Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-12-17
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Janette Yates of Dunlap secretary.
Will county was awarded the grange
banner for the Greatest increase in
membership during the past year.
The Montana legislature. convened
in extraordinary session, adjourned.
having passed tae fair trial" bill.
which allows changes OF venue in civil
cases and provides for the review by
the Supreme cort of matters of fact
as well as of Law.
Max Kronfeldy the New York insur-
ance adjuster VINO made a sensation
al confession ofldishonest methods EN-.
ployed by public insurance adjusters.
was sentenced 10 three years in states
prison for the presentation of false
claim to an insurance company.
A verdict OF $7.94$ was returned
against Alfred r. Goslin and Robert
A. Ammon of Miller syndicate notori-
ETY.. The trial of another suit insti-
tuted by Finley Darrell & Co. of Chi
'cago to receiver s11.399 was begun.
Robert A. 4mmon, Miller's counsel.
was disbarrdd.
The Canadian department of Justice
wires to aYcouveitth unless Ernest
Cashel, the ESCAPED murderer, Is re-
captured before Dec. Is, the date set
for his EXECUTION. he cannot be subse-
quently hariged. as he will be dead in
law. The chief iustice Is asked to re.
prfeve Cashel for four weeks so that
another date may be set.
Reports ito Car final Gibbons at Bal
timore Indicate that the total of col
lections at Roman Catholic churches
throughout the country for the benefit
OF the Catholic university at Washing
ton viii Teach 100000.
In fire which partially destroyed
the hom9 of George Trullinger at Ne
braska City, Neb., Mrs. Trullinger and
her infant were fatally burned. The
woman Attempted to start fire with
kerose1e, which exploded,
The british cruiser Flora, which
crashed into the rocks at Village point
recently, was Ihoated. the vessel hav-
ing Meanwhile been lightened until
she Was a Mere shell. She will be
placed in dry dock for repairs.
SECRETARY Hay is suffering from a
slight bronchial trouble which makes
him Very ho|rse.
Def Porteb Dc La Fosse has been
ehosejn to succeed NJ. Margerie as first
secretary and counselor of the French
eabstssy at Washington. NJ. De La
FSsh. who is now secretary Of the
Frdtch Legation at Belgrade, has held
a Number of important posts. He Is
regarded as an accomplished diplo-
mat, is married and will take his fam
lily to Washington. M. Margerie was
recently transferred to Madrid.
The STANDARD Oil officials ordered
bloodhounlds taken by special train to
Montpelier, Ind, where some one
opened the valves of five immense
tanks and permitted the oil to escape.
Nettie Is. Abbott of New Hampshire.
distant relative, has filed notice of
contest of the will of Gordon Mckay
Of Newport, r. l., who bequeathed sew
eral thoushnd dollars to Harvard Uni
versity.
Peter Elliott, the crank Minneapolis
WIN NOn httOiACty NAAOdt,Aa
his struggle with the white house
guards at Washington. has been To-
Gated In lincoln county, Minnesota.
It is probable ne soon win be In the
insane asylum.
in sinking an artesi.n well on a
ranch six miles west of Cheyenne,
wyo.. the drsll alta depth OF 265 feet
penetrated a lake or stream and a
column of water si3 inches in diameter
spouted out TO height of forty feet.
Soundings failed td find bottom. The
flow is SO greatdthat II Is estimated to
be more than ampi6 to supply the en-.
tire needs OF the city Of Cheyenne.
The lower house Of the Danish par
lament has agreed TO increase the
payment of members from $1.62 to
$2.70 a day, with travelling expenses
to and from the capital
Mrs. Jos. Hindman was, shot In the
head and almost instantly killed by
her husband at their home at Coraop-
oils, Pa. Hindman then killed him.
self. gA,R
Two sleepers and diner Of tho
north-bound Washington and New Or
leans limited on the Atlanta and West
Point jumped the track near La
Grange, Ga. The passengers escaped
with a shaking up.
While brooding over the serious
losses inflicted upon the White Com
mission Company by the alleged EN-.
bezziement Of +. b. Wellons, who is
now under arrest, J. P. Dawson, one
of the largest stockholders. took NOR
phine with suicidal intent and died at
Birmingham. Ala.
War Minister FL Menechi arrived at
Tangier, Morocco, from Fez. There Is
no foundation for the reports that the
minister had resigned owing to the
intrigues of court officials, who were
alleged to have accused him OF In.
stigating the unpopular pro-European
policy OF the sultan.
The United States battleship Maine
left Colon for the United States to I'm
dergo repairs.
Operator ]. r. Largonot. stationed In
Pitsburg and Lake Erie Railroad tel.
egraph tower in Pittsburg suburb,
was beaten insensible by three negroes
who robbed him Of $50.
7 The British ship Aristides, Captain
Poppy, from Junin for San Francisco.
has been posted at Lloyds as missing.
Egbert Homel. former Chicago gro
Ger and father OF Mrs. e. F. Curran OF
Chicago. dropped dead at Syracuse,
N. Y.
John vermeullen. aged 20 years.
was accidentally shot to death by q
fellow rabbit hunter at BeloIt, Wis.
Two men arrested at Pittsburg. CIV
ing their namss as Abraham Thaller
and Morris Opal Of New York. had in