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Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-03-20
A HORRIBLE CRIME.
AnAged Couple Murdered i'm Clinton
County.

Evidences Of horrible crime, which
will undoubtedly prove double muir
der, were discovered at the farm house
of Henry Newell, located about four
miles from Preston. Mr., Newell, who
is about 20 years Of age, and his wife,
aged about 60, were found terribly
hacked and pounded, the woman I'M
conscious and dying. Mr.. Newell was
one OF the wealthiest farmers of that
section, but he and his wife lived alone.
He was a regular attendant at church,
and when he did not appear at service
1t occasioned some comment. His SON.
in-law went to the house TO see what
was the matter and discovered the
terrible crime. 1t had evidently been
committed some time, as the old gentle
man had been dead many hours, and
the cattle and live stock, of which he
usually took the best Of care, had not
received attention for at least day.
Then, too, letter was found dated
the day before, addressed to his sou
in-law in Nebraska, saying that he
was going TO deposit 81, 100 that day.
He usually took his money to the bank
in an old satchel, and this amount was
found in the satchel, which was cover
ed over with an old skirt on the bed in
the room where Mrs. Newell was found
The parties who committed the deed
evidently found the old couple in the
kitchen. There they struck down the
old man, cut his throat with a butcher
knife and smashed his skull with "a
hammer. The old lady ran up stairs,
took the wire springs from the bed and
attempted to barricade the door. The
door was pounded in, and, as every
thing seems to show, Mrs. Newell
mace frantic and terrible fight for
her life. The room was despatched
with blood, there not being space as
large as Il hand without stain. She
was finally pounded into insensibility
and in that condition she was found.
She cannot live, as her skull is fractur-
ed. The murderers then attempted to
open the safe, but in this they were
probably baked. They forced the
combination knob off OF tho door, but
the safe is locked at the present time,
and it is not probable that they opened
it. The 81, 100 which was in the
satchel entirely escaped their notice.
The crime was undoubtedly committed
by parties who were conversapt with
the habits OF the old people and was
for the purpose of robbery. The corr
oner's jury of Clinton county will in
vestigate the matter. At present no
clue to the murderer or murderers has
been found.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-03-20
HER BODY FOUND.
Evidence of the Murderof Woman
in Indiana.

Mrs. Ellen L. Allen, polisher in
Depauw's glass works, was found dead
near the railroad track near New
Albany, Ind, on the morning of the
18th. She bad her skull broken in
two places, as if by Ratchet. She
had lived with her hrother-in-law,
Henry Ritter, few rods from where
she was found. At the inquest Mrs.
Ritter testified that her husband had
often threatened to kill her sister and
that the night before when reproached
with drunkenness Ritter became very
violent. Mrs. Ritter, who was sick in
bed, got up and begged him on her
knees not to harm them and finally
quieted him. Later, while she was in
a stupor from illness and weakness,
she remembers her sister going from
the house and her husband following.
She was terribly anxious about her
sister, with the feeling that somebody
was pursuing her, but was unable to
give her any help. Ritter, she said,
had several times threatened her
sisters life. Ritter is under arrest but
declares his innocence. He says they
were all drinking and he was too drunk
to have done any harm. The coroner
will take further testimony.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-03-20
GUITEAU'S DEFENDER.
Lawyer "Charley" Reed Living at
Baltimore, but Mental Wreck.

Chas ii. Reed, the Chicago lawyer
who defended Guitean, the assassin of
President Garfield, has resided at 2018
St. Paul street, near the Boundary"
limit of old Baltimore for nearly a
year. Reed was recently interviewed.
When asked regarding his general
health, Reed replied that it was Just
remarkable and prosperous, and
that he was "getting along in life with
his family surroundings very nicely
Reed has a comfortable home. He
does not practice at the law business;
indeed he has retired from law practice.
No wonder. His mind is becoming inn
paired, and he also seems to be losing
the power of articulation. At the time
Mr.. Reed jumped from the boat to
drown himself and was saved, he had
not u cent in the world. A gentleman
then gave him new suit OF clothes
and sent him to Baltimore. On his
arrival his present wife met him at
the depot and took him to her house.
Reed, after procuring divorce in
Philadelphia from his first wife, mar
ried this lady. She was Miss Fanny
Daniels. the niece of Bolivar Daniels,
formerly Judge of the Orphans Court
of Baltimore city.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-03-20
MURDERED IN A CELLAR.
CHASTITY Discovery in New York
Basement.

