Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-01-16

Thomas Smell, the late millionaire
railroad builder, in Clinton, H., to
break the will which cuts young Smell
of with an annuity Of but $50. Sen
sational statements were made by
counsel for the plaintiff to the effect
that Col. Smell had expended no less
than 100000 upon women during the
last ten years of his life, of which
1850 had gone to his alleged grand
niece, Maybelle Smell, of Kansas City,
Mo-, now Mrs. Mcnamara.
The district. court Of appeals at
San Francisco handed down decision
setting aside the judgment in the case
of former Mayor Eugene e. Schmitz,
convicted of extortion in the French
restaurant case. Abe Ruef also bene-
fits by the ruling.
The old historic building at New
bern, N c., which was part of Gov.
Tryon's place before the revolutionary
war was destroyed by fire.
| Two negro farm hands who made a
murderous assault on Mr.. and Mrs.
Martin Livingston at Goldsboro. Ca,
were captured by posse and shot to
death.
Cyrus J. Lawrence, aged rs, of the
New York banking firm of Cyrus j.
Lawrence & Son and vice president
Of the Bush Terminal company. died
Mack st. Clair and Solomon Law
renee, shot firers, were instantly killed
in an explosion In a mine at Prince
ton. Ind.
Friends of Jack London, the author,
are beginning to feel anxiety over his
failure to arrive at the Marquesas is
lands, which he was expected to reach
early in December.
Frank j. McBrien. wealthy retired
business man was killed in New York
in saving the life of Mrs. Mary
Scheele of Brooklyn, who had fallen in
the path of train.
Martin Maloney of Philadelphia be.
gan court proceedings to have an
nulled the marriage of his daughter
Helen to Arthur Herbert Osborn of
New York in 1905.
Hughes for the Republican presiden-
tial nomination was launched at
Hughes dollar dinner In New York
CITY,
w. j. Bryan, speaking at Danville,
ILL.,, said he believed the Republicans
would nominate Speaker Cannon for
the presidency.
Austin o. Sexton. once active in
Chicago in state and local politics,
died at the home of his daughter at
Hammond, Ind.
L. c. Storrs of Lansing. Mich, aged
TO- secretary of the Michigan state
board of charities and correction, died
suddenly of heart failure on a Queen
& Crescent train near Somerset, KY.
Urban Angney, captain of last years
football team at Kansas university,
committed suicide at Lawrence, Kan.
by jumping from the. dome of Frazer
hall.
Edward Burch, at Hampton, Va,
and Miss Eva Downing, at Winchester,
KY, were married by long distance
telephone.
William Shamburger persisted in
fire that partly destroyed the round
house and shops of the Lake Shore
road at Elkhart, Ind.
Christopher H. Conner, former city
comptroller of La Crosse, Wis, and
one of the best-known Democratic
politicians in western Wisconsin, died
at Spokane.
Five men were injured, one prob
oh faf oil hn Of
sengers endangered by a terrific head
on collision on the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & st. Paul railway in Chicago.
Chinese students educated in Amer
lea have taken precedence over those
educated in Europe and in Japan, ac-
cording to advices received at the
state department from American Con
sui General Bergholz at Canton, China.
Vernon l.. Nettleton of Coldwater,
Mich, gashed his sisters throat with
carving knife and then killed him
self.
w. B. Thomas was elected presi-
dent of the American Sugar Refining
company to succeed the late H, o.
Havemeyer
The courthouse at Calhoun. KY, was
destroyed by fire. All court records
for Mclean county were burned.
Lansing, Mich, was seized by a
strange malady, thousands of persons
being stricken with nausea and acute
intestinal trouble.
Being unable to meet payments due
On his stock in the Institution Angus
tus Heinze lost control of the Mercan-
tile National bank of New York The
stock was taken back by Edwin
Gould.
Father Charles f. Kearful of st.
| Joseph. Mo-, has been notified by the
| state department at Washington that
he is heir to fortune of 100000. left
by his uncle, prominent wool mer-
chant, who died recently in Sydney,
| Australia.
Judge Munger of the federal court
at Omaha ordered the jury to acquit
| Henry Sutton, who had been on trial
on charge of conspiracy to defraud the
government out of large tracts of
| land.
Judge Walter H. Sanborn. OF the
! United States circuit court at st. Paul
Mimi, appointed A. B. Stickney ana
| Charles H. +. Smith, both residents
of st. Paul, receivers for the Chicago
| Great Western railroad.
Postmaster General Meyer ordered
that it shall be condition of any con-
tract hereafter entered into for carry
ixaa fhA atI
wagon. messenger OF special service
route. that the contractor shall not
transport intoxicating liquor from one
point to another upon such route while
in the performance of nail Aservice.