Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-12-10


Mrs. Elizabeth johnson Mariani
daughter of Mayor Tom Johnson O
Cleveland, o., was granted divorces
from FREDERICK Mariani OF New York
Malvern Hill, the historic colonia
residence IL miles below Richmond OF
James river, belonging to William H
Hall Of New York, was completely de
stroyed by fire.
Three Dutch warships made dem
onstration against Venezuela b!
steaming. along its coast from Puerto
+ Cabeflo to La Guaira
Nord Alexis. president Of Hayti. was
deposed by the people Of Port AZ
Prince, attacked insulted and cursed
and took refuge on a French vessel
Gen. Legitime .las proclaimed his sue
| cessor.
For many hours during the night
following the flight of Nord Alexis, de
posed president Of Hayti, riot and pill
iage prevailed in Port au Prince Final
ly troops fired on the mob, killing IL
wounding many and dispensing the
rest.
Unable to Withstand the continued
pressure of the water hurled against II
through the diyerting of the current OF
the Arkansas river, the result of the
dynamiting operations, the government
dyke at the foot Of Alabama street
Pine Bluff. Ark, several blocks south
Of the former danger zone, was washed
away for distance of 200 yards.
Poison conveyed in letter is be.
lieved to have caused the death Of
Henry Boas, salesman for an electric
company in San Francisco.
Seventeen fishermen persisted In a
storm which dashed the Newfoundland
coast for 4S hours.
A $4,000 pearl necklace stolen from
the home of Frank G. Jones in Mem
phis, Tenn, on the night of February
10 last, was recovered in New York
1t belongs to Garrett E. Lamb of Clin.
ton. la.
Alexander Shipoff, millionaire pro.
prietor of the Neva ferry line and one
of the richest men of st. Petersburg,
was condemned to six months impris-
onment on the charge of criminal neg.
ligence in connection with the founder.
ing of the ferry steamer Archangelsk.
Gen. Ismail Mahir Pasha, former
aide-de-camp of the sultan, who inves-
ttsated the revolutionary movement in
the army last May, and who was con-
sidered to have been a spy of the old
regime was assassinated by an army
officer
Ex-Mayor Adolphus Seebohm of
Pomeroy, o., committed suicide in
loom in Gallipolis, o., by blowing his
brains out with a pistol.
Timothy r. Palmer, who resigned
recently as president of the Minnesota
Mutual Life Insurance Company, com
mitted suicide in st. Paul because of
i'll health.
Thirty-five Japanese fishing boats
we're wrecked in typhoon, $50 men
losing their lives.
John Gill. Jail turnkey at Jackson.
Miss, committed suicide. His only
explanation was he had tried to be
gentleman and failed.
Burglars blew open the safe Of the
First National bank of Pepperell,
Mass, took $4,000, and escaped in an
automobile.
The Federal Council of the Church
of Christ in America was formally
opened in the Academy of Music at
Philadelphia with impressive ceremo-
MES.
A prepossessing and richly gowned
Brooklyn hotel as Mrs. S. H. Falconer
of Sioux Falls, S. D., committed sui
eide by shooting.
Fire destroyed the clothing and jew
elry store of Anthony Shapiro at Dick
son City, Pa, and Mr.. Shapiro, son
and daughter and Mrs. Shapiro's par
ents lost their lives.
The will of the late Delos Blodgett
of Grand Rapids left an estate valued
at $12,000,00 to his three children.
News was received of the sinking
of the Japanese steamer Ginsei Maru.
70 lives being lost.
Martial law was proclaimed in
Prague because of the riots between
Czechs and Germans.
The rule of Nord Alexis, president
of Hayti, Is nearly ended, for he can
not stop the steady advance Of the
revolutionists. Gen. Antoine Simon is
about to attack Jacmel, and will then
resume his march on the capital.
The celebration of the diamond jubi
lee Of Emperor Francis Joseph began
with an illumination of Vienna more
gorgeous than anything ever before
seen. The crowd was so dense that
two persons were killed and many
others injured.
The supreme court of the United
States reversed the decision of the
United States circuit court for the
eastern district of Virginia, holding to
be unconstitutional the order of the
state railroad commission fixing two
cent passenger rate on state business,
7 the effect being to uphold the order.
Chief of Police Biggey of San Fran.
cisco was drowned off Alcatraz island.
Canada will be represented at the
Seattle exhibition next spring, the
government having decided to make
an appropriation.
Four armed men held up a street car
in New York and robbed the passen.
gers.
Edward Ward Vanderbilt of Brook.
| Ign, husband of the "spiritualistic
bishop" Mary Ann Scannell-Pepper
Vanderbilt, was declared sane by a
| sheriff's jury.
Mrs. Nicholas p Errington of Chi
cago killed her 11-year-old daughter