A mysterious murder was discovered
by Blumah Levy, feeble. totterlng
old woman of seventy years, in IL
grimy cellar, No. 3 Eldridge street,
n. Y. The murdered person was
young and good looking and evidently
a Jewess. The body was covered with
bruises and the skull fractured. Shreds
of human skin were found hanging In
light threads from her finger nails,
mute evidences of the awful struggle
with the murderer. No one had had
occasion to use the cellar for six
months before. Mrs. Levy was going
down to get a beer keg to preserve
pickles in. Upon the discovery Of the
body the police were Immediately
notified, but no clue to the murderer
was discovered. For the past year
Mrs. Levy's son used the ground floor
as place of business and rented the
floor above to two rich Hebrews, who
founded Hebrew school. Isaac Jacob,
the crazy Hebrew who recently shot
and killed Herman Rogozinski and
shot but did not kill Mrs. Rogozinski
and when pursued shot and killed him
self, was the janitor of the schools. 1t
was said he had a number of wives,
and the police think the murdered wo-
man was one of Jacobs wives, and
that he killed her before his onslaught
on the Rogozlnski family.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-03-20
UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
The Missouri Antitrust Law Re
ceives Black Eye.

The Missouri antitrust law has been
declared unconstitutional by Judge
Dillon. of the circuit court. 1t was in
the case OF the state against the Sim
mons Hardware company. This is the
test case to be fought out in the courts
to the end and its progress is watched
with great interest by a large number
of corporations all over the country.
Last December Secretary of State Lee
seur wrote to the Simmons hardware
company asking them to make an aft
davit to the effect that the corporation
was not member of any trust, mo-
nopoly or combination whose object
WAS 10 destroy competition and raise
prices. The company refused to reply
and suit was filed in the circuit court,
asking the court to declare the char
ter OF the company forfeited for not
complying with the law. The Sim.
mons hardware company filed de-
murrer to the petition, questioning
the constitutionality of the law, and
on this Judge Dillon rendered his de-
cisiOn.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-03-20
WHOLESALE BUTCHERY.
BIOodshed Results From Political
Contests in South America.

A correspondent writing from Lima
says the agitation Ill the provinces
caused by the antagonism between two
candidates Of the constitutional party
for the presidential nomination, has
assumed grave proportions. At Puno
there was collision resulting in the
loss of number OF lives and pillage OF
many houses. There was also a COLI
sion at Huantia many on both sides
being killed, among them the chiefs OF
both parties-Senor Lazona, u deputy
of congress and head OF the revolution
and DR.. Urbina, chief of the Rosas par
ty., DIR. Urbina, after five members of
his family were killed, took refuge
with others in church where men,
women, children and old people we're
already gathered. The priests exhor-
ted the Indians to desist from butchery,
but the Indians were drunk and inca
pable of reasoning. They threatened
to burn the church, when DR.. Urbina,
knowing he was the cause OF their ac-
ton and wishing to save the lives OF
the other people, determined 10 sacri-
flee himself, and after receiving the
benediction Of the priest went out to
the guerrillas and was murdered. Not
satisfied with this, they, in their drum
ken fury, continued their career OF
butchery for hours. Over 100 lives
were sacrificed to the old rancor be-
tween the families OF Lazona and Ur-
bina.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-03-20
A HORRIBLE CRIME.
A Pittsburs Brute Dashes His Step
Daughters Brains Out.

Frank Groetener. a German, living
in Allegheny City, Pa, killed his ten
year-old step-daughter with some blunt
instrument March 18th. No cause for
the murder is known. Groetener Is
under arrest. The murder was COM
mitted sometime during the night and
the child's remains were discovered in
her bed room by her mother. The
furniture, ceiling and walls presented
horrible sight, being spattered with
blood, and from tufts of hair found on
the walls, it is thought Groetener took
the child by the legs and dashed her
brains out. The little ones head was
crushed in and one arm broken.
Groetener was found secreted in the
cellar. He resisted arrest and it re-
quired three men to force him into a
patrol wagon. He refuses to give any
reason for the horrible deed.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-03-20
WIDOWS ASK DAMAGES.
A Pennsylvania Coal Company Sue,
For the Nottingham Disaster.

