Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1895-05-23
IOWA NEWS ITEMS.

ing water at Creston and was fatally
scalded.
WHILE Carl Frazier, a young lad, was
playing ball at Creston, he was struck
in the eye with the ball. He will lose
the sight.
A 6-YEAR-oLD daughter of Conductor
McArdle, of the Cedar Rapids street
railway, was run over and instantly
killed by car.
HoN. c. G. GITCHELL, eX-member OF
the legislature from Linn county, died
few days ago at his home in Walker.
He had been a resident of Iowa since
1854.
WILLIAM RUsBERG, an invalid of
Davenport, took advantage of the mo-
mentary absence of his nurse and shot
himself in the head and heart, dying
instantly.
In letter to the Alton Democrat, ex-
Gov. Boies recently declared himself
for the free coinage of silver at 16 to l,
without waiting for an international
agreement.
A BURLINGTON passenger train was
visited by sneak-thief between Bur
lington and Alba. He secured consid-
cradle money from the clothes of pas
sengers in the sleeper. He escaped.
AT the beginning of the next session
of congress Congressman Hull, of the
Seventh district, will introduce a bill
creating cavalry post at pes Moines.
The plan has the approval of leading
army officers.
A FEW days ago Conrad Kohl, a
farmer living south of LeMars caught
William Dockery, a former employee,
prowling about the house. An alter
cation followed and blows were struck.
Dockery was shot dead. Kohl is in
custody.
A TEAM belonging to Emil Hendrix, a
German farmer living near Manson,
ran away, throwing HIM out, he
striking on his head. He was picked
up in an unconscious condition and
carried to the Marsh hotel at Manson.
His recovery is doubtful.
The Des Moines Daily News has
reduced it's subscription price to one
cent day, So a year, 81 for six months,
80 cents for three months, in order to
secure circulation among farmers who
wish daily paper with market reports.
Sample copies are sent free.
T. A. BLACK has been appointed
receiver of the Northern Investment
company. Of Sioux City. Some time
ago he was made receiver of all the
property covered by a 100000 mort
gage held by c. c. Harrison against
the Northern. Later Harrison asked
that the receivership be made general.
LORENZO RINCKEL, on trial at Keokuk
for the murder of Gustave Haetfner,
withdrew his plea of not guilty and
entered a plea of guilty of murder in
the second degree. This is punisha BILE
by imprisonment ranging from ten
years to life. The murder grew out of
a neighborhood feud, and Haeffner
was shot for trespassing on Rinckel's
property
FRANK SMITH, working for Mr..
Wasmer, nine miles northwest of
Storm Lake, while dragging with a
four-horse team, was fatally hurt by
the team becoming frightened. He
ran in front of the team and caught
them by the head. They threw him
under the harrow and he was cut up so
he cannot live.
FULLY 200 miners congregated at
Orrville, near Mystic, determined to
get the miners who have been working
in Orr Bros. mine at the 70 cent rate
to quit work. 1t issaid they threatened
TO blow up the property, and Orr
Brothers served notice on Sheriff Bray
that they would hold the county
responsible for any damage done then
property.
THE old Booge hotel in Sioux City
has been sold by Receiver Beall to the
Mondamin Block company for So, 76O
there being but one bidder. The sale
was subject to a mortgage of $50, OO(
held by the Equitable Life Insurance
company, of Des Moines. The Monda
min company was recently organized
and is refitting the hotel and viii
name it the Mondamin.
GUY HELM, the murderer of Byron
Clark, was sentenced at Sigourney t.
the penitentiary for eighteen years
He had served two years out of TIL
twenty before and was granted new
trial. His new sentence completes
the old term. When the sentence wa
pronounced Helm, surrounded b,
friends, made break for liberty. TIL
officers pulled their revolvers, an
Helm was soon apprehended.
CAPTAIN THRIFT will retire from tn
Governors Greys, of Dubuque, on tn
18th of June. This is said to be due t
dissensions growing out of the Marc
Gras carnival in February, and whic
prevented the company from takin
mart in the MemphiS drill Can't /