Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-05-17

| personal baggage are still in that city.
| 1t is believed he went fishing and was
downed.
Fire broke out in the packing room
of the Rush Park seed store at Inde-
pendence. The stock, as well as w.
d. Hamilton's hardware store. was
damaged by fire and water to the ex-
tent of several thousand dollars 1t
was of incendIary origin, evidence of
kerosene being found.
An immense crowd assent led at Du-
buque to witness the launching of the
! torpedo boat Ericsson. In the parade
were the military, the men employed
at the works where the boat was
built, and it's commander, Captain
Usher, with many noted citizens Adj
vile and Judge ODonnelL "The Star
Spangled Banner" and other appro-
pirate airs were PLAYED. Miss Carrie
Kiene broke the bottle of wine, and
with the stroke the beautiful craft
glided gently into the river AS it
struck the water mighty sroar went
up from the assem- bled thousands, and
the roar of cannon added to the i'm
pressiveness of the scene. The boat
rests in the water just as it's builders
expected ii would, with the water line
stretching evenly along its sides. 1t
will not be ready to leave Dubuque
Nptii some time next month.
While playing "Kelly's navy" in the
houses, Willie Nelson, son OF Paul
Nelson, of Des Moincs, was drowned.
In company with two other boys, c. L.
Grinstand and Willie Reeves, they
were playing "Kelly's navy" and rid
ing an old fat boat over the dam which
caused Commodore Kelly SO much
trouble few days before. The boys
were all about II years of age and
could not swim. Ao the boat went
over the dam it capslzed and all three
were thrown into the water Reeves
and Grinstand chung to the boat but
Nelson sank. The body was recovered
few hours later. The other two boys
also came near drowning. Reeves
tloated down 200 yards and caught hold
of a snag, where he was rescued by
man in a boat, while Grnstand clurg
to the overturned boat until 1t was
near the shore, when he relingulshed
his hold and fell back into the water.
He was pulled out by a man on the
bank.
Ernest Donaldson was murdered by
Charles Peterson at Keb, a mining
town thirteen miles from Ottumwa
The parties are both miners. 1t seems
that the men had been drinking heavily
and coming home well under the in
tiuence of liquor, were talking IN front
of Peterson's house, when quarrel
arose and Peterson stabbed Donaldson
several times, finally cutting his jugular
vein, killing him almost instantly. A
third party who was present says that
Peterson accused Don aldson of undue
intimacy with the formers wife,
whence the quarrel arose which result
ed in the latter's death. The neighbor
who was present received severe cut
in the arm while trying to hold Peter
son and Mrs. Peterson also was severely
cut by her Irate husband. When the
neigh bors, aroused by her cries, ar
rived, they found the woman with her
arms around the dead mans neck, Sob
blng on his body. She accuses her
husband outright. Peterson is now in
jail at Ottumwa.
Another chapter has been added to
the Livingston case, which recently
went through the Sioux City courts
with controversy between the tive
widows over the possession of a body,
and which left a good deal of bad blood
between friends of the two parties in
that city. About o'clock in the morn
ing fire was discovered in the house of
the elder widow, near the business por-
ton of the city. 1t is a double house,
the other half being occupied, but Ms.
Livingston not being at home. The
fire was soon put out, and the 6remen
requested the man living In the other
part of the house to E&ep watch, as no
one had been at the house for some
time. He did so and little later dis
covered another fire. The fire depart
ment returned and had difficulty in
saving the $40, 900 house. The fire had
been started IN seven different places.
the carpets and beds being soaked in
oil and then set on fire. The man at
watch is positive that no one went to
the house between the two fires, and
the man was proba bly, in the house all
the while. Mrs. Livingston and her
son had just returned from California,
but stopped at hotel.
Ut Dodge hal wild time few days
ago over the escape and recapture of
Jack Ballou, indicted for the murder
of Joe Tiffany. Friends outside had
sawed away window bar and that
night he broke out. Fire bells wero
rung and big crowd got out to search.
He was seen and shot at four times,
but in the darkness eluded pursuit un-
iii poop the pe-t day when he was