The widows OF the victims OF the
Nottingham mine disaster, In Pennsyl-
vania, By which eight men were killed
by an explosion OF gas about six weeks
ago, have brought suits against tho
Lehigh d Wilkesbarre coal company
for damages aggregating 800, 900.
They claim that the accident was duo
to criminal negligence on the part Of
the company in not providing suiIi-
cient ventilation to prevent the nc.
emulation OF gas in the mine. The
disaster was one OF the most appalling
in the history of the anthracite coal
fields, the victims being literally roast
ed by the blazing gas before being
taken out. The officials OF the COM
pany had made change in the mine
bosses short time before the acct
dent, and it is claimed that their
ignorance of the workings Of the mine
caused the explosion.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-03-20
THE MORSA DISASTER.
Royalty Condoles With the Unfortu-
nate Miners.

kilograms of sympathy have been
sent by Queen Victoria, the lord may
or of London, aud others to the fami-
lies of the victims OF the Morsa colliery
disaster in Wales. Nineteen bodies
have been recovered from the mine.
The flames in the mine are rapidly
spreading and there is little hope of
recovering the remaining bodies.
Gangs of volunteers are at work trying
TO check the progress of the fire and
reach the entombed men. Fully three
fourths of the men were married and
leave large families. II is now esti-
mated that one hundred at least lost
their lives. The finding Of an unlock
cd safety lamp by the side OF one of
the dead miners in the Morsa colliery
is believed to explain the cause of the
explosion.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-03-20
THE CHEROKEE OUTLET
Thous ands OF Boomers Rush for the
Coveted Land.

A message from Arkansas City,
Kansas, says the reception of the news
of the passage through the house of
representatives Of the bill extending
the territorial government over the
Cherokee strip, together with the Ok
lahoma territorial bill, was received
there by the Cherokee boomers with
great Joy. When the news became
general rush for the strip was made
by a thousand or more families con-
gregated between there and the Indian
Territory line. Intense excitement
prevails there among the boomers and
they are determined to stake their
claims regardless OF whatever opposi-
ton may be made by the military. 1t
is reported that IA company Of United
States soldiers from Oklahoma City is
already in the strip awaiting the ad-
vance OF the boomers and that a spec
ial train is bearing reinforcements
from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-03-20

News comes OF horrible accident
near Hot Springs, Madison county, n.
G. A twclve-year-old son OF |. ID.
Chambers, a highly respected citizen,
accidentally shot and instantly killed
his mother. The father had been TO
Hot Springs, bringing home with him
"a valise with some articles for The
family in it. He put the valise down
in the house and stepped out, when
the lad looked into it to see what his
father had brought him. lie found a
pistol and said to his mother: See
what pa brought home" The pistol
was discharged, the ball striking his
mother in the breast.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-03-20
a Bullet in Hsi Head.

For over twenty-five years Fletcher
Wright. who lives near Dawson, Ga.
has carried bullet in his head, a wound
received in one of the battles in Virs.
ginia. This minie-ball shifts around, at
one time in the front OF the head, at an
other time in. The back. AT times this
bullet gives M. Wright much uneasl-
ness while at work in the beid, by It's
shifting about aud the rafting noise IT
makes in the head.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-03-20
A Hera

Wife--When married you l
thought you would give upyour drunk
en- habits Are you never going to
give that red nose OF yours chance to
'osume its original colcr?
Husband Never! I've got no use
for man who deserts his colors. -
Texas Siftings
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-03-20
THI CAMP FIRE.
TIL VAMP FIRE,
LOVE FOR THE FLAG AMONG VARIOUS
NATIONS
ships of War Gordnn's Marrow Escapes
short Selections Tor
Veterans.

