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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-08-08
CATCH ROBBERS AND GET MONEY


. Goshen, Ind, Aug. 3.-Private de-
tectives, employed by an Akron o.,
bank, made an arrest in local gam
bling den and recovered between
$4,000 and $4,000 in bills and gold
coin.
The men captured riiled the vault of
the Akron bank ten days ago ami
have since been Swallowed. They were
taken by surprise and made no re-
sistence. In few moments after be-
ing confronted they were FASTENED to
the Lake Shore station and placed
aboard passenger train bound for
Elkhart, where it was known they
secrcted their booty.
The men were under suspicion from
the first, as they had made. frequent
visits at the bank windows several
days previous to the burglary. The
robbery was kept secret by the di-
rectors. who feared serious results
had the loss become publicly known.
SUCH secrecy was required that the
local authorities were not notified,
although they were aware of the APP
pearance of the detectives.
At Elkhart the captured robbers
We're forced to act as guides and lead
the detectives to the outskirts of the
city, where they had buried their
goods. which We're dug up aud car
ried to the Lake Shore station. Here
the money was examined and every
dollar accounted for. The detectives
and robbers boarded the first train
en- route to Akron.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-08-08
lannon's Suit CompromIsed.

Centerville, Aug. 1.-The now famous
$4,000 law suit between Charles
Yates and the heirs or the Wash mar
din estate has been brought to a sud-
den termination by arbitration. Mr..
Yates married the ward of Mr.. Hardin
some ten years ago and had lived with
and taken care of the Hardin family,
which consisted of Mr.. Hardin and his
aged wife. ever since. Mr.. Hardin for
got him in his will and he brought
suit for taking care of the aged
couple. He was awarded a verdict of
$1,000 and the heirs gave notice of APP
peal, but finally agreed to settle
ment at $1,000, and the defendants to
pay the costs, which will make the to-
tai almost another thousand.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-08-08

At the beginning of the new fiscal
year the pneumatic tubes which have
been employed in the postal service of
New York, Brooklyn, Philadelphia and
Boston went out of operation, and the
mail wagon has taken their place. This
looks like step backward. It is prob
ably only temporary. Congress seems
TO have refused TO continue the ap-
preparation solely on account of its
unwillingness to foster a private
monopoly. Doubtless a pneumatic tube
service built and owned by the gov
eminent will yet be established and
maintained in all large cities, although
several ingenious rival contrivances
for doing the same work deserve con-
sideration before a final decision is
made.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-08-08

Sioux City, Aug. AT the pre-
hminary hearing of Ben Mcknight,
charged with murder in the first de-
gree in the killing of his wife, june
II, the defendant was hel1 10 the
grand jury by Justice Ferris ON the
charge of murder in the second de-
gree, fixing his bond 1T $4,000, which
he failed to give. The defense tried
to secure an acquittal on the ground
that there was no evidence against
Mcknight in view of the fact that
her statements to witnesse; who tes-
titled were not made in view of eN-
pected death, hence were not admiss-
ible in evidence. There were no eye
witnesses to the act of the alleged
beating from the effec. of which he
woman died
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-08-08
ATTEMPT TO RON EXPRESS CAR.
Five Masked Men Held Up Baltimore
L. Ohio Limited.

Chicago. August 1.-The Baltimore
Ohio passenger train from the
east. which was due to arrive in the
Grand Central depot at Chicago at .
o'clock last night, was held up by
five masked men at o'clock between
Edgmore and Grand Calumet Heights,
Ind, thirty-one miles out of Chicago.
One OF the mail cars. which con-
tanned no money, was dynamited anil
wrecked. The attempt at robbery was
made after the two mail ears had
been detached from the train and
run n quarter of mile ahead.
The failure of the robbers to make
rich haul was due to the fact that
the express car, which contained the
train's treasure, was in an unusual
place. 1t was the third car in the
train.
After wrecking the mail car and OBJ
tanning TO booty. the robbers disap-
peared in the darkness without at
tempting to rectify their mistake.
The only loot that they carried away
with them as result of tine adyen-
ture was the gold watch of the engi-
neer.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-08-08

SHERIFI'S POSSE IN FIGHT.
Boone County Cattle Thief Il Captured
Near Dies Moines.

