Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-03-14
NEWS FROM over iowa

buque for sixty-three years, died on
the sth, aged 20.
Cassius c. Macdonald, who was mar
ried at Davenport February s, with one
or two women claiming to be his undi-
vorced wives, has sued the Democrat,
of that city, for 5O,OOO, on the grounds
of libel. The Democrat has retained
the best attorneys in the city and
cheerfully awaits developments.
William Garner, of Latty, suicided
by asphyxiating himself with gas in
the family house. His dead body was
found. He had just began divorce
proceedings against his wife for
adultery and the case was to have
come up on the 18th. He was a pros
porous farmer and leaves six children.
The movable church of j. b. Craw-
ford was dedicated few days ago at
Burlington. The exercises were par
ticipated in by representatives of all
the churches of that city. The build
ing is of iron and steel, and is SO con-
structed that it can be taken down and
transported from place to place. 1t
will be transported from place to place.
1t will seat 500 persons The building
will be used in missionary work in Des
Moines county.
Judge Church. of jefferson. says it
looks as if the work of the grand jury
in Calhoun county would have to be all
gone over again by new jury. 1t APP
pears that the county auditor furnished
seventy-two instead of seventy-fve
slips from which the grand jury was
drawn, and this technical error will
invalidate the work accomplished by
that body. Thirteen indictments had
been brought, and of these several
were of great Importance, involving
the interests of the entire county.
Sefert Larson mysteriously disap-
peared from his his home in TT. Dodge
recently. A warrant was out for his
arrest on the charge of rape upon the
person of Miss Pearl Jones. This sud
den disappearance on the part of Lar
son renews the sensation that has sur
rounded him for the past two months,
and proves the guilt of the charge
The person whom he is charged with
raping is a 15-year old girl of woman
who herself does not bear the best of
characters, and who has persisted in
hanging around the Larson home.
There appears to be theory among
certain Cromwell people that Blosser,
the forger who suicided recently, had
an accomplice to do the forging, as it
is said he was not a smooth enough
penman to do the work. Another the
DRY is that ne was victim of black
mail and that there is woman in the
case. Some additional facts are antic-
ipated. 1t now transpires that per-
sons who held other notes that had
been fraudulently issued had been qui
city pressing Blosser to settle matters
without exposure, which he did in a
number of cases.
AT o'clock a. IN. the police were
called to the Northwestern railroad
yards, near the shops at Boone, where
twenty tramps were engaged in a
terrible row. A hand-to-hand conflict
ensued and the tramps were arrested.
Night Waterman Campbell shot and
killed one tramp and the others made
rush on the police, who fought as
they ran. Two more were shot and
the rest surrendered and were lodged
in jail The two wounded were taken
TO the hospital, where one died, One
of the dead men formerly worked in
Boone on the sewer. None of the
police were injured.
49, ii Brown filed information in
Justice Gouldin's court at Creston for
the arrest of j. Jones, charging him
with assault. Both men are prominent
farmers near Kent, and the difficulty
which caused the arrest was very
trivial. Brown was on his way to
town and when within four miles of
the city he was overtallen by Jones,
who undertook to pass him. Brown
whipped up his team, but as he did so
Jones drove up by the side of his
buggy and a free-for-aQ race was
INDUCED in fora short distance. Jones
temper got the best of him and he
reached over and struck Brown a
singing blow on the head with the
butt end of his whip. A warrant was
issued for his arrest by Constable
Schofield. He plead guilty and paid
the fine and costs.
The temperance people of Sioux City
gave another twist to their fight
against the saloons by commencing
proceedings against John Mander
scheid, the saloonkeeper who sc
roughly assaulted and shamefully
abused the women of the w. G. T. U,
some days ago, charging him with VIC
lations of the present liquor law and
citing him to appear in court for con
tempt in violating an old injunction
under the prohibitory law. 1t is
claimed that in case saloonkeeper
violates the present law in any degree
he becomes subject to the provisions OF
the old law. handkerchief was under
perpetual injunction not to sell liquors.
Parties made illegal purchases at his
saloon and have commenced this pro-