Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-11-14

rdTmeTS state DanK at Marshall,
Okla, securing all the money and val
liable papers in the vault.
DR.. Julian f. Thomas, of New York,
purchased the Pommern, the German
balloon which won the James Gordon
Bennett race at st. Louis.
President Palma in a statement at
Havana called attention to the advan-
tage of American rule and took a
stand for permanent control of Cuba
by the United States.
Yegg men chloroformed the station
agent of the Fort Wayne & Valley
road at Upper Sandusky, o., and got
away with 800 and 500 railroad tick
cts,
The president announced the fol-
lowing appointments for the new
state Of Oklahoma: Western district
John H. Cotteral, Judge; John EN-
bry, attorney, and John Alternately
marshal. Eastern district-Ralph e
Campbell, Judge; William Gregg. at
torney, and Grive A. Porter, marshal
Silas II. Reid was named Judge of the
district court of Alaska.
Alfred G. Vanderbilt has offered the
Newport Young Mems Christian as
ISOLATION new building to be erected
as a memorial to his father, the late
Cornelius Vanderbilt, at cost Of
800 900.
The losses by fire in the United
States and Canada during the month
of October as compiled by the Jour.
nal Of Commerce. aggregate sl3.3oO..
$50
Henry e Warner of Boston was ap.
pointed receiver OF the Arnold Print
works OF North Adams Mass one OF
the largest textile. concerns 10 the
country. oy the United States circuit
court al Boston
a FIRE IL the Sioux City iIa.) Journal
building caused loss estimated at
between SIS 900 and $4,000 with $685..
600 insurance. The editoria! rooms
and business Office were saved.
F. J. Tygard. president of the Bates
National bank of Butler, Mo-. when II
failed September TO- 1906, was sen.
fenced to five years in the penitentiary
by Judge Mcpherson in the fedora,
court at Kansas City.
Albert Nerzlinger, on trial in st
Louis for binding Mrs. Lena Wunsct
by throwing sulphuric acid in her face.
was found guilty by jury and sen
fenced to 20 years in the penitentiary.
the maximum sentence.
An estate of approximately $4,000,
600 was disposed of in the will Of the
late ]. S. Polk. capitalist and stee
railway promoter of Des Moines, Ia
The large property was equally divid
ed among the widow and four chill
dren.
The threatened general railway
strike in Great Britain was averted by
an agreement between the railways
and the union.
The Royal society of Great Britain
awarded the Copley medal to Prof
Albert A. Nicholson, of the University
of Chicago, for optical investigation.
and the Davy medal to Prof. E. w
Morley, of West Hartford, Conn.
Guy Condit, cashier of the First Ma
tional bank of Kingfisher, Okla, at
tempted to kill himself by slashing his
throat. He will recover. Anxiety
over financial matters preyed upon his
mind.
Three arrests have been made at
Madrid in the case in which it Is
charged $4,000 was obtained from the
Bank of Spain through the forging OF
check. Two of the men are officials
of the bank.
Attorney General Davidson of Tex
as on behalf of the state of Texas
filed suit against the alleged subsid
larry concerns of the Standard Oil
company in Texas for penalties for
forfeitures of charter.
The New York banks began prepar-
ations to ship all available currency to
the northwest to aid the movement
of crops. Secretary Cortelyou directed
that 100000 of government funds
be deposited in st. Paul and Mime
apolis banks.
The buoyancy of the stock market
reflected the ultimate decision of large
New York bankers to support the two
institutions-the Trust Company OF
America and the Lincoln Trust com
pany-which have been subjected to
the most severe runs. The United
states Steel corporation secured con.
trolling interest in the Tennessee Coal
& Iron company and this, it was be-
lieved, would aid in relieving the
money stringency. Three small banks
in Kansas closed, and Denver bankers
decided to issue scrip.
Gen. Horace Porter and Joseph II.
Choate, two Of the American ambassa-
doris to the recent peace conference
at The Hague, returned home. Both
expressed themselves as being entire
ly satisfied with the results of the con-
ference.
The grand jury at Waverly, Ia,
which indicted IA members of the
County Medical association, alleging
violation of the antitrust law, report
ed additional indictments against DR..
w. A. Rohlf and DR.. o. L. Chaffee on
the general ground of conspiracy.
The cage of coal mine shaft at
Collard. Belgium, fell $50 feet, killing,
MORALLY injIring or manning its 13 &C.
cupants.
Four thousand miners near Dan.
Vile. ILL.,. quit work because they were
paid in checks.
Judge Hooper of Kankakee, ILL.,, de
MED Attorney Steven r. Moore's ap
plication for an injunction restraining
the playing of football by high school
students on the ground that II was
prize fighting.
Following an election day arrest in
Lexington. KY. Clyde Campbell was
killed, Patrolman Michael Murphy
probably fatally wounded. and PATROL