Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-10-14
GENERAL NOTES.

Sensational developments are ex
pected in the jury-tampering scandal
at Chicago. States Attorney Way.
man has discovered much new evi.
dence and drafts of more indictments
are being prepared and the present
grand jury is expected to return them.
Action has been begun at Washing
ton before the interstate commerce
commission by the Federal Sugar Re.
filming Company of New York against
several eastern railroads in which al.
legations of unjust and unreasonable
charges for transportation of sugar
are made.
The Spanish ambassador to France
has again formally assured Foreign
Minister Pichon that Spain has no In.
tention of departing from her original
program regarding Morocco as com.
municated to the powers.
The Upper Mississippi River I'm.
provement association in session at
Winona, Mimi, has adopted a resolu.
ton requesting congress to appropri.
ate $20,000,000 for a six-foot channel
in tho Mississippi river from Mime
apolis to ST. Louis.
The Mayor of Marshalltown, Ia, and
six members of the police force and
sheriff's office have been indicted by a
federal grand jury for placing an In
dian service officer in Jail and keeping
him there for more than "a hours.
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show, which for many centuries
has been one of the most picturesque
functions to be witnessed in England,
will be abandoned this year by the
new lord mayor-elect. Sir John Knill.
Kings Mountain day." the anniver-
sary of the victory over the British in
1880 at Kings Mountain, N. c., was
celebrated in South Carolina and
Tennessee
Wilbur Wright made the most spec
tacular flight in his aeroplane at New
York that the world has ever wit.
messed. He circled the air 100 feet
over New York harbor in an 1S-mile
wind
Costly war. In Morocco Is rapidly
precipitating crisis In Spain. which
may bring about the overthrow Of
King Alfonso. Spanish affairs are
causing much uneasiness among the
other powers.
Aviator Wilbur Wright announces
he will hereafter direct his efforts to
the commercial exploitation of his
machines and will make no more pub
lie flights.
Capt Samuel c. Lemiy. formerly
Judge advocate general OF the navy.
who became prominent in connection
with the famous Schley court of in.
quiry. died at St Elizabeths hospital
In Washington.
AS each graduating class at West
Point is about eighty men short of the
number OF officers needed by the
army, an effort will be made by Presi.
dent Taft to persuade congress to in.
crease the number of cadets to be ap.
pointed
dense fog at Detroit caused many
collisions between street cars
In which several persons were in
Juieu. One Doy was killed.
Near-beer" dealers In Tennessee
must pay a tax of $500 a year, col
lection OF which is to be begun al
once.
Thirty miners were killed when
30 men were entombed in a mine
through the explosion OF gas near Vic
toria. B. c.
Owing to complications between
Morocco and Spain becoming more
acute declaration of regular war be-
tween those countries is a possibility
With view to increasing the cotton
yield OF German East Africa to make
Germany independent of the cotton O,
the United States. Bernhard Dein
berg. German minister of colonies. and
Dr. Walter Busse,. head OF the German
agricultural department, have arrived
at New York TO study cotton culture
The biennial convention OF the M
tional German-American alliance wa,
held In Cincinnati. more than 800 dele
gates attending.
Bandits who attacked the post ono,
at Mass. In Samara province. Russia
escaped with $4,000 after kiIiing foul
oticers.