Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-03-30
IOWA NEWS.

OF 20.
A Keokuk dispatch says that Hon. S
M. Clark, ex-congressman from tha
district, is dangerously i'll with cys'
tits, an acute Inflammation OF the
bladder; caused by calculi. An opera
ton may be necessary.
Kehrberg's dry goods store at Le'
Mars was burned. The fire was caused
by the explosion of chemicals. kehr'
berg's loss is s27 900; insurance $751;
600. RI. Richey's loss is $4,000; in
surance $500. The other tenants loss
es were uninsured.
A new stamping machine has been
aoLed to the equipment of the Fort
Dodge postoffice The machine is made
necessary by the increased volume OF
business. 1t will be run by electricity
and has a capacity of 10000 letters an
hour.
A movement is on foot in DUBUQUE
by the banks receiving time deposits
to reduce the rate of interest from 4
per cent, the present rate, to per
cent. The reason assigned is the great
abundance of money and scarcity OF
good investments.
Al HUT, young man who has been
in Marshalltown for the past two
months. was arrested at the house at
1872 West church street by Sheriff Nc
Pherson and Constable Nicholson, on
an indictment returned by the Dallas
county grand jury last January, cnarg-
Walter S. Baker, Of Marshalltown
has brought suit in the district court
against the Glucose Sugar Refining
company of that city, asking damages
to the amount Of 81 500 for injuries
received in having his foot crushed by
the machinery while at work in the
company's factory in September of last
year.
The citizens of Sioux R9.ids are
congratulating themselves on the pros
poets of new railroads this season. Two
surveying crews are working through
town and another is due here tomor-
row. 1t is an accepted fact that one
at least of the roads will be there this
summer. Sioux Rapids has the latch
string out for all corners.
A distressing accident occurred at
Alton. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Lutman
had left their 10-months-old baby sit
ting in chair near the table. The
baby, pulling at the table cloth, pulled
d ldulp over OulO llScIl. lie C4lllu ISll
to the floor, oil splitting on it, the
clothing caught fire, and when the par
ents returned they were Stocked to
find the black and lifeless body of their
darling baby.
Henry ]. Luder, once a prosperous
shoe manufacturer of KeOkuk, died in
the caliboose of that city He had been
taken there in the patrol wagon early
in the morning and was placed in a
cell until he could be sent TO the coun-
ty poor farm, but death claimed him
before the superintendent arrived He
was once possessed of considerable
means, but he died friendless and
alone, after subsisting on charity for
long time.
/. number of people in Iowa are in
terested financially in the three saw
ings banks which have failed in Sioux
City in the last three years. The nome
Savings bank will declare a dividend
of about IS per cent inside of a few
days. This will be the first payment
made in favor of the depositOrs of the
bank. The Iowa Savings bank has paid
40 per cent of the money due its de-
positors and hopes are entertained
that another payment will be made IN
a short time.
NJ. j. Chambers, of Chicago, repre-
senting cigar house Of that city, was
slugged and robbed of large sum of
money in Council Bluffs Chambers
was knocked senseless by blow from
a sandbag, and when he recovered con-
seriousness three hours later found
himself lying in a hallway a few doors
from the Grand hotel, where he was
stopping. The robbery is supposed to
have been committed by parties who
saw him display large roll of bills II
a saloon shortly after midnight, where
he went to get drink after return
ing from the theater.
Major Harry H. Caughlin, of Ottum-
wa, who has been elected to the colon
cy of the Fiftieth regiment, l. n. G.,
has an enviable record in the mill
tary service of the state, and Is a
young man who will give all his ener-
gies to the building up of the reor-
ganized regiment. Mr. Caughlan was
born in st. Louis, Mo-, September "a,
1867, and is therefore 80 years of age
at the present time. He received a
good common school education and
came to Ottumwa with his parents in
1882, since which time that city has
been his home.
A great deal of interest is mani
tested in Sioux City and Woodbury.
county over the arrest of two men to
answer to the charge of jury bribing
and accepting a bride. 1t has been
said for some time in the district court
of Woodbury. county that there has
been someone attempting to work
about the juries. TIE authorities final
ly landed one man for giving a bribe
to juror. His name is Ed Burke and
he is a notorious character. The jul
ror who took the bride is Frank Ko-
SAX, a baker, and who now is in Jail
awaiting the action of the grand jury
in his case Both men undoubtedly
will be indicted, and the authorities
will leave no stone unturned to secure
conviction.
The state board of control at its
meeting with the superintendent OF
state institutions in Des Moines decid-
ed that after July l no superintend-
ents will be permitted to employ rela.
tives in the various institutions.
The ministerial association of Des
Moines has called a meeting of the
ministers of the state for April anG
4. The same dates the Iowa Anti-Sa.
loon League will hold its state con.
yention there. The meeting of these
two organizations at the same time ant
place has been called for consulta
ton with a view of united action in
temperance and prohibition questions
throughout the state.
The Grain Dealers association O
southwestern Iowa and northern Mis-
souri, held its annual meeting at III,
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