Des Moines, Aug. 5.-Sheriff Mat
tern and his deputies and Sheriff Gar
ner of Boone had desperate fight
at a point south of Des Moines with
5. +. Carter, a cattle thief, who es-
capped from the Boone county jan. n
few nights ago. Fifteen shots were
exchanged, but Carter was at last cap
tured by Sheriff Mattern in field add
joining the scene of the fight. He at
tempted to get away, but the nervy
sheriff showed big Colts revolver in
his face and ordered him to halt. The
fellow was heavily ironed and placed
in Jail here until morning, when Sher-
if Garner took his prisoner TO Boone.
Carter, cattle thief, and four 9TH
err prisoners broke from the Boone
county Jail Tuesday night. Carter
has Il mother residing south of here,
and it was supposed he came this
way. Sheriff Garner located him and
together with the local officers start
ed out to make the arrest when the
running fight took place. He gave the
officers Il merry chase, over bitches,
through corn fields and fences.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-08-08

An order has been gwen for the
erection of monument to Jennie
Wade on the battle field Of Gettysburg.
Jennie Wade was young Iowa wom-
an who was visiting at the home of
her sister in Gettysburg when the bat
tie began. Her fiance was in the
Union army. and was killed. She
and her sister were in a large brick
house almost within the Union lines
On the morning of the third day word
came to the house that many OF the
soldiers were suffering for want of
food, and the women set about max
ing biscuits and bred for the soldiers.
Jennie was engaged in this task when
a musket ball went through the kitch
en-, killing the young woman,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-08-08
MOVING ON BALKANS.
Troops Being Concentrated Near
Boundary Lines.

st. Petersburg. August 2.-Strong
Russian forces have been quietly con-
centrating near the frontiers of Aus
tria and Roumania since June /, on
the pretext that they are preparing
to take part i'm the usual summer
maneuvers. 1t is believed, however,
by those who are behind the scenes
that the mobilization is precaution-
ary measure. in view of the well
known fact that Austria and Rou-
mania have concluded an offensive
and defensive alliance.
Baron Lexa d'Aehrenthal, the Aus
tro- Hungarian ambassador, it is true.
denies chat such an alliance exists;
but Count Lamsdorff. Russian foreign
minister, and General kouropotkine,
minister of war, are thoroughly in
formed as to all that is going on be-
tween Vienna and Bucharest.
The object of the alliance between
Austria-Hungary and Roumania is to
brighten Russia away from the Bal
kans and to prevent Siavonic feder-
alton against Austria-Hungary and
its allies.
1t is expected that when King Alex
ander of Servia and Prince Ferdinand
of Bulgaria arrive here in September
the federation of Russia, Bulgaria.
Secvia and probably Montenegro will
be arranged and ratified.
London, August "a dispatch to
the Pail Mall Gazette from Budapest
says: I'm consequence of the agita-
ton in Albania, Austria has ordered
every garrison in Bosnia and Here
govina to be Immediately placed on
war footing. Additional regiments
leave Vienna this week for Seraie vo
and Banjaluka. All the officers on
furlough have been. ordered to rejoin
their regiments.
Nothing has been received here to
confirm the news contained in this
dispatch, and, outside of Vienna.
scant attention is paid to the alleged
political intriSu1s which are assert
ed TO beat the bottom of the present
agitation in Albania. According to a
sensational Austrian newspaper. lta,y
and Montenegro started the Mussul-
mans in Albania on their present
anti-Christian campaign, with the
view of obtaining an excuse of some
kind for Intervention, the object be-
ing to checkmate Austria's priority
CLAIM on Albania, in tine event of it's
separation from Turkey. Italy has
several times denied these alleged de-
signs on Albania
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-08-08
CITY GROWS UP IN ONE NILnr.
Ten Thousand People Locate at Lawton
With Iorty business Houses.

