Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-06-21


quence the Christians attacked and
massacred the Jews and demolished
their shops. Hundreds of persons
were killed or wounded.
Disorders appear to haYe broken out
at Bialystok with even greater fury
Semiofficial messages from Grodno
and Minsk report that the excesses
were started again by the throwing of
several bombs.
Representative Rufus e. Lester, of
Georgia, was probably fatally injured
by falling through the skylight of the
Cairo apartment house, Washington.
Mr.. Lester sustained internal injuries
and both legs were broken, his right
leg being crushed fearfully.
The appellate division of the SUI
preme court at New York handed down
decision affirming Judgment for
some $4,000 and large amount of in
terest in favor of Wilhelm e. Zeller
against Joseph Letter
Mrs. Lizzie Young and her Two chill
dren, aged four and two years, were
fatally burned at Gibbstown, N. j., by
the explosion of a gasoline stove.
The United States circuit court of
appeals at st. Paul reversed the case
of the Omaha Water company versus
the city of Omaha ct al.
Secretary Hester's statement of the
worlds visible supply of cotton shows
total of 4,457,373, against 4,621 ,01O
last week. OF this, the total OF Ameri-
can cotton IS 1,996,373, against 2,15S,-
0l0 last week.
The report has been revived that
Charles M. Schwab will turn up at the
proper moment as candidate for
United States senator to succeed
Francis G. Newlands, of Nevada,
whose term expires on March 3, 1909.
monument to confederate soldiers
who died at Madison, Wis, as prison
ers of war in 1862, was unveiled Friday
afternoon by the Grand Army post, the
Woman's Relief Corps and the Sons OF
veterans.
Robert B. Roosevelt, uncle of the
president, died at Sayville, l.. /. He
was born in New York August Z, 1929.
He was admitted to the bar in 1857,
and practiced law for 20 years, but in
heriting a fortune, retired from prac-
tice. Mr.. Roosevelt was a Democrat
in politics, and for many years promi-
nent in the councils of his party, both
in the state and nation. .
Col. David Moriarity, Chicago, was
elected president Illinois National
Guard Officers association. The next
meeting is to be held in Quincy.
Robert e. Morrison, As years old,
formerly cashier of the Union National
bank OF Indianapolis and president of
the Munishing Railroad company, died
at Columbus, O., of pneumonia.
The Illinois supreme court handed
down an opinion that the section of the
act Of 1901 which increased the sal
aries Of judges of the circuit and the
superior courts of Cook county to $780,
600 4 year is valid.
The officials of California are agreed
that the insurance companies which
refuse to pay their losses in full will
not only be driven from the state, but
ruined before the world if the widest
publication of their methods can ac-
complish that end.
Elva Any shot and killed Ebert He
witt about nine miles east of Chetek,
Wis. Mr.. Hewitt came here from War
rens, Wis. The shooting was in self
defense.
William A. Hodgdon, 81 years old,
superintendent of music in the ST.
Louis public schools, dropped dead
while talking to a pupil in the board
building.
Two children of Joseph Jordan died
at Huntington, w. Va, within two
hours OF each other, and two older
children are in a serious condition
from IOison.
Drake university in Des Moines con-
ferred the honorary degree of LII. d.
on Theodore P. Shonts. chairman of
the Panama canal commission.
The Chicago, Burlington G Quincy
Railway company was found guilty
by a jury in the United States court
at Kansas City on four counts of
granting concessions on packing house
shipments for export to the Armour
Packing company, Swift & Co., Cud-
ahy & Co., and the Nelson Morris
Packing company.
Motions for new trials were filed in
the United States district court at
Kansas City, Mo-, by packing COM
panies convicted of accepting conces-
sions from the Burlington railroad.
A rumor is again circulating that
the pope intends to leave the Vatican
and go to the papal villa at Castel
Gandolfo, on Alban lake, two hours
drive from Rome.
Rev. DR.. Charles Scadding, of La
Grange, H., was elected bishop of the
Protestant Episcopal diocese Of Ore
gon to succeed the late Bishop Wistar
Morris.
The Illinois supreme court handed
down a decision in the Healy fee case
permitting States Attorney Healy, of
Cook county, to collect fees on cases
tried by him and Gov. Deneen to re-
tain those collected during his term
as Cook county states attorney.
WenZel E. Kabot was found guilty of
the murder of Michael Mccarthy at
Kaukautna, Wis, on September IS,
having quartered and cremated the
body. talbot will be sentenced to life
Imprisonment.
The business section of Leclaire, Ia,
was burned. Buildings destroyed in
clude the hotel, the Knights of Pythias