Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1893-11-09
AROUND THE STATE.

liC DObN Va az was Aouuo nv
Dubuque IN room vacated two weeks
ago by two women supposed to-haye
come from Chicago. The coroner will
investigate.
President Cleveland has again APP
pointed N. b. Ashby of Iowa consul at
Dublin. Ashby is one of the presidents
appointees who failed of confirmation
by the senate.
A ST. Louis, Keokul1 & Northwestern
railway passenger train, south bound,
was wrecked at Viewer The engine,
smoker, baggage and mail cars were
ditched. An unknown tramp was
killed.
While undergoing Il surgical opera
ton for removal of a cancer from the
top of his head, before the college of
physicians and surgeons at KeolSuk,
Charles Bechstorm died on the operat
ing table. HE 8
\ Burglars were discovered in Nc
Creight's store ut shannon City, and
were captured by Il posse OF citizens,
They proved to be Conley and Smith,
who ran cooper shop in the town. A
search of Conley's house revealed
large amount of stolen goods taken
from various stores in the town and the
mystery of the recent numerous bur-
glaries was solved.
Is Ward Elwood and Ostrander, ac-
cused of the shooting of Michael keefe
at charivari, near Elma, have waived
examination after partial hearing.
The testimony is to the effect that
ostrauder did the shooting and Elwood
threatened to shoot anybody who told
of it. Keefe, who was at first believed
fatally injured, is. still in a precautions
condition, and the surgeons have been
unable to extract the bullet from his
skull.
Recently the city assessor of Cedar
Rapids pursuant to instructions OF the
council assessed all real and personal
property at its actual cash value, the
total aggregating Sl5,0Oo,O00, Six
hundred complaints have been filed by
tax payers during the few days that
the board of equalization has been in
session. Injunction proceedings to
prevent the levying of taxes on the
new assessment will probably be instr
tutcd.
Laborers at Burlington unearthed
the mutiiated body of a male child in
the street near the water works filter,
it3hayng been buried there day or.
two The bluff IN that locality is the
resort of the worst element in the city.
The little street walkers whoinfest the
town whit their depraved male escorts
may be found there at all hours of the
night. Doubtless this is the result of
the shame of one of these young girls
The police will endeavor to sift the
matter to the bottom.
The grand lodge of the Iowa Legion
of Honor docs not meet until n year
from the coming March, SO if the IN
junction asked by Cedar Rapids lodge
No. LIS granted by the superior court
the officers of the order cannot be re-
moved from Cedar Rapids until that
time. 1t was expected at Cedar Rapids
that the grand officers would make an
attempt to remove the offices to Des
Nloines the first of the month, They
probably would have done SO had not
the injunction suit been fled.
Col +. NJ. Martin, general manager
otthe :Des MONIES Northern & Western
road, has called meeting of the
shorter Iowa roads to consider the re-
cent order of the trunk lines reducing
the proportionals to be paid to the
short lines on freight and passenger
business The meeting is to be held in
Des MONIES at an early date to devise
means, if possible, to compel the trunk
lines to change their policy towards
the minor roads. Many Of them are
seriously affected; threatened by ruin,
they say. ''s .."
Mrs, l.. A. KING, an elderly lady
living at Bertram, came to Cedar
Rapids to consult the police authorities
in reference to an assault made upon
hcrlat 9 O'Clock by an unknown man.
He entered her home through VIM
dow and announced that he had come
to murder her. She grappled with the
fellow and then escaped from the
darkened house to the neighb ors.
Mrs. King has been active In complain
ing of liquor sellers in and about Bert
ram and she believes that they en-
pleyeG her assallant to murder her.
The safe of the depot of the &. & n.
w, railway was blown open, or rather
the outside door blown off, and as the
thieves failed to drill through the
chilled steel outside door, they aban-
doned the job. The safe was so
wrenched that the agent could not nm
lock the inner door, so he knocked off
the handle, put IN one pound of,blast-
ing powder and touched her off-first
rolling the safe out doors. The first
blast didn't bulge IT. Then he put in
two pounds, with the same result.
Then he put in four pounds of giant
powder. Portions of the, safe were
found in three Of the adjoining conn
ties.,,. ,...., r...,f..a ..aas sr.a4..i
Five men fell from .scaffold in front
of new hotel being erected at Farley.
Allwere injured, two brothers named
Loemjs seriously and one young man
named Ahers fatally his back being
broken. &ssgs5a5 Es,~.g.s. q
At cflarivaff at Eima, Charles
Keefs, Ahsi bridegroom, was fatally
shot by one of the party, He was
called out of the house about mid
night, when seuf1le .ensued between
him and one of the party, when the
act was committed, Ayoung man by
the name of Eiyood Is suspected, as be
cannot be found-- $50 ~ 7--
The Rock Island round house at
NIuscatine was destroyed by fire At /
o'cl9clS iHthc morning Two engines
were In hebuildinqfarti were wreelxed.