Fort Sill, o. T., Aug. IA town of
10000 people to be known os Lawton,
has grown up just outside the fort
limits within night.
Following the close of the land
lottery at FL Reno, thousands of
homeseekers who drew blanks start
ed for the three points picked out
by the federal government for town
sites in the new country, namely,
Anadarko, Hobart and Lawtoh. A
majority of the people favored Law
ton, which is twenty-five miles in
land. and thousands are now camped
in and about the proposed town site
awaiting the sale of lots on August g..
Already Lawton has forty temper
airy business houses, including q
grocery firm and newspaper, and
three streets have been laid out.
Every form of gambling known on
the frontier is being run wide open.
A thousand Comanche Indians have
pitched their tents nearby.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-08-08
NEWS IN GENERAL
CORN KING puILLIps IN TROUBLE
Recent Order of Court Causes Embar-
ressment for the Operator

Recent Order of Court Causes Embar-
ressment for the Operator.
Chicago, August Geo. IL. Phil
lips, the corn king" has transferred
all his trades to McReynolds q Co.
lie closed all his open trades We'd
nesday and said to customer that
up TO that day he considered himself
worth S500,0O0, adding: "Now 1
don't know that | am worth cent"
The Phillips company is credited
with having done the largest commits
sion house business on the Chicago
board of trade last year. The bust
ness is suspended today.
Board of trade and business circles
generally We're startled by the an
nouncemen. that the George ii. Phil
bps company, which became famous
through its pool operations in the
Chicago corn pit during the past year,
had transferred all its open trades TO
McReynolds 4 Co.
Lack of facilities for the proper
clerical needs of the concern, which
had acquired an enormous commits
sion trade, was, according to state
ment given the Associated Press by
Attorney John S. Goodwin, who as a
representative of the law firm of
Black d. Goodwin, has taken charge
oil the company's affairs, the sole rea-
son for temporarily suspending bust
ness. The tangled condition of books
became apparent some time ago,
when the board of trade directors
ruled that the Phillips company
should Furnish to each member of the
May corn pool detailed account of
the entire transaction.
\ large force was then put to work
on the books and in their efforts to
disentangle the multitudinous trades
IT became apparent that every trade
on the company's books since Novem-
Der, 1900, would have to be checked
over, entaijing an enormous amount
of work
As the firms business kept ircreas-
ing at remarkable rate, the machin-
cry of the ko use was found made
quate, and, at midnight July 81, it was
decided to simply transfer all trades
and for the time being throw the
house into other hands, until a COM
plete new set of books shall have
been compiled. Mr.. Phillips, while
regretting the necessity of this ac-
ton, said it was absolutely the only
course open to him. This does not
mean we are quitting business" he
sald. On the contrary. we shall exc
cute all orders, but will have to ask
that usual margins accompanying all
orders until our books are checked
over"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-08-08
The NEWS In IOWA
SHERIFF ARRESTS HUMNI.
Washington County shooting May No
Result In Murder.

Washington County Shooting May Not
Result In Murder.
Washington, Aug. 5.-Sheriff Teeter
mas in custody Henry Humm, who
shot William Buntenbach a few days
ago. Humm did not attempt to es-
cape. Buntenbach's condition is still
uncertain, but there is some hope of
his Ultimate recovery. Humm's bullet
entered his breast and penetrated one
lung. Buntenbach is As years old,
while Humm, an old soldier, is 70.
Humm was a sharpshooter in an
Ohio regiment during the civil war.
Both are prominent and wealthy
farmers. As the details of the shoot
ing become known Humm is not crit
icised. Humm alleges Buntenbach
drew revolver on him in n quarrI.
over turkeys year ago. On the day
of the shooting humm's calf broke
into Buntenbach's field. The latter,
armed with double barrel shotgun,
rode over to the field and drove the
calf back into Humm's pasture. He
discharged both barrels of the shot
gun at some of Humm's chickens that
were digging in his field, killing sew
eral. 1t was then that Humm APP
,peared on the scene and seeing Bun
tenbach with a gun, went back into
the house or his own revolver. They
had some words and Buntenbach
rolled up his sleeves, lay his gun down
and made for Humm. 1t was then the
latter drew his weapon and fired.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-08-08

