Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-02-20

was private secretary to ex-Gov. Willis
J. Bailey when the latter was in con
gress, was mysteriously assassinate6
In Seneca, Kan.
! Fred Slocum, an inmate Of the in
sane asylum at Elgin, ILL.,, committed
suicide by cutting his throat with I,
piece of glass.
The Oklahoma house killed the hote
bill which required 9-foot sheets or
beds and provided penalty for the
use of cracked cups.
Lieut. Gov. Dickerson of Nevada or
dered so carbines from Chicago firm
for the new police force to relieve the
federal troops at Goldfield.
BY direction of the president, Act
ing Secretary Oliver ordered com
pany of infantry from Fort Gibbon, in
Alaska, to Fairbanks, in that territory
to preserve order during the mining
strike in that section.
Indictments, alleging perjury were
returned in New York against former
governor of New Jerfey, Foster M
Voorhees,, and Frank III. Combes, fol
lowing a grand jury inquiry into the
acts of these two men while they were
officials of the Bankers Life Insurance
company.
1t was stated on what was believed
to be good authority that w. B. Ridge
ly, comptroller of the currency. has
decided to accept the presidency oil
the reorganized National Bank OF
80 uyh 81
suspended payment during the late
financial stringency.
Mrs. Martha Anderson was found
dead, lying on cot in her room in
GAINESVILLE, Wis, with her throat cut
from ear to ear. Investigations by the
police indicate she was murdered.
George H. Norman, who as an Off
Ger on the gunboat Gloucester during
the Spanish.American war took Ad-
miral Cervera of the. Spanish fleet of
the burning flagship lnfanta Maria
Teresa, died in Brookline, Mass.
Newton Edmunds, former governor
of Dakota territory and president OF
the Yankton National bank. died at
Yankton of paralysis. aged SS years.
The III laundries In Cincinnati under
indictment for organizing combine
to raise prices pleaded guilty and each
was fined $50 and costs. The trust
also agreed to dissolve.
Violation of the postal laws by car.
rying first-class mail matter was
charged against the American Express
company in suit filed in the United
States district court at Cincinnati by
District Attorney Mcpherson.
Clyde Cant of Belleville. ILL.,, was
convicted OF the murder OF Henry
Dickerman and sentenced to IA years
in the penitentiary.
That the fight of the administration
against the Standard Oil company was
only bluff was asserted in the
house of representatives by Mr..
Rainey Of Illinois. who spoke at length
on his bill placing on the free list
petroleum crude or refined. or it's
products
John e. Venson set a new American
record by jumping lie feet on skis at
the Duluth tournament.
Sir James Knowles, founder and
proprietor of the Nineteenth Century,
died in London
The Mississippi senate passed the
house statutory prohibition bill.
1t is announced that there is pros.
pect OF Raisuli, the Moroccan bandit,
appearing on the variety stage in Lon.
don.
The Chicago. Cincinnati & Louis.
vile Railroad company was put in the
hands of a receiver.
Mrs. Clara C. Hoffman. president of
the Missouri W. c. T. u. died at
Kansas City after long illness, aged
SIS years.
Charles Peccorino. said to be the
leader Of a Black Hand society which
caused the murder of wealthy Italian
at Lake Charles, La, was arrested at
Hastings, Col.
/ The British steamer Roda, Capt.
Burdis, from Huelva for New York
with a cargo of iron ore, went ashore
during thick fog abreast of the Jones
life-saving station. Just below Amity.
vile, Long Island.
Capt E. b Underwood has been
chosen for the command of the cruiser
Colorado, vice Capt. Sidney Stanton
who will be appointed a member OF
the general board of the navy.
One boy was stabbed to death and
three wounded during a fight among
inmates of the correctional institution
in Randalls Island, New York.
After an exciting debate lasting six
hours which developed into riot on
the floor Of the Japanese house of rep
resentatives, the financial budget was
passed by majority of 102.
Col. Andrew Wendell, member OF
the squad of soldiers which captured
j. Wilkes Booth, the assassin OF Abra
ham Lincoln, and who was present
when Booth was shot, died at hit
home in Chicago.
Arthur Sullivan, pioneer OF south
ern Montana, died at Dillon, Mont.
aged 80.
The Michigan Republican state cen
trail committee fixed May IL as the
date and Grand Rapids as the place
for the state convention to elect dele
gates-at large to the national Repub
lican convention.
A. H., Cline, prominent lumber
man, was shot and instantly .-illed by
Luke Banner, a wealthy merchant oil
Elk Park, ~ c.
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of the Illinois Grain Dealers associa.
ton and for more than 40 years a
grain dealer in central Illinois. died at
his home In Forsyth, Ill.
The announcement that about 1000,