Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-12-27

CuiluTen, ana cuts Lnem OH dOSOluJely
Jacques Schoenberger, first clas
passenger on board the steamer Kron
prinz Wilhelm, disc 1peared on thu
way over to Europe.
Charles ID. Faber, city paving in
spector and ex-mayor of Montgomery
Ala, was shot by his assistant and
former chief city detective, w. H
Murphy.
The French governments new re
| igious measure was passed by the
chamber of deputies with the over
whelming majority of Alb to 166.
The Illinois state board of equaliza
lion made its final reports. Grand total
If assessments as returned by the
BOARD is $1,126, 470,S36, an increase
over last year of s30.7S9,279.
John ID. Rockefeller said Ne would
go into court whenever summoned.
Henry Chesterfield, a retired bust.
ness man of Elgin, Ill, was killed in
the woods near that city while cut.
ting down trees. A tree fell on him
and crushed him.
The parish church at Baldernock,
aear Glasgow, Scotland, where Presi-
lent Roosevelt's maternal ancestors,
The Stobos and Bullocks, worshiped
n bygone days, was burned.
Ten terrorists were executed at
Riga, Russia. They belonged to a
oand guilty Of series of robberies,
oomb outrages and murders extending
over months, and also were concerned
n plot TO kill Baron Moeller-Sako-
nelsky, governor general of the Baltic
provinces.
Curtis Jet was found guilty of the
assassination Of James Cockrell, town
marshal at Jackson, KY, four years
igo, and sentenced to life imprison-
nent.
President Roosevelt asked E. H.
,-arriman to close the break in Colo
ado river causing the Salton sea.
Richards, Comstock, Jameson and
rriplett, Of the Nebraska Land and
Feeding company, were convicted of
raud at Omaha.
President A. s. Stickney, of the
Chicago Great Western railway,
planned shippers for the car shortage
Gov. Higgins committed to impris-
,nment for life the sentence of death
lnder which Albert T. Patrick has re
NAMED nearly five years, since his
conviction of the murder of William
Marsh Rice, the aged Texas million.
lire. in New York city.
Aftnrpav Gonaral I,,Ii,,o hTa-.,r a.
he name of the people of the state of
New York, began an action against
he American Ice company for the dis
solution Of the so-called 'ice trust"
Mrs. Elizabeth Stalker, of Williams
burg, Pa, celebrated the enc hun
ired and sixth anniversary of her
birth. Among the kilograms Of con.
graduation she received was one from
President Roosevelt.
A masked bandit at Leadville, Col,
after shooting and fatally wounding
Ioe Dale, ticket agent at the Denver
e Rio Grande depot, robbed the cash
lrawer of its contents and escaped.
Mrs. Frank Mills, 80 years old, was
burned to death and GO persons were
made homeless by fife at Butler, Pa,
which caused loss of $4,000.
A reduction of more than 81 ,000, 900
r 27.83 per. cent, In the excess of ex-
)enditures over receipts of the post
,fice department is shown in the an.
lual report of Edwin C. Madden, third
assistant postmaster general.
The post Office employees of Austria.
numbering $4,000 men and women,
nave voted to so on strike at once as
protest against the conditions under
which they are forced to labor by the
government.
The Vatican issued a note of protest
against the course of the French gov.
eminent and forwarded it to all papal
representatives abroad, including tine
apostolic delegates.
Sheriff Alex Compton, of Wabash
county, ILL.,, was shot and killed at
Keensburg while about to take child
rom its father, David Kellum, and
turn it over to the mother.
The shipment of coffee from Rio
Janeilo is at a standstill owing to the
fact that the stevedores have gone
out on strike.
One man was killed and another
hurt by recklessly driven automo-
bile in Minneapolis.
Mrs. Elizabeth Stalker, of Williams
county, celebrated the 106th anniver-
sary of her birth. Among the tele-
grams of congratulation received was
one from President Roosevelt.
The United States will have Inn
ported an aggregate of 100000 900
worth Of crude India rubber at the
close of the present year, according
20 a statement by the department of
commerce and labor.
A merger of the leading wooden
mills of the south, involving a capital.
ization of 81, 250, 900, has been effected
The combine will be known as the
American Textile Woolens company.
The London Chronicle says Joseph
Chamberlain's memory is entirely
gone as result of being overtaxed
at the celebration In honor of his
10th birthday.
Pietro Cuneo, former United States
consul at Turin. Italy, and for so
years editor of the Union Republican
at Upper Sandusky, o.. died .of apo
plexy.
George Sutton defeated Willie
Hoppe at 1872 balk line billiards in
New York. retaining the champion
ship.