Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-05-30


Secretary Root says the world is
growing better, that railroad and cor
porate abuses were once so common
that nobody noticed them.
Secretary Root, speaking at Yale.
said convictions of rebaters and ex-
posures of financial operations like the
Alton deal are signs of progress.
Fairbanks, Cannon and Knox are
making bids for delegates in the east,
and the presidential race, writes a cor.
respondent, resolves itself into Taft
against the field
A great Irish convention at Dublin.
led by John Redmond, unanimously
rejected the British governments linn
tied council bill and demanded CON-
plete home rule.
Fearing an increase in freight rates
If the railroads are forced to carry pas
sengers for two cents a mile, the Ma
tional Association of Manufacturers,
in session at New York, came out
against compulsory fare reductions.
A negro and his mother were
lynched and three other persons killed
and seven injured in fight in Georgia
on account of the attempt of negro,
who escaped, to assault a white
woman.
ABE" Hummel, broken in spirit by
the disgrace of being behind iron bars,
collapsed physically at Blackwell, and
was unable to assume the duties as.
signed to him at that prison.
The general assembly of the Presby.
terian church at Columbus, o., decided
that $1,100,000 must be raised for
home missions in the next year. Com
mittee ruled that pastors must not be
affiliated with the Anti-Saloon League
in their official capacity.
A loophole for Standard Oil is
shown in the contention that compa.
nies as well as individuals are immune
from indictment where evidence has
been given before the grand jury.
Steamer. officials mistook August
Belmont for a noted card sharp.
Following the assassination of
three police officials at Odessa, Rus
STA, serious rioting occurred. The
Black Hundreds ran wild through the
streets mercilessly beating people,
particularly Jews, more than hun
dred of whom were seriously injured
soon after the disturbances began. The
police remained passive spectators of
the disorder. No arrests were made
and the Black Hundreds continued
their work of revenge unchecked.
Black Hundreds in Odessa renewed
their attacks ON the Jews, beating
many before Governor General Kaul-
bars took control and put an end to
the rioting
The secretary of the interior ap-
proved the selection of 123,34S acres
of land selected by the state of Colo
RADIO in lieu of school lands otherwise
disposed of. The selected lands are
in the Sterling district
The navy department received dis
patch from Commander Tappan of the
cruiser Tacoma, saying that Ensign
A. t. Brisbin, who was accidentally
shot, is dead.
The furniture trust was punished by
fines amounting to $4,000 while the
promoter, Frederick Holbrook, was as
sessed $4,000 by Judge Lands in the
United States court at Chicago.
j. c. Bartles, president of the Bar
ties Oil company, of st. Paul, and two
merchants from Saltwater and st.
James, Mimi, took steps preliminary
to formal proceedings against the
Standard Oil company on charges of
violating the law prohibiting discrim-
ination in the price Of oil sold
Abe Hummel, the notorious New
York divorce lawyer, began his prison
sentence of one year, and after don
ming stripes was lodged in cell No. %.
Another venire and adjournment of
court is expected to be necessary be-
fore the Haywood jury can be COM
pleted.
Minnesota railways complain of
loss of revenue by the operation Of
the two-cent passenger law.
Pleading guilty to rebating on coffee
shipments, the Rock Island railroad
paid fine of $4,000 in New York
city.
Complaint is filed by Minnesota
nores the recent law passed by the
state legislature.
The Thomas House, the leading
hotel at Fairbury, H., burned to the
ground with all the furnishings, max
ing the loss over 100000
Superman, owned by James r.
Keene, proves an easy winner of the
$4,000 Brooklyn handicap at Grave
send
The Montreal longshoremen's strike
was settled on the terms of the steam
ship companies.
Ensign Alfred T. Brisbin. of the
navy, who was to have been court
martialed as a result of the difficulty
at Santiago, Cuba, between local po-
lice and sailors of the Tacoma, shot
himself through the lung there.
The twentieth n.sal convention of
the American Federation of Musicians
opened at Cleveland, O., with 100 del
egates present. President Joseph
Weber of Cincinnati, declared against
European musicians and the competi
ton of army bands.
District Attorney Jerome, of New
York city, proposes an investigation
of alleged police connection with the
Howard Gould case.
Rev. Franklin e. E. Hamilton, aged
Al years, pastor the Temple Street
Methodist church Boston has been
elected chancellor of the American
university at Washington.
Jailer Whitman frustrated Jail de-
livery in Chicago in which Murderer
Charles Hansen planned to use nitro
glycerin.
After three hours deliberation
jury at Council Bluffs. Iowa, returned