Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-09-15

Frank "Wednesday was stabbed to
death in Girrard, ILL.,, by 10 Glozia-
The northwest Indiana conference
at Terre Haute decided to meet in
Michigan City next year.
Joseph Polk, a negro, was shot and
killed at Bridgeville, Del, by Delaney
Maddox, another negro.
Larkin Johnson, colorsd. was
hanged at Columbiana, Ala, for the
murder of John Hawley, an old con-
federate soldier.
Italian, committed suicide at Rich.
mond, Va, by shooting himself
| through the head.
The schooner Eliza Day arrived at
Milwaukee, Wis. with the news that
| her cook, John Farmer, had been lost
| in a squall.
Thomas Bland, a retired farmer liv.
| ing fourteen miles northeast of Ster-
ling, ILL.,, killed himself by firing a
! bullet into his head.
Mrs. Henrietta Davidson, a wealthy
widow of New York, who disappeared
while on visit in Buffalo, has re-
turned to her home.
Bids have been received for 1913
acres of the surplus lands of the Grand
Ronde Indian reservation, Oregon, for
which the government will receive
$66,587.
The coroner's jury in the case of the
fatal collision on the Grand Trunk
| Pinhrpnnl nun holds S~rxvHnnfnr
Atkinson and Engineer Swager of tho
excursion train responsible.
w. w. Russell, the American minis.
ter to Bogota, has arranged to sail
from New York on Sept. q.
Major Ronald Ross, the well-known
English authority nn the mosquito
theory of malaria, - II visit ST. Louis,
where he will lecture before the scien-
tifc congress.
H. w. Battin, Fvision superintend-
ent of the Northwestern railway at
Fond du Lac, VS., and r. M. Jacks,
assistant superb tendent Of the Wis
consin Central. Pave resigned to go to
the Isle of Pin,ss, Cuba, to reside.
The United States circuit court for
New York h".s appointed Charles E.
Kimball of ~ nmit N. j., and C. Low
ering of Ta-sSon, Mass, receivers for
the Americ-a Cotton company in that
state.
Rev. Jos,n B. Delaney was conse.
Grated bishop of the Roman Catholic
diocese of Manchester. VT.
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw Wis
tied SIN Pedro Cal, inspecting the
harboJ and the new government break.
water
Commissioner of immigration Sar:
gent will leave Washington Sept. Is
on a tour of inspection on the Mexi,
can border and on the Pacific coast.
Plans have been made by alumni OF
Dartmouth college for the entertain,
ment of the earl of Dartmouth, who
will lay the corner stone of the new
Dartmouth hall.
The war department has instructed
the general commanding the depart
ment of the lakes to deliver to the
Ohio civil authorities the men of the
Fourteenth battery, now in Fort Sher.
idan, wanted as witnesses in the trial
growing out of the recent attack by
regular soldiers on the militia provost
guard in Athens. Ohio.
Gen. Darlington Booth and Mrs.
Booth of the Volunteers of America
and Robert W. Patterson, editor Of the
Chicago Tribune, were passengers on
the steamer Majestic, which arrived at
| I
Capt. Charles King, U. S. A., retired,
has been ordered to report to the gov
ernor at Madison, Wis, for duty with
the organized militia of Wisconsin for
period of four years.
The Ford county, Illinois, board of
review has added to the personal prop
erty assessment $73,425, an increase
Of $4,000 over last year.
The filing of Fort Totten reservation
lands is not coming up to expectations.
Out of fifty names called in DEVILS
Lake only thirse en- responded.
A distinct earthquake shock was felt
at San Diego, Cal, lasting several
seconds.
All was quiet at Huntsville, Ala.
after the lynching of the negro Ma
pies, charged with the murder of an
aged peddler.
Cuba has ratified the extradition
treaty with this country, according to
dispatch received by the state de-.
partment.
The American minister, Mr.. Bowen,
and his family left La Guaria, Vene-
zuela, Monday. for New York on the
steamer Caracas.
The property of the Fore River Ship
and Engine company, at whose yards
three United States battleships are UNI
der construction, was bid In at fore
closure sale at Quincy, Mass, for ST.
100000 by Henry Endicott, Jr., repre-.
senting the reorganization committee.
, The resignation of Monsignore
: Geay, bishop of Laval, reached the
ministry of public worship at Paris.
The sixteen young women at the
worlds fair to represent various cities
, in connection with the Oklahoma cele.
: bration were given reception Monday
In the Oklahoma building.