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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-10-15
Convict Nearly Gains Liberty.

San Quentin Prison, CAL, Oct. g.
The effort of one of the most daring
prisoners confined at San Quentin to
cut his way out of the incorrigible cells
and escape has come to light. The
floors of the cell ere covered with
three-quarter inch boile" iron and
the convict had almost completely cut
a hole through it.
This would have given him en-
trance TO store-room below where he
could have procured a rope and a
hook to aid him in his attempt to
scale the walls.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-10-15

After a thorough consideration of
the statements made by the powers
with reference 10 the situation in
Macedonia, the unbiased observer will
conclude that the matter is likely to
be settled only when everybody has
either moved out or been killed off.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-10-15

Patti actually has a new picture fol
advertising purposes! What has hap
pened to the old one, taken when she
was nineteen-with which we are al
familiar? Did the negative gel
broken?
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-10-15

French aeronauts have succeeded in
crossing the English channel in a
balloon. People who have crossed the
channel in boats unanimously admit
that they don't know of anything
which might more fittingly be crossed
N q balloon.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-10-15

Seventy-five teachers in Chicago S
public schools have resigned this sum,
mer to get married. Well, it is pleas.
anter, after all. to teach your own
children than it is to teach the boys
End girls of other people.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-10-15

One of the designs for the Upton
testimonial shows the American In
dian buffalo, seaguils and American
eagle, with delicate trimmings, com
prising dainty festoons of Indian corn.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-10-15

Noah Roby of Plainfield. n. j., who
claims to he 1872 years old, is down
with the measles. This second child.
hood business appears to be dangerous
if it is carried too far.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-10-15
TORNADO NEAR DENiSoN.
Weatherby Residence Only Building
Escaping.

Denison, Oct. S.-A terrific wind
and hail storm visited this location
shortly before six o'clock p. M, doing
enormous damage. On the Weatherby
farm, seven miles from here, it be.
came a veritable tornado and prac.
tically every building except the resi-
dence was RACED to the ground and
several head of high-priced stock
were killed In this city the damage
will exceed one hundred thousand
dollars. So far as can be learned, no
lives were lost and no one was in
jured.
Boone, Oct. S.-There was bad
storm near Carroll and at Breda the
depot platform was carried away by
the wind just as train approached
"a very narrow escape for the latter.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-10-15
DAN MURPHY FOUND GUILTY.
Clinton Thief Who Was Indicted On
Twenty-Five Counts.

Clinton. Oct 10.-After having been
out seventeen hours, the jury in the
case against Daniel Murphy brought
in a verdict of guilty yesterday. Muir
ply was charged with conspiracy to
rob residences in this city. He was
indicted by the grand jury on twenty
five counts, and will doubtless be tried
on some of the others. The case at
tracted wide attention and lasted nine
days. The court house was crowded
to the doors during the entire time.
Michael Conroy, indicted on seventeen
counts, is now on trial. The work
of securing a jury is in progress. The
charges against Conroy are about the
same as those against Murphy.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-10-15

George de Pima, the purchaser OF
Shamrock |, might as well abandon
the idea of converting her into a
cruiser; she couldct overhaul any
thing in case of war.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-10-15

It is stated that bridge whist is suf-
fering from a decline in popular favor.
Perhaps the bridge sharps have sue
oeeded in harvesting all the other fell
lows money.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-10-15

Officers are trying to prevent the in
mates of the Pennsylvania peniten-
tiary from making counterfeit money.
1t is too bad that a man can't work at
his trade.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-10-15

The Connecticut man, who has had
inscribed under his bust in the GEM
ctery the words: Going. but Can't
Tell Where" is frank even if he isn't
strictly orthodox.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-10-15

Members of the international peace
congress want to hold their next SEES
sion in the United States, where there
are no cannons booming or bullets fly
ing
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-10-15

Old wine, old shoes and old friends
have always been declared the best.
Now an old horse has paced a mile in
1857, breaking the record of Dan
Patch
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-10-15

Joseph Jefferson admits that he Wis
tied Chicago in 1889. He stoutly de-
clares, however, that he didn't play
RIP" at that llme.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-10-15

Glance over the market quotations
and see if you do not think this is
good time to lay in your winter supply
of steel rails.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-10-15

