Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-11-09
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have been exhibited by the state and
the model of the state capitol, with
provision that they be given aseparate
room in the museum building, and that
the room be called the Iowa room.
The South Park commissioners have
signiied their Willingness to accept the
building, and there is no doubt Blu
that the proposition TO the museum
company will be accepted. t3f
Arrangements have been completed
for the seventeenth annual convention
of the Iowa Dairy Association, to he
held at New Hampton Nov. IA, Is and
i6. The state association offers 500
in cash prizes. The programme is an
excellent one Addresses will be made
by d. w. Wilson, of Elgin, ILL.,, j. r
NORM. OF Cedar Rapids: Prot James
Wilson, of the Iowa Agricultural Col
lege; ii. J. Neitret, Walker; Prof. &.
Z. Patrick, Iowa Agricultural College;
j. ID. Frederickson. Little Falls, n, Y;
Governor Horace Boies, of Iowa; Rev.
A. c. Marshall, of McGregor, Ia; A. II.
Barber, Chicago, H., and l. w. Edsom,
fredericksburg, la. The officers OF
the association are: NJ. l.. Newton,
Waterloo, president; p. G. Henderson,
Central City, vice president; ). II,
Slbley, State Center treasurer: Z. G.
Gabrilson, New Hampton, secretary
The full committee of creditors of
the Union Loan and Trust Company is
at Sioux City, including D. L. Plummer
and w. c. Silverhoru, of Wausan; A.
C., Stoddart, of st. LOUIS: w. Reynolds,
of Marblehead, Mass j. c. Combs, of
Boston; W. p. IIoughty, of st. Louis,
and w. Il. Mcfarland, of Cory, Penn.
The committee is ready to file articles
of incorporation of the Creditors Com
mutation Company, which is the cor
porate title under which the Union
Loan ana Trust Company will be re-
organized. u will have 81 900, 900 cap
ital and will control and develop the
railroad, stock yard and other interests
of the old trust company. The stock
of the new concern will be taken by
the creditors of the old. 1t will open
a packing house at Sioux City at once.
As Henry Fitzpatrick of Cedar Valley,
accompanied by Conrad Miller of Tip
ton, and couple of ladies, one the
daughter of the former, were driving
along about three miles southwest of
the latter place, one of the ladies at
tempted to raise an umbrella at which
their team became frightened. and
started to run away, when Miller gave
the lines such sudden jerk as to al
most bring the frightened animals to a
standstill, throwing Fitzpatrick. out
against barb wire fence. Two ribs
were completely severed by the barbs,
leaving such a wound that the lungs
were plainly visible, and presenting a
| horrible sight The unfortunate man
was carried to nearby farm house
and physicians from Upton and Iowa
City were immediately summoned, but
| despite their best efforts he died. Mr..
Fitzpatrick was the youngest OF three
brothers residing near Cedar Valley.
| A family OF grown-up children survive
him, but his wife died about q year
ago X
The relief committee appointed by
| Gov. Boies at the time OF the Pomeroy
| cyclone has made its final report and
been discharged. 1t shows a total OF
seyentyone deaths from the cyclone.
| lSorty-nine were in Pomeroy, six in
! Buena Vista county, twelve in Cher
! okec county and four in Calhoun
county, All needy were + reported
| amply cared for and no further relief
necessary. Practically all contribu-
tons We're from Iowa cities. Sioux
City footed hospital and medical bills
aggregating 81, 500, furnished 800
worth of supplies the day following
the cyclone and turned into the fund a
balance of S459. 80 in cash. Following
are the other principal contributions,
as shown by the report, all cash items:
Des Moines, S6,3l9.s6; Council Bluffs,
1868. So: Dubuque, Ss,2s4.50; Davenport,
| Sl,45U: Burlington, 81, 15l.4s; Boone,
$3.50. IL; Fort Dodge, sl,6s4 60; Grin.
nell, SEQ; Iowa City, S603,S2: LeAIars,
!! Sl,026 10; Manchester, S93 75; Mar.
| shalltown, $3.50. Is; Oskaloosa, S562,56
! Rockwell City, S3,0S3.67, and Cedai
Rapids, S740.45. In all ,T6l In cash
was contributed, besides lumber,
brick, etc. The committee restored
exactly 100 homes and furnished com.
plete relief to $50 families made home
less The total property loss is finally
placed at $3.50. 900, ,t,,a.i .ita.s4a.
On information filed by Mayor Moor
head of Keolsuk, Joseph G.. Span, ex.
city collector, has been arrested for
embezzlement of public funds during
his term of office-lS9o to 1893. An ex-
pert examination of the city books i
So, 600 is disclosed. ee''.' 81
/ A survey is now heing made to con.
meet the Mason City 4 Fort Dodge
with the Iowa Central at Belmond
The movement is made in consequence
i ofthe action of the through'lines In re-
I ducing the freight schedule. This will
/ give through line from Fort Dodge
and Mason City to Chicago via Dubuque.
! August LANCE, an old and; promi
nent citizen of Dubuque, while passing
along the street, was seized with 8
hemorrhage of the lungs, the BLOOD
pouring out of his mouth in a stream
lie sank down and died in two min
utes.
Iowa postmasters appoiiiteds Fori
Atkinson, Winneshiek county, Z. ].
Huber, vice G. A. Bieber. removed
Melrose, Monroe county, James Dug
gan, vice A. II. Hurford, removed; Rut
land HUMBOLDT county, $. J. Jensen,
vice +. A. Wilder, removed.
At the Iowa Industrial school at Ell.
dora a scaffold made and used by plas.
terers, H. L Fannou and A, H.. Good
wln. gave way, prccipnaiing hem Il
the hard fioor some eighteen feet be.