Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-08-02
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Observation-Disclosures.
, John G.. Hately, the new ruler Of
Zion City by virtue of appointment Of
! Judge Lands, walked into the Office
OF Alexander Granger, financial agent
! of the city, and took formal possession
of the affairs of the community. Judge
Lands had decided the case of the
warning factions, said that neither
Dowie nor Voliva should rule longer,
and ordered an election to be held by
|. the people of Zion the third Tuesday
in September.
Stringent rules governing meat in.
spection in accordance with the new
} law were promulgated by Secretary
Wilson, of the department of agricul-
ture. The regulations leave no loop
hole whereby the packers may evade
the law and are in line with the best
authorities on the subjects of santa
ton, preservatives, dyes, chemicals
and condemnation of diseased car.
casses.
The will of Russell Sage bequeaths
all of his estate to his widow, Margar-
ct Olivia Sage, after the payment of
$25, 900 to each of Mr.. Sage's nephews
and nieces and $4,000 to his sister,
Mrs. Fanny Chaplin, of Oneida, N. Y.
Mrs. Chaplin died since the will was
made.
The secretary Of state of Missouri
issued a charter to the st. Joseph &
Southern Railroad company, of St.
Joseph, Mo. The road is to extend
from st. Joseph to Kansas City.
Fritz Constantine, the man under
arrest for the murder of Mrs. Arthur
w. Gentry, of Chicago, January 6,
last, Is not the man wanted by the
Chicago police.
The Indiana state railroad commits
company must make general reduc-
ton of 33 1-3 per cent. in rates for all
: classified freight, from Indianapolis
west to the state line.
Bernard l.. Levinthal, who for Is
!. years has been chief rabbi Of the Or
thodox Jews of Philadelphia, was
elected chief rabbi of the entire boly
of orthodox Jews in the United States
Eugene Kraft, who was found dead
, in Chicago, worked at Marshalltown,
Ia, as printer. 1t was stated that
. he had high family connections in
} Europe. He spent two years as a
. monk in monastery in Belgium.
Secretary Hester's statement of the
worlds visible supply of cotton shows
a total of 2,394,955, against 2,565,379
{ last week. Of this the total of Ameri-
|. can cotton is 1,2S7,955, against $780,,
go last week.
!: The protected cruiser Milwaukee
fulfilled all requirements of the gov
!. eminent in a four-hour straightaway
run of 100 miles out to sea.
!, Congressman Henry McMorran, of
! Seventh Michigan congressional dis
trict Republican convention.
/ John Black and Will Reagin, ne
groes, were lynched by mob of 200
men near Fort Gardner, Polk county,
Florida. The negroes killed Ed. Gran
ger, a white turpentine operator,
without provocation.
Locusts are devastating the neigh
borhood of Debreczin, Austria, where
crops on 10000 acres already have
! been consumed Desperate means
have been adopted to keep back the
invasion, but without avail.
, Canadians resident in the United
; Kingdom presented a supreb silver
centerpiece to the new British bat.
tleship Dominion. On the base is in.
scribed, Zone life, one flag, one fleet,
, one throne"
While the Japanese cruiser Itsukus
, hima was returning from Australia,
the engineer commander, Hawai-, at.
tackled Capt. Ishikawa with a sword,
infiicting over 20 wounds. Hawai- at.
tempted to cut his throat, but failed.
A band of Tartars attacked eight Ar
menians near Arax. The corpses of
| two of the Armenians were found on
the spot.
Several Lettish revolutionists ac-
cused of five political murders at
Mitau, Courland, were condemned by
court-martial to be hanged.
After an exciting chase in which
, bloodhounds were used, Jesse Fitz-
, gerald, negro, was arrested by a
posse and lodged in the Barbourville
, (Ky.) Jail, charged with robbing and
, numbering Mrs. Robert Broughton.
An explosion, presumably of naph-
tina tank, wrecked the saddlery and
leather plant of M Caffrey C Sons, at
Newark, N. j. One man was fatally
injured, three were burned seriously
, and three others slightly. The fire
which followed practically destroyed
the plant.
Alex Fairgrove, president of the
, Montana State Federation of Labor,
has been expelled from membership
in Helena miners union. Charges
r were made that he used his position
10 president of the State Federation
, of Labor to fight the Western Fedora
ton of Miners.
OF the $50 samples of food products
examined by the Indiana board of
|, health, 500 were pure and of standard
/ quality, and $50 adulterated or below
, 43.7 per cent OF rs samples of drugs
. analysed, 46 were pure and UP to
pharmacopeia standard and 20 were
adulterated.
The commission composed of
Messrs. John w. Yerkes, /. r. Hit,
Jr., and G. A. Champion, of the United
,, States internal revenue. appointed to
investigate the decentralization of al.
cohol, has arrived at Berlin to study
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