Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-05-24

| near the depot at Knoxville, caught
ire from spark from freight engine
and is total loss, together with the
engine house and office and contents.
There were some 1000 bushels of oats
in it, besides corn and wheat. The
loss on buildings will be about $4,000
with $1,000 insurance; on contents
about So, 500 with 81 500 insurance. 1t
was thought at one time the Central
House would go with it, the wind was
so strong.
! The state supreme court has affirmed
the decision of the Woodbury. district
court in the case of George Il. Owen
against the city of Sioux City, involv-
ing the validity of special assessments
made against abuttlng property for
street improvements for the city. The
| amount involved in the Owen case was
but about 81, 900, but had 1t been decid-
| ed in the plaintiffs favor the city would
! have been banlSrupted as well as other
cities IN the state that have been levy
ing special assessments.
A head END collision occurred on the
Rock Island Near DeSoto, and a west
| bound extra and an east bound work
train got together. The engineer of
| the extra saw the smoke of the APP
preaching work train and stopped, but
not in time to send the fiagman ahead,
and the engine of the latter collided
with that pulling the extra. One of
the engines was wholly disabled and
five fiat cars derailed, but no one was
seriously hurt. The extra failed to
side track as ordered.
Conductor Samuel Il. Rldpath Of the
Chicago Great Western railway was
shot and instantly killed at Des Moines
on the night of the 10Th, while on the
way to the depot to take his train.
Two thugs were seen to knock him
down and shoot him and then grab his
grip and run. His watch and other
valua bles were not disturbed and
nothing was taken but his grip, which
assigned for the crime except robbery,
but why they failed to go through his
clothes cannot be explained.
The trustees of the Agricultural Col
lege, for good reasons, which are placed
upon the records of the college, refused
to consider the charges filed against
Prof. Patrick, although he himself, in
order to prove the utter falsity of the
charges, formally requested that an
| investigation be made. Prof. f. A.
Leighton emphatically denies ever
| having charged Prof. Patrick with I'M
fairness in conducting experiments,
and states that he has always found
him deslrous only of getting at the
truth in his experimental work.
The burglars who went through the
store of w. T. Smith & Son at Tracy,
recently, were captured at the bridge
across the Des Moines river, eight
miles southeast of that place, by a
! posse who followed their trail. The
booty was also recovered. There were
two of them, one being mere boy, the
other a professional. They were
| turned over to the sheriff of Marion
county They claimed they followed
at the Bluffs, and were captured at the
iron bridge where Kelly's army was
fed by Oslzaloosa people.
| 1t turns ont that there were three
parties to the killing of Conductor Rid
! path at Des Moines ON the 10Th, and all
; of them have been arrested. Their
names are John Krout, Barney HAM
mil and George Weams. The former
was suspected and arrested, afterwards
making a confession which implicated
Hammll and Weams. He says that
while partially under the influence of
liquor they decided to walk up Third
| street and hold up the FIRST man they
met. Ridpath happened to be that
man and as he resisted he was MUIR
dered.
j. E. Shearer shot Miss Aurora Nc
| Cllntock and then attempted suicide by
! shooting himself, at Omaha. At last
accounts both were still alive, but their
condition was critical. Miss McClin-
took is cousin of Mr.. McMinn, of OF.
tumwa. Her parents reside in Penn
! sylvanIa and she has been visiting in
! Ottumwa since the 1st OF January. She
left few days ago for Omaha for a
short visit with friends before return
ing home. Shearer came to Otumwa
after she left Learning of her depart
ure, he followed her to Omaha. 1t is
believed that he was madly infatuated
with her and that she did not recip-
rocate his affection and tried to avoid
HIM.
Albert, the 9-year-old son of John
Hughes of Bussey, was struck with a
ball and had his jaw broken and chin
badly lacerated.
Three men were arrested at Alvord
for the robbery of the postoffice at
Lester recently. They were taken to
Sioux City and held to await the action
of the United States court, which
meets soon. They are Ed. Manning,
Dan Mobiles and Marvin Watson, and
nearly all the stamps and other val
1 hIns ctnlan raooyara1 frnp,