Placer mining machine has been in
vented that will make gold plentiful,
and this will help us to stave on the
trusts for q little while.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-10-15

Let the boys play football while they
can, for DIR. Wiley says we are soon
to be hairless race and then it would
be al off with that sport.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-10-15

Such a thing as wild day in stocks
does not appear to ruffle the country 3
euuamimity.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-10-15

Miss Goelet will lose no time in get
ting acquainted with her mother-in
law after marriage, They are due &c
meet in December. Merry Christmas
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-10-15

"Dcy say dar am black sheep in
eb'ry family" unused Uncle Rastus,
Wonder how de cullud man am
'sposed to 'stinguish de one in his"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-10-15

The FilIpinos are organizing base
ball league. They will find more ex
citement and pleasure in the game
than 10 any instruction of the past.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-10-15

Barrie's play, Little Mary" has the
yoble theme that England overeats'
Now for a health food named Little
Mary"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-10-15
BURGLARS AT DIES MONIES.
Two Safes Cracked In the Heart OF
the Business District.

Des Moines, Oct. 9.-Safe blowers
visited the Offices of the Bell Imple-
ment company, at 81 Walnut street,
and the Wheeler G. Wilson Sewing
Machine company, at 408 Seventh
street, and used o-glycerine and
dynamite effectively The sum OF
$12.68 was secured at the Bell Imple-
menr company place, while at the
sewing machine store the robbers
were unrewarded, except by taking
a few trinkets and keepsakes belong
ing to NJ. +. Woods, the manager.
Both safes we're badly wrecked.
Stole Another Mans Wife.
Sioux City, Oct. "a peculiar suit
was filed in which one Californian
sues another for $4,000 damages for
stealing his wife. The suit was first
filed at Cherokee, where an attach
ment was served on some town lots
1t was afterward removed to the fed
eral court upon the defendants appli-
cation.
The suit is brought by William j.
McCrum of Modesto, California,
against Fred Schmidt. The charge is
that Mr. and Mrs. Schmidt conspired
to break up his family by depriving
him of the society of his wife and
child. The defendants are accused of
enticing Mrs. McCruri and her child
from their home at Tropico, Califor-
MIA, and OBTAINING them.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-10-15
RUSSIA DOES NOT EvAcuATe.
Proceeds to Erect Extensive Buildings
at New Chwanq.

New Chwang, Manchuria, Oct. 10.
The Russians are taking no steps
to restore the government of New
Chwang to the Chinese. On the con-
trary, they are Fastening the erection
Of extensive government buildings
and have added another gunboat to
the naval force here.
Reports fro,s northern Manchuria
indicate that no movement has been
made towards the evacuation of that
territory and Russian officials are dis
cussing the permanent occupation of
the points now held as being the sell
tied policy.
The Russian viceroy, Admiral
Alexieff, has been conducting joint
naval and military maneuvers on a
great scale in the vicinity of Port
Arthur this week. Ninety Russian
war vessels OF all classes We're en-
gagged.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-10-15

If blood was a merchantable' com.
modify the Turk would be in the way
to make substantial profits.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-10-15
CASHIER SoULE IN JAIL.
He Was Unable to Furnish $4,000
Bonds Fixed by Court.

Iowa Falls. Oct. 12.-Edwin 0.
Soule, lately removed as cashier OF
the Home Savings bank. was arrest
ed Saturday night on charge of lar
ceny by embezzlement. On arraign-
ment in justice court, Soule asked a
continuance of the case until Tuesday
for preliminary hearing. In default OF
$4,000 bonds he was taken to the
county Jail at Eldora, 1t is charged
that Soule is short in his accounts
and the reported amount is $4,000.
Irregularities in the banks accounts
were discovered about a week ago
but no arrest was made until Satur-
day night. Soule came from Mon
mouth, H., about seven years ago and
has borne a good reputation. Dealing
on the board of trade is reported as
the cause of his downfall.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-10-15

Dressmakers do not worry. over the
bills. That problem is up to the men.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-10-15

Prince Atert's mile In 1857 shows
Dan Patch that there are others.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-10-15
BIG CORN CRIB BURNS.
Updike Framed Cribbed Elevator a
Missouri Valley Destroyed.

