Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-07-12

The Thaws were never married II
Europe. The only marriage ceremony
was the one performed at Pittsburg.
Henry Medium, former United
States surveyor general for the dis
| trict of Oregon, was sentenced to pay
a fine of $3.50 on each of 81 counts and
to serve 60 days In the federal peni.
tertiary at McNeips island. Wash, fol
conspiracy to defraud the United
States government in connection with
land deals in Oregon.
The war between the Hip Sing Tongs
and the On Leong Tongs broke Out
anew in Philadelphia's Chinatown and
four men were shot. Three of them are
Chinese and the fourth Is Frederick
Poole, who far many years has had
charge of the Christian mission In
Chinatown.
| Secretary of State Elihu Root sailed
from New York on the United States
cruiser Charleston on his three months
South American tour.
Count Leo Tolstoi, in the course OF
an interview, said the Russian parlia.
ment interested him very little. When
he took up paper, he said, he usually
skipped the reports of parliamentary
proceedings, but when he did glance
at them they inspired him with the
triple sensation of humor, irritation
and disgust.
Several political prisoners confined
at Korno by some means obtained
arms and attacked and disarmed the
prison warders and liberated all the
prisoners.
Jonn Harmoneck, OF Minneapolis
Mimi, met instant death at the hands
of Steve Shurba, Is years of age, who
had been quarreling with his father
when Harmoneck stepped in as peace
maker.
William j. Bryan was the central
figure at the annual Independence day
dinner of the American society at Lon.
don.
While he was telling friends at a
Holiness campmeeting at Morningside
Ia, tnat he expected soon to pass
through the pearly gates OF Heaven
Pierce Ratliff dropped dead of heart
failure.
Percy A. Leonard, a pioneer news
paper publisher of Colorado, died sud.
denly of heart failure at Denver, aged
so years.
John Lockwood died at Kansas City
from the effects Of dose of laudanum
Lockwood was lawyer and an inven-
tor.
1t is said that pressure will be
brought upon President Roosevelt to
secure a pardon for Frank G. Bigelow
the former Milwaukee banker now
serving a sentence at Leavenworth
prison on the ground that the prison
er's health is falling.
George Campbell was shot and killed
at Pitkin, Col, in duel with Frank
Vader, ranchman, fought on horse
back. Vaders clothing was pierced
by bullet but he was uninjured
Vader says Campbell stole horse
from him.
Fire destroyed Queens medical
building on the university grounds,
Kingston, Ont, causing loss of $75,.
900.
The overdue Fabre line steamer
America from Marseilles June 8, and
st. Michaels June II for New York,
reached Murrays anchorage, St
Georges, Bermuda, in tow of the Ital-
ian steamer Dinnamare. Her machin.
cry was disabled.
Jumping from his locomotive to save
| himself from death in what he re.
garded as an inevitable collision with
trolley car stalled across the rail-
road tracks ahead Of him, Edward
Harris, an engineer, was. killed at o
crossing in Yonkers, N. Y.
Il was married to Mr.. Thaw
abroad" said Mrs. Thaw, before the
ceremony in this country and 1 have
the proof, all statements to the con-
trary, Notwithstanding. l shall pro,
duce the proof at the trial."
Manager Sirrs, of Armour & Co.,
was arrested on complaint of Meat In
spector Durham, of Fargo, N. D.,
charged with selling "unwholesome
and putrid' meats to the meat market
operated by P. H. Donahue.
The great church Of st. Michael,
with its tower and spire 426 feet high,
was destroyed by fire at Hamburg. The
tower in falling crushed several neigh
| boring houses and they caught fire.
Four workmen who were repairing the
church were killed.
A jury in the criminal court for the
/ second time rendered a verdict of
guilty of murder in the first degree
against John Martin Speyer, circus
performer, who killed his little son
| four years ago.
A tornado at West Station, Tex,
blew down score of residences. Mrs.
Mary Allen was badly injured and a
man named Adams had an arm broken.
The Adams family were thrown dis
lance of 100 feet.
Cholera of virulent type has
broken out among the natives of Ma
Mia and surrounding provinces. Four
Americans in Manila have been strick-
en-, and there has been one death of an
American, that of Charles Sheehan.
Investigation into land frauds in
those states having public land within
their borders was resumed by a force
of Is special agents of the interior de-
partment, who were furloughed during
the last three months on account of
lack OF funds to keep them going.
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