Abel, Aug. 3.-The body of Vim. Me-
Kinney, II prosperous farmer, residing
seven miles southwest of Abel, was
found hanging to rafter in his barn.
The grewsome discovery was made
by his wife, who became alarmed at
his protracted absence about bed
time. His act is supposed to have
been the result of temporary insan-
ity induced by his unreasonable jeaI-
ousy of his wife. The latter bears 4
spotless name, but McKinney's jeal-
ousy caused him to brood so much as
to produce frequent manifestations
of insanity. lie leaves a wife and
three children.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-08-08

The Crandall toy works of Pennsyl-
vania have bought a large tract OF
lumber and mineral land in North
Georgia, short distance from Chat
tanooga. The company is having a
railroad line built through the center
OF this tract. In the centre of the
tract the company will erect a town
OF its own. A large factory will be
built at this point, and houses for the
workmen. The town will be built and
operated after the manner of Pull
man, Ill. Surveyors are at work sur
veying branch lines Of railroad
through the tract. Coal mines will be
opened md fuel and raw material will
be supplied in abundance to operate
one of the greatest toy concerns If
America.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-08-08
ouARRELED ABOUT A CALF.
As a Result william Butenbach of Wash.
ington May Die.


Washington, August "A serious
and what may prove fatal shooting
ARRAY occurred here. Henry Humm,
an old soldier about GO years of age,
shot his neighbor, William Bunten-
bach, through the right lung with II
revolver.
The two men live on the same road
about one-half mile from each other,
seven miles southwest of the city.
The dispute arose over a calf belong
ing to Buntenbach, which had strayed
out of its pasture and wandered into
Humm's field.
Sheriff John Teeter and deputy and
DR.. w. Black started on the trail of
the victims cowardly would-be muir
derer, but up to the last report no
trace of the man could be found and
his whereabouts are unknown. Bum
tenbach is a wealthy and retired Ger
nan farmer, about 40 years of age.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-08-08
srcrrtarx M iI.nn Crliicised.

Topeka, Aug. 5.-F. ID. Coburn, state
secretary of agriculture, has given
out an interview severely criticising
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson fer
tn latter's recent reference 10 Kansas
as an "arid region" MIR. CobIrn
said Mr.. Wilson had defined the corn
belt as composed of Iowa, Illinois
and Missouri. Mr.. Wilson is further
quoted as saying that Kansas and Ne
braska can never be counted upon.
The Kansas secretary presents many
facts and figures showing how, in his
estimation, Kansas and Nebraska
far overshadow the other states men.
toned in the way of corn growing
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-08-08
CHANGE WILL NOT BE MADE.
Longs Precept In schiey case Must Re-
main as IL Is.

Washington, August 1.-The navy
department has refused to accede to
Admiral Schlcy's suggestion that the
language in the fifth specification of
the precept to the court of inquiry
be modified.
The admiral in his letter challenges
that specification, which states as n
fact that he had disobeyed orders
and suggested that it be modified. The
department in it's reply declines to
make the suggested modification on
the ground that according to the Of
fetal records Admiral Schley himself
acknowledged that he had disobeyed
orders. The disobedience of orders
was an established fact, whether un-
willingly or willingly.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-08-08
FARMER BADLY INJURED.
Wealthy Farmer of Dallas County Hurt
In "A Runaway.

Abel, Aug. at. L. Glenn, one of
he wealthiest men of Dallas county.
lies near death at his home, six miles
southeast of Adel, as a result of a
runaway. He was returning to his
home accompanied by j. w. Clancy,
when, in descending the steep hill at
the approach of the wagon bridge,
the hold-back straps on the shafts
broke, permitting the buggy to strike
the team. In the runaway which fol-
lowed, Glenn lost his head and
jumped. He struck on his head, sus-
tanning injuries that have left him un-
conscious ever since and his recovery
is doubtful. Glenn resides on a GOO
acre farm.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-08-08
PLANs TO CHECR r.KM LUss.
Wilson Making Scientific Investigation of
Crop Conditions.

