Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-12-03

quarantine against that state was es-
tablished by Illinois and Canada.
The department of agriculture or
dered a quarantine against the entire
state of Maryland so far as cattle and
sheep, ETC., are concerned, on account
of the appearance of foot and mouth
disease.
Prominent Frenchmen are involved
in a great scandal resulting from the
Steinheil case, and the truth about
President Faure's death may become
known. Nine. Steinheil was arrested
as a result of her confession that ever
since her painter husband and Nine.
Japy were murdered May 81 she has
known who the murderer was and that
she had been enacting farce In her
attempts to help the police find the as
sassin whom she wished to shield.
The census bureau says the divorce
rate in America is higher than in any
other country, at least one marriage to
IL terminating in divorce.
Protestant pastors throughout the
Kansas and Missouri zinc mining dis
trict offered Thanksgiving day prayers
for higher tariff on zinc ore.
Under circumstances puzzling to the
police, Salvatore Baldona, wealthy
Italian grocer Of Philadelphia, was
found murdered on a sidewalk near
his home in Chestnut Hill. Baldona
recently received number of threat
ening letters demanding money.
AS the result of a quarrel over a
cock fight at Pocahontas, Va, Frank
Butt of Bromwell, w. Va, was shot
and fatally wounded; Judge Owen, po-
lice justice of Pocahontas was shot
through the lungs and Lee Carter of
Pocahontas received bullet wound.
Official denial was made in Hayti OF
the report that Minister of the Interior
Leconte was killed by the rebels.
Peter Cunningham and wife of Pa
terson were asphyxiated by gas from
a leaky main, three children were
overcome and three men We're badly
injured by an explosion when they
lit a match to find the leak.
Ernest Verweibe's wonderful work
as fullback on Harvard's football elev-
en-, which defeated Yale, has been rec
ognized by President Roosevelt, who
has written a letter to Verweibe con-
graduating him.
The British steamer Sardinia of the
Ellerman line, bound for Alexandria,
with a crew of "A Englishmen, IL first
and six second cabin English passen-
gers, and nearly 200 Arab pilgrims
aboard burned close to the port of
Valetta, Malta, and more than hun
dred persons lost their lives, including
the captain and many of the crew.
William l.. Hilliard of Boston, driv-
ing the Italian entry, the Lancia, won
the international light car race at Sa-
vannah, Ga, averaging more than 52
miles an hour for 1876 miles.
In Madison Square garden, New
York, Dorando Pietra defeated John j.
Hayes in what was practically re-
newal of the memorable struggle be-
tween the two men in the Marathon
race at the Olympic games in Eng
land.
A large bulldog belonging to Benja-
min Desom of Evansville, Ind, at
tackled his horse and killed the animal
Much property was destroyed and a
number of persons were injured by
tornadoes in Christian county, Mis-
souri,, and Delaware county, Iowa.
The Indiana monument to soldiers
from that state who died in Amber
sonville prison was unveiled in the
presence of Gov. Frank Hanly and
staff and other notables.
Six riotous strikers were shot by
deputy sheriffs in Keasbey, N. j., and
Gov. Fort sent four companies of the
state guard to quell the disturbance
An equestrian statue of Gen. Philip
H. Sheridan was unveiled at Wash
ington with elaborate ceremonies in
which President Roosevelt and many
other distinguished men participated
The hospital ship, overdue at Ma
Mia, was badly damaged in typhoon
r. w. Drake, prominent planter
was murdered at his home near Lane
Vile, Ala.
Robbers secured $4,000 from the
bank in Tonawanda, Neb., and $4,000
| from a bank in Page, Neb.
The department of commerce and
labor has ordered the deportation Of
| 81 persons who came from Great
| Britain under an alleged unlawful con.
| tract with the Firth Carpet Company
of Firth Cliff, N. Y.
| Walter Wellman sued a Paris sport.
ng papSr for 100000 because it called
his polar expedition IAN American
bluff"
| Carl Loose, a New York baker, shot
and killed his daughter Meta, aged
II, and probably fatally wounded hi,
son Frederick, pastor of Lutheran
church at Yale, S. d.
Three firemen were seriously in.
iured and ten others overcome BY
smoke during a fire at the new Hotel
Monroe in Butler, Pa.
Mrs. Georgianna Sampson of Pal
nyra, N. y, widow of Harry Samp
son, nephew of the late Admiral
sampson, was arrested charged with
he murder of her husband, whose
death was at first said to be suicide
Judge Milo A. Root of the supreme
court of Washington, whose Official
actions are under investigation by
the State Bar association, has re
signed.
Thousands of the unemployed O.
London. carrying banner with the
words, Work or Revolution, the gov
eminent must decide" marched
through the fashionable districts o
the city.
Three negroes who were arrested
| or the murder of snecial Danntu Che