Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-07-05
NEWS FROM over iowa

Advices from Monroe say that splen
did rains have visited that vicinit,
after drouth of fifty days.
Col. L.. NJ. Martin. of Des Moines
formerly manager of the Des Nome
Northern railway. has been elected
general manager of the Iowa Central
Mrs. Ray, wife of Hiram Ray o
Knoxville, and mother of Jesse Ray
who committed fraud through the
United States mails and died while his
trial was pending, committed suicide
near Tracy by hanging.
A sneak thief entered the residence
of c. Leythe, at Independence, ano
asked for food. While it was being
prepared he made away with suit OF
clothes and other valuables. He was
captured late that evening.
s. NJ. Clark editor of the Keokuk
Gate City, was nominated for congress
by the republicans of the First district
at Mt Pleasant on the l35th ballot. II
was the most hotly contested conven-
ton ever held in that district
At Des MOines, in the case of the
State of Iowa VS.. Betsy Smith. the
judge denied the application for new
trial and sentenced the defendant to
the Anamosa penitentiary for life.
The case will be appealed to the
supreme court. s..
Judge Macy made a decision in the
Cass county bank case at Atlantic,
ruling that the bank was a corporation,
not a cOpartnership. This decision
estops the creditors of the bank, with a
100000 deficiency, from holding the
individual stockholders for their claims.
At Cedar Rapids negro named Dick
Van Camp raped the 9-year-old child of
laboring man. Van Camp was ca p
tured and a mob began forming for t he
purpose of lynching the william, but the
officers got wind of their purpose and
hurried him away to the county jail
at Marion.
Mr.. Davies. manager of the Des
Moines Driving Park. has engaged
AliX, 2:07$4, the winner of the $50
Worlds Fair trot, the great three day
nine heat race, to meet Directum, the
2:O514 unbeaten champion, for a 81 500
purse, the winner to take all and the
park to pay the expenses of the loser.
The gentleman in charge of the con-
tracts for Directum has not yet
finally accepted the challenge to meet
AK, bot the race is very sure to come
off.
A terrible murder. surprising any
thing happening in Johnson county in
many years, took place near Lone Tree
few days ago Jacob ling, aged 35.
shot and killed Mary Trevort, aged Il,
because she refused to marry him.
After viewing the lifeless form a mo-
ment he turned the revolver on himself
and fired. infiicting wounds from which
he cannot recover. The young woman
was well and favorably known. The
murderer had been paying her atten-
ton for year and had made himself
very obnoxious in pressing his suit.
The governor has issued proclama-
nation declaring August 10 public
holiday consecrated to the memory of
the patriotism and valor of Iowa S
soldiers and calling on the people of the
state to join with the veterans on the
day in commemoration of the occasion.
The day has been set apart for the
transfer of Iowa's 1873 battle flags of
her 10000 soldiers from the arsenal to
the state house. and the governor
proclamation calls on the people of the
state to appropriately observe the SOL
emnity of the event. Governor Jack
son recommends that the 10th day of
August, 1894 be known and referred to
as Battle Flag day.
Legal action has been begun at Des
Moines to test the constitutionality of
the mulct liquor law. A petition has
been filed by Charles Mckenzie and c.
&. NOurSe in the case of the state eX
rel. ID. +. Witter vs.. j. +. FOrSner and
w. W. Moore 10 enJOln nuisance.
The hearing is set for July 10. The
petition embraces twelve counts. giving
the position of the prohibitionists from
two points of view: first, that the law
is unconstitutional. in that the prohib-
tory amendment was adopted and is
part of the state constitution: second.
that the law is unconstitutional be-
cause it conflicts with the constitution
of the state in the particulars set forth
in the petition.
Mr.. Jesse Black. of Norwalk, has
found two madstones. They appear to
be the genuine article. and they were
found by him last March while cross
ing his field, three miles south of Nor
walk. He was in Des Moines recently
and with DR.. E. Weldy was exhibiting
the stones to several scientists who
pronounced them genuine. The fac
that when one of them is held over
glass of milk it will absorb every par
ticle of the fluid is the evidence mos
considered. The stones were foun'
just fourteen miles from Des MOines
near Deer lake. The theory that the,