Missouri Valley, Oct. 9.-The Up
dixie framed eribbed elevator, erected
in 1901, with a capacity of one-hall
million bushels, and with grea
cleaning and drying plant costing ont
hundred thousand dollars, burned
here yesterday. Spontaneous com
bustion is supposed to be the origin
of the fire. Three thousand bushels
were lost. Fully insured 1t will be
rebuilt.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-10-15
ANOTHER EUROPEAN INVASION.

"NeW
Number
Tables Married
HighBorn Jews item
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-10-15
Meat Clicked Him.

Davenport, Oct. 9.-M. S. Krank-
heit, formerly lineman in the en-
ploy of the Rock Island road, choked
to death in a restaurant here. "A
piece of meat lodged in his windpipe
and before doctor could be secured
Krankheit died.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-10-15

The concert OF Europe appears to
lack an efficient bandmaster.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-10-15
PLANS GREAT NEGRO STATE.
emperor of Sahara" Would People
ENLARGED Liberia From America.

Enlarged Liberia From NnierIcd.
London, Oct. S,-M. Lebaudy, other
wise Jacques l.. Emperor OF Sahara,
is still a mystery The Mail has a
theory that he desires to be handed
down to posterity as the greatest bene-
factor of the negro race. With this
idea he desires to establish negro
United States of Liberia, on the north
west coast OF Africa, and people II
from America. The same paper says
Jacques |. employs as his prime minis
ter and chief secretary of state. a
peer of the English realm, and In all
likelihood when he goes back to bis
empire he will take with him several
other British noblemen.
The sun., 1903-11-26
TWO THEATRES STAHPEDED.
Fire In the Avenue Playhouse In PtttsburS
Does SIS 900 Damage.

PITTsBURG, Nov. 25.-A ceIluloid box
and film used in the cinematograph ut the
Avenue Theatre was set on fire by an electric
spark this afternoon. The first picture
had been shown and the next was fire
scene, but it took place in the first gallery
near the window. The flames shot under
the third gallery and the crowd arose as
one person and made fer the exits. The
stage hands rushed forward with hand
grenades md Are eStinguishers and fought
until tho frc department arrived
The fireren had 70 put ladders against
the front wall, as the crowd coming out
of the front would not let the fremen in.
The panic was communicated to the au
dience in the Grand Opera House next door,
and the crowd came rushing out Of both
entrances, blockading Fifth avenue. George
Mackenzie, the cineniatograph operator
was burned about the face and hands, A
few persons were squeezed, but all escaped.
AS soon as the fire was under control Harry
Davis. the owner, flung out a streamer,
Fifty Carpenters Wanted" Before the
firemen had tie fire drowned, Davis had a
dozen men tearing out the burnt wood. BY
8 oclcck he had forty carpenters reelilding
the place.
Two galleries were burned cut and about
:ib,OOC damage was dcre. The manager
advertised that the theatre would be open
Tomorrow evening. The Grand Opera
House was not dam aged.
The sun., 1903-11-26
HANNA BOOM KEEPS UP.
Open Demonstration for Him for President
by Cleveland club.

CLEVELAND. Nov. 2S.-'Hurrah for
Hanna yelled the members OF the Twenty
first Ward Republican Club last night,
IL response TO the sentiment that Hanna
slcul! be the Presidential nominee. The
club beld d jonifcat!on Tuesday at it's wig
wan. More then one hundred members
were present. Former Postmaster A. T..
Anderson was enc Of the speakers. He
said the Presidential atmosphere was not
clear, and that Roosevelt was not the choice
OF good part of the country. He thought
there might be sharp contest in the
national convention, despite the efforts oi
the leaders 10 prevent it.
{. B. Lewis and other speakers expressed
the same ideas. Then Attorney Henry
Emerson was called upon for a speech.
why beat about the bush.' said no
"and make those veled suggestions? Why
not come out squarely and say what you
mean? l tell you, gentlemen, that Hanna
is the choice of the ma jority Of the peo pie
for President"
"Whoopee -Hurrahi Hi HI, vi Yil" yelled
the crowd, for Emerson had struck popu.
lar chord. Then the speaker added
The financial interests and the South
are for Hanna. They will control the con.
vention, and they cannot be headed of from
their purpose to nominate Hanna. Roose-
welt has made several mistakes, which have
greatly weakened his cause"
All the speakers are friends Of Hanna.
The sun., 1903-11-26
DIDN'T APPOINT QUAY'S MAN.
Gov Pennypacker Names a Democrat for
Supreme Court judge

