Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1899-06-08
IOWA NEWS.

$500 in two hours work, and the out
look is bright for a glorious time.
Local dealers at Clarion are busy
Smelling and delivering $4,000 bushels
of corn recently purchased by Peoria
ILL.,, parties. The corn is three or -four
years old, having been cribbed at that
place and held for an advance in the
price.
A Mason City dispatch says that Dr.
Mcdonald was called to Buffalo Center
to consult with other medical men
over a peculiar disease which has just
broken out in a family of fifteen. one
is now dead, four are beyond hope
of recovery, and the remainder are
seriously i'll. They turn black before
death.
Since the publication of a special
from Joliet, H., giving information
of plot to bunCO two respectable and
wealthy farmers near EldOrado 1t de-
velops that these confidence men did
visit one of their intended victims, but
they were evidently on the wrong trail,
for the game didn't materialize. Uncle
John Perkins didn't bite.
Seven young ladies were received al
Mount Carmel, the mother house or
the Sisters of Charity, at Dubuque.
One of them is Miss Rose Sweeney
daughter of Maurice Sweeney Of Holy
Cross. She is the fourth daughter OF
Mr.. Sweeney to enter the order -Four
daughters to be cOnsecrated to tho
church is something unusual, and 1t
is believed there is no other family il,
the country where four daughters are
in the same order.
Some rather sensational pleadingS
have been filed in the district court
of Woodbury. county in the case of the
State of Iowa on the relation of Milton
Remley, attorney general VS.. the FL
deity Loan and Trust company of
Sioux City, an organization which
failed several years ago. The petition
in the case asks that the court declare
the appointment of a receiver neces-
sary; second, that it be declared a
banking corporation; and third. that
the stockholders be held doubly liable
under the banking act.
Mrs. Anna Wittenmeyer has signi-
fed her intention of presenting TO the
state historical department about 5000
letters received by her from persons
in authority and soldiers during the
war of the rebellion when she was
Iowas representative on the sanitary
commission. Miss Mary Whitcomb
has been selected to visit Philadelphia
and transfer the letters to Des MOines.
Mrs. Wittenmeyer insisted that the let
ters should be conveyed only by spe-
cial carrier. Miss WhitcOmb will visit
st. Louis and other cities to investi-
gate museum and library methods.
The supreme court adjourned its
May term last week after granting the
plea for a writ of cprtiOrari in the
Boardman will case, and turning in
a batch of eighteen opinions. The
bond in this famous Marshalltown will
case, involving an estate worth over
a million, is fixed at $4,000 and all
proceedings in the case are stayed un.
til Judge Burnhams actions in appoint
ing a receiver for the estate and trans
ferring the guardianship of the feeble
minded daughter of the deceased are
reviewed by the higher court 1t il
probable that the hearing will be given
at the October term, though it is pos
Sible that the matter may go over until
the January term.
About 6 o'clock last evening. says q
Gilman dispatch, the town was startled
by the report that Frank Wagner had
shot himself. He had a 32-caliber
revolver of his own on his person, and
placing it to his breast. fired the shot
which was intended to pierce the heart.
but entering just below the left nipple,
missed the vital organ. Frank has
been suffering for a long time with
consumption, and his agony lately has
been so intense that he decided to-
end it by taking his own life. though
he had kept his design so carefully
concealed that none of his fathers
family suspected it in the least He
was alone in the room. and hearing
the report of the revolver, his mother
rushed in and found him with his
clothes still smoking from the impact
of the bullet. His first re ark was:
81 didn't do a good job" He is still
alive this morning, but the symphonic
indicate that he cannot survive many
hours.
For the first time in Onawa since
memorial services have been observed
there was no speaking or parade. Han
scom post No. 81 met at the cemetery
with the Sons Of Veterans, soldiers OF
the Spanish war and the Ladies' AiG
society. The graves of the soldiers
were decorated with flowers and the
regular ritual services of the Crane
Army of the Republic were held c. G
Perkins. commander of the Hanson
post, made a few appropriate remarks
Memorial services here were euua
this county, says Sibley telegram
The address of Rev. w. A. Black OF
Sunday and the Grafton today by Rev
c. H. Secombe were powerful presenta
tons OF true AmericaniSm. At tn
cemetery, just before the decoration
of the graves, there IVES roll call O
the names of the dead and living O
more than 200 members of l.. G. Ire
land post. Many people came lon
distances to attend among others Pas
Commander Douglass and wife of Min
neapolis.
The Davenport, Clinton & Easter
branch of the Milwaukee railroad ha
paid the secretary of state fee of 81
Dol for recording an amendment to il
articles of incorporation increasing tn
capital stock to S1,500,0O0.
The Depot hotel at Dunlap has bee
purchased by the preseut occupant, T
II. Chapman, from the Chicago
Northwestern railway on conditio
that the site must be cleared off b
July l. Mr.. Chapman is going to NOV
part of the old hotel to enlarge tn
Merritt hotel to accommodate HI
guests. The railroad company wi
erect new depot on the site of tn
old one.
Two sons of Mrs. Alma Bennett We
drowned in the creek near Lamon