Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-08-02
NEWS from over iowa


Fire at Bonaparte destroyed nine
buildings, including the opera house,
bank and several stores.
The Fisher & Co. ice house north of
Dubuque was burned with 1,500 tons
of ice. Loss, So, 600; insurance, $1,000.
The republicans of the Third district
unanimously renominated Congress
man ID. b. Henderson at their conven-
ton at Waterloo.
George Weems and John Hammill,
recently convicted of numbering Con-
ductor Ridpath at Des Moines, were
denied new trial and sentenced to
hang August %, 1895.
In fight at De Witt John Bush shot
George Vance's right arm off at the
shoulder and fatally wounded him.
Both were attaches of Howe e. Cush-
ing's circus. Bush made his escape.
A new departure of the levying of
taxes on local insurance companies is
proposed by the Dubuque city fathers.
Heretofore it has been the custom to
tax certain portion of the capital.
1t is now understood that the finance
committee will recommend that every
shareholder in these corporations be
taxed for the full amount of stock they
hold in the company.
A disastrous fire prevailed in Eagle
Grove few days ago, destroying one
whole block of business buildings and
about half of another block, on the
east side of the city. The fire started
in Carman's racket store by the explo-
sion of a kerosene lamp and soon
spread to other buildings on each side.
The fire department did all it could to
extinguish the fire. but water soon
gave out and the fire spread at its own
good will until about twenty-five build
ings were consumed. The fire burned
all night. Loss roughly estimated at
$50, 900, with probably half insurance.
e. J. Conrad was arrested at Creston
on a charge of grand larceny. Infor-
nation had been filed by Crisis Boil,
who had presumably been robbed of a
gold watch at his billiard hall on
Adams street. Next morning, how
ever, the watch was returned to Boil
by one Sam Goldman and the informa-
ton against Codrad was withdrawn
and the case dismissed. Conrad after
wards filed information against Crisis
Boil and Alex Cummings charging
them with conducting a gambling
house Boil and Cummings entered a
plea of guilty and paid a fine of S. and
costs each.
l.. Folsom, a pioneer of Osceola
county, is dead. He and his wife's
brother, j. b. Lent, were showing
Lent's boy the action of repeating
rife. Lent worked the gun several
times, when a cartridge was dis
charged, striking Folsom in the arm
and cutting an artery. He had lost his
other arm by blood poisoning from it
being lacerated by barb wire A doc
tor was called. who dressed the wound
and pronounced the case not critical.
Lent is union veteran. who for six
years was county sheriff and for four
years county treasurer. 1t is sad
occurrence, and all that can be said in
excuse of the accident is that all par
ties thought the magazine was empty
Mrs. Spry entered cave at the rear
of her residence at Stuart to get gaso-
line with which to prepare the even
ing meal. 1t being dark in the cave a
match was lit, and she was immediate
ly envelOped in flames and ran scream
ing through the house, sinking in the
front yard. All that loving hands
could do to alleviate her sufferings was
done, but within few hours she died.
3 j. j. Middleton, deaf and dumb. was
struck by b.. c. r. e. n. passenger
train while walking the track at Iowa
City. He was scratched and bruised
some, but received no serious injuries.
This is the third time he has been
knocked off the track, once being
nearly killed.
The Jewell rainmaking experiments
which have been going on at Fort
Dodge recently ended. No rain has
fallen and the whole proceeding has
been a lamentable fizzle The opera
tions were carried on by intelligent men
who went to Kansas to receive person
al instructions from Jewell. The first
two days were very windy, which
might have worked against it's success.
A fair test has been had since, how
ever. 1t was cloudy number of times
and it would seem that if there was
any virtue in the system it would have
been able to induce a falling of the
moisture which was plainly above.
None fell, and the next time Mr.. Jewell
wants S400 from FIT. Dodge for his
voodooism he will have to guarantee il
will work. Many inquiries are daily
received from drouth stricken localities
asking about the success of the trial.
The feeding yards of the Chicago &
Northwestern railway at Boone burned.
The loss will reach $4,000. The wards
will probably not be rebuilt, as the de,
mand for feeding in transit is small
since the use of patent stock cars.
Fire started at Stuart in the large