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 25.-Ex Judge Sam
uel Gustine Thompson of this city was
appointed to-day Justice OF the State
Supreme Court by Gov. Pennypacker.
He will serve during the unexpired term Of
the late Chief Justice j. Brewster McCollum.
Judge Thompson is Democrat, and will
serve until January, 1905. 1t is understood
that United States Senator Quay endeav-
ored to secure the appointment for his
political friend, Lyman ID. Gilbert Of Har-
risburg. The Governors choice for the
vacancy was Attorney General Carson.
but as he declined to accept the office Mr.
Thompson was chosen
The appointment came az surprise to
Judge Thompson and his friends Judge
Thompson was previously appointed to
the Supreme Court in 1893. He filled the
vacancy caused by the resignation of Chief
Justice Paxson and at the expiration of his
term was defeated for reelection by Judge
Fell
Judge Thompson is son of the late James
Thompson, who was a Justice of the Su-
preme Court for fifteen years, during the
last six of which he acted as Chief Justice
He was born in Venango county, in the
northwestern part of this State, in 1887
his father at the time being Judge of the
Common Pleas Court of that county.
The sun., 1903-11-26
BORGIA APARTMENTS OPEN.
The Pope Talks About Changes Made In
the vatican,

SpfCdi cable Despatch 10 TFR Sun.
VIENNA, Nov. 25.-The Vdterldnd says
that during recent audience given by the
Pope to a number Of German and Austrian
archaologists his Holiness referred to the
outcry that has been raised by italian news
papers against the allotment of the Borgia
apartments to Cardinal Merry del VAL
Papal Secretary of State, on the ground
that they will be inaccessible to the public.
He said that, OH the contrary, the rooms
would be open all day and in the evening
when electric lights would facilitate in
spection OF the famous pictures in the
apartments. The Pope added:
They say that l have become grand
seigneur because have ordered two apart
ments prepared for myself 1t is true that
Pope Leo was content to live for twenty
five years in one small room, where he slept,
dined and worked. / cannot understand
how he was able to do this. need a roomy
apartment l cannot sleep alone as Pope
Leo did. must know that there is priest
within call.
Above all, must have air. ] am fully
satisfied. The opportunities for walk ng
in the Vatican gardens are iimitlecs. Tho
air suits me well. Those believing that the
surroundings of the Vatican are unhealthy
should thirk OF Don Marcello Vatican
official, SO years old. who has not eft the
Vatican since 1866, and who feels quite
we'll"
The sun., 1903-11-26
PRESIDENTS VIEW or 1T.
Odell Active Manaser-Friendiy Relations
With Plat.

WASHINGTON. d. c., Nov. 25.-Against
Chairman Dunn's statement, made after last
nights White House dinner. that the matter
Of putting the Republican machine in New
York State more completely into Gov.
Odell's hands was not discussed is now put
The authoritative announcement OF the most
important man at the conference, that a
tacit agreement has been made by which
Gov. Odell will be the active manager in
affairs, hereafter, and Senator Platt merely
tho fgirehead.
1t is possible that nothing was said about
II at the White House dinner last night.
The fact is that the dinner was merely
perfunctory affair, the real work of the
conference having been accomplished ear
ller In the day, when Gov. Odell saw tn"
President alone, and later at night Just
before his train left, and after the Presi-
dents other guests had gone to bed
Senator Platt has insisted all along, and
even repeated his assurance this morning,
That there is no friction between himself
and Gov, Odell, but the fact that Odell
and the President fixed up their plans both
before and after the formal dinner AT the
White House last night indicates that
~" President and the Governor are going
ahead on their own hook without paying &
100 much attention 10 the wishes of the
Senat or who they lhink il not strong enoug h
10 bear tho lrm OF the work as leader.
~ he tudurseS heir plan. all right; II noI
Ihev Will go ahead with il jus, the same.
lh"re ia authority for the statement that
'ns Is he WY President Roosevelt under
sands the situation.
The sun., 1903-11-26
GIRL STENOGRAPHER BEATEN,
Assaited In q Boston once by . Man
VINO Steals Y4OO.

