Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-09-27


wholly wiped out by fire. Besides
these CONGREGATIONS, numerous smaller
fires occurred everywhere throughout
the state in rapid succession. The loss
to the insurance companies especially
was excessively severe. But it served
to demonstrate to the people of Iowa
that their home companies were solid
and prepared for the emergency. The
Capital Insurance Co. sustained its pro-
portion of these heavy losses, but every
loss it had was promptly, Eonorably
and courteously attended to, and when
adjusted promptly paid in full. No
better insurance can be had than a pol
icy in the Capital Insurance Company,
of Des Moines, Iowa.
Many railroad and business men of
Boone mourn the sudden departure of
Frank Mckinley, who took ''French
leave" of that city few days ago. For
some time past Mckinley has been the
tried and trusted chief clerk in Master
Mechanic Jones' office at the Chicago
&c Northwestern shops in Boone and
held high position in the society of
that city, being highly esteemed by
the friends he made while there. From
some of these friends he succeeded in
securing cash loans, and even prevailed
on some of them to pay his board while
he pocketed his salary. He took
his employers key to the postoffice, Sc
cured 40 cents cash on the same and
negotiated for the loan of all the cash
he could obtain from his friends and
left without leaving any address, but
leaving his friends about $500 poorer
and great deal wiser.
The keystone hotel, situated on the
north side of the square at Centerville,
was discovered to be on fire at an early
morning hour AS it was frame
structure filled with inflammable mat
ter it was soon a mass of flames, which
at once spread westward into the frame
buildings occupied by Strickler's meat
market, Miss Stuart's millinery store
and a barber shop, from which the con-
tents were mostly removed in safety.
The fire department, aided by the re-
cent rain, checked any further spread
of the flames The fire was undoubt-
edly of incendiary origin, as numerous
attempts have been made to burn the
keystone, which has seemed up to the
present to be as fire proof as any struc-
ture of steel and terra Gotta. There is
general rejoicing, however, on account
of the fire, as it removes some eighty
feet of ancient and unsightly buildings
from the square.
The mystery concerning the tragic
death of n. G.. Remission, whose body
was found in the woods near Eldora
recently, has been cleared. The body
was identified by a set of teeth by r.
o. Newell, city clerk of Red Oak, where
Remission owned SIS, 900 worth of real
estate and other property. Letters in
his trunk disclose the fact that by
going security for ungrateful persons
he found himself suddenly embarrassed.
A demand on him as security, which
was made September 4, to pay a note
for 81, 900 October l, was what impelled
him to take his life. Letters found in
his trunk revealed number of similar
claims from note holders, all of which
came upon him at once and craZed him.
He purchased knife and milestone
the day the demand for 81 900 came,
and he remarked that he intended tC
kill himself. He was 63 years old. He
left will bequeathing all his property
to his daughter, Jennie, who is ap'
pointed executriX.
Mr. Charles A. Schaffter, editor Of
the Eagle Grove Gazette, died at his
home in Eagle Grove at 5 o'clock or
ter's sickness dates back about two
years, when he had an attack of Ia
grippe. This afterward developed into
Bright's disease, which has been grad
ually working it's inroads. Mr.. Schaff
ter had done but little work on his pa
per during the summer, this work de
volving mostly upon Mrs., Schaffte,
and their son, Eugene. On the 15tl
Mr.. Schaffter went to his office feeling
about as usual, and was writing let
ter when he was stricken with brain
paralysis. He was Immediately takel
home, where he remained in a state o
unconsciousness. This was the imme
date cause of death. Mr.. Schaffte
was born in Monitor, Grandvai, Swift
erland, June /, 1887. Came to Amer
lea at the age of 7. Began the print
ing trade at the age of IL. Had Away
followed this trade. He came to low
from Illinois in 1882, and in April o
that year founded the Eagle Grove Ga
zette. Mr.. Schaffter has been high i
the grand lodge of the Knights c
Pythias, and has been twice electe
president of the Upper Des Moines Et
itorial association.
DIR. A. Polasly, Eye and Ear Surgeon
office AIS Walnut St., Des Moines.
Shirts to order. Agt. calls twice eac
year. See him. w. Tilden, Des Moine
Drake University opened last wee
, with the largest enrolment in her hi
tory, being thirty per cent larger tina
| last year. Evidently the drouth wi