Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-06-22
The News Briefly Told.


Thursday
IL is reported from Paris that the
French government will ask England
for the extradition of Count Esterha-
zy, the contemplate cur who forged
the papers upon which Dreyfus was
convicted by court martial.
The makers of metal wheels and
| children's express wagons met in
| Cleveland, Ohio, and agreed to advance
the price 81 dozen on account of the
advance in the price of material 1t Is
denied trust has been formed.
The British steamship lombard,
from Vera Cruez, arrived in the low
er bay at Mobile with a sailor on
board suffering with yellow fever. The
vessel was ordered to the government
quarantine station at Ship Island.
The National Association of Rail-
way Agents will hold their third an
nual meeting in the city Of Milwau-
kee, July Is to p, next month, and the
executive committee have arranged a
very pleasant time for those who
may attend.
The correspondent of the London
Daily Telegraph at Cayenne, French
| Guiana, says: Last Friday when
Dreyfus was embarking, he cast long
and fearful look upon the prison and
said: Excuse my natural emotion,
| / have long been accustomed to that
| little piece of land and l have very
much loved its good and affable popu-
lation.'"
Bishop MacLaren of the Methodist
church delivered strong sermon at
| Chambersburg, Pa, last Sunday. He
| said the guns of the American soldiers
and sailors had opened the ay for
| the first Christian work in &c he Bos-
phorus. l long to see the day when
| Dewey will be before Constantinople
| demanding religious liberty for the
| Turks, with the bombardment of the
| Turkish capital as the alternative"
The Colorado court of appeals refus-
| ed to admit James Doyle. the Victor
millionaire, to bail, and he must re-
main in Jail until September II, when
his case comes up for hearing. Doyle
has been in Jail at Colorado Springs
several months for contempt of court
in refusing to announce a judgment
for $750,000 against James N Burns
and the Portland Mining company Sc
cured in an Iowa court. Doyle had
been enjoined by Judge Lunt, of Col
orado Springs, from prosecuting his
case in Iowa. but disregarded the in
| junction.
| Friday.
| William Lee, colored, shot and in
stantly killed Allan Jackson, colored,
! at the camp of a railroad contractor
near Mt. Pleasant, Ia, where both
were employed. The murderer fed,
escaping arrest. There was no prov
ocation for the deed.
Among the exhibits of the navy de-
partment at the Paris exposition next
year will be handsome model of the
famous battleship Maine, Dewey's flag
ship Olympia and the Oregon. These
models are now on exhibition at the
navy department at Washington.
At a meeting of prominent citizens
in Chicago an antitrust organization
was formed which will be incorporated
under the laws of the state of Illinois.
! vigorous campaign will be made
throughout the state with the object of
ultimately forming a national organi-
cation.
Returns received by the Kansas
board of agriculture from fifty-four
counties. taken from assessors figures,
show that March /. this year, there
was 2,120.646 bushels more wheat in
farmers hands than one year before,
or 10 per cent. while of corn there
was a falling off of over 10000, 900
Lushels, or almost 81 per cent.
From the first of next month the
artillery manning the coast fortifica-
tons will have a larger allowance of
ammunition for practice, ranging from
five rounds for the 10-inch guns to
eight rounds for the S-inch guns. The
new order is issued from the war de-
partment with the purpose of improv-
| ing the craftsmanship of the gunners.
Industrial Commissioner ]. A. Davis
OIL me Santa Fe and NJ. Weinrich, rep
resentative of the Oxnard Sugar COM
pany are inspecting the irrigation dis
| trict of western Kansas and eastern
! Colorado with a view of finding out
| if sugar beets can be raised there. II
they can a big sugar factory will be
established in some wester Kansas
| town.
The navy department has received
! the LOO bronze medals authorized by
congress for the officers and men who
participated in the battle of Manila
bay. The bureau of navigation will
see to the distribution of the medals.
| The medals are very handsome, one
| face showing a bas-relief of Admiral
| Dewey, while the reverse shows the
| idealized head of the American sailor
| Saturday.