Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-04-25
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1t was announced in New York that
the district attorney had begun the
the Jurors in the recent trial of Harry
K. Thaw had been approached" by
! a policeman before the trial closed.
Benedict Gimbel, the wealthy Phil
adelphia merchant who was arrested
| in New York on the double charge OF
exerting improper influence over lvor
Clark. a 16-year-old boy, and attempt
ed bribery of the county detectives
who made the arrest, tried to kill
himself in a hotel in Hoboken by
gashing his throat and wrists. Ply
sicians said he probably would re.
cover.
John B. Bundren of Tennessee, who
was 101 years old April /, announced
that on August &c he will marry Miss
Rose MCGUIRE of England, who will
be 100 years old on that day. They
were lovers in their youth, but were
parted by Miss McGuires parents.
DR.. Kennard, writing from Russia,
said 100000 peasants will starve be-
fore the next harvest unless they re-
ceive aid, and many will have to be
fed for a much longer time.
Former Judge Abner Smith of Chi
cago was found guilty Of conspiring to
defraud stockholders and depositors
of the Bank of America, of which he
was president while it existed, and his
of ipon icnn nd
$1,000 fine. G. F. Sorrow. vice presi.
dent, was given the same penalty, and
]. V. Pierce, cashier, was fined $500.
Secretary Root in an address at
Philadelphia denied that there ever
was danger of war between America
and Japan over the San Francisco
school question.
Miss Mary E. Tomlinson, we'll
known Christian Science healer of
Concord, N. H., committed suicide by
leaping from a window of the Parker
House in Boston.
Sarah Ropes, who died at Salem.
Mass, left 100000 for Swedenborgian
churches and institutions in Ohio.
Jasper Mason, serving q life SEN
tence for murder in 1876, was released
by order of Gov. Cummins of Iowa
under permission granted by the legis-
+ lature, and given a conditional par
don.
Thomas Longboat, Indian runner, of
Toronto, Canada, broke the record for
the Boston Athletic associations 25.
| mile Marathon road race from Ash
land to Boston, and defeated field of
ia.
A. G. Hunt of Elizabeth, N. j., fore.
man for the Hall Signal company, was
instantly killed when his motor car
was run down by a fast Chicago G.
Northwestern train at Marshalltown,
Ia.
Coal miners Of eastern British Col
umbia and Alberta quit work, leaving
the Canadian Pacific railway almost
without fuel.
A Canadian legislative committee
reported that there was a lumber
combine in western Canada and that
prices were too high.
The American Academy of Political
and Social Science began it's eleventh
annual meeting in Philadelphia, the
general topic for discussion being
American colonial policy and admins,
tration.
The constitution framed for the pro-
posed state of Oklahoma was adopted
by the convention.
L. F. Ford, of Philadelphia, super
intendent of construction of the Penn
sylvania railroad, committed suicide
by jumping overheard rom the Clyde
line steamer Comanche off Jackson
vile, Fla.
Mrs. Aggie Myers was taken to the
penitentiary at Jefferson City, Mo-, to
begin her life sentence for numbering
her husband.
Ex-Congressman John v. L. Findlay
| died suddenly of heart disease at his
home in Baltimore, Md. He was 81
years old.
Two hundred and thirty natives of
the Ululthi group, Caroline islands,
persisted in typhoon and famine
threatens the survivors.
Thomas M. Huntington, Ami B.
| Todd and Fred Hoyt were convicted
| in the United States court at Omaha
on charges of conspiracy to defraud
| the government of about half a mil.
lion acres of public lands.
John P. Dunning, we'll known in
newspaper circles throughout the
country, died in hospital at Phila.
delphia of a tumor on the brain. He
was "A years of age.
Fire in Kroeger Bros big depart
ment store at Milwaukee, Wis, caused
damage which will not exceed $4,000.
In an attempt to escape from the
state penitentiary at Raleigh. N. c.,
c. l.. Scruggs was killed by the guard.
Jack Williams and Dodd Wilson were
recaptured.
| Col. S. B. Rohrbaugh, one of the
wealthiest citizens of Ottawa, Kan,
died at Excelsior Springs, Mo.
Bingham police bill giving power to
reorganize city force was signed by
Gov. Hughes, of New York.
Bad year of business caused the
directors of the Bethlehem Steel Cor.
| poration, Charles M. Schwab. presi
dent, to pass the quarterly dividend
on preferred stock.
| Secretary Taft on his return to the
country on Monday, will open his
fight on Senator Foraker, and the
struggle which ensues, 1t Is expected,
will be the hottest pre-convention cam
paign since the days of Blaine. Po-
I litical leaders at Washington foresee
the defeat of Foraker.
Funeral services for James H.
Eckels were held in Chicago.
The Dearborn Park pool-room at
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