Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-08-06

a trolley car on the Brooklyn bridge
when fuse blew out.
G. Winthrop Sands, a stepson of w
K. Vanderbilt, was killed just outside
the grounds of Mr.. Vanderbilt's coun
try seat, the Chateau st. Louis dc
Poissy. 20 miles from Paris. by the
wrecking of his automobile. He was
| pinned under the car, which exploded
and was shockingly MANNED and
burned.
One man was killed and a score
wounded in an attempt of mob to
storm the Jail at Pensacola, Fla, and
take out Leander A. Shaw, a negro
who assaulted Mrs. Lillian Davis. The
mob finally secured the negro and
hanged him.
Sayyid Muhammed, the Persian Ma
tionalist leader and the foremost ora.
tor of the recent parliament, called
the Persian Mirabeau," was assas
sinated at Hamadan, presumably by
agents of the shah.
Frank T. Wells, aged 81, of Keno.
sha, Wis, was arrested in Cambridge,
Mass. as fugitive from justice. He
is wanted at Kenosha on the charge
of larceny of $4,000 from the First Ma.
tional bank of that place, on October
| IL, 1907.
Frank LitZenberger, owner Of the
Eaton Lumber company, committed
suicide at Eaton, o.. by wading into
the middle of creek and firing a bull,
let into the roof of his mouth.
Miss Clare l.. McNown member of
the Eau Claire high school faculty,
was drowned in Rice lake, Wisconsin.
Gen. James A. Drain, president of
the American Rifle association, was
robbed in London of jewelry and two
medals won at Bisley by the American
rifle team.
An adopted daughter of Benjamin
Hart, American millionaire who died
in France, began a fight to secure a
share of his estate.
The sultan of Turkey proclaimed a
general amnesty to all political fugi-
tives from Turkey in America.
Soldiers and strikers fought in
Vigneaux, France, and several per-
sons were killed.
Missouri and Kansas began suits
against the alleged lumber trust, and
similar suits were prepared in Okla
homa and Texas.
DR.. l.. w. Blanchard, prominent
physician and church worker of Har-
rison, Ark, and his father and mother
were arrested as coupterfeiters.
Democrats of West Virginia nomi-
mated Louis Bennett for governor and
Endorsed negro Acknowledgement
The village of Mehrn in the Austrian
Tyrol was destroyed by a landslide,
about 16 persons being killed.
Two prominent Brooklynites, Col.
Edward E. Britton, formerly presi-
dent of the Eagle Savings and Loan
company of that borough, and Fred
erick H. Schroeder, formerly second
vice-president of the same institution,
were arrested after being indicted on
charge of grand larceny.
Infatuated because she had filed suit
for the annulment of her marriage,
Grover Willoughby. 81 years old, shot
than a week at Lebanon, Mo-, and
killed himself.
Tony" Martin, said to come from a
prominent family of Quincy, ILL.,, was
arrested charged with robbing the res
idence of ]. E. Murphy of Peoria.
Mexican troops and revolutionists
had an engagement in Mexico opposite
Comstock, Tex, and two American
residents of Mexico were killed.
John Schultz, paying teller of the
First National bank of Racine, Wis,
disappeared and his accounts were
found to be $4,000 short.
Following up his crusade against
the appearance of unclothed women
in the Paris theaters, Project of Police
Lepine has given orders that the sale
of obscene pictures on the boulevards
be suppressed.
nounced that 10000 men are needed
to harvest the wheat crop in western
Canada.
Thirty-six prominent bookmakers OF
New York were indicted for violating
the anti-gambling laws.
Joseph Chamberlain returned to
England from the continent in a very
grave condition. His eyesight is seri-
ously affected.
The Independence party in its first
national convention at Chicago nom
mated Thomas l.. Hisgen of Massa-
chusetts for president and John Tenn
pie Graves of Georgia for vice-presi-
dent. Friends Of Mr.. Bryan made an
effort to bring his name before the
convention and the man who at.
tempted it produced a riot and mar.
rowly escaped physical violence at the
! hands of the indignant delegates.
DR.. Andrew Bergen Cropsey, the vet
Urinary surgeon who shot and killed
his wife in her home at Bath Beach
died suddenly in the Raymond street
Jail, Brooklyn.
President Castro has issued decree
prohibiting the dispatch of vessels
with cargo for Grenada or other
islands in the Antilles, thereby clos
ing the Venezuelan gulf ports entirely
to export and import trade with the
West Indies. Great indignation is felt
in the British colonies, and it is ex
pected that the aid of the British gov
eminent will be sought to secure pro
lection against the methods of Presi
dent Castro.
The interstate commerce commits
sion decided that shippers might com
bine small quantities of freight oil
various ownership either by arrange
ment among themselves or through
the medium of the forwarding agency
and ship the combined lot at the rela
lively lower rates applicable to large