Why We Love the Flag.
TEACHER.
Why should we love that starry ilagl
Why should we now rejoice
To sec Il hang IN beauty there,
A happy Nations choicey
Why should the heart with rapture thrill
The pulse beat quick with Joy,
When We behold our country's flag!
Como answer, now, my boy.
AMERICAN poy.
l love that starry banner, sir.
For ut the Nations birth
Twas chosen Us the emblem OF
The iaircSt land on earth.
Our patriot sres with Washington,
FIRST gave II to the skies,
And now on every sea II floats,
In every land II dies.
IGIsu hoy.
| love that starry banner, sir,
For this to me IL means:
No lrlsh kueo IN made To bend
To naughty kings or queens.
Old Erin's sons and daughters, too,
OF freedom here may sing,
Aud every lass may be u queen,
And every lad king.
GERMAN noy,
! love that starry banner, sir,
For IN my fatherland
No hope had |, u peasant hoy,
Among the great 10 stand,
No royal blood was In my veins,
And so | left the Rhine
To seek this home OF liberty,
And now that ilag Is mine.
FRENCH poy.
love that starry banner, sir.
For IN my country, France,
We always cheer for liberty
And never miss u chance.
Proud lainy cite fought meath its folds
And from all foreign lands
A beacon TO these happy shores
Bartholdfs statue stands.
SOLDIERS Boy.
/ love that starry banner, sir
For I'm u soldiers son,
And often Eve heard father tell
OF battles fought and won
He marched with grand old Sherman's troop
Aud l.ogan's fifteenth corps,
And from Atlanta 10 the sea
That iloS he proudly bore.
NEGRO BoY.
] love that starry banner, sir,
For see, my skin Is black,
And n crnging slave would DO
With bl0Odhounds on my track,
But on that ilag brave Lincoln wrote:
Tho blhck nInn shall he free
And that is why its starry fod'
Are always dear TO mo,
YOUNG AMERICA.
! love that starry banner sir,
Aud I've my reasons, too,
For surely It's pretty thing,
All red, aud white, and blue;
Aud let me sec the boy or girl
Who'd like To live or die
Beneath u flag that would not give
A fourth day OF July.
THOMAS 4. WEsTENDoKF.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-03-20

The London authorities have put stop TO
the holding Of lotteries for the benefit of char
liable institutions.
Sarah Bernhardts latest pets are pair of
young alligators.
An unsuccessful preachers work is no sin
nercurc.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-03-20

The wind often turns an umbrella, but
borrower rarely returns 1t.
It's a wise hy that knows bald head 10 spite
of wig.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-03-20
THE MARKETS.

Washington City Is TO have pneumatic
street railway a mule aud half long.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-03-20

When the ships now authorized for
the United States navy are finished, our
neighbors will have eleven armored
vessels, OF which only three will he bat
Ito ships, aud thirty.ono unarmorod
vessels, making forty-two in all. But
the fact is that the United States does
not need great navy any more than IL
needs n great army. The hope and tho
prospect ara that IL will remain ut
peace with the whole world too pow.
errul to bo assaulted, too mugnanimous
To attack weaker country. In Europe
vast ornaments are costly necessities,
But even there the idea grows that in.
iernationai disputes may DO settled by
arbitration just as personal disputes are
settled in court. The duel has been
condemned as a relic of bnrbarism. The
more dreadful relic OF barharlsm, war,
IL now condemned by all good men; and
governments will gladly disarm 40 soon
rs mutual dstrust can be allayed,
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-03-20
whyaG. A.. II. Man Never Married.

