Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-01-30

Fulton, aged 80, sisters, were burned
to death in their home near st. Glars
vile, o.
Miss Georgia A. Smythe, a waitress
In Boston lunch room, has received
news from her horne in New Bruins
wick that she is entitled to fortune
of 100000 by virtue Of being great
great-grandaughter of Maria Fitzher-
bert. celebrated in history as having
been married to King George Nv. Of
England.
Hooking. Ia. small mining town,
was partly burned. The powder house
of the mines exploded and started the
fire.
DR.. Farmano Lopez, who was con-
nected with the recent conspiracy to
blow up Premier Franco Of Portugal
with bomb, made daring escape
from the San Julia prison, strong
fortress at the mouth of the Tagus
river.
James H. Smith and his daughter,
Mrs. Matte Halpin, were burned to
death at Irvington, Ind.
The Haytian revolutionists captured
the town of Port-de-Paix.
1t was announced at an alumni ban
quet in New York that $4,000 needed
to obtain the gift of $4,000 by Andrew
Carnegie for the Illinois college at
Jacksonville, ILL.,, had been raised.
All the missing passengers and crew
of the steamer Amsterdam were taken
into port at Hook Of Holland by the
Norwegian steamer Songa.
District Judge George NJ Bourquin
at Butte, Mont. approved loan of
100000 by Edward Creighton Largey
to the State Savings bank, a suspend
ed Heinze institution, to resume bust
ness.
The will of Mrs Lydia Bradley, who
died at Peoria, ILL.,, leaves $4,000,000
to the Bradley Polytechnic institute,
affiliated with the University of Chi
cago, and only $4,000 to heirs and
others
Three valuable miniatures of the
duchess of Fife, the queen of Norway
and Princess Victoria, all belonging
to Queen Alexandra, were stolen by
burglars from the studio of an en-
graver in London.
Turie Nordstrom, wanted in Chica-
go for passing forged check amount
ing to $4,000, was arrested at May
port, Fla, on board yacht which he
had purchased at Brunswick, Ga.
Several hundred men were dubbed
INV he har-
were more or less seriously hurt in
the loop district when 200 uniformed
patrolmen and detectives charged an
army of the unemployed in efforts
to dispense them The army" was
marching toward the city hall to de-
mand work. 1t was finally disrupted.
Frank j. Constantine, who killed
Mrs. Louise Gentry in Chicago and
who attempted suicide in the Joliet
by throwing himself from
a gallery, died.
Several severe earthquake shocks
Calabria, Italy, and did great damage
to buildings.
An attempt to overthrow the mon
archy and proclaim Portugal repub-
lie was nipped in the bud by the
prompt action of the government The
plot was organized by small group of
advanced republicans, the leaders of
whom were arrested. The plan was to
assassinate Premier Franco and then
depend for success upon street risings,
supported by secret, republican and
'abor organizations, armed with bombs
and revolvers.
Believing that his illness would re-
suit fatally, John Fetter, aged 73 years.
Of South Bethlehem, Pa, confessed
that he murdered his daughter, Ella |
Fetter, aged 80 years, in November,
1894.
Fire at Deer River, Mimi, destroyed |
a block and a half of the business
portion of the town, causing loss es.
timated at 100000.
Mrs. Henry A. Alexander, daughter
Of the late Gen. Joseph T.. Terrence
Of Chicago eloped from Hyeres, |
France, with William Graham Blakes-
.on, an Englishman.
The Baltimore & Ohio railroad cut |
Ill salaries of officers and employees
receiving $3.50 a month and over.
Three firemen were killed and Is
injured in the worst fire Baltimore
has had since the big confiagration
If 1904. The loss is estimated at |
$500, 1000.
Charles Mitchell, aged 20 years, a
retired wholesale dealer, died at st.
Joseph, Mo. He was wounded on the
Merrimac in it's first days fight with
he Monitor during the civil war.
Rev. ]. w. O'Bryant. who has been
pastor. of the Hyde Park Methodist
church of st. Joseph, Mo-, has re-
signed to become a street car con-
luctor on suburban line.
King Alfonso of Spain while hunt
ng had narrow escape from being
killed by wild boar.
The supreme court of the United
States denied the petition for an APP
peal In the Chicago Street Railroad re-
case.
In order to prevent the spread of
scarlet fever, the board of education
If Minneapolis decided to burn large
1umber of text books.
At Dowagiac, Mich, an audience of
bout $50. mostly women and children.
vas thrown into panic by fire in a
moving picture theater. No one was
eriously injured.
The board of pardons Of Minnesota
.ommuted to life Imprisonment the
of Peter Nielsen Mathiasen,
Who was to have been hanged in Bel
rami county for the murder of Jo-
lann Johannsen.
Gov. Hughes, acknowledging the In
lorsement of the New York Republi-