Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-05-03

burned. Inc heavy losers are: Marsh
e. Merchant, butchers; Geibel & Crum,
grocers; Empire Bakery; Boone Glove
Works. The Cummings tenement row
was also damaged. At midnight the
frcmen got the fire under control by
tearing down buildings and checking
the flames in the buildings mentioned
above. This is the third important in
cendiary FIRE, and the tenth attempted
in Boone in the past five months. There
is no clue to the fire bugs. The less
will be about $4,000.
The Council Bluffs and Omaha labor
Assem- blies are determined to continue
the fight against the railroads on ac-
count of their treatment of Kelly.
Meetings were held n few evenings
since for the purpose OF arranging a
boycott of the Rock Island. One Of the
delegates TO the assembly said: 1--WE
are arranging to secure the sanction of
the general executive board, and when
this is secured the plan of operation
will be to urge the merchants to
pa tronlze other roads. We will call
upon the assemblies and various unions
of the large cities through the central
labor unions to induce the merchants
to patronize other lines. and if they
will not DO 1t we will stop trading with
them We will work at Des Moines,
Davenport, Chicago, Omaha, Lincoln,
Denver and other points, and we can
int w. hrS 10 n
large extent"
Governor Jackson signed the bill for
the reorganization of the supreme court
on the %. Il and later gave out the fol-
lowing appointments: Judge of the
supreme court, II. Il. Deemer, Mont
gomery county; librarian, Mrs. Laura
Creighton, Polk county; mine inspec-
tors, Morgan G. Thomas, Mahaska
county; James w. Miller, Polk county;
James A. Campbell, Wapello county,
the three named having passed the
highest examination before the board
of mine examiners; visiting committee
to the insane asylums, Mrs. Julia A.
Young, Sioux City, Woodbury. county;
,
pharmacy commissioner, w. L. Leland,
Sioux county; board of health, DR.. j.
A. ScrCggs, Lee county; com missioners
to locate position of Iowa troops at
Lookout Mountain and Missionary
Ridge. j. ID. Pagan, Clinton county; r.
p. Clarkson, Polk county; Il. p. Spen-
Ger, Fremont county; Alex. j. Miller,
johnson county; John A. Young,
Washington county; boat inspectors,
A. A. Henderson, Dickinson county;
Alonzo A. jerks, Decatur county; E.
II. Thomas, Wapello county; +. E.
Wilson, Humboid county.
A mob of 400 men assem- bled at
school house at Missouri Valley about
2 o'clock on the morning of the lst and
proceeded to prepare to lynch Johnso n,
alias Wilson, one of the men who shot
Marshal Whitney on the 2sth. The
mob went systematically at work, ap-
pointed a leader and sent for a rope
and sledge hammers to batter down the
Jail doors. Then the electric street
lights were shut off and the mob pro-
ceeded to the Jail. Officers Lynn Deal
and Lon Mooris, at the Jail, drew their
revolvers and ordered the crowd back,
but the latter pressed forward and de-
manded the keys to the Jail, which
were given up. The mob went in
dragged Johnson out and strung him
up IN front Of the city hall. He tried
to make a speech, but was stopped.
He claimed he did the shooting in self
defense. johnson was shot four times
in the ARRAY and it was at first believed
he would die but as he showed signs
of recovering the mob concluded to end
the matter.) Earlier in the evening it
was reported the other man concerned
in the murder had been captured, and
a crowd of 80 were at the spot when
the train came In, for the purpose of
taking him from the officers, but he
was not on board.
The body of man who from all ap-
pearances had been dead tie n days or
two weeks, was found in field near
Indianola, it being decomposed and in
u COL[SillOu diLnOSJ DSyOuu TcCOS ultlOu.
The body lay upon the bank of a slough
near small tree with a rope made of
-handkerchiefS about the neck. Upon
his person was found visiting card
from o Id Fellows Lodge No. 105, Wy
more, Nebraska, bearing the name of
William d. Moon, and it has been sub
sequently learned that lodge at In
dianola some time ago had communion
ton from the Nebraska lodge as to the
wherea bouts OF Moon, and, as 1t is known
he has been in that place, there is now
no doubt of the Identification being
correct. Moon had had trouble in his
family relations and his wife, with
their five children, left HIM in Nebraska
more than a year ago and is now at
her fathers In Tacoma. 1t is known by
those who were acquainted with Moon
that he did not properly provide for
his family, which fact is given as the
cause of their separation. He was
raised In Warren county until the de-
mise of his father recently and the re-
moval of his mother to Lucas county
He rantc I,ual fo,- M NOT