Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-02-11

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held at Mattoon, H., May "a. .
The National Council of Women in
session at Indianapolis adopted reso-
lutions favoring married women being
allowed to teach school. favoring al.
lowing illegitimate children to take
the fathers name. when known, and a
share Of his property and favoring
hygienic dress.
The Whiteside county Republican
convention has been called to meet
at Morrison Feb. Is.
The North Carolina Republican
committee has called the state con-
vention to meet at Greensboro May
Is. A resolution was adopted pledg-
ing support to President Roosevelt
and indorsing his administration and
Panama policy.
Anna Held's special train was run
into by locomotive at Hudson, Ohio.
and the star and members of the
chorus were severely shaken up and
bruised.
Mrs. Edward Crawford, Willie
Crawford and James Hogan were
burned to death and four other per
sons fatally burned by a fire which
destroyed a dwelling house at Mon.
treal.
Between twenty and thirty build.
ings. including business houses, resi-
dences and the Masonic hall, ct Buck
ingham. Ont, were destroyed by fire.
LOSS estimated at 100000.
Fire partially destroyed the Indiana
brick works at Anderson, Ind, caus-
ing loss of $4,000.
The Russian ambassador to Great
Britain, Count Benckendorff, was
King Edwards guest at the royal
skating carnival at Hengiers circus.
This brilliant society function in aid
Of the Union Jack club was attend.
ed by King Edward and Queen Alex
andra, the prince and princess of
Wales and many other royal person.
ages. Skating in fancy dress was the
chief occupation and this picturesque
amusement was followed by sumptu-
Gus supper parties.
The second trial of prisoners con-
nected with the Kishineff massacres
has not yet begun and the date of re-
sumption is not known at st. Peters
burg.
Frederick w. Vanderbilt's new
steam yacht, the Conqueror, was
launched at Troon, Scotland. Mr..
Vanderbilt practically gave the de
signer, George l.. Watson, blank
check as regards cost, SO the yacht Is
palatial vessel of 1900 tons, pro-
vided with a shade deck amidships.
which is unusual on private yachts.
The relief of Windoek and Okla
handja, German southwest Africa, an
nounced In a dispatch from the COM
mander of the gunboat Habicht, Mt
Swakopmund, is regarded as ending
the aggressive and successful period
of the native rebellion and that now
begins the punitive phase, in which
the German forces nearing Swakop-
mund by sea will scatter the natives
and take their strong places.
A fine residence was partially
wrecked and the occupant, c. G.
Brotherton, one of the leading citi-
zens of Guthrie, ILL.,, was possibly IA
tally injured by an explosion of hot
water pipes at that place. 1t Is pre-
sumed the water in the pipes ran low
and steam generating brought about
the explosion.
A dispatch from Yokohama an
nounces the marriage there Of George
d. Morgan, nephew Of ]. Pierpont
Morgan, to Miss Yuki Kato, a native
Of Japan. The young man has been
travelling extensively since he left
Yale ten years ago and has resided In
Japan two years.
Michael Dayitt and family sailed on
the White Star steamer Celtic, depart
ing from Queenstown for New York.
They are going to Colorado for pro-
tracted stay.
j. G. Myers, a farmer, died at Garth
age, Mo-, having starved himself to
death. Ee had not eaten a particle Of
food for forty-nine days. Myers was
Spiritualist, and said recently that
his wife, who died some time ago, was
urging him TO come to her. Myers was
60 years of age and well to do.
Sir Henry Mortimer Durand, the
British ambassador to the United
States, expressed pleasure at the re
lations between the two countries, in
an address delivered at the annual
dinner of the Transatlantic Society OF
America, In New York.
A collision between two freight
trains in Ell Paso. Texas, caused the
death of Engineer Gillespie, Fireman
Daniels and an unidentified brakeman
Three of the thirty victims of the
Nevada desert have been identified as
Philip Geiger, William Hancock and
George Hollberg of Ogden, Utah.
Congressman Boutell of Illinois and
Watson of Indiana were among the
speakers at the banquet Of the Ma
tional Association of Wool Manufac
turers at Boston William whitman OF
Boston was elected president Of the
association.
William L. Esterly of Youngstown.
Ohio, has filed a voluntary petition In
bankruptcy, with liabilities Of 1922.
600 and no assets.
A receiver has been appointed for
the Colonial Paint and Varnish Com.
pany OF Cleveland. The company has
a capitalization Of sI0,0o8.