Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-18

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Florence, commissioner in Italy for
the exposition.
Mrs. Ira E. Wood, wife of farmer
at Winchenden, Mass, was shot in
the face and almost instantly killed.
The charge Of shot that struck her
was fired through window Of her
home.
The lockwood gate failed without
warning. One hundred and twenty
feet of the gate rose and 1oated down
the Colorado river. This was a por-
ton of the work of turning the Colo.
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Hon. Virginius Hendricks, aged rs.
congress from Virginia, died at Frank
fort, Ky.
Aunt Jane Mitchell (colored), aged
III years, died at Frankfort, KY, of
burns received by her clothing catch
ing fire. She was brought here many
years ago from Maryland by the Hunt
family.
In the presence of 60 pupils in the
South Euclid school, Cleveland, O.,
Harry Smith, rs years old, shot to
death Miss Mary Shepard, a teacher
% years old. Cornered behind the
barn in the rear of his home in War.
rensville two hours later, Smith shot
himself through the head, dying in
stantly.
Much legal argument and little
actual progress marked the second
day OF the trial of the Standard Oil
company of Ohio, at Findley, O., for
conspiracy against trade.
Fire broke out in the Palace saloon,
at Goldfield, New, destroying that
place and three buildings adjoining.
The loss is estimated at 100000. For
atime it seemed certain that the en-
tire town would go.
According to official estimates by
w. j. Moran, Of the California Devel-
opment company, the work of divert
ing the Colorado river back to it's old
course will be finished soon and the
beginning of the end of the Sallon
sea will be an assured fact.
The assignment of ]. M. Ceballos C
Co., bankers and merchants of New
York, with liabilities between $4,000.
600 and 100000, was announced in
statement which declared that the
failure was due to the defalcation and
absconding of Manuel Silveira, of Sill
veira & Co., Havana agents of the
New York company.
Miss Carrie Anna Wall, of Augusta
Ca, and Alexander Denham-Estill, OF
Savannah, deaf-mutes, were married
at Augusta by Rev. o. J. Wildin, or
Baltimore, also mute. The brides
maid likewise is mute.
Capt. Perian, of the British bark
Gladys, from Shields for Seattle, put
in at falmouth, Eng. and reported
that during a gale two seamen fell
from the topsail yard, being instantly
killed.
Richard Croker has formally in
augurated at Dublin the libel suit
which will bring to definite issue the
question whether he used his position
as chief Of Tammany Hall for pui>
poses of financial profit.
All the members of an organization
to carry on revolutionary agitation in
the army have been arrested at Wilma,
Russia. The leader is an officer, and
with him were associated 20 soldiers.
The condition of corn on October 1,
was 90.1, as compared with 90.2 last
month, S9.2 on October 1, 1905, $50
at the corresponding date in 1904, and
ten-year average of 1876.
The resolutions committee of the
Farmers National Congress, com.
posed of one member from each of the
81 states represented, agreed to re-
port favoring the election of United
States senators by direct vote and re-
affirming the former stand of the or.
ganization for parcels post and pos.
tai savings banks.
The executive committee of the In.
ternational Association of Police
Chiefs decided that the convention Of
next year should be held in the con-
vention building of the jamestown ex.
position, the week beginning June Is.
The grand jury at Lima, O., indicted
IL plumbing concerns on charges of
conspiracy against trade" Several
prominent men were included. The
bills are based on the Valentine law.
Invitations for proposals to com
plete the Panama canal were issued
by the canal commission. and the form
of contract under which the work is to
be done was made public by Chairman
Shonts, who also gave out a letter
written to the secretary of war Civ.
ing the commissions reasons for con-
tracing the work.
The Wisconsin Central Railway
company was formally transferred in
to the control of new interests at the
annual meeting of the stockholders,
which was held at te general offices
of the corporation in Milwaukee.
Passenger train No. s, north-bound.
on the Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis
& Omaha railroad was derailed at the
Maun street crossing Mankato, Mimi.
The engine eld tender and mail car
were thrown off the track.
Announcement that the debt which
has accumulated during several years
had been entirely wiped out through
the generosity of number of BUSH
ness men was an unexpected feature
of the first session of the annual meet
ing of the American board of commits
sioners for foreign missions at North
Adams, Mass.
The commissions appointed by En-
peror Nicholas to investigate tbs
causes of the Sveaborg and Cronstadt