Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-05-04
The News Briefly Told.
Thursday.

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Thursday.
Virulent smallpox is appearing In
many parts of Germany.
Major General Chaffee has returned
to Havana from Washington.
The navy department will not make
public the letter of reprimand to Cap
tain Coghlan.
The Lake Village Savings bank,
Lakeport, N. H.. has gone to the wall,
with debts approximating $230,000.
The official announcement has been
made at Havana of the extension of
all Cuban mortgages for two years.
Sheridan Shook died at Red Hook.
N. Y, aged n years. He for many
years was proprietor of the Union
Square theater and Of the Morton
house.
1t has been felt proper to admonlsh,
Admiral Kautz to be more careful
either in writing such letters as that
or in guarding his letters from pub
LEFTY, and letter of that character
was addressed to him yesterday. :
Land Commissioner Hermann Is
preparing to augment the corps o, for
est rangers on forest reserves. The
largest number of rangers In the Black
Hills, s. d.. reserve last year was nine,
which will be increased during the
coming heated term to twelve, and
probably fifteen. Similar increases
will be made in all reserves.
The Southern railway. the Cheese
peake & Ohio and the Norfolk & West
ern are the roads named as about to
enter into a combination which, IL Is
| said on good authority, Is soon to be
made. Ii Is asserted that options on
the stocks OF these companies have
been secured at figures considerably
| above the present market price.
After the United States steamer
| Badger sailed from San Francisco for
| Samoa with the Samoan commission,
ers aboard, important orders arrived.
A boat was sent after the steamer, but
was unable to overtake her. The
transports Ohio and Senator sail to-
day and the latter will try to reach
Honolulu before the Badger leaves.
Friday.
Secretary Alger left Washington for
a visit of a week to Detroit and Chi
cago, where he will make several
addresses.
The engineer corps which arrived
from Honolulu on the steamer Au-
stralia at San Francisco was conveyed
to the Presidio. 1t will be mustered
out shortly.
The Dawes Indian commission has
forwarded to the interior department
a report of its plans for the allotment
and citizenship enrolment and other
work required by the Indian Territory
act.
The steamer America Maru at San
Francisco from Hong Kong and Yoko-
hama had on board Major General An
derson and wife, Lieutenant Anderson,
Lieutenant Allen and wife, Major
Guise, Viscountess de Labry and
Commander Orpen of the royal navy.
Wireless telegraphy was first put
to practical use at London. The Good
win Sands light ship was struck by
a passing vessel and the crew, utiliz-
ing the wireless telegraphy apparatus
notified South Foreland that .neir ship
was In a sinking condition. Tugs were
thereupon dispatched to the assistance
of the light ship.
Movements OF warships: The An
napols and Vicksburg arrived at Gar
diners bay, near Washington. The
Peoria has sailed from San Juan tc
make an inspection OF the lights around
the coast of Porto Rico. The Alliance
has sailed from Santiago for Guanta'
namo The Nashville arrived yester'
day at Greenville, Miss
The Wade court of inquiry spent
Yesterday In making the final revision
OF it's report upon the allegations OF
General Miles concerning the beei
supplied to the army during the Span
ish war. Colonel Davis announced al
the close of the session that the report
would certainly be handed to the Sec
rotary of war tomorrow.
Secretary Algcr, in common with the
other cabinet officers, Is in almost daily
receipt OF some crank letters. These
are generally harmless, but Secretary
Alger is the subject of vindictive
attack and his correspondent encloses
daily about every disagreeable criti-
cism upon the secretary's conduct tha'
Is to be found in opposition news
papers. Duplicates of these annoying
articles are sent to Mrs. Alger under
cover of a disguised hand.
Saturday.
Six hundred employees OF the west
ern Stone Company in the Joliet, Rock
port and Lemont quarries, VIII today
receive an advance Of 20 cents per day
Other quarries will also make SIM
liar advance.
Two persons were killed, more than
a dozen seriously injured and fifty less
seriously hurt as the result OF a wreck
on the Rochester e. Lake Ontario rail-
road better known as the Bay rail-
road at Rosenbauer's Corners, about
a mile and half from Rochester.
Friends of Ex-Governor John +. AIT
! geld we're greatly alarmed over re-
port to the effect that he was critically
i'll and that surgical operation had
been performed as a last measure Tor