Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-09-06

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Sir Daniel Morris, imperial commits
sioner of agriculture for the West
Indies, said the cotton area under cul-
tivation there would be doubled next
year.
The monthly statement of the col
lections of internal reven--s shows
that the total receipts for July, 1906,
were $23,399,S67, an increase over
July, 1906, of $2,609,420.
One man was killed and three in
jured, one of whom will die, when the
engine of sawmill on the farm of
Jacob Stalker, near Duncan's Falls,
o., blew up.
Miss Meane, an actress playing at
summer theater at Williamsport, Pa,
fell down an elevator shalt at the
Park hotel and was killed.
An interesting feature of the Sea
Girt shoot was the excellent marks
manship of Mrs. Elizabeth Topper
vain, of San Antonio, Tex, who quail
flied for enrolment as member of
the National Marksman's reserve by
scoring SO out of a possible rs in five
shots each at 200, 300 and 500 yards.
The prisoners in the Valparaiso
(ChilD Jail, except such as are known
to be dangerous and those who are
serving second &erms, have been set
to work on the improvement of the
port.
Hon Henry Lyndhurst Bruce, eldest
son and heir of Lord Aberdare, au-
thorizes the announcement of his en-
gagement to Miss Camille Clifford, an
American actress.
John Finn was killed and four
worknen were seriously injured while
engaged on the Wabash railway at
Brewster, o. A charge of dynamite
failed to go off as expected.
Secret service operatives at Phila-
delphia arrested Herman Hanau,
travelling agent in Pennsylvania and
New England for the Royal Havana
lottery. Hanaus home was searched
by secret service agents, who secured
tickets to the value of $4,000.
In spite of the threats of the revo-
lutionists the transfer of the body OF
burg for interment in the regimental
chapel of the Seminovsky regiment
took place without incident, though
with imposing military ceremonial.
Dewitt Adams, aged 81 years, and
Miss Carroll Jones, aged II, while
returning from church near Fredonia,
Kan, were drowned in attempting to
ford the Fall river.
A call for the ninth annual session
of the American mining congress, to
be held in Denver, October 16 to 10
next, was issued by J. H. Richards,
president, and James F. Galbreath,
Jr.. secretary.
Mrs. Fannie L. Heating, widow OF
George J. Heating, of San Diego, is
dead in London, aged 70 years. She
was probably worth more than mil
lion dollars.
An invitation was extended to Vice
President Fairbanks and Gov. Cum
minis, of Iowa, to make speeches at
Paramount park, Kansas City, Septem.
Der s. by the Missouri Republican club.
Rev. G. Winter Bolton, rector OF
the Church of the Redeemer, at North
Pelham, N. Y, is dead. He was Sc
years old. Mr.. Bolton was the author
of several books for children.
E. S. Wells, one of the first civil
engineers employed by the Burling'
ton railway, and friend of Abraham
Lincoln, when both lived in Spring
field, ILL.,, died at Atchison, Kan, aged
70 years.
T. c. Watkins instituted suit at
New York for $3S,500 against the
Transatlantic Fire Insurance COM
pany, of Hamburg, Germany, for al
legged losses in the earthquake fire in
San Francisco.
AS direct consequence of the pro-
vision of the new railroad rate bill
now in effect the Union Pacific rail-
way has determined to install it's own
system of refrigerator cars. Hereto
fore the Armour private cars have
had monopoly of this business over
the Union Pacific and Southern Pa
cific with all the profitable California
fruit trade.
The first skirmish in the crusade
of the government against the Stand
ard Oil company to compel the con-
Germ to comply with the letter of the
antitrust and monopoly laws was
ended when the two special federal
grand juries at Chicago returned ten
indictments against the oil company,
containing O total number of 6,42S
counts,
Judge Wolverton in the United
States court at Helena, Mont, over
case of ]. T. Carroll, convicted of
illegally fencing public land and SEN
fenced Carroll to confinement in Jail
for "a hours and to pay fine of $500.
The international Pan-American con-
ference closed at Rio Janeiro. The
ceremonies were brief but impressive.
TIL building was especially and beau
tifully illuminated. Gen. Rio Branco,
the foreign minister of Brazil, made
a farewell address.
A Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
train struck a buggy at Rock City,
killing two little girls, one a daugh-
ter of Louis Pothast, and the other
the 11-year-old daughter of John Tilke-
meier Another girl was severely hurt.
Prof. James, Bryce, secretary for
Ireland, has arranged to make tour
of County Donegal beginning in Sep
TENDER, to inquire into the congested
districts, potato famine, fisheries and