Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-08-04
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the department of Mindanao, Philip
pines, has taken steps to have swim
ming taught the soldiers OF his COM
mand
The brcklayers who struck in
Washington because a negro work
man was employed to work with them
on the arsenal improvements, are
making overtures to return. II de-
velops that the negro is a union man.
Engineer James Robinson of New
castle, Pa, was killed and Fireman
Charles McWilliams fatally injured
in collision between an Erie &
Pittsburg passenger train and loco
motive near Sharon, Pa. .n.
Booker - 7. Washington, DR.. G.
Campbell Morgan of London and Rev.
c. B. McAfee OF Chicago were among
the speakers at the opening of the
general conference of Christian Work
ers at East Mortified. Mass.
Judge Putnam. in the United
States circuit court in Portland, Me-,
entered a final decree of foreclosure
and sale against building plants in
diffei ent parts of the country con-
trolled by the United States Ship
building company
The Union Pacific has adopted a
plan to build electric lines into thick
ly populated rural districts as feeders
of the main lines.
Russell Harding and other Missouri
Pacific officials on a special train
barely escaped death on a burning
bridge over the Platte river.
Six men were seriously injured near
Hamlet, Ind, by the burning of barn
which was struck by lightning. The
men had taken refuge in the barn.
Louis Voetzel, department manager
of tobacco company, died at Nash
vile, Tenn, of injuries received in
being run over by carriage. His
home is in Ottawa, Kas.
Lightning struck twice during a
storm at Murphysboro, ILL.,, killing a
horse in Joseph Van Cloester's barn.
William Preobs' barn was struck and
burned, entailng a loss of $4,000
Several survivors of the steamship
Norge arrived at Boston on the Ivernia
from Liverpool. Mrs. S. Ojakosli, who
escaped from the Norge, died on the
Ivernia from the effects of her expert
ence.
Rev. Father p A. O'Reilly, pastor of
st. Paul's Catholic church at Birming-
ham, Ala, who was thrown from a
horse while discharging the duties of
chaplain during a brigade encampment
died of his injuries,
The Commercial Law League of
America, in session in West Baden,
Ind, elected S. r. Bledsoe Of Ardmore.
|. r., president, and voted to remove
the national headquarters from Wash
ington to New York.
Whitaker C. A. r. Post of Louis
vile, Ky, has decided to refuse to at
tend the national encampment at Bos-
ton next month under the lead of Jul
nior Vice Commander w. H. Pearce,
| a negro.
Henry Peters, president of the Fair
field County (Ohio) bank, has been
| appointed receiver for the Lancaster
bank, a private institution.
The United States League of Local
Building and Loan associations, in
as president A. l.. Butheil of Shelby
| vile, Ind.
The will of Mrs. Mary F. Seaman,
| one of the wealthiest women in st.
| Louis, disposipg of an estate valued
| at 81 100000, las been filed for pro-
| bate. .
The United States gunboat Annapo-
| lis, the torpedo boat Preble and the
government tug Unadilla left San
| Francisco for Santa Barbara to assist
| in the official trial of the battleship
Ohio.
The assembly opened at Battle ISL
and, twenty miles below La Crosse,
Wis, on the Mississippi, is to COM
memorate perhaps the most noted bat
lie with the Indians ever fought by
the Americans.
One of the heaviest hail storms that
has occurred in many years in Delta
county, Wisconsin, swept over Escana-
ba, covering the ground to the depth
of fully an inch. Windows were brok-
en- and crops, damaged.
Senator Eben H. Wolcott Of White
county, Indiana, and his business as
sociates are defendants il suit on
judgment for $4,SS4 filed by Gottfried
Frick, who alleges there is shortage
of eighty-one acres in tract OF Vim
cennes township land sold him by de-
PENDANTS.
Following the reduction of 1914 per
cent in wages, eighty-one cotton mills
in Fall River, Mass, stopped opera
tions Tuesday when their employees
walked out. The strikers sre receiv-
ing assistance and the prospects for
settlement are not good.
Miss Allie Anderson, adopted daugh-
ter of Mrs. Gilly link. committed sui
eide in her room at her home in Itch
field, III, on account OF dependency.
William Belt Wilson, alias Ander-
son, wanted at Falls Creek, Wis, for
the murder of Sheriff Patton two years
ago, was captured at Middlesboro, Ky.
Acting Postmaster General Wynne
has signed an order, effective Aug. J.,
1904, wherein the postal administra-
ton of Kongkong has concurred, linn
iting the value Of parcels post pack
ages exchanged between the United
States and Hongkong to $50 each
The Krupp company has received
such large orders from Russia for war
material that the shops are working
overtime. tsa I..s.t8 .r..
Bishop Nordez of Dion, who was
summoned to Rome under pain OF the
loss of his episcopal powers, has start
cd for Rome E FaE ST.