Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-11-17

As democratic pOllLiClan, Ofeu Ca tHt
7th. He was " years old.
Lewis Aalvik. the embezzling agent
Of the Queal Lumber company at
Ringsted, when brought into court
pleaded guilty and was sentenced to
two years in the Ansmosa peniten,
tiary at hard labor.
Harry Jones, machinist IN the EN-
ploy Of the Northwestern Railway at
Clinton, had q violent attack Of rabies.
and 1t took six men 10 overpower HIM.
He frothed at the mouth and was ex-
! tremely violent. ~,
Parties interested in the establish
ment OF saloons under the mulct law
circulated petitions in every polling
precinct in Grundy county election
day, and 1t is claimed that they sc,
cured so ger cent Of the vote cast.
H. s. Stanbury, business manager
Of the Mason City Times-Herald.
while on step ladder at his home,
Tell, striking the sharp upright OF a
dining room chair. which entered his
rectum six or seven inches. He Is In
G. Spoo, a well known farmer liv-
ing near Baskerville. has mysterious
ly disappeared, having left several
days ago for parts unknown. Moth
Ing is known of his present where
abouts. Neither Is it known why he
saw At to leave.
While cutting bananas from a stalk,
Otto Boehm, a grocer at Fort Dodge,
was bitten by a tarantula. No atten-
ton was paid to 1t until his arm be-
came terribly swollen. Three physI
slams have been laboring with an
X-ray machine to save 1t.
b. T. Brue, a farmer residing eight
miles southwest Of stanhope, commit
ed suicide. He went out into his
,orn field and with a long knife cut
ais throat from ear to ear. Brue was
one OF the widest known farmers In
The southern part Of Hamilton county
and very prominent In the community.
No cause is known for the Act, .,.....
II. G. Peterson, q prominent farmer
living north Of Fort Dodge. is slowly
'ecovering from a most, miraculous
escape from q horrible death. While
Engaged in throwing down hay from 2
barn loft he lost his balance and fell
IN an iron hook below, used for hang.
ng harness on. He allghted upon his
chin, and his cries for help failed to
BRING assistance. BY superhuman
Effort he raised himself from the hook
and fell unconscious to the floor be-
ow, where he was afterwards found
~ farm hand.
The funeral OF John Johnson was
leld In Jewell a few days ago. Mr..
II Lad ky Mnn,nhic Tom
Sember 4, he having been murdered
~ the foreman OF government dock
gang. The latter struck him over the
head with q bar of iron, crushing his
skull. Johnson was taken to the hos
,ital by his brother, Ed. where he
fingered for two weeks. but. on No
sember 4, he died The murderer
made good his escape Immediately
after striking the blow, and has not
yet been found.
The biggest slot machine scare in
,he history OF Iowa City, In which
every machine of this character dis
appeared from sight within an hour,
mas been followed by the fining OF
Frank +. Carpenter in the district
court. Some weeks ago Carpenter,
who runs a cafe on the east side,
vas arrested on the charge OF running
machine Of this character in his
,lsce OF business No soon@r had the
action been commenced than every
machine In the city was out IL sight
and devotees Of this fascinating de-
yice were without the usual pastime.
Carpenter pleaded guilty to ruAnsRg 4
slot machine and was fined $50 And
costs.
A Davenport dispatch says: There
are indications here and In the other
counties OF the Second district, II
Congressman NJ. J. Wade does not
ormally contest the election OF 4. r,
Dawson, his opponent in the recent
election. the democrats are preparing
>. least to demand 4 recount OF the
BALLOTS. They will base the demand
IN the fact that 200 or more ballots
were thrown out In Davenport as illeg
Ally voted, and about the same proper
Ion throughout the district. The demo
srats claim that nearly all there
wrongly marked ballots were due to
the attempt OF voters to mark their
ballots for Roosevelt and Wade, and
that a recount will give Congressman
Wade the necessary number OF votes
70 return him to congress.
The Crane outlet" ditch which
starts in Sherman township Monona
county, thence running through Mon
ona for about three miles into Harri
son county. emptying into the railroad
itch along the line of the old S. c. &
p. railroad, bids fair to. be dug with
out the litigation which seems to at
tend most OF the ditch enterprise n
Monona county. There appears to be
no opposition to tie work. The audi
tors OF Monona and Harrison coun
ties advertise the letting Of the con
tract this week. Sealed proposals viii
be received until noon OF December
S, 1904. for the work, which will BIZ
, let by the joint boards Of the two
counties, at Onawa. on December
The work has been divided into sec
tons and contains aboI. $4,000 cubic
: yards. The ditch Is expected to b,
Of great benefit to the land through
: which 1t passes.
Little Lydia Carmack. two years old
was accidentally killed while playing
with her sisters at her home In White
, breast township, Lucas county. J, III.
. three girls were playing on q Pile o
, logs, and Lydia was sitting on one o
, the logs on the ground, when one o
her sisters lcosened q log from abov,
and Ii rolled down on the girl below
rolling over her entire body and crush
. ing her skull and breaking othe
bones. She was Immediately pickle
up by. the terror stricken father. \
o. Carmack. and several doctors wer
: summoned, but she lived only q shor