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

The cross-examination of Clifford
Pinchot, the ousted chief forester, be-
fore the Ballinger-Pinchot investiga-
ting committee was marked by re-
peated clashes of consel There was
much quibbling between counsel and
witness as to the meaning and inter
probation of certain statements Mr..
Pinchot had made and opinions as to
the understanding of various letters
and documents. Mr.. Pinchot again &C
cused Secretary Ballinger of having
made misstatements.
A general strike of the Philadelphia
labor unions in sympathy with the
striking street car men went into eff
feet promptly on scheduled time.
simultaneously 1t became known, de-
spite the denial of Gen. Clay, head of
the police force, that every National
Guard regiment in the state of Penn
sylvania had received orders to be
ready to entrain for Philadelphia at
an hours notice.
State Senator z. L. Travis and Rep
resentative A. P. Kitchin, brother Of
man Claude Kitchin of the Second
North Carolina district, and Deputy
Sheriff c. w. Dunn, all of Halifax
county, were shot down on the main
street Of Scotland Neck, N. c., by E.
e. Powell. Travis and Kitchin are Sc
riously and Dunn fatally wounded
A four-year scholarship in American
citizenship has been established at
the University of Missouri by the
Missouri Society of the Colonial
Danes of America.
The Russian government in a for.
NAL note submitted to the Chinese
foreign board repects in toto China's
proposal for the construction of the
Aigun & Chinchow railroad
Two Chippewa Indian chiefs, who
went to Washington from Orr, Mimi
to ask congress for additional land
for the Bots Forte Indian reservation
were asphyxiated by Illuminating gas
in their lodging house. One was
Chief BayBum- Mah-JtWa-S kung, who
signed the treaty between tn United
States and the Chippewas in 1866 and
was said to be almost 100 years old
A serious split Is said to have oc.
Cured In the ranks Of New York suf.
fragists because Mrs. o. H. p. Belmont
has retained lobbyist to work for
suffrage at Albany. Mrs. Clarence
Mackay has Joined the faction oppos.
ing Mrs. Belmont
Announcement Is made at New
York of the formation of the National
Housing association, headed by Rob
ert w. DeForest The board of direc
tors. composed of 81 members, in
cludes Miss Jane Adams, Mrs. EN-
mons Blaine, Charles B.. Ball, Victor
Citing and Allen B. Pond of Chicago.
One man is dead and four Others
are wounded as the result of a mob
attempting to break into the county
Jail at Cairo. H., with the avowed
intention Of lynching John Trapp and
Lincoln Wilson. two colored boys
charged with picking the pockets OF
two women.
Two employees Of Soaring & Co.
the New York private banking house
which failed last week, were arrested
charged with accepting deposits after
the firm had failed. They are Aaror
M. Goldstein, manager of the firm,
Third avenue branch. and Bernart
Hirsch. cashier.
Jewels valued at $4,000 were stoler
from the home OF Mrs. Rebekah Horns
by In fashionable section of Wash
ington. The robbery. well planned
and executed with daring when ths
house was full Of domestics. has mys
tined the police. Mrs. Hornsby is q
daughter OF the late jeremiah Blacl