Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-09-01

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charges of wholesale perjury in thu
trial Of Lee O'Neil Browne. accuseS
of giving a bride for the election o
Senator Lorimer.
Theodore Roosevelt has definitel,
aligned himself with the progressivei
which he issued on the train as ht
was travelling across Iowa. He de
clared that the main issue In the f1gh'
In New York was not specific re
form measure, but bossism. Bossism
he declared, frequently led to corrup
ton, and he promised to wage war
on corrupt alliances between business
and bosses.
William X. Vanderbilt, Jr., Of New
York city, aged thirty-two, is acting
as president OF the New York Central
lines, and is said to be the youngest
man who ever filed a position of the
| kind. .....
Harry Pugh of Niagara Falls. N. Y,
| became insane on Union Pacific
train near Ellis, Kan. and probably
fatally wounded the Pullman porter
and DR.. H. H. Temple of Kansas City.
Because of the serving of quail out
of season at a dinner given by Mrs.
Stuyvesant Fish in New York and
also because no action was taken by
the game commission, an investiga-
tion is being conducted at Albany,
N. Y. -
Police at Munich by mistake arrest
ed Albrecht Birling, who plays the
part Of John the Baptist in the pas
sion play at Oberammergau. on suspi-
cion Of being a woman murderer for
whom they have been looking.
Hoke Smith was nominated by the
Democrats of Georgia for governor.
defeating Joseph NJ. Brown, incum-
bent. for a second term.
More than score of persons were
injured. one probably fatally, at Chi
cago, crops in the surrounding districts
were destroyed, and damage which
may amount to s1,000,0 900 was wrought
In storm which swept the city and
suburbs. The wind at the height of
the gale was Of cyclonic proportions.
Upon her testimony of incompati-
bflity, supported by the testimony OF
her maid, Elizabeth Johnson, Mrs.
Edna Gown Cudahy got a divorce
from Jack Cudahy, son of the million
aire Chicago packer, at Kansas City.
She was given alimony amounting
to 81.
Representative Charles A. White,
whose confession" forms the basis of
the charges of bribery against Minor
ity Leader Lee O'Neil Browne Of the
general assembly, was under a grilling
cross-examination by Attorney Forrest
for the defense at Chicago. He con-
tradicted much of the testimony which
he gave at the first trial and made
sworn statements which lay him open
to perjury charges.
Killing frosts, the first OF the sea-
son, were reported from the Yellow
stone Park, Havre, Mont, Sheridan,
Wyo., and other places in the north.
west, doing much damage to corn, po-
tatoes and other vegetables. Temper
Gtures as low as "a were reported.
Attorney w. T. Forrest made a mo-
ton to take the case of Lee O'Neil
Browne, on trial at Chicago charged
with bribery In the election of Uni
ted States Senator Lorimer. from the
jury and strike from the records the
testimony of several of the state wit
nesses. This was the first step of the
defense, as the prosecution closed it's
case. Judge Kersten refused both re
quests.
The cholera epidemic, believed to
have been controlled in st. Peters.
burg, has broken out with renewed
severity. Advices received from Kief
say that 1t is sweeping that city also,
being particularly bad in the Jewish
quarter.
The worlds pacing record was bro.
ken on the Galesburg 0H) track by
Minor Heir in a heat with Hedgewood
Boy, the mile being covered in two
minutes fiat. The weather was cold
and high wind was prevailing at the
time, making the going slow.
Former District Attorney Delaney
Nicoll Of New York county was rem,
dered unconscious recently by being
hit on the head by a golf ball driven
by Luke Wright, formerly governor
general of the Philippines, at Lona
Island links.
Russian sturgeon, which supply
caviar, are reported to have been dis
covered in the Gulf of Mexico. The
migration is unexplained.
Fifteen bodies have been recovered
from the wreck Of Grand Trunk train
No. IA, Chicago to Montreal, which
was struck by train No. three mile.
east of Durand, Mich. The wreck
Immediately caught fire and many O.
the bodies were burned almost beyond
recognition. Nearly all the deat
were in the rear sleeper attached t.
No. IA.
Harrison Aronson and Sam Kruka
junk dealers of Pittsburg, Pa, pre-
| tended injury so hard that they got
free rest on hospital beds before tn
physicians found them and turne,
them out.
The eighth annual national riff
match at Camp Perry. O.. and the ns
tional trophy were won by the Unite
States infantry team, which score
1886. 80 points more than the Unite
States Marine corps. which finishe
second. ~
With more than fifty persons know
to be dead. with 100 or more missint
and list OF injured that will approx
mate 200: with the possibility this
two or three towns In the distric
have suffered complete destruction