Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-06-07

| 100000. A lighted cigarette or match
thrown into Stable started the fire.
An accident at the Magdalena mine
near Texacellentec, state of Mexico,
which caused the death of IL miners,
! among them Erasmus Chaverere, mine
manager. The men were suffocated
by smoke and gas
| Sixteen men charged with partici-
| pating in the lynching of John ".
Johnson, at Wadesboro, N. c., were
held in bonds of $1,000 each for trial.
At the final session of the meeting
Of the American Surgical association,
| at Cincinnati, DR.. Dudley p. Allen, of
| Cleveland, the retiring secretary, was
elected president.
The business men of Windber, Pa,
held a meeting and decided to ask
| Organizer Ginter, of the Mine Work
ers association, to leave town. He
disappeared and has not been seen
since.
Emperor Francis Joseph has invited
the chiefs of the German and Russian
stats to attend the Austrian army
of September.
Outfielder Harry Vinson, of the Chi
| cago American league team, has been
signed by Manager Carr, of the Indi-
annapolis American association.
Malcolm r. Patterson, of Memphis,
representative in congress from the
Tenth district, was nominated for
governor of Tennessee by the state
Democratic convention.
Gen. Vicente Gomez is trying to in
duce President Castro to resume
charge of the government in Vene-
zuela and is threatening to call con-
gress together and accept Castro's res
ignation at once if he persists in de-
Ginning to resume the duties of presi-
dent.
Business maintains wholesome prog
ress and mercantile collections i'm
prove. A good gain is noted in COM
parison with the corresponding period
of any previous year.
Merchants of Smithfield, O., who
hauled groceries to the homes of the
Plum Run strikers which are on COM
pany houses are not allowed to deliv-
er the goods.
Racial warfare between the Armeni-
ans and Tartars has recommended.
Sc raj Armenians have been killed
in the district of Djevanahnski
The Windber coal strike which has
been the cause of bloodshed is over.
Five persons were killed and eaten
by savage dogs on the Labrador coast
the past winter. The dogs, which
have largely interbred with wolves,
have frequently killed people hereto
fore.
Fraternal societies are not liable as
regular life insurance companies ac-
cording to a ruling by the Missouri
supreme court. Mary Westerman sued
the Knights of Pythias for 1926 for
the death of her husband. The lodge
refused to pay because Westerman
failed to make a payment
George w. Silste, general manager
of the Butte Miner, died of Bright's
! disease, aged 40 years.
The Madrid police arrested an ele-
gantly dressed Englishman, who gave
| his name as Robert Hamilton, as he
was boarding train, as the person
nearest to fitting the description of
the author of the outrage; but a
| lengthy Interrogation of the prisoner
gave no satisfactory results.
A bomb of terrific power was hurled
at the king of Spain, Alfonso Kill,
| nd
returning from the church at Madrid,
where the marriage ceremony was per-
formed. The royal couple escaped in
jury, but 16 other persons were killed
ana many were injured.
Pendennis White, millionaire
banker and lumberman, was killed
and Edwin A. Bell and Richard B. Ly-
man, stock brokers, were injured in a
collision between an automobile and a
| trolley car at Buffalo.
Ambassador Reid gave a farewell
luncheon at London to Robert G..
Ciowry, president of the Western
Union Telegraph and Cable company
Andrew Carnegie was among the
guests.
The French cabinet decided TO intro
duce in parliament general amnesty
Kill, covering persons convicted of par
ticipation in the recent strikes and
church inventory disturbances and in
the anti-military movement.
A heavy wind and rain storm passed
over central Kentucky, doing much
damage. Telephone lines were broken,
destroying the connections with out
lying points. Trees and fences were
blown down and many buildings were
damaged.
Delegates to the annual meeting of
the tri-State Grain Dealers conven-
ton and country grain men generally
met in Minneapolis. South Dakota was
well represented. The association is
composed of country grain dealers of
Minnesota and South Dakota principal
ly.
W. e. Flentje, postmaster of Cape
Glrardeau, Mo-, a brick manufacturer
ano merchant, was nominated for
railroad and warehouse commissioner
by the Republican state convention. j
U. White, of Brookfeld, was nominal
cd for superintendent of schools.
Twelve persons were wounded at
Cienfuegos, Cuba, by the premature
explosion of fireworks at the celebra-
ton of King Alfonsos wedding.
Three hundred diplomats, jurists,
members of congress, editors, educat-