Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-03-10

/, methods employed by Congressman
| William j. Moxley and his son-in-law,
John Dadie, In the marketing OF
oleomargarine. The judicial order was
the climax of sensational confessions
on the part of William Broadwell.
seller of Monkeys oleomargarine, now
| under sentence Of six years in the
penitentiary for the offense Of color
ing 1t with matter also secured from
Moxley and selling the compound as
butter; Daniel Bortz, an employe OF
Broadwell. who admitted bringing the
stuff from Monkeys place under cover
OF night and doing the mixing In a
dirty barn; and Samuel Driesbach,
partner of Broadwell. Bortz and Dries
bach have pleaded guilty and are
awaiting sentence.
Congressman Lowden's bill to au.
thorize the expenditure OF 100000 a
year for American embassy buildings
was defeated in the house at Wash.
tngton after an exciting debate.
Van Norden's magazine, a semi.
financial periodical of New York,
which had been backed by Warner
M. Van Norden, the banker, has
ceased publication.
Eighty-six names are now on the
list of dead and missing passengers,
trainmen and postal employees who
were carried down by the avalanche
that destroyed two Great Northern
trains near Wellington, Wash. State
ments of the number of laborers
fighting the snow who were sleeping
on the Inflated trains vary from
twenty to thirty. An estimate Of $50
dead is conservative.
The federal grand Jury at New
York city handed in a presentment
against the American Sugar Refining
Company. charging it with contempt
of court in failing to produce books
and papers called for by the grand
jury. .... ...-..
A bulldog and bull engaged In
battle to the death near Cheyenne,
Wyo., driving the owner, A. B. Hawk.
ms, to cover After an hours conf
bat the dog secured a death grip on
the Dull and Killed 1t.
The Oklahoma senate has passed a
bill to suppress the white slave"
traffic in that state. The penalty is
two to twenty-five years imprison.
ment. The bill now goes to the gov,
ernor.
Oriental Limited, train No. 2, east
bound. on the Great Northern rail
road, was the third train to fall
victim to an avalanche of snow and
rocks in two days, being wrecked
One person was killed and ~ others
were injured, some of them seriously
The entire train escaped plungine
down 50-foot embankment Is miles
east Of Spokane. Wash. by a narrow
margin.
John D. Rockefeller has decided tc
give his vast accumulation of wealth
for the benefit of his fellow man
Under the provisions of bill intro
duced in the senate by Senator Jacob
H. Gallinger of New Hampshire the
oil king seeks federal incorporation
act for his wealth, with a view to dis
tributing it under proper supervision
for the good of mankind The object
Of the foundation is to provide for 9
general organization to conduct phi
lanthropic work among all lines.
None the worse for two serious
operations at the Johns Hopkins hos
pital. Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood is
again able to get around, and hopes
to leave the hospital on Saturday. He
will return to Governors island.
Mrs. Grace Gayou, 10 years old
was shot and killed at Kansas City
store by Louis Hillson, who killed
himself after he had beaten JACK
Doyle, a rival for Mrs. Gayou's affec
tons.
An admission by Senator Jeff Davis
of Arkansas that he would draw 6
good fee from the passage of bill
| that he was urging before the house
committee on public lands has caused
the greatest excitement in congress
sional circles. The sensation recalls
the trouble Of ]. Ralph Burton. former
senator from Kansas.
Walter Brown, former banker Of
Elkhart, Ind, was released from the
federal prison at Leavenworth, Kan.
at the expiration of a six-year sentence
for his connection with the wrecking
of the First National bank of Elkhart.
Prosecutor Garven requested Judge
Swayze of the New Jersey supreme
court to issue an order requiring the
packing companies indicted last week
to produce the minutes of their direc-
tors meetings and their own records
before the grand jury which Is ma
king further investigations into cold
storage affairs.
Though the Seine river has risen to
the food maximum Of 1882. due to re-
cent heavy rains, Paris has no fear Of
further damage.
Eighty-four persons were carried to
their deaths by the avalanche that
swept down the steep sides of the Cas-.
cade mountains near Wellington
Caught like rats in a trap and with
no chance of escape, the victims were
enveloped in the mighty mass that
came tumbling and roaring down the
mountainside. They were caught in
the irresistible mass of earth and
snow; they were hurled over the side
Of 200-foot precipice and were
buried beneath hundreds of thousands
of tons of debris
| James H. Bathgate, Jr., of Orange
N. j., was arraigned In Jersey City
| on the indictment charging him and