Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1909-08-19

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$1,000,000 to a baptist institution Of
Kentucky.
Mexican revolutionists have ap.
pealed to the Political Refuge and De-
tense league, whose headquarters Is
said to be in Chicago. for Jose G..
Raniel and Tromas Sarabia, arrested
in San Antonio, Tex.
James X. Hackett, the actor,
through his attorney in New York.
denied that he had made recon
Citation with his wife, Mary Man
nering.
Howard Quick and Percy Barron
were killed by lightning while de-
scending into a coal mine at Idaho
Springs, Col. Quick's father was oper-
ating the machinery that runs the
cage.
A plan for the settlement Of the
hatters' strike in Newark, N. j., and
the Oranges, was agreed on at a con-
ference held in Gov. Forts cottage at
Sea Girt. The agreement is to be
signed by both parties within Eve days.
About 400 delegates attended the
Christian Missionary Alliance conven-
ton in Cleveland.
Announcement is made by the de-
partment of agriculture at Washing
ton Of the discovery of mixture to
combat black rot, which has ravaged
eastern vineyards.
Alfred and Leonardo Spino, broth
ers, who married sisters at st. Louis
on the same day last October, have
become fathers on the same day. One
man possesses a boy and the other
girl.
Former Senator Wilson of Washing
ton and John Farson, banker of Chi
cago, replied to attacks on Secretary
Ballinger Of the interior department
before the National Irrigation con-
gress at Spokane.
When the company refused to lend
aid in removing the goods, the sheriff
Of Allegheny county declined to evict
the families of any more of the strik-
ers from houses of the Pressed Steel
Car Company at McKees Rocks. Pa.
The investigation Of the death of
Lieut.. James Sutton came to a close
at Annapolis, Md, and the board of
inquiry sent it's verdict to Washing
ton, where 1t will be made public by
the secretary of the navy.
Prof. William Bernhard of Wash
lngton was killed by train at
Burlington, VT, where he was spend,
Ing his vacation. He was deaf and
did not hear the engines warning
whistle.
With only 142 miles of its line from
Salt Lake City, Utah, to Oakland,
Cal, to be constructed, the Western
Pacific Company expects to have
trains in operation between the two
cities within 80 days.
Delight Weston, daughter of E. B.
Weston, president of the Terre Haute
Und.) Paper Company, received bal
loon as a gift from her father on the
occasion of her graduation from Smith
college.
Gen. Frederick d. Grant, In an ad-
dress in Pittsburg, predicted that air
ships will be the deciding factors in
future warfare.
The council of Waterville, Kan, has
passed an ordinance making it mis-
demeanor to swear. by chowder"
was exempted as not being swearing.
George De Weese, II years old, son
of William De Weese Of Chicago, was
drowned while bathing in the Kokos-
ing river at Mount Vernon, o.
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton are to take conspicuous part in
the Hudson-Fulton celebration at New
York in October. They have estab-
lished headquarters in Fifth avenue,
where they will hold receptions, and
have arranged for large grandstand
in Riverside park for members.
Priceless heirlooms and works of
art were consumed in the fire which
destroyed the home of Mrs. c. B.
Alexander on Castle Point, Hoboken,
| N. ]. A painting by Tonyea, of a
Dutch farm scene, more than 400
years old, was lost. One of the valu-
able papers burned was the original
deed by Queen Anne to Gov. Carteret,
! first English executive of that state,
of the northern half of New Jersey.
Minneapolis was selected by the In
ternational Typographical union con-
vention at St. Joseph, Mo-, as its
meeting place next year.
Former Gov. Pardee of California
assailed Secretary of the Interior Bal
linger before the National Irrigation
congress at Spokane, saying the Taft
cabinet officer favors a trust. A reso-
luton was introduced in the congress
favoring $5,000,000,0 900 bond issue for
irrigation, waterways and good roads.
Following tho crusade at Ellis Is,
land, N. Y, against societies which
have been taking charge of immi
grants, charges were made that immi.
grant girls have been sold for from
81 to IS each.
Human skulls were introduced in
evidence by a gunshot expert before
the board of inquiry to prove that
Lieut.. James Sutton could not have
committed suicide as claimed by fell
low officers of the marine corps.
/ Belgrade, the capital of Servia, was
startled by an explosion at the kings
palace and rumors of a bomb muir,
der spread quickly. 1t was found that
Prince George had caused all the noise
in experimenting with a new explo.
sive. l...
Thirty-two skeletons, supposed to be
those Of early settlers slain by saw
ages, have been unearthed by railroad
excavators near Piedmont, Tex.
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