Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-07-26

Iowa Stats AnZieger was his opponent
and the contest was bitter one.
The executive committee of the State
Fair has arranged for the putting up
of number of Columbian turnstiles.
! There will be three on the west side
and three on the south, at the Rock
Island entrance. They are the iden-
teal turnstiles that were used at the
| Worlds Fair.
The prospects for large attendance
| at Highland Park Normal College, Des
Moines, Iowa, next year are very fiatter-
ing. President Longwell says that the
| College has never been in better shape
| for good solid, substantial work than it
! will be at the opening of the fall term,
| September 4. We are glad to give this
news to our readers as, Highland Park
Normal College is undoubtedly one of
the greatest institutions of learning in
| the west.
Ray Elliott, who disappeared from
the home of his parents at Marengo on
the 22d of May, 1898, has been found
| and returned to his parents. On the
9th of July woman left the child
with a family at Waterloo, saying she
would return in a week. She did not
return and the people became sus-
picious and an investigation proved
him to be the missing child. The boy
says he was taken to Canada in COW
cred wagon by number of persons
who had lots of horses. They are sup
posed to have been Gypsies.
For eighteen years Martin Grow has
laid in the county Jail at Dubuque
awaiting an examination by the insane
commissioners on the charge of insan-
ity. To every grand jury visiting the
Jail during this time he has pleaded for
release in vain. The commissioners
finally decided to investigate his case,
with the idea of releasing him. On
examination he was found to be sane,
except on one point. He insisted that
his father was not dead, and that he
had no brothers or sisters. The fact
that his father has been dead for many
years, and that he has several brothers
and sisters living, induced the commits
sioners to declare him insane, and his
removal to the Independence asylum
was ordered.
A sensational suit has been com
menced in the district court at Sioux
City to remove from office w. H. Adams.
chairman of the county board of super
visors, and it is said this will soon be
followed by similar suits against four
other members of the board. The suit
grows out of the exposure of the al
legged boodling of the board during the
past two years by an investigation
conducted by committee of promi-
nent citizens. 1t is charged that the
board allowed illegal bills of members
for bridge work and other purposes,
division of the bridge fund among it's
members, and it was not applied to the
purpose intended, and that the county
attorney was allowed 81 900 illegally.
Some weeks ago two young crooks
were arrested at Des Moines for steal
ing S11O worth of diamonds from an
east side jeweler, substituting paste
for genuine stones when he set the
tray in front of them. They re-
turned the diamonds and in considera-
ton of their getting out of town were
allowed to go. Presently they came
back and began their former tactics of
confidencing greenhOrns, one of them
steering" the suckers into Joint
kept by a woman on Court avenue.
BY druggcd liquor, marked cards, etc,
they managed to rob fellow from
Ames of a little money a week ago and
one of the couple, a fellow named
Keyes, was arrested. His trial was
set but the prosecuting witness failed
to appear. The marshal says he will
push the diamond case unless they get
out of town.
Fire which started in the grain ele-
vator of Chas. Counselman, near the
Rock Island depot at Newton, spread
to the elevator of the Newton Elevator
Company, two barns. four freight cars
and the stock yards sheds, all of which
were destroyed The aggregate loss
is estimated at $4,000.
At the convention of Ninth district
republicans at Council Bluffs Congress
man A. l.. Hager was unanimously re-
n nominated.
Some one who it is believed was in
the strike at Sioux City cut the air
brake on the night express on the
Illinois Central road at Cherokee few
nights ago. The train instead of stop
ping at Storm Lake went through on
nearly full speed, going beyond the
yard limit before it was stopped.
Fortunately no damage was done, as
the track was clear and switches all
right.
The Burlington militia trouble has
been settled by Colonel Guest request
ing Adjutant General Prime to have
the state encampment held at some
other point than Burlington.
John Tobias, well known railroad
man and prominent Knight of Pythias
and Forester cut his throat in fit of