Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-01-05

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at this session Of congress. They
have given q formal promise that the
senate finance committee and the
house committee on ways and means
will report bills without delay.
The revolution which began at
Tabasco, Mexico. IL said TO be getting
worse. The government has sent
troops there from Vera Cruz. Gun.
boats are being seat from other
points. This uprising is said to be
directly connected with the Madero
movement and is considered here to
be extremely serious.
The Adams county grand jury, at
West Union. Ohio. reported las addi-
tionai true bills against citizens ac-
cused of selling their votes at the No
vember election. This makes total
of IS indictments.
The North Carolina Republican
state executive committee have adopt
ed resolutions indorsing President
Taft as a national and not a section
president" and pledged support for
his denomination and reelection.
Earthquake shocks followed the
opening of Mt. Yesuvius' crater,
spread alarm among hundreds of
Americans and other tourists spend
ing the winter in southern Italy. The
earthquake shocks we're from east to
west and are thought to be continu-
alton of those which rocked the south
western part of Greece.
Kansas City women must muzzle
their hatpins or they will be liable to
fines of 81 to $500. The upper and
lower houses Of the city council
passed the hatpin ordinance and
Mayor Brown has said he will sign It..
Mrs. Julia Jameson returned to her
home in Brooklyn to find that during
her absence her three children had
been suffocated by smoke.
%Yhe Public Service corporation OF
New Jersey announced old-age pen
sion and insurance plans for en-
ployes, to go into effect January /.
The insurance plan provides for the
payment of one dollar a day for so
days to sick or disabled employe.
In case of death $500 will be paid to
his widow.
The unarmed cruiser Detroit has
passed out Of the hands of the gov
eminent. having been sold to r. I.
Corbin of New York, the highest bid.
Ger. The price was $4,000.
Just before she was ready to go on
the stage with her sketch at the Hub
theater in Boston Mrs. Fred Pisano.
whose stage name is Kitty Bingham,
gave birth an her dressing room to a
six-pound baby girl.
The most damaging blow ever In
fiicted upon the BLACK Hand" was
that dealt by Judge Fawcett in Brook
lyn, when he sentenced Mrs Maria
Kappa and Stanis'ao Pattenza. kidnap-
ers of Michael Rizzo and Giuseppe
Longo. to not less than twenty-five
years nor more than forty-nine years
and ten months in prison, the Limit OF
the law.
The Northern bank OF New York.
which has several branches in Harlem
and the Bronx, was taken possession
of by Bank Superintendent Cheney.
The institution has deposits sggre-
eating over s6,90c,o00. The Northern
bank formerly was known as the Ham
ilton bank, which had difficulty during
the panic of 1907.
District Attorney Sims appeared be-
fore Judge Kohlsaat In the United
States district court at Chicago and
asked that the dissolution suit of the
government against the Natio-al Pack
ing company be dismissed. The order
was entered by the court. The gov
eminent has decided to stand on the
criminal prosecution and drop the dis
solution suit.
Secretary Charles Nagers annual
report. sent to the president, contains
many important recomme ndations for
changes and improvements in the va
rious bureaus and branches of the
department of commerce and labor.
Great popular interest attaches to the
immigration and naturalization of
aliens, ard much of the secretarys re-
port Is devoted to that subject.
The Llewellyn iron works at Los
Angeles. Cal. were partially wrecked
by an explosion. presumably OF dyn-
amite. Who placed the supposed
charge of dynamite is unknown. but
It Is believed to hav- been the out
come of the general labor troubles of
Los Angeles. IT. which the Llewel'yn
company has been prominently in
volved
Alfred Blad. sailor, was knocked
down and killed by a bluejacket from
the cruiser Colorado at San Francisco,
Cal. Blad is said to have provoked
the attack by a remark disparaging
navy men.
Following their indictment by the
Lake county grand jury. Mayor Thorn.
as e. Knots. Chief of Police Joseph
ID. Martin and eight others of Gary.
Ind, were arrested by deputy sheriffs.
The counts embrace conspiracy to
commit felony. rioting. assault and
Illegally attempting to enter rolling
place.
Jeffersonian Democrats are wrought
up over the preparations for the Jack
son day banquet to be given to the
democracy of the nation in Baltimore
January II. The principal caSse Of
the excitement Is the price ger plate.
which has been fixed at IS.
Mediation efforts Of United States
Labor Commissioner Charles F. Neill
at Chicago succeeded In averting the
threatened locomotive engineers
strike and bringing about a settlement
on the basis Of an increase OF 10 l-3
per cent. in the wages OF the men. A
compromise peace proposition Of
fered by Neill as a last resort was
accepted by both sides.