Boston, Nov. 25.-Miss Lillian B. Goff,
a stenographer, was the victim OF u brutal
assault this forenoon In the office Of the
Boston Note Brokerage Company on Milk
street. Her assailant secured $500 in cash,
some memoranda slips, and then made his
escape.
Miss Goff was struck across the head
with cold chisel and received severe scalp
wounds and bruises about the face and
hands She told the police that she was
alone in the office when man. said to be
Frank H. Symonds Of Dorchester entered
the Office to transact some business. As the
result Of an argument which followed the
man struck the woman with the chisel, and
then seized the money, which was lying on
q desk
Miss Goff screamed, and then, to attract
the attention Of passersby, broke one Of
the large windows on the Federal stree {
side Of the Office. The janitor heard her
cries and ran to her aid. but the assailant
got away and had not been captured up to
a late hour tonight.
Symonds was employed by the Metro
politan Coal Company. Is married and has
several children. From the statements of
Miss Goff after the assault 1t is believed that
he disputed with her over a debt His wife
when she heard of the affair, attributed her
husbands action to the bounding Of money
lenders.
The sun., 1903-11-26
THRILLING RESCIE or 4 CAT.
EN.NaNy Man shins Up an Elevated Rail-
road Pillar and Throws Tom Down.

The attention of an early morning crowd
on Columbus avenue yesterday was at
tracted by big black tom cat perched
on a girder Of the elevated road directly
underneath the tits, He had evidently
been there most OF the night and he looked
scared TO death.
What excited the crowd We're the narrow
escape the cat had from death every time
he tried to climb up 10 the track. Time
and again he would poke his head up and
duck lust as train roared over him. Be
tween attempts he sat and mewed. II was
a thirty-foot jump or climb down an iron
pillar, which is too much, even for a cat
A changing crowd that kept growing
watched the cat for three hours. Finally
al o o'clo ck, Jesse Emery, an expressman
who once was in the navy, came along
He Jumped off his wagon and started up
the iron pillar. He took a rope with him
to lasso MIR. Cat, but found that he didn't
need it,
He climbed sailor-fashion UP the pillar
and then along the lower girder while the
trains roared over his head every minute.
When he grabbed the cat there was yell
of delight from the crowd and another
when Emery dropped the rescued one into
n blanket which two men and two small
boys held
The cat landed on his feet, of course,
and with spring jumped out OF the blanket.
He didn't stop 10 thank his rescuer but
wandered off The resouer jumped onto his
wagon, said "Ferget il" TO the crowd, and
the incident was closed.
The sun., 1903-11-26
TOLD THEY COULDN'T SPEAK.
Dinner in Atlanta where Gov. Terrell. tho
HoweIls and Mr.. Graves Didn't Talk.

ATLANTA, Ga, Nov 25.-Amon g the
guests OF the Atlanta Chamber Of Com
lnerce at its annual dinner last night were
Gov. Terrell Mayor Evan P. Howell, the
Hon. Clark Howell and John Temple
Graves, the well known lecturer, but during
the evening none of the men was allowed
to speak. The invitations to them were
issued on the express condition that they
should keep silent.
There have been few public dinners in
Atlanta in recent years at which these
men have not been speakers, and while
there has been no intimation that they
failed to come up to expectations, or that
they ever wearied any Of their hearers, still
there was desire on the part Of the busi-
ness men to attend at least one affair at
which these men were nothing but listeners.
1t was an unusual experience for the men.
The dinner il declared to have been the
most successful affair of its kind ever held
in GEORGIA.
The sun., 1903-11-26
WIRETAPPER CAUGHT on 4 CAR"
Taken to the TenderlOin station and Held
Despite His Protests.

A high hated. black whiskered man
was arrested on Broadway car at Forty
second street last night by two men, one Of
whom showed shield and pair OF hand
cuffs. The man who showed the shield
turned him over to policeman who took
him to the Tenderloin station.
There the companion of the man with the
shield turned up. The companion was the
man whose story, told to District Attorney
Jerome that he had been robbed in a wire
tapping game in house in West Thirty
ninth street, resulted in raid on the house
last Friday.
The prisoner said he was John Bradley
of las West Ninety-nnth street. He pro-
tested against his arrest. saying that he
had been released by Justice Wyatt yester-
day afternoon. after having been arrested
early in the morning on a charge of taking
part in that swindle.
He was held on a charge of keeping a
poolroom despite his protests. He gave bail
and was released.