Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-09-13


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Ticket scalping" in Minnesota is a
business of the past. The ticket brok-
ers of st. Paul, Minneapolis and Du.
luth, against whom an injunction was
issued some time ago, directing them
to refrain from dealing in cut-rate
railroad transportation, came into the
Ramsey county district court and the
United States district court and prac.
tically admitted defeat.
The steamer Milwaukee, of the
Western line, collided with the steam
er Nelson Mills in the st. Clair river
near st. Clair, Mich. The Mills sank
Immediately, and it is reported three
of her crew were drowned.
To determine the responsibility OF
the directors of the wrecked Real Els
tate Trust company, State Banking
Commissioner Berkey appointed as
special bank examiners Charles M.
Vollum and Meyer Goldsmith, expert
registered accountants, who will make
a thorough examination of the assets
and liabilities of the defunct concern.
The navy department has decided
to concentrate all the battleships in
the navy on the home stations and to
replace those on the Asiatic station
with armored cruisers.
A cablegram received from Secre-
tary Root stated that he would arrive
at Panama on the Charleston on the
18th inst, and would cross Immediate
ly to Colon.
Ernest and Otto Neidhart, aged Is
and IL years respectively, were
drowned while bathing in small
stream on their fathers farm near
Kansas City, Kan.
The national assembly of Panama
elected ]. d. Obaldia first vice presi-
dent of the republic, Federico Boyd,
second vice president, and Rafael Aiz-
purp third vice president.
The third of the series of races be-
tween German and American yachts
for the Roosevelt cup was won by
Vim, owned by Commodore Park, of
the American Yacht club, of New
York. The Vim was the winner of
the second of the series.
The work of exterminating the cat
tie tick in the southern and some of
the western states is progressing sat-
isfactorily, according to statement
made by Secretary Wilson.
During the combined land and sea
maneuvers at Constanza boat load OF
soldiers, members of a battalion OF
chasseurs, was capsized while being
lowed by a. torpedo boat. Eleven pri-
Yates and one officer were drowned.
Capt. John Lowe, who served on
board the confederate cruiser Alabama
ing on the commerce Of the United
States during the war of secession,
died in Liverpool
Federal officials lodged John Brown,
a land dealer, in the federal jail at
Ardmore, l. T., charged with murder
ing M. Swancy, a prominent farmer,
at Loves Valley. Brown alleges that
he shot Swancy in self-defense.
Orders have been issued at the navy
department to place the cruiser Mar
blehead out of commission at the
Mare Island navy yard, California, and
the gunboat Yorktown.
Premier Stolypin's firm note en-
bodying the governments future pro-
gramme in dealing with terrorists and
revolutionists has thrown the enemies
of the government into panic.
ny. ctofn nj hoo
discovered Texas fever in a herd of
mich cows near Trenton, Mo. Three
cows have died from the disease,
which was brought by a drove of
western horses.
AS the result of the new pure food
next, the department of agriculture Is
making preparations for the increased
labor and equipment involved in it's
enforcement.
According to the figures issued by
the Union Pacific Railroad company in
their crop bulletin, covering the last
half Of August, Nebraska this year will
have the largest crop of corn ever
raised in the state.
The slogan "one hundred million dol
lars for reclamation" was brought be.
fore the Irrigation congress at Boise,
Idaho, by Fred J. Keisel, of Ogden,
chairman of the Utah delegation Mr..
Keisel said the west must go to con.
gress with the same mind. He would
not, he said. insist on this whole
amount in one lump appropriation. He
was willing ito be dealt with and bag.
gled with little"
President Richard, of the Goldfield
Athletic club, said: Young Roose-
welt was not at the ringside during
the fight, nor has he been in Goldfield.
A lawyer of New York told Larry Sui
Ivan that Roosevelt, Jr., was present,
and Sullivan announced it"
The Milwaukee Mechanics Insur-
ance company and the fire victims of
the San Francisco disaster have
reached an agreement and losses are
now being paid under the safety fund
law under which the Mechanics oper-
ates.
Three miles from Ahwahnee Cal,
Yosemite stage was held up Mon
day afternoon. 1t was driven by
Bright Gillespie, who took President
Roosevelt and his party through the
park on their visit there three years
ago.
George G.. Gage, one of the most
prominent jewellers and watchmakers
of Minneapolis, is dead. He was a