killed. '..
Trains collided near Georgetown,
Ind, and the engineer, William Kerns,
and two tramps were killed.
Mrs. John Denver and her two daugh-
tiers were killed by lightning near Elma,
Ia.
Clarence Vinegar (colored) was
hanged at Georgetown, KY, for kill
ing his wife.
Jasper Simpson, while resisting ar
rest, shot and killed j. B. Grady and L.
S. Hill, deputy United States marshals,
near Jensen. Ark.
The Hawaiian commission will sail
from San Francisco about August 10.
An immense deposit of coal has been
discovered 400 miles up the Koyukuk
river in Alaska.
The visible supply of grain in the
United States on the 18th was: Wheat,
10,461 900 bushels; corn, 19,9s3,000
bushels; oats, $4,000 bushels; rye,
100000 bushels; barley, $4,000 bush
els.
The receivers of the Hampshire saw
ings bank of Northampton, Mass, say
that the defalcation CT Treasurer Lewis
Warner amounts to $640,OOO.
Goong Chung, a Chinaman in Oak
land, Cal, took refuge in q powder
magazine to escape arrest, blew up the
works, and he and five officers and a
woman were killed by the explosion.
Henry Myers, wife and child were
murdered by negro with an AK near
Cypress, Tex.
William Patterson, white farmer,
was lynched by a mob at Westville,
Miss, for killing his son-in-law.
The mailing plant of the David
Stephenson Brewing company was
burned at Oswego, N. Y, the loss being
over 100000.
A terrific windstorm did great dam
age at Marinette, Marshfield, Fond du
Lac and other Wisconsin towns.
Fred Suddenly, an engineer, William
Mccarthy, an engineers helper, and
Joseph Estabaugh, ex-city marshal,
were drowned while bathing at Glad
stone, Mich.
The municipal council of New York
city has prohibited swearing and vile
language on the streets and public
places under penalty of arrest and
fine.
Fire in Newport, KY, destroyed the
Lively sawmill and 80 small dwellings.
Loss, $4,000.
Perry S. Heath, first assistant post
master general, has been authorized to
establish the First national bank of
Honolulu with capital of $15O,OOO.
Lucy Keel, Emma Keel, Susie Keel
and Steener Bauer, their ages ranging
from Is to 20 years, were drowned at
Salt Lake City while bathing in the
lake.
Four men were struck by lightning
and instantly killed while seeking
shelter from a storm under a tree near
Boonton, n. j.
The town of New Holland, O., was
nearly wiped out by fire.
The Commercial state bank in Mar
shalltown, Ia. closed it's doors.
The annual reunion of confederate
veterans was held in Atlanta, Ga, with
$4,000 persons in attendance.
Fire which started in Cieland's gen.
eral store in Coopersville, Mich, wiped
out the business portion of the town.
Crazed by Christian science teach
ings, Mrs. William Jones, young mar
ried woman living near Chillicothe,
Mo-, killed her six-month-oldb babe and
| cut her own throat.
AS result of excessive taxation the
| Northern bank of Lexington, Ky, has
gone out of business.
While bathing in the river at Morton,
Mimi, Barbara and Rachael Gale,
Martha Lorenz and Alvina Reis-all un-
| der 20-were drowned.
The German savings bank at Doom,
Ia, failed with liabilities of SIS, 474.
John Harvey Myers, secretary of the
Home Building and Loan association
in Milwaukee, was said to be $50, 0OO
Short in his accounts.