Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-07-12
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President Roosevelt delivered a re.
markable Fourth of July address at
Oyster Bay Wednesday. 1t was an ad.
dress against the demagogue, against
hatred and rancor in public officials
and in private citizens and plea for
charity in the administration OF all
duties.
When Sir Joseph Ward, premier OF
New Zealand, stepped from the train
at Oyster Bay to keep a luncheon en-
gagement-with President Roosevelt he
frankly said the thing nearest his
heart in America was the development
Of reciprocity sentiment between
New Zealand and the United States.
When Sir Joseph returned to the sta
ton two hours later he remarked:
Reciprocity Is not an easy thing to
bring about in this country"
Four persons were killed and six
injured, one of them seriously, by the
explosion of a large gasoline tank in
the boiler house of the Cosendal dye
works at Saginaw, Mich.
Gov. Stokes, Of New Jersey, signed
semblyman Jones bill authorizing
cities to construct acquire and operate
electric light and gas plants.
DR.. Motono, the Japanese minister
to Russia and his staff were received
in audience by Emperor Nicholas at
the Peterhof palace.
G. N. Holden, of Springfield, Mass,
driving a dauble cylinder machine, won
the open hill climbing contest Of the
Federation of American motor cyclists
over Dugray hill, Rochester, N. Y.
Former United States Marshal ]. H.
/ Wolman, Grand Christian ana Frank
d. Cooper, pleaded guilty in the United
States court at Helena, Mont, of Illegal
fencing of government lands, and were
each fined $500 and sent to Jail for "a
! hours.
The state supreme court handed
down a decision holding Mayor w. w.
Rose, of Kansas City, in contempt for
having assumed the Office of mayor
after the court had ousted him for the
non-enforcement of the prohibition
law and the law against gambling.
Walter L. Houser, secretary of state
Of Wisconsin, was acquitted in the
Dane county municipal court of the
criminal charge of having attempted to
Assemblyman Jones' bill authorizing
er of insurance.
Judge w. D. Robinson, of the Indi-
ana appellate court, dissolved the tenn.
porary restraining order and held that
the action of the city council in GUST
ing Mayor Bidaman of Terre Haute
was legal and that Bidaman had no
claim on the Office.
The report of the committee of ex-
perts of the Illinois Manufacturers
association and the Chicago CONNER
cial association, while freely critics.
ing some of the existing conditions in
the stockyards, declares the food pro-
duced by the packers is wholesome.
William r. Hearst is not a candi-
date for the Democratic nomination
of the presidency in 1908, according to
| his own statement made in an inter-
view. ....
Charles Bowman, of Clinton, Ia, a
graduate Of the Iowa university, class
| of 1895, has been elected president Of
the Montana State School of Mines.
Japanese foreign trade for the first
six months of 1906 shows an increase
of $10,000,000 in exports and a de.
crease of $3O,000,O00 in imports as
compared with the same period OF
1905.
The seventh annual convention Of
| the International Federation of Com.
mercial Travellers organization adopt
ed a resolution declaring for a fat two
cent rate to the travelling public.
John S. Gray, president of the Ger
man-American bank of Detroit, Mich,
| vice president of the National Candy
company and prominently connected
with a number of other large business
enterprises, died from heart trouble.
Mrs. Solomon Gobbau and her six
| children were burned to death in a
fire that destroyed their home at La.
fayette, Ind. Solomon Gobbau, the
husband and father, was badly burned,
but will recover. The entire family
was asleep when the fire started.
Former Judge A. H. Tanner, OF
| Portland, Ore, who committed perjury
in order to shield his law partner, the
late United States Senator John H.
Mitchell, was pardoned by the presi,
| dent June &C.
Mrs. Fred Sloat, keeper Of board
| ing house at Cleveland, Ohio, shot and
instantly killed George Clark. The
woman maintains that she killed Clark
while aiming at target.
Crown Princess Frederick William
of Germany was safely accouched of a
son.
The senate of Hamburg has deter
mined to rebuild the church of ST.
Michael, destroyed by fire. The first
subscription, $3.50, was cabled from
New York by Hemann Statlow.
Prof. Henry A. Ward. Of Chicago,
| well-known naturalist, was struck by
an auto at Buffalo and killed.
George Y. Wisner a consulting en-
gineer of international reputation,
died at Detroit, Mich. of stomach
troublt. He was 65 years of age.
Japanese laborer at Kealia, Island
! Of Kauai, S. l., met his death by fall
ing into molasses tank at the planta-
tion mill.
The Illinois secretary Of state is.
| sued a license to incorporate to the
Eldorado, Marion & Southwestern Rail-
road company to construct railroad
southwest from Eldorado, through Sa,
line, Williamson, Jackson, Union and
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