Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-11-15


Barricading the doors OF her home at
Falls City, Neb., Mrs. John Ray set
fire to her home. Neighbors discov-
cred the fire and broke in the door,
but the woman was dead when found.
She is survived by her husband and
five children.
Suit was filed at New Orleans
against the Standard Oil company to
compel that corporation to take out
and pay for license as hawker and
peddler for the years 1903 to 1906, in
elusive. The suit was filed by the state
OF Louisiana through the state tax col.
lector. who alleges that the company
owes license fees of $500.
Rev. E. M. Vittum, d. d., of GrinnelI,
Ia. has been elected president of the
Fargo Congregational church. He
will begin his duties January L.
DR.. Frederick A. Cook, of Brooklyn,
explorer and mountain climber. Is in
Seattle on his way home after having
made successful ascent of Mount Nc
Kinley. In Alaska. The chief results
OF the expedition are the verification
of the height of Mount Mckinley as
given by the government, 10000 feet.
Gregoire Chika, son of Prince Chi.
ka, the Roumanian minister to
France, received a severe wound in
the lung as the result of a revolver &C.
cident in the Luxembour gardens.
Despite the efforts of four physi.
clans to stop the flow OF blood, Clark
Zumwalt, two years old, died at st.
Louis. having bled to death from a
wound caused by crushing his left
thumb with a hammer while at play.
After stormy scene, lasting sew
eral hours, the coroner's jury at AT
lantic City, N. j., agreed to place the
blame for the Thoroughfare wreck
upon Daniel Stewart, the aged bridge
tender.
There will be no further conference
between Secretary Metcalf and the
San Francisco board Of education
about the action of the latter. In set.
ting aside a separate school for chill.
dren of Japanese descent. The board
desires that the state law be tested in
the courts. and will not recede from
it's position.
Unable to eat or sleep under the
pricking of his conscience, he declared,
John Wachince, % years old, an Aus.
trian baker, confessed to Coroner Ju.
Illus Hamburger, according to a state.
ment made by the coroner, that he
was the murderer of Mrs. Maggie Cor.
don, who was choked to death at her
home in New York. The woman's
common law husband, Alexander Cor.
don, had been arrested In connection
with the crime and remanded to the
Tombs prison to await an inquest.
William Broad, commonly known as
kid" Broad, the pugilist, was ar
rested at New York after Thomas
Burns had been stabbed and probably
MORALLY wounded. The stabbingg oc.
CURED at Broadway and Forty-second
street, where, the police said, Broad
was employed to keep the election
crowds from blowing horns In the no
tel
Three companies Of negro troops
were dismissed from the army for
failure to disclose identity of com.
rades guilty of riot.
French deputies greeted War Minis
ter Picquart with vociferous applause
when he rose to speak.
The lid is, on at Hot Springs, and
Americas Monte Carlo passes with
the fall Of Sheriff Just Bob" Will
liams.
The reduction of price for the junior
prom" at University of Wisconsin
may lead to the abolition of the
dance.
The Lackawanna railroad refuses
an advance of wages to switchmen,
but comedies the ten-hour day to the
men.
President G. w. Murphy. of the Chi
cago National ball team, denies he
made an offer for Lumley, of Brook
lyn.
The supreme court Of the United
States affirmed the decision of the
court Of claims in the case Of Daniel
Red Bird, the Cherokee nation ano
others, VS.. the United States, known
as "The White Mans Case" The cases
involved the long pending claims OF
1000 and 5000 white persons to par
citipate in the distribution of the
lands and the funds of the Cherokee
nation because of marriage with mem
bers of the tribe. There are over 4,
100000 acres of land and the tribal
funds are extensive. The decision was
favorable to the Indians.
Mohammed-elTorres apologized tc
France for the stoning of boat load
of Frenchmen in Tangier harbor.
Joe Cans regards the Herman
match seriously, and will take at least
four weeks in which to prepare him
self.
Wisconsin authorities wink at the
failure of Coach Hutchins to regard
the faculty coaching ruling.
Henry w. Herring. former cashier
Of the Milwaukee Avenue State bank
Chicago, pleaded guilty to forgery and
embezzlement I'm Judge Pinckney's
court and was sentenced to the penf
Tertiary.
D. Trottier, Democratic candidate
for county treasurer, dropped dead al
Marinette, Wis. He was about Sc
years Of age and leaves a large family
r. C. Having. the Republican candi
date for the same Office, is In very
critical condition and is not expected
to live.
Commander Peary plans to return
to New York via North Sydney, N. S
The Farmers and Miners bank, OF