Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-24

ouAton OuFeT company was SnOf and
killed by his son, Howard M. Poole.
Secretary Of Agriculture James
Wilson resigned the presidency of the
First National bank of Traer, Ia.
which he has held for ten years.
All public schools in CooksvilIe.
Wis, have been closed owing to an
epidemic of diphtheria.
The Northwestern Lumbermen's as
sociation reelected Ralph Burnside OF
Oskaloosa, Ia, president.
The flood in the Ohio river valley
below the Little Kanawha river and
at Pittsburg grew more serious, and
the weather bureau sent out a warn
ing.
Senator Reuben r. Adams was ex.
PEELED from the Arkansas senate and
In his stead Col. William Lambert
was appointed by the governor. Adj
ans, during the trial of Senator Fes-
tus 0. Butt, who was convicted of
bribery. admitted accepting bribe.
President Roosevelt, Speaker Can
non and others addressed the conven-
ton of the association for the exten.
sion or foreign commerce. 49,
Attorney General Davidson turned
over to the Texas house the documen-
tary evidence that he had In his pos
session. which, 1t Is charged, impli.
Gates United States Senator Bailey in
connection with the readmission of
the Waters-Pierce OIL company. in
violation of the antitrust laws of the
state.
Gov. Deneen Of Illinois appointed
Van L. Hampton, editor of the Ma
comb Journal, commissioner of the
penitentiary at Joliet, to succeed
James NJ. Phelps. of Freeport, re-
signed.
The electric plant of the Laclede
Gas Light company of st. Louis, was
totally destroyed by fire entailing a
loss of 100000.
Secretary Hitchcock has issued an
order Withdrawing from all forms of
disposal under the public land laws,
except mineral laws. the vacant, unap-
propriated public lands in Siskiyou
and Modoc counties, California The
lands will be added to the Modoc re-
serve.
The Seaboard Air Line Florida
special. north-bound. ran into an open
switch two miles north of Raleigh.
N. c. The boiler of the locomotive ex-
ploded and the train caught nre.
The blowing up of freight engine
on the Philadelphia & Reading rail- |
road at Norristown. Pa, killed FIVE
men.
A resolution was presented to the |
United Mine Workers convention by |
members of Indiana district No. III |
rejecting on the record of James |
Epperson as state mine inspector and |
expressing grave doubt of his ability |
to administer the affairs of the office.
Rev. Laurence J. Kavanagh, s. j.,
a professor in st. Joseph's college,
Philadelphia. is dead. aged "a.
Count Henri de la Vaulx made a
successful voyage with his new steer
able balloon in France. He is said to
have attained speed of II miles an
hour and to have steered and sailed
his balloon at will.
Judge o. B. Gould, member of the
Minnesota board of control, died at
One Italian workman was killed and
another badly injured by the explo-
sion of a ton of dynamite in the South
Shore Stone company's quarry, two
and a half miles east of Monroe,
Mich
The late Congressman Robert Ad-
ans, Jr, of Philadelphia. who COM
mitted suicide last year. was a de-
'aulter to the amount of $4,000.
Count Nicholas Tolstoi and five 9TH
sr persons were burned to death in the
counts residence, near Moscow, Rus
STA.
Rear Admiral Slgsbee was retired
On account of age.
Maj. John B. Furay, a Nebraska pi-
oneer, well known all over the west,
lied at Omaha, aged CT years, of
paralysis.
Announcement Is made that the
Lackawanna railroad has decided upon
Scranton, Pa, as the location for the
p, 100000 locomotive shops.
A. T. Clinton, one of the pioneer
BUSINESS men of La Crosse. Wis, died.
lged 76.
Heavy rains caused a sudden rise
If Rock Bridge creek which flooded
he town of Flat Rock. Ky. The in
labitants were compelled to fee Il
,oats.
w. P. Frye was elected senator from
Maine, w. Murray Crane from Massa-
Simon Guggenheim from Col
,rado, Norris Brown from Nebraska.
W. E. Borah from Idaho. Robert L.
Taylor from Tennessee. J.. M. Dixon
rom Montana. H. E. Burnham from
Iew Hampshire, and H. A. Richard
ION from Delaware.
The work of laying the walls of the
lew capitol of Wisconsin was begun.
rhe building is to cost between $4,000
100 and $6,00O,00O
Mrs. Sarah Mccall a graduate of
Mount Holyoke college class of 1851,
ind for 30 years on instructor in the
academy of Knox college, died at
H., aged rs.
Prince Aga Khan of India, a des-
endant OF one Of the oldest and most
prominent families of Bombay, ar
lived in San Francisco. The prince
anne to study American industries.
L. T. Moore of Benton Harbor shot
lis wife and Deputy Sheriff Pearl and
attempted suicide
Chief of Police James Daily and
officer John Peterson Of Red Wing.
Mimi. were shot and probably fatally
by August Bloom. barber.
whom they were endeavoring to ar
est.
Violation of the Sherman act pre-
'entinS combinations in restraint OF
r1dn ia nharOn1 In emit aOaiuqf |