Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-10-11
news FROM over iowa

short distance from that city imme-
diately of an enormous reservoir for
the Rock Island railroad company.
At Dubuque three children under ten
years-Charles Anthony, Samuel Seed
man and Annie Greenburg-at seeds
from the jimpson weed and came near
dying. Their bodies were bloated
immensely, and three doctors worked
with them for twelve hours to save
their lives.
Engineer John Haley of Clinton was
killed at Laforce. From the headlight
of an engine on the sidetrack and the
signals Of brakeman, Haley thought
collision was inevitable and jumped
from locomotive. He struck a switch
and was torn almost in two. He had
mistaken the signals and his train
passed the point in safety.
Sioux City was left out of the West
ern Baseball league in the reorganiza-
ton which took place at Chicago. The
objection by the directors was that it
did poor business last year, and the
prospects of it's becoming a good pay
ing ball town were not very promis-
ing. The vacancy will not be filed
until November 20, when the league
will meet again in Chicago TO hear re
ports of the special committee APP
pointed to investigate the applications
for clubs at Chicago, st. Paul and Co
lumbus.
The case of y. c.. Carpenter VS.. c. G.
Knapp ct al, of interest as connected
with the dcfunct banking house of j.
T. Knapp q Co., of Cedar Rapids, has
been decided against the plaintiff, who
desired to be given preference in claim
over most creditors, and the money
now waiting to be distributed will
probably be divided by Assignee II. II.
Clay. The criminal action of the State
VS.. c. C. Knapp has been postponed as
to hearing until the November term
for the defendant.
At the recent session of the Society
of the Army of the Tennessee, which
was held at Council Bluffs, officers
for the ensuing year We're elected as
follows: President, Gen. Granville NJ.
Dodge, of Iowa; vice presidents, Gen.
James A. Williamson, of Iowa; Gen.
Robert N. Pearson, of Illinois; Gen.
Charles Wolcott, of Illinois; Mai. Z. C.
Dawes, of Ohio; Col. j: d. Mcclure. of
Illinois; Maj. Henry L. Morrell, of
Missouri; Maj. Joseph w. Paddock, of
Nebraska; Maj. George +. French, of
Minnesota; Maj. +. P. Muhlcnberg, of
Michigan; Capt. George w. Richmond,
of Wisconsin, and Maj. Hoyt Sherman,
of Iowa; corresponding secretary, Gen.
Andrew Hickenlocker; recording sec
rotary, Col. Cornelius Cadle; treasurer,
Gen. M. f. Force. Cincinnati was Sc
lected as the next place Of meeting.
Deputy United Marshal o. E. Wray,
of Ottumwa, was shot at 3 o'clock in
the morning at Abba and narrowly
escaped fatal injuries while taking
Gabe johnson, n bootlegger, to the
early train. Two men with loaded
shotguns intercepted him in an alley
and demanded of him to surrender the
prisoner. Wray refused and one of the
would-be assassins fired a charge of
buckshot at close range, taking effect
in his hips and back. Although Wray
fell and Johnson escaped, the villains
fred three more charges of shot at the
officer while he was down, but none of
them took effect. The highwaymen
are supposed to be Johnson's brothers
and man named Napier. They are
all Kentuckians and were supposed
to have run an illicit still somewhere
near Abba. A posse has been hunting
them without success. Wray was sent
home and unless blood poisoning occurs
will soon recover. He is a son-in-law
of Judge Trimbell of Keokul-.
A total of ninety-two warrants were
recently issued against three members
of the board of supervisors of Wood
bury county. A constable went to
Sloan and brought back Supervisor f.
o. Hunting, while Strange gave him
self up to the officers. Both have
given bonds. Against these men and
Supervisor Epps there are various
charges of obtaining money by false
pretenses and for misdemcanor in
Office. The bail in the former class of
cases is $500 and in the latter $500
each. Efforts are being made by
parties interested for settlement of
the whole trouble without further ex-
pense, but these efforts do not seem
likely to succeed. Some of the super
visors charge the editor of the Sioux
City Tribune with lnstigating these
later suits to divert attention away
from the investigation of the printing
bills, and so there is good deal of i'll
feeling mixed up in the cases. 1t is
not likely that justice will be cheated
by compromises.
i. X. Eshleman, man so wears Of
age, was murdered on the west end of
the Grand avenue bridge at Des Moines
at 10 o'clock on the night of the I'd.
When discovered he was dying. and
before the police arrived he had passed
away. A bullet from a 32-caliber re-
volver ended his life His torn cloth
ing, set muscles and scorched shirt
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