Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-06-21

| Long Island course for the trial trip Of
| the torpedo boat Erickson in July,
after which she will receive her arm
ament at Newport. She will be fin
ished in week and if the rains north
check the fall in the river she will
leave Dubuque with steam up. Other
wise she will be taken to st. Louis.
| Winfield Wickham, foreman in the
box making department of q Cedar
| Rapids creamery and dairy supply
house, met with fearful accident.
While at work he dropped wrench on
a moving pulley which was revolving
at the rate of $500 times a minute.
! The high speed broke the wrench and
| the pieces flew in different directions,
| the large, heavy end striking Wickham
the face. His nose was crushed fiat,
and a deep cut was made in the right
cheek just below the eye.
| Sherman Trimble, for several years
| bookkeeper for the Capital City Nurser-
| les of Des Moines, and of which Capt.
| c.. L. Watrous is proprietor, was ar
rested by detectives upon a warrant
charging him with forgery. He was
locked up at the central station, where
he made a confession 20 the detectives.
Trimble is single man and has pre-
viously borne good reputation. He
has made his home at the nurseries,
where he has been more or less in
charge. There he was found by the
detectives. 1t is claimed that he passed
forged checks, bearing the signature of
Captain G. l.. Watrous. The first was
for SIS, the second for SO and another
was considerably larger.
r. III. Henderson,, the drummer boy
of the Rappahannock," is famous the
nation over. He went to the front
with the Ninth Michigan in 1861, when
but eleven years of age. Since the
war he has been heard the nation
through in his unparalleled drum mu-
steal entertainment. Secretary Fowler
of the state fair has closed contract
with Major Henderson, for state fair
week. He will be accompanied by his
son, j. c. Henderson,, one of America s
best fifers, and will bring the collection
of drums and sticks presented to him
by those high in military and official
life. To the soldiers especially, and to
those who love the martial music this
engagement will be especially pleas
ing.
At meeting of the executive com
mittee of the Iowa Prohibitory Amend
ment League at Mt. Pleasant, plans
for future work were discussed, and it
was decided to push the work of organ
izing all over the state, through the
district vice president and various
superintendent. The work of raising
funds will go on earnestly and is
already progressing satisfactorily.
The work of education on the subject
of amendment will not begin till after
the fall election, as it is not the desire
to hamper the political parties with
the temperance question. Hon. John
Mahin, editor of the Muscatine Journal,
Hon. l.. S. Coffin of Fort Dodge and
w. r. Cole of Mt. Pleasant are leading
agitators.
The Iowa Bankers Association, in
session at Des Moines. elected the fol-
lowing officers: President, Simon
Cassidy, Des Moines; vice-president, l.
II. Helsel, Sioux Rapids; secretary, j.
NJ. Dinwiddie, Cedar Rapids; treasurer,
Thomas d. Lockman, Abba; district
vice-presidents, First district, C.. D.
McElhiny, Fairfield; Second district,
A. NJ. Henderson, Marengo: Third dis
trict, II. A. Miller, Dubuque; Fourth
district, John McIIugh, Cresco; Fifth
district, j. NJ. Woodward, Marshall
town: Sixth district, w. E. Bonifield,
Ottumwa; Seventh district, j. H. Win
trode, Winterset; Eighth district, A.
l.. Lineville: Ninth district, G. p. San
ford, Council Bluffs; Tenth district, B.
F. Robinson; Armstrong; Eleventh dis
trict, w. p. Maley, Sioux City. The
next session will be held at Storm
Lake.
Chicago detectives are looking for
a barber who charged John X. Steen
nearly $50 for a shave and look at
the sights of the city. Steen ar
rived in the city from Washington,
Iowa, to transact business in the inter
est of patent check rein. He went
into barber shop beneath Halter &
Chote's on Sherman street, and having
got shave accepted an invitation Of
the barber to take a trip about the
town. They started out together, and
Steen can remember nothing they did
after the men entered saloon where
the barber met his friends. They
asked Steen to drink with them, and
he ordered glass of beer. The stuff
that he got tasted like turpentine. and
in minute the room began to whirl
about him and he fell from his chair to
the floor. When he recovered con-
sciousness the place was empty, and
he soon wandered out, dazed. His
pocketbook containing $50, gold
watch and a scarf pin were missing,
and a big lump on his forehead and a