Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-10-12


The commission in charge OF the
Illinois farmers hall of fame has ac-
cepted the name of B. F. Harris, for
merly Of Champaign. ILL.,. for place
In the hall of fame at the University
of Illinois College of Agriculture.
Governor Baldwin of Connecticut
has asked the attorney general to pass
upon the validity of a law recently
passed over his veto, giving every
Civil war veteran in Connecticut a
yearly pension of $50.
Capt John Bradie, giving exhibitions
at the South Georgia fair at Triton,
Ca, was killed when he fell from his
balloon and plunged 700 feet to earth.
Rough weather drove to earth seven
of the nine racing balloons that left
Kansas City, Mo-. in contests for the
James Gordon Bennett trophy, the
Lahm cup, and the altitude record.
Nothing has been heard from the 9th
er two The missing bags are Condor
of France and Berlin III. of Germany.
On application of attorneys for the
Southern Pacific Railroad company a
temporary Injunction was issued in
the United States court restraining
strikers and others from interfering
in any manner with the affairs of
the road. One man was shot and
probably fatally wounded in New Or
leans when a party of Illinois Central
strike breakers were fred upon by
strikers.
Senator Stephenson must make a
satisfactory showing as to exactly
what became of every dollar of the
$1O7 900 expended in his campaign
for the senatorial nomination in 1908.
This ruling was made by Senator
Hepburn, chairman of the senate in
vestigating committee. at the hearing
in Milwaukee.
Attorney General Wickersham by
filing a brief in the Supreme court
of the United States. began his fight
to have the principal coal-carrying
railroads and coai-owning companies
in the anthracite regions adjudged
to be in violation of the Sherman
antitrust law. An entirely different
attack was made on the corporations
from that in Pennsylvania, where the
government lost on nearly every
point.
The innovation Of picking cotton
by moonlight has been introduced by
farmer near Americas, Ca, because
of his desire to harvest the crop
quickly as possible. The unusual sight
of pickers in the field at night has at
tracted wide attention.
The legal contest to determine
whether New Hampshire or Massachu.
sets is entitled to the Inheritance tax
upon the estate Of Mrs. Mary Baker
Eddy, valued at $2.000.000. is being
waged before Justice Morton in the
supreme judicial court Of Boston.
James Leonard. eleven years old.
and his brother. Henry, fourteen.
were brought to Washington, d. c.,
by Marshal Tyree of West Virginia
to serve two years In the government
reform school for making coins The
boys are said to be clever counter
feiters.
Eight indictments against four wall
paper manufacturers and four wall
paper jobbers, members Of the So
called wall paper trust" charging
them with conspiracy In restraint
of trade in violation of the Sherman
antitrust law, were returned by the
federal grand jury at Cleveland. o.
Fire OF incendIary origin swept
through the business section OF Scott
date. Pa, causing a loss Of s125.O00.
Fifty guests we're driven from tho
Central hotel before that structure
was destroyed
Erskine s. Walker shot and prob
ably fatally injured Miss Magdalena
Komp, a telephone girl. at Rock Is
land. ILL.,. and then killed himself.
Sporting
The first game of the worlds base
ball championship series between the
Giants and Athletics will be PLAYED