Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-09-17
GEN ERAL- NEWS.

The towns OF Grand Mara1S and
Beaver Bay were reported to be burn
ing and many other places were en-
1angered by the forest fires of Michi-
gan and Minnesota.
A hurricane of great fury swept
over Turks Islands, B. w. l., and the
town of Grand Turk was devastated.
number of lives have been lost, but
Just how many cannot yet be said.
Emperor William disappointed the
general expectation that he would set
foot on French territory in the course
Of a sightseeing voyage along the
Vosges range.
In fight lasting one hour, ten min
ntes and 26 seconds, Orville Wright
surpassed all his exploits for a time
and distance flight for heavier-than-
air machine.
The number of unemployed in Lon
don England, was strikingly illus.
trated when 5000 men surrounded and
attempted to make their way into a
hospital which had advertised for a
porter at a wage of $3.50 a week and
meals.
Warm praise was given President
Roosevelt by Judge E. H. Gary, chair.
man of the board of directors of the
United States Steel corporation, at a
banquet given for him by Sir Hugh
Bell president of the Iron and Steel
institute, and others.
The plant of the Cosmosdale Cement
Company, located at Cosmosdale, II
miles southwest of Louisville, burned
with a loss estimated at $2,000,000.
American workingmen and working
women, represented by the American
Federation of Labor, will cooperate
with the coming worlds congress on
tuberculosis to prevent the spread OF
consumption in workshops, homes and
public buildings.
The formal notification of John Tenn.
pie Graves of his nomination as vice
presidential candidate of the Independ
ence party took place at the Ponce de
Leon Casino in Atlanta, Ga.
The board of directors of the Nation,
al Federation of Women's Clubs Sc.
lected Cincinnati as the place of the
| 1910 biennial convention.
Descendants of Maj Gen. Alexander
Macomb, first commander-in-chie OF
! the United States army, gathered in
! Detroit from many parts of the United
States for the unwilling of a statue
! of Gen. Macomb, erected at the site
of his birthplace under the auspices of
the Michigan Society of the Daughters
of 1912.
Paris Fletcher member of a well.
known real estate firm of St. Paul,
Mimi, and prominent socially, was in.
stantly killed and Mrs. Fletcher was
severely injured by the overturning of
their automobile at Minnesota, near
Wabasha, Mimi.
The steamer Rutledge, the largest
excursion craft in local waters, was
badly damaged while attempting to
pass through the Northwestern draw.
bridge at Winona, Mimi.
Forest fires broke out anew in north.
ern Minnesota, destroying the village
Of Snowfall and threatening several
large towns.
Collaborating sand was found in
Kansas City by man digging a els.
! tern.
Heavy rain fell in northern Mime,
sofa, saving Hibbing from the forest
| fires.
Robbers dynamited the post Office
safe at Breckenridge Mo, and got
away with $1,100 worth of stamps and
a small amount of cash.
The McAlpin trophy in the national
shooting tournament at Seagrt, N. j..
was won by the Ohio team.
The Union passenger station al
Memphis, Tenn, was destroyed by
fire.
The Belgian senate adopted the
Congo annexation treaty and the colo
NAL charter
Capt. Walter Auble Of the San Fran
cisco police was probably fatally shot
! by burglars.
] Fire nearly wiped out the village OF
Chtckasaw. seven miles south of Ca