Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-12-05

state Senator j. A. Henson Of De-
catur and Representative David E..
Sanahan OF Chicago had fist fight on
the floor of the Illinois senate.
Charles Paddock, one of the captors
OF Jefferson Davis, died in Dansville,
Mich.
The New York school board adopted
resolution placing itself on record as
not opposed to the traditional celebra
ton Of Christmas in the schools
Being hampered by lack of ready
funds with which to continue It's bust
ness, the American Silk company,
which has capital stock of $11 ,000,-
600 and operates mills in several
cities, was placed In the hands of re
ceivers by Judge Ward of the United
States circuit court at New York.
The supreme court of Missouri de-
cided that bull fights are public
nuisances, and irijunctions lie to re-
strain persons from conducting them
in the state
John Mosier, an employee on the
stock farm of r. c. Brien near Nash
vile, Tenn, was kicked and paved to
death by Mr.. Brien's race horse Ker.
chival.
William E. Arms, night editor of the
New Orleans Times-Democrat, died.
During the open season in north.
ern Wisconsin and Michigan 81 hunt.
ers were killed and at least 81
wounded.
Cornelia B. Loveridge of Buffalo
committed suicide by jumping into the
Niagara river from Green Island, and
going over the falls.
Secretary Cortelyou closed the sub
scriptions to the certificates of in
debtedness.
Edward Miller and Edward Davi
entered pleas of guilty to an indic
ment charging robbery of the Sta
bank at Clinton, H., and were give
indeterminate sentences in the pen
Tertiary.
DR.. E. s. Gates, prominent physi-
clan of Cincinnati, was instantly
killed by Pennsylvania passenger
train which struck the automobile
which he was driving.
Mrs. Abigail Pratt, of Cleveland, O.,
prominent in New York and European
society, was granted divorce from
Thomas Hughes Pratt. broker of New
York, for abandonment.
Charles F. Murphy, leader of Tam
many hall, declared that James ].
Hagan had no authority to pledge
Tammany halls support to William j.
Bryan for the Democratic nomination
for president as he did at the Bryan
dinner in Washington.
Eleven Pittsburg men, stockholders
in the Beaver Valley Brewing COM
pany, which owns 100000 plant at
Rochester, Pa, entered suit for a re-
ceiver.
William Cow, director of the Bor-
ough bank of Brooklyn, began legal
efforts for the destruction of the Ber-
tillon records made of him following
his arrest in connection with the sus.
pension of that bank.
Two agents, whom the Austrian gov
eminent sent to the United States to
inquire into complaints that Austrian
immigrants into this country were be-
ing subjected to Ill treatment and re-
striction of personal liberty, have re-
ported to their government that the
complaints were grossly exaggerated.
Forty-one lumber companies doing
business in Oregon, Washington and
Idaho filed complaint with the inter.
state commerce commission against
20 railroad companies operating in
that region and the states tributary
thereto, alleging that these roads have
unlawfully combined and raised the
rate of freight on lumber from three
to 1914 cents per hundred pounds.
Howard Maxwell, deposed president
of the Borough bank of Brooklyn,
who was under Indictment for grand
larceny and forgery, and was re-
leased from jail on $4,000 bail, cut
his throat and left wrist with a razor
and penknife in his home in Brooklyn
and died at Long Island College hos
pital.
Three men were assassinated as
they stepped from a train at Clio,
Ark. The assassin is unknown.
The national committee of the Peo-
pies party selected st. Louis as the
place for the national nominating con-
vention and set April as the date for
the gathering.
Edward Payson Weston, 6S.year-old
roadster, arrived at Chicago after a
jaunt of 20 days from Portland, Me-.
surprising his sensational feat of 40
years ago by almost "a hours
COL. Frank j. Bramhall, author of
several books on the civil war, COM
panion Of Admiral Farragut in the
memorable run past the forts on the
Mississippi, died at Fair Oaks, Cal.
Copies of proclamation addressed
ITO all organized labor" and designed
to defeat the election of Joseph G.. Can
non as speaker of the house of repre-
sentatives in the sixtieth congress,
have been sent to trade unions in
every section of the country.
One woman was killed, two persons
were injured and five rescued with
but slight hurts in fire which broke
out in the six-story block In Cincinnati
occupied by the William Windhorst
company, a retail dry goods firm.
The officers of the Bryan regiment.
the Third Nebraska, have been al
lowed $5,22S.S1 by the national gov
eminent. Col. Bryan will have about
$500 due him In this allowance.
Following the arrest of NJ A. VIII
kins of Elmhurst, Cal, charged with
numbering his wife last July, a
woman's body having been found in a
shed in the rear of his home, buried
beneath five feet of lime and sand.
the sheriff and other officers endeav.
ored to locate the body OF T. E. Kim
mons. known as Earl" who disap-