Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-28

The American Federation of Labor
declared a universal eight-hour day
paramount to all labor questions.
Edgar N. Jennings, for IL years a
coachman for John c. Stevenson, a
capitalist OF Bloomington, H., and a
brother of former Vice President
Adlai Stevenson, attempted to shoot
his employer
A riot occurred at Joliet, H.. as the
result of the strike which followed
an attempted wage reduction among
stone quarrymen.
Col. Kaighn, close friend OF former
Senator Brown, testified for Mrs.
Bradley in her murder trial and pro-
duced Browns written acknowledg-
ment that he was the father of the
woman's two youngest children.
Gov. Cummins of Iowa ordered out
a company of the state militia to stop
the Mcfarland Herman prize fight at
Davenport, but the men fought with
out decision. and Capt. Kulp Is in dan
ger Of being court-martialed.
William Jennings Bryan suggested
government guarantee the deposits in
all national banks.
Officers and crew Of the steamer
Dick Fowler, charged with reckless
navigation that endangered the life of
President Roosevelt during his trip
down the Mississippi river, were found
not guilty.
Mrs. Mary Hartje won complete vic
tory over her husband In the superior
court at Philadelphia and then col
lapsed with Joy. Hartje said he would
carry the case to the supreme court.
William Randolph Hearst was held
to the grand jury in New York on
charges Of criminal libel preferred by
William Astor Chanler.
Mrs. Evelyn Romadka, of N1lwau-
kee, was taken from Chicago to Joliet
to begin her sentence of from one to
20 years for burglary.
Edgar Grub, his wife and baby
were cremated in their home near
Beverly, O., and it was believed they
were the victims of foul play.
The Kings county grand jury,
which Investigated the recent manage
ment Of the suspended Borough bank
of Brooklyn, returned indictments
charging larceny and other offenses
against Howard Maxwell, who was
president of the institution when it's
doors were closed; Arthur D. Camp
bell, the deposed cashier, and William
Cow. director who holds controll-
ing share of the banks stock.
Nearly 100000 of new business
has been placed on the books of the
Westinghouse Machine and the West
inghouse Electric & Manufacturing
companies by concerns west of Chi
cago and the receivership may soon be
ended.
The village Of Chain, Ia, was wiped
out by fire, but one building being
saved.
Five children of Thomas Zuver per-
ished in fire that destroyed his home
near Titusville, Pa.
Miss Maggie Sawyer, of South Mills,
N. c., was married to Edmund Daily,
who forcibly took her away from John
Hall when she and Hall were on their
way to be married.
Percy Zimmerman, right end for
Eastern Illinois Normal school, was
dangerously hurt in a football game,
suffering concussion of the brain.
The door of the Buchanan county
jail at Independence was blown open
by a charge Of nitroglycerine or dyna-
mite and two prisoners escaped. One
was recaptured.
Three thousand barrels of beer. val
ued at $4,000, will be dumped into
the sewer by a brewing company OF
Guthrie, Okla, unless a special dis
pensation be granted and the brewery
allowed to ship 1t out of the state and
sell It,
The corporation commission of Okla
homa issued an order notifying all
Oklahoma railroads that a so per cent.
reduction in coal rates would go into
effect January 2.
William w. Atwood, aged 70 years,
prominent resident of Peoria, ILL.,.
committed suicide by tying shotgun
to tree and using leather strap to
pull the trigger.
Charles F. Caswell, associate justice
of the Colorado supreme court, died
of paralysis of the heart.
John d. Rockefeller declined an In.
vitation to a banquet In his honor by
the Commercial club of st. Paul.
A rush of natural gas from an ex.
cavation In the southwest land tun
mel at Chicago. $50 feet below the
ground, caused the death of one man
and the partial suffocation of seven
others.
The federal grand jury at Salt
Lake returned indictments against the
Union Pacific Railroad company, the
| Oregon Short Line, the Union Pacific
Coal company, J. M. Moore, general
agent of the Union Pacific Coal com
| pany, and Everett Buckingham, as
sistant general superintendent OF
the Oregon Short Line, for violations
of the Sherman antitrust law.
John Moissant, fugitive from Sal
vador, is back in San Francisco, after
escaping his enemies by pretending
to seek the Pacific coast, doubling Oh
his tracks and taking vessel fol-
New York at an Atlantic seaport
Deputy Sheriff M. T. Higgins shot
and killed An unidentified man neal
Hillsboro. ILL.,, supposed to be one Of Q
gang Of burglars that have been ter
rorizing the community.
Representatives Of the Switchmen's
Union Of North America, who have
been In wage conference with a rail
road committee. decided not to press
their demands for advances at the
present time.
Frank J. Goldman, a prominent
druggist, Odd Fellow and Grand ArmS