Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-02-27

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sonal friend of Leo Tolstoy, was adj
| judged insane in Oakland, Cal.
1 A Missouri Pacific train was lost for
more than so hours between Auburn
and Crete, Neb The road was
blocked for rs miles.
! A petition for the impeachment OF
Judge l.. r. Wiley of Shanghai. Judge
of the United States court of China.
vas introduced in the house.
Information from unofficial and indi-
vidual sources evidencing the agrees
siveness of Japan in Manchuria has
Deen accommodating In the state depart
ment at Washington. That this con-
dition Is irritating In increasing de-
grees to China is a matter OF knowi-
| edge.
| Millionaires, race-track followers,
clergymen, lawyers and legislators
were represented at the hearing be-
1 fore the joint senate and assembly
/ codes committee on the Agnew-Hart
bill at Albany, N. Y.
The American battleship fleet has
| -.eached Callao.
! : The northeast storm, the worst In
years, ragged in northern New York
and rapidly added to the snow that
covers the whole Adirondack region.
! w. II. Cresviston, on trial for the
murder of H. Wellington Stewart In
lola on the night of December 8. 1907,
was convicted of murder in the first
degree by jury.
! Mrs. John Angus and her two small
children were burned to death in their
homes at Tallyho, w. Va.
/ Both Secretary Taft and Whitelaw
| Reid denounced talk of war between
Japan and the United States as "ridic-
Ilous" and nonsense"
| William Jones and wife were found
guilty by Chicago jury of kidnapping
Lillian Wulff. The man was given 80
years and woman 25 years in prison.
President Roosevelt, in letter to
the interstate commerce commission,
| told of the danger of strike on the
railroads over contemplated wage re-
auctions and suggested an inquiry into
! the claim that the cut is made neces-
sary by adverse legislation.
Creditors made terms to e. r.
Thomas of New York in regard to the
control of his property and the re-
newal of loans.
! A New York paper printed cables
from Europe telling of an alleged deal
| for the purchase of the Philippines by
Germany.
Germany's imperial treasury de-
partment is considering the possibility
! of a government petroleum monopoly.
French soldiers had serious en-
gagement with the kloors at point
about ID miles southeast of Fedala,
! Morocco The French had two Off
GERS and several soldiers killed and 20
men wounded.
Mrs. Oscar Anderson apd baby were
drowned while trying to ford the Dry
| Glaze near Decaturville, Mo.
The Mexican government has raised
the ban against importation of rifles
| into that country. providing the i'm
| oorters can show good cause for TAX
ing them in.
| Because his wife threatened to get
divorce. L. Asbury shot and killed
| her and then killed himself at Seattle,
| Wash.
The New York senate passed by a
vote of 80 to the Page bill providing
for a commission of Is to investigate
the government of New York city.
Reports that the marriage Of Harry
X. Thaw and Evelyn Thaw is to be
annulled, or that they are to be di-
vorced, are denied.
! The memorandum of the Japanese
government in reply to that of the
United States on the subject Of emf
grafton was handed to Ambassador
O'Brien in Tokyo.
The Civic federation of Burlington,
Ia, has notified the mayor and other
city officials that gamblers must be
| driven out.
owen Wister, the novelist, was de-
| feated for alderman in the municipal
election in Philadelphia.
Senator Knox introduced in the SEN
ate bill to establish a system of
postal savings banks.
Gracey, KY, was visited by band
of 25 masked night riders. After TAX
ing possession of the telephone ex-
change and taking Town Marshal
| Waters prisoner they terrorized the in
habitants by firing guns and pistols.
The fight for control of the London
Times is still raging. An American
syndicate, headed by Moberly Bell,
present manager of the paper, has
offered $4,25O,OOO for it, while C. A.
Pearson's offer is $3,750,000.
William J. Bryan's visit to Column
bus, o., was signalized by the Demo
| cratic state central committee unani-
mousely indorsing his candidacy for
the presidency.
| The divorce question was excluded
from the new Michigan constitution
which is receiving it's finishing touches
at the hands of the constitutional con-
vention.
Wah Shun Cab, chief of the Kaw
! Indians, died at his home near Arkan-
sas City, Kan, aged So years.
! T. e. Pritchard, third officer on the
steamer Crispin, and victim of vel
! low fever, died, making the second
victim of the disease since the vessel
went into quarantine at Galveston.
Assistant Matron Clara Sterling of
the Children's home at Canal Dover,
D., confessed to having driven tack
! through the end of chfld's tongue as
punishment and was fined ten dollars.
Gov Deneen issued proclamation
designating April "a as Arbor day and
October "a as Bird day in Illinois.
Ensign e Sons private bank In