Ma jor Ed II, Smith, albeit gentlo-
man and handsome man, is a bachelor.
Many OF his friends have wondered why
ho never married When his stalwart
brother, Colonel Henry Smith, was
questioned about IL tho other day he
replied simply: "rhe war ruined Eds
matrimonial prospects" But he would
say no more. His reticence was doubt
less due 10 brotherIy love. From
another source, however, the truth was
learned. In his younger days Ed was
hnndsomer than he IL now even, aud he
had more hair on his head, lie was
engaged TO u beautiful aud fascinating
girl Wars wild nInrums were sounded.
aud Ed let them sound until late in 1854,
when he finally enlisted. The first le
saw OF real lighting was on September
IL Of that year, ut Cedar Creek, where
Sheridan made his famous ride. How
much he really did see no one will ever
know, for he disappeared suddenly and
was not seen for four days. His bret thor
Harry thought he had been killed and
gave him up for lost. Finally the vail
ant I'd turned up. The battle had been
won aud he was q sight, covered with
dirt and slime. "Where have you been.
Ed asked Harry, as he caught sight OF
his forlorn.looking brother, Ed looked
sheepish. 'Been IN II hollow log near
the creek here for three days." he said.
"Id rather asight be live coward
than u dead hero" The story leaked
out, aud when Ed returned home his
sweetheart greeted him colby. "What
would have become of our dear cot ntry
if MI had acted like your sine demand
cd. "Thcy couldn't" he replied. "be-
cause there weren't logs enough. But
the engagement was broken off and Ed
is only reminded of II occasionally when
he finds u wood-tick in his clothes.
There were so many wood.ticks in and
abcut his particular log that the crop of
1864 is not yet exhausted. But Ed is u
q. A. II. man, nevertheless, and lie
.ports u bronze button proudly. Moth
lag pleases him so much rs to hays "a
friend touch his hat TO him aud address
him as "comrade." The other day
man out at his club house saw the but
ton and asked what post he belonged
to- Post 49," he replied. "No," said
Joe Day, cit was log 2s."-C Chicago
Herald.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-03-20
Ships OF War.

The United States Secretary of the
Navy comes TO the conclusion that there
is no probability that the great republic
will within the near future become n
naval power, He gives the following
list of the effective vessels in European
navies and in that of China:
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-03-20

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rerate conflicts without injury, and
was not wounded again until at the bat
tie OF Shepherlstown, ia 1868, u bullet
struck him in the head, Just above the
ear. aud inflicted Il bad wound.
March 20, 1865. the battle Of Stead
man was fought aud General Gordon,
as u corps commander. received his last
wound, bail piercing his right leg.
Among his relics General Gordon
keeps an iron bound pocketbook, which
once saved his life. He carried it in his
pocket and II hall struck il and bent it
double, Had it not been for the pocket
book the missile would have torn
through the hip bone and would almost
surely have caused his death.
Another memento from which General
Gordon will never part is the scar OF
the wound he received in the face at the
battle of Sharpsburg.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-03-20

The house refused TO give Its employees pay
Tor sundays, defeating the report of the com
mittee ON retrenchment and reform and adopt.
Ing the minority report Of Wymau, A large
number of petitions principally about the sol
diers' monument and prohibition, were recev.
ed, aud ~ bills We're introduced The , mill
resolution OF the ways and means committee
was made special order for Thursday. Adj
journed
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-06-14
DONALD GRANT "HUsTLING."
How Some Fast Track Laying Was Inter-
fered With by a Tie Scare.

How Some Fast Track Laying Was Inter-
fered With by a Tie Scare.
Donald Grant, the veteran railroad
builder and fastest tracklayer in the
world, said to his partner, Mr.. Ross, on
Sunday: "If you will agree to give me
the material l will give the boys a little
lesson in tracklaying and agree to reach
the Teton by Tuesday night" This
meant four or five miles a day for two
days, and Mr.. Ross offered to furnish the
material as fast as it was wanted after
Monday at noon.
Bright and early Monday morning Mr..
Grant took charge of the men and was
sending send of track" along at a lively
rate, when word reached him that there
was danger of the Teton boom breaking
with a consequent loss of $4,000 worth
Of ties. That ended tracklaylng. Every
man was sent forward to the river, where
Mr.. Grant took personal charge of
the work. By almost superhuman
effort the boom was made secure and
over 100 men worked day and night
banking the ties and aiding in the work
Of rendering the drive secure. This was
Mr.. Grants first field work on the Great
Falls & Canada Ry and the way he
stirred the men to action will not soon be
forgotten. If he takes a little credit for
saving $4,000, he is probably entitled to
it.
But the TRIBUNE is sorry that the tie
scare interfered with Mr.. Grants object
lesson in track-laying and We trust he
will renew it on some other occasion,
before the road is completed,