Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-12-29
THE NEWS IN IOWA.


Anamosa. The motion in arrest OF
judgment and for a new trial was
ovcrruled.
Fire at Waterloo caused damage in
the sum of $4,000 to the factory and
wholesale house of Wilson Bros. The
firm is engaged in the manufacture
iobbing and selling of suspenders and
neckties and at this time their stock
is low or the damage would have been
large. The fire started in the base
ment and was not eXtinguished until
the entire stock was damaged or de
strOyed. The loss will aggregate
$4,000, with insurance of $2.700. TIL"
building was badly damaged but not
destroyed. 1t will be repaired and
| business started as soon as possible
There is yet no clue to the third
man who was in the postoffice ROD
berry at Reinbeck, and he Will nndouDC
edly escape with his share OF ths
SPOTS. There Is only about $35V N
cash now missing, and Posllhas'e'
| Adams will have to stand the Ioss' aS
! he was behind In sending III MS re-
port and the cash. 1t would nave son'
! in the morning of the robbery. he
will also be out a $3.50 safe. Inc TWO
men who were caught and are IN JAN
in Marion are anxious to plead guilty.
As the government has standing
! offer of 5000 for the capture or eacn
mail rObber. the Reinbeck men WING
caught the two will get $500 from the
postotiice department.
Representing their client, Mrs. f.. X.
LindeIl. attorneys filed suits against
two drug stores in Jefferson, the firm
of Davies & Merrill and Druggist
Shuey. claiming of them damages IN
large sums. Mrs. Lindell's husband
was killed at the Northwestern depot
several months ago by being run over
by the evening train on which he hau
arrived from Grand Junction. He was
in a drunken condition at the time
and after leaving the car started
ahead of the train toward his hoMo.
At first he was on one side or the
track. but as the train approached ne
stepDed across the rails and was run
over. The druggists are charged
with selling the liquor with which he
became drunk.
After hard fought legal battle the
Jury in the case of the State VS.. }.
II. Crooks, on trial at Cresco, charged
with assault with intent to commit
great bodily harm, returned verdict
of guilty of assault and battery. lt
is reported that Crooks will carry the
case to the supreme court The case
was the OutgOwth Of fracaS in the
railroad yards in Elma, where Frank
FlwOod. an associate of Crooks, was
knocked down by Edward Evans.
Crooks engaged in the fray ana
knocked Evans down with a piece CT
board. Evans as a result inSugated
the criminal charge and has also
brought a civil suit for $4,000 dam
ages against Crooks. This case is
set for trial this term and both sides
are preparing for prolonged struG'
gle.
According to a statement given ont
by DR.. Henry Albert, who is IN charge
of the state meteorological laboratory
at Iowa City, the system or culture
stations has just been abou; nall way
extended throughout Iowa. Already
