Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-12-01
GENERAL NEWS.

n. C. Barlow, head of the Chicago
Traffic association, told the comm.s-
sion at Washington that the proposed
railroad advances would fall on the
consumer, as IS per cent. Of them
were In class rates, with only Is per
cent. on commodities. Mr.. Barlow
was formerly a rate making expert in
the employ of western roads.
Men ON board of four Of Brazil's
greatest war ships, the dreadnoughts
Ninas, Gereas and Sac Paola, the
scout Bahia and the cruiser Floriana,
mutinied. The rebellion is said to
have no political significance and Is
limited to the marines and sailors. All
persons of influence in all political
parties are giving their unlimited sup
port to President Hermes Fonseca.
A superior court Judge at Everett,
Wash, decided that the avalanche at
Wellington, Wash, In March last, In
which SO passengers on Great North
ern trains were killed, was an act Of
providence against which the road
could not guard, In refusing a claim of
o passenger for the value Of a lost
trunk.
Maj. Gen. Frederick Dent Grant,
commanding the department Of the
East, would inaugurate system OF
conscription In the United States in
order to bring the country up to the
military standards of the war powers
Of Europe.
The Feldhelm company of Chicago
has filed a petition in bankruptcy
against ]. r. Whiting & Co. OF st.
Clair, Mich, and a receiver has been
appointed for the firm.
Abraham Ruef, former political boss
Of San Francisco, has been denied a
new trial by the district court of ap-
peals on his appeal from the sentence
Of IA years Imprisonment. ....
The annual report of Postmaster
General Hitchcock will renew his
recommendations for the introduction
of limited parcel post service on
rural mail routes. He believes that
rs soon as the postal savings system
is thoroughly organized the postofice
department should be prepared to es
tablish throughout the country gen
eral parcel post.
Reports have been received In Lon
don by business houses Of a mutiny on
the part of the Brazilian feet and thai
crews Of the Brazilian warships fired
on the capital. The situation is de
scribed as critical, but negotiations ar,
going on between the rival parties.
Rev. Andrew Armstrong. 80 year.
old, pastor of the Presbyterian church
of Dutch Neck, ten miles from Tren
ton, N. j., and HIS wife were muir
dered by burglars at their home a
chat place. Joseph Sears, SON of TIT
housekeeper for the pastor. was ar
rested.
The Democratic representation Il
The next house of representatives will
be 227, as against 1863 Republican
and one Socialist, according to tn
roster Of the house. just published a
Washington. These figures give tn
Democrats q majority of CO and
plurality of 81.
The suffragettes who were arreste
during the rioting in London all wer
found guilty of assault and the willfr
damage of property. The sentence
varied from fines Of $40 to SIS an
Imprisonment of from two weeks to
month. Most of the prisoners chos
TO 60 to jail.
Gladys Amy Graham. twelve year
old. has come to New York from Ca
cutta. India, on the way to her Z:
Tiers home in Canada.
Clarence Hill. twelve-year-old boz
died at Lebanon. KY. OF injuries n
ceiyed In a school football game
week ago