>hop
Sioux City, Aug. 4.-Secretary Will
son, who is investigating crop condi-
tons in the northwest, expresses the
opinion that the situation is not
quite so bad as reported. lie saids
The real object or my trip out here
is to make scientific investigation
CT the crop conditions of the middle
west. BY scientific investigation | do
not mean an estimate of the financial
loss, or the decrease of the crop pro-
duet caused by the recent drought;
but | want to see if something can
not be done to lessen the destructive
ness of droughts. | am satisfied that
by means of scientific study in the az
ricultural sphere, a way can be de-
vised whereby the loss to the farmer
can be materially lessened. l have
not yet reached conclusion os to how
this can be done, but the results. Of
my Investigations will be given out
upon my return to Washington.
81 first noticed the effect of the
drought when / struck Indiana. From
there west as far as | have been the
damage is quite perceptible. | went
to Omaha and Lincoln first that !
might have an opportunity to see the
condition of the crop IN southern
Iowa, as / had heard that they were
hurt the worst. From what ] have
seen of the crops around Sioux City
! think they are in much better con-
dition than those in the southern part
of the state. 1t is impossible for me
to estimate the extent of the loss.
That will be given out in the monthly
bulletin which will be issued August
10th. ! am going from here through
Minnesota to St. Paul and probably
will come back again to Iowa. 1t is
possible that l will visit Missouri be-
fore | return to Washington"
Secretary Wilson left for st. Paul
yesterday morning.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-08-08

Council Bluffs, Aug. 3.-Fred Robin
son, lineman in the employ of the
Council Bluffs Gas and Electric COM
pany, was electrocuted while making
connection from the main circuit TO
the Mccormick implement warehouse
on Main street. His right arm came
in contact with a live wire, and the
unfortunate man fell to the ground
from the top of the pole and expired
in few minutes. His home was in
Crete Neb
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-08-08

a French writer, Henri Coupin. says
that the fact that, Notwithstanding
their simplicity, the songs OF the birds
cannot be initiated with musical in
struments arises from the impossible
ity OF reproducing their peculiar
timbre. The notes of birds, while cor
responding with our musical scale,
also include vibrations occupying the
intervals between our notes. The dur
alton OF birds songs is usually very
short, two or three seconds for thushes
and chaffinches, four or five seconds
for blackcaps. but from two to five
minutes for the lark. Monsieur Cou-
pin remarks that while one in every
ten species of European birds is tune
full, the proportion diminishes to only
one in a thousand among the gor
geously clad birds c. the tropics.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-08-08

Mary Clark, who had spent most Of
her rs years in one Of the cotton mills
of Manchester, N. H., died last week
as the result of the extreme heat. Miss
Clark was supposedto have had little
money laid by, but a superficial search
brought to light only four IS bills. In
looking about the room policeman
picked up a pair of corsets. They were
suspiciously heavy, and he ripped them
open and found $780, The money
weighed 3lspounds. Miss Clark had
worn the corset in the mill every day,
being afraid to trust her savings to the
banks.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-08-08

An atrocious murder was committed
recently at Puy-Saint Gulmier, near
Clermont-Ferrand. France. A young
man of twenty-seyen, named Jean
Baptiste Gometon, after shooting at
his father with a rifle, followed him
into the street, and in the presence
of the neighbors chopped off his head
with a Ratchet Jealousy was the
cause of the crime, as both father
and son were in love with the same
woman.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-08-08
PENICK's BODY FOUND.
Located within IA Few Feet of Where II
Disappeared.

Disappeared.
Chicago, August Ia special to the
Tribune from Racine, Wis, says: The
body of c. T.. Penick, the banker of
Charlton, Iowa, and brother of eX-
Senator Penick, was discovered float
ing in Lake Michigan 900 feet from
where he fell on Friday. Two men
fishing from the pier both claim to
have been the first to see the body,
and each wants the $500 reward for
finding the body. The body found
and the clothing tally completely
with the description given of the
Charlton banker. The general opin-
ion now is that the victim fell from
the boat while sleeping on the upper
deck and that it was not a case of
suicide
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1901-08-08

Washington, August CLAY Brott,
l4-year-old son of Al Brott, brake
man on the X. ID. division, was in
stantly killed in the Rock Island
yards. A freight train was picking
up some empty merchandise cars
from the house track and young
Brott ran in between two cars as
they came together and undertook
to connect the air. He failed to stoop
low enough and his head was caught
between the bumpers and crushed to
pulp. No blame attaches to the
railway company, as he had just
been warned by one of the employees
not to NEEDLE with the coupling.