Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-09-08

tically reached at conference held
in Chicago between committees of the
Illinois Coal Operators association
America.
Ten Brooklyn IN. " firemen and
policemen almost lost their lives be-
cause of the prank of children, who
said one of their number, little girl,
had fallen into sewer. The men
went into the big pipe and were over
come by gas
The grand jury investigating the
charges Of perjury in connection with
the trial Of Lee O'Neil Browne for
bribery at Chicago voted second in
| dictment against George F. Gloss, one
Of the witnesses for the defense.
During the preliminary hearing of
the three former officials of the Hi.
nois Central railroad charged with car
repair frauds at Chicago, a letter writ
ten by Henry c. Ostermann to Clar-
ence H. Policy, formerly chief clerk
of the Ostermann Manufacturing com
pany, warning him to keep quiet about
caused decided sensation.
Charges of defalcations aggregating
$434 800 were made against the late
Edward c. Ritsher. who died last
June, and it was discovered that the
lawyer had barely escaped indictment
and prosecution as the brains of the
gigantic swindles which landed his
client, Banker John r. Walsh. in the
federal prison at Fort Leavenworth.
A crusade against the hobble skirt
has been started by Rev. Peter Henry,
pastor Of the First Reformed church
Of Groveville, N. J. He has issued an
edict that no woman wearing such
dress shall be admitted to his church.
According to Consul General J. A.
Smith of Genoa, government owner
ship of the telegraph in Italy has re-
duced charges to 10 cents for a 15-
word message. Further reductions are
planned.
The Kansas insurgent Republicans
had good working majority In the
party council at Topeka and carried
everything by storm. The standpat-
tiers, realizing the overwhelming vote
of the primary decided not to make
any effort to oppose the insurgents.
Senator Curtis was the only one who
even made an attempt to stem the
tide. He tried to get an unqualified
Endorsement of President Taft into
the platform, but failed.
At New York the bull leaders In
the cotton market have issued a state
ment predicting the greatest cotton
famine the country has known since
the Civil war, a crop of not more than
100000 bales. and 20-cent cotton.
August cotton sold at 20 cents
pound on the New York cotton ex-
change, establishing a new high record
for the staple, not only for this move
ment. but also marking the highest
price at which cotton has been sold
since 1873.
A mob of 1000 people battled with
the Columbus, o., police and militia
when street car rioting broke out with
fresh fury. Struck down by the clubs
of policemen, four were seriously in
jured. one. deputy sheriff, mistaken
for rioter, may die. Fifty rioters
were arrested and locked in the city
prison.
VicePresident James s. Sherman.
in an address at Decatur, ILL.,, on THE
Gospel of Republicanism," failed to
follow the lead of President Taft In
advocating a gradual revision of the
tariff in accordance with recommends
tons of the tariff commission.
Salt Palace, a structure built on
salt, and one of the scenic features of
Salt Lake City, Utah, was destroyed
by fire, entailing an uninsured loss of
$4,000 Defective wiring was the
cause of the blaze
With three companies of state mi
litta under personal command of Adjt.
Gen. Elliott on guard and a machine
gun in front of the county Jail at
Huntington, w. Va, no further rioting
Is anticipated by the mobs which for
two successive nights stormed the
jail in an effort to lynch John Wayne
and Charles Clyburn, alleged negro
murderers.
A letter from Godhaven, Greenland,
received at Copenhagen, says it is
certain that DR.. Frederick A. Cook is
on his way to find the records which
he claims to have left near the North
Pole. The letter says everybody In
Greenland still believes that Dr. Cook
reached the North Pole and that some
day he will return with the proofs.
Hawley H. Crippen, the American
dentist, and Ethel Clare Leneve, his
typist, were accused of the murder OF
Belle Elmore. the formers wife, in the
formal charge read to them In the
Bow street police court, London. After
the introduction of some evidence
they were remanded until September
6. without having pleaded.
Neighbors discovered that burglars
had ransacked the home of Harry
Morris. in Putnam avenue, Brooklyn
while he was on vacation. One of the
thieves wore a silk hat and frock coat
The police were notified.
The audit of the $42,5O0 election ex
pense account of Joseph C. Sibley. Re
publican nominee for congress from
Pennsylvania, has been postponed un
til September 13.
Twenty-eight new cases Of Asiati,
cholera, or of suspected cholera, wer,
reported in Berlin and Spandau,
suburb of some 10000 people, min,
miles west of Berlin. The health au
thorities state that, in all, only thre
cases have been definitely establishe,
to be true Asiatic cholera; of these
one died in Berlin and one died Fl
Spandau.
Judge William McSurely ard othe
| Chicagoans narrowly escaped death Il