Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-09-12


Arctic expedition was working its way
into the polar regions has been lost,
Mrs. J.. ]. Phillips, widow of the
murdered coal operator Of Cleveland.
was arrested on the charge Of killing
her husband, the warrant accusing her
OF murder in the second degree
Attorney General Bonaparte said he
had instructed District Attorney Sims
to fulfill the pledge of immunity to tha
Alton road and officials and that he did
not know the newly learned facts that
caused Mr.. Sims to have the case post
poned
Judge A. X. Skeen. of the United
States court at Bristol, Va, appointed
Col. l.. o. PETIT, of Big Stone Gap, re-
ceiver of the Union Iron and Steel
corporation of New York. owning fur
naces in Virginia, Ohio, Michigan and
New Jersey. The concern was or
ganized by Edward l.. Harper, who
served term for wrecking the Fidel-
ity bank of Cincinnati.
The striking dock laborers of Ant
warp burned big lumber yard and
two warehouses, the loss approximat,
ing s1,000,O00.
Niagara falls was illuminated by
&c great colored search lights, the
electricity being generated by the
falls themselves.
Thanh Thai, the deposed king of
AMMAN, abdicated in favor of his
eight-year-old sol, who now rules An
nam with the aid of the regency con,
sisting of the council of ministers.
Louis Glass, vice president of the
Pacific States Telephone & Telegraph
company, convicted of having bribed
Supervisor Lonergan, was sentenced
by Judge Lawler at San Francisco to
five years Imprisonment at San
Quentin.
The president authorized the secre-
tary of the interior to appoint Sub
Chief Metz Tiger, of the Greek In
dians, TO succeed Gen. Pleasant Por-
ter as chief of the tribe.
An indictment returned last April
by the federal grand jury at Boise
Idaho, against Senator William E.
Borah and other prominent men,
charging conspiracy to defraud the
United States government, was
served on the defendants.
Fire which it is thought was of in.
cendiary origin Quilted the Normandie
hotel in Columbus, o., occupied by SO
families. All the occupants made their
escape, although many got out only
by the narrowest margin.
Edward Grieg, the famous COM
poser, died at Bergen, Norway.
The Kansas board of railroad COM
missioners ordered that the railroads
of Kansas put in a fiat two-cent fare
rate, beginning October 1.
Lieut.. Col Elijah w. Halford. pay
department, U. S. A.. was retired, hav,
ing reached the statutory age of 81
years. Col. Halford is attached to
headquarters of the department OF
California at San Francisco. He was
private secretary to President Har-
rison
Over ITO iron molders went on
strike at Evansville, Ind, because OF
an order issued at the five stove
foundries preventing the drinking OF
beer on the premises during the noon
hour.
The new directory of New York
shows that there are 100000 people
in Manhattan and the Bronx.
The Central of Georgia railway has
ordered all improvements stopped be
cause of the cut in passenger rates
and money market conditions.
King Alfonso, it is reported, has
been lectured by his ministers be-
cause of his reckless automobile driv-
ing and his secret trips into France.
Florence T. Sullivan, popularity
known as big Florrie" Sullivan. one
of the Tammany leaders, went stark
mad while returning from Europe on
the Kronprinz Wilhelm
Frank P. Van Horn, late superin-
tendent of carriers in the Jackson
(Mich) post office, but who was under
arrest on charge of stealing from the
mails and at liberty on $1,000 bail,
committed suicide by hanging
Edward j. Wallis, of philadelphia.
vice president of the Dalton Cigar
company, died in hospital from in
juries received in a mysterious man
ner.
Japan is going to establish coaling
station for warships on the island of
Pratas, which is only 120 miles from
the Philippines.
Gen. Horace Porter, of the Ameri-
can delegation to the peace conference
at The Hague, led his proposal for the
collection of contractural debts to
practically unanimous approval by the
committee of examination, and at the
conclusion of the meeting he was the
recipient of many congratulations
upon the success of his efforts.
British Vice-Consul Thomas Erskine
of Chicago and Deputy Attorney Gen
eral HI. E. Chase of Lansing, have be
gun at st. Joseph, Mich, an investiga-
ton into the charges of Withholding
money and immoral conduct made
against Benjamin Purnells House of
David" colony by Harry Cleveland, a
British subject.
The president has approved the SEN
tence of the court martial of First
Lieut. Charles E. Mccullough, Thir-
teenth cavalry, recently convicted in
Cuba of giving worthless checks and
desertion.
Capt. Henry Brown, veteran of
the Mexican and civil wars, and in
ventor of the bell buoy as now used
at American ports, died at Charleston,
s. C.
Mrs. William Brayon, widow, was
shot and killed at Worthington, Mimi.
by William Walsh because she re-
fused to marry him. Walsh then blew
out his own brains.