Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-11-12


versity Of North Carolina, and a men
Der Of the varsity football, clever
who was injured during the prelim
nary practice Of the team In Septem
Der, is dead.
i Two women and five children pei
ished In a burning farmhouse nea
I Swan Lake, Man.
chancellor e. BENJAMIN Andrews o
the University of Nebraska resigned
10 take effect January 1.
! The people of Plauen, Germany
were terrified by violent earthquak,
shock.
The Citizens and Farmers Stat,
bank Of Arkansas City, Kan, closed it
| doors.
The suit to GUST the Western Trus
and Savings bank of Chicago as trus
tee of the 100000 900 bond issue Of the
Chicago & Milwaukee Electric Rail
road Company was begun In Milwau
kee by Alexander Beaubien, q bond
holder.
Boston's park system fund has beer
increased by mere than $4,000, 900 by
the terms of George F. Parkman's will
made 80 years ago.
Mount McCulloch, which last year
thrust its head up from the center of
Bogaslov island, 60 miles west of
Unalaska, has disappeared In the
throes of another volcanic change.
Many mills and factories that have
been running on half time have begun
operating on full time.
While attempting to arrest Jesse
Rice, negro. at Riverside, Pa, Con.
stable George Brown shot him dead
and was himself fatally shot in the
abdomen by the negro.
Phil Short, one of the best known
newspaper men in North Dakota, was
shot and killed by Clayton Yeakins
while they were hunting deer In Nc
Kenzie county, N. D.
John Hagen, hotel keeper at
Scranton, N. Y, killed his wife and
son and attempted suicide
Nine laborers were killed by a pre-
mature blast on the Grand Trunk Pa
cific road near Dryden, Man.
Fire in the business district of
Blanchard, N. D., destroyed $4,000
worth Of property.
After announcing he would make
the jump If he broke his neck" Peter
Kramer. an aeronaut from St. Louis,
was killed a: Princeton, ILL.,, by being
dashed against a church steeple.
]. Nelson Veit, . young New York
broker, killed his wealthy mother and
himself presumably because she
wouldn't be reconciisa to his mar
rage.
Prince Louis d'Orleans Braganza
and Princess Maria-Pia of Bourbon.
Sicily. were married at Cannes,
France.
Fire destroyed 100000 worth of
property in the business portion of
Sherman. Tex.
Business property valued at 100000
was destroyed by fire in Pembroke,
Ont.
Near Jefferson City, Tenn, Victor
Mcmahon. a prominent farmer, prob
ably fatally shot Mrs. John Wilkes,
the wife Of tenant on his farm, while
shooting at her husband. Wilkes then
emptied the contents Of a shotgun into
McMahon's breast.
Israel JAMESON, former cashier OF
a bank in Lindersburg, Sweden, who
was arrested by detective at Yankee
Bush, Pa, has, It is alleged, made
complete confession, admitting he alb.
stractea $4,000 kroners of the banks
funds.
Maj. Henry Burnett, 50 years old, of
Osceola, Ark, shot A. 3. clancy,
saloon-keeper of Chaffee, Nc. Hao
killed Burnett's son last September.
Mrs. Catherine Louis Lynn Of Chi.
cago, while mentally derarged. killed
her baby girl and cut her own throat.
The anniversary of the indepen-
dence of the republic of Panama was
celebrated enthusiastically In Colon.
An edict issued by the emperor Of
China confers a decoration upon the
dalai lama of Tibet who has been alb
sent from Lhassa for the last fou:
years, grants him an annual salary OF
$4,000 year Snd orders him to return
to Tibet.
Two Of the Wisconsin counterfeit
ers. Albert and Hugo Donnerstag. who
sawed their way out of the Dane coun-
ty Jail during a rainstorm, were re-
captured at the home Of their brother,
Rudolph, in the wilds of northern Wis
consin.
While 10000 spectators were loudly
cheering his successful flight with a
glider, when 70 feet In the air, Law
renee J. Lesh. the 16-year-old areonaut,
fell to the ground with terrific force
at the Morris park racetrack. fractur-
ing his ankle.
Robbers entered Hubbell (Mich.)
post Office, blew open the safe and
stole $500 worth of stamps and some
valuable papers.
A spectacular fire that was marked
by many thrilling incidents destroyed
the lumber yards of r. A. & j. ]. VII.
liams, in Philadelphia, entailing q loss
estimated at s750.0O0.
News was brought by the steamer
Antilochus of heavy floods and great
loss Of life in Formosa. All the rivers
In the neighborhood Of Keeling, Ciram
and Tanko oerflowed and 40 junks
were wrecked.
Harry Sampson. nephew OF the
late Admiral Sampson. was found shot
to death in his residence near Pal
myra. N. Y.
Justice Stafford of the supreme
court of the District Of Columbia over
ruled the motions for new tria! made
by Frederick A. Hyde and Joost II.
Schneider, convicted last spring Of
cnn sniracv to defraud the limited