Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-12-08
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by the explosion OF can OF powder
eleven men were injured, six seriously
and one perhaps fatally, in the Acme
mines on Cabin creek In West Vir-
ginia.
w. r. Cotton, the defaulting cashier
Of the Wapello Qowa) State Savings
bank, was indicted for the larceny of
$25,SOo, pleaded guilty and was SEN
fenced to two years and six months
in the Fort Madison penitentiary,
where he was taken last evening.
The plant of the A. ID. Parr Lumber
company at Clarksburg, w. Va, was
burned. Loss over 100000.
One Of the large three-story build
ings of the Trenton, N. j., Oilcloth and
Linoleum company was destroyed by
fire. Loss, $4,000.
The ship Continental, belonging to
the Alaska Packers association, was
partially destroyed by fire at Oakland,
Cal. Capt. Stannard was severely
burned. Damage, 10000; uninsured.
The yarn mill of Andrew Flanagan
at Manayunk, suburb Of Philadel-
phia. was partially destroyed by fire.
Eighty girls became panlc-stricken,
but none were injured. The loss Is
placed at $4,000; insured.
Fire at Pittsburg, Pa, started In
three-story building, 936 Liberty ave-
nue., occupied by John Flocker, rope
and Irvine dealer, and spread to the
buildings occupied by the Pittsburg
Photograph company and w. II. Will
Jams commission house. Loss, $40,-
900.
Rev. Edward Holker WEIGH of the
faculty of Georgetown university died
in Washington, d. c., aged SO.
Oliver B. SAMSON, formerly OF Chi
cago. an expert and writer on insur-
ance laws, died in New Orleans.
Count Peter Kapnist. the Russian
ambassador at Vienna, died there
from an apoplectic stroke.
Rev. III. B. Folk of Nashville, Tenn,
brother of Joseph w. Folk, governor
elect Of Missouri, has accepted a call
to the Baptist church of Midway, Ky.
The. Fifth battery of the United
States field artillery, now stationed at
the Preside in San Francisco; the
Twenty-sixth battery, from Vancouver
Barracks, Wash, and the Twenty
eighth, from Leavenworth, Kan, have
been ordered to sail from San Fran
cisco on Jan. on the transport Thorn
as for the Philippines.
Announcement has been made off,
cially that freshman has been ex-
PEELED from Princeton university for
violating the "honor system"
Dean Wright Of the academic de-
partmelt of Yale has ordered the
members Of the freshman class to pay
an assessment Of 20 cents each in
order to meet the expense incurred
by tho city park commissioners In
cleaning East Rock park after fresh
man celebration there.
The United States army transport
Logan sailed from San Francisco for
Guam and Manila. She has large
number Of cabin passengers, fourteen
officers and 200 men Of the Philippine
constabulary, forty-four recruits, full
cargo Of supplies and 100000 newly
coined Philippine pesos.
bcputy OuItSu oldlSS mdtSudI y. E'
Pope was shot and killed near his
home at Trenton, La, by an unknown
man. who fired from behind a tree.
Several months ago Pope, 1t is said,
was warned to leave the parish for al
legged activity in prosecuting peonage
cases.
Fire destroyed the residence Of Mrs.
]. w. Wheeler near Saltwater, MINI.
Mrs. Wheeler was badly burned and
her son and daughter had narrow es-
capes.
Frank Carson, an employe OF the
Chicago C Alton, died in Blooming
ton, ILL.,, hospital, his skull having
been crushed by piece of coal fall
ing from a passing car.
A verdict of not guilty was returned
by the jury which tried James Bowe
on the charge of manslaughter in the
first degree at st. Paul, MINI. He was
charged with killing Joseph Phillips.
Fred M. c. Choate, a cousin Of the
ambassador and who studied law I'M
der Elihu Root and practiced in New
York city, has Joined the Christian
church and will study for the minis
try at Butler college in Missouri.
J. M. Williams, who murdered Steve
Mckinney, his father and hired man
near Alvarado, Texas, was shot and
killed by posse after he had success
fully doflcd the officers from his barri-
caded house for hours.
II. III. Jackson, aged As, fatally shot
his wife and then committed suicide
Mt their home Mt Joplin, Mo. The
couple had lived unhappily together.
Richard Swartz, engineer. and Will
lam Noodley, fireman, were fatally
burned by the bursting of steam pipe
in the Bryant paper mill at Kalama-
zoo, Mich.
The 15-months-old son Of George
Dunlap at Green Bay, Wis, set fire to
his clothes with matches. He died
after three days of suffering.
William Ingman, aged 10, was shot
end killed while hunting near Clayton,
Mo-, by farmers who claimed he was
trespassing on their property.
Mrs. Helen G.. Morgan, beneficiary
IN the will of the late james p. Reed
OF Marion, Ohio, who died of alleged
hemorrhage in Salt Lake City on Nov.
IL, said in Colorado Springs, Colo,
that an autopsy, II held, would show
no ground for suspicion.
A. l.. C. Atkinson. secretary of the
territory OF Hawaii, was rendered a
dinner In New York at the Lotus club.
An indictment for murder In the
FIRST degree was returned against
Frank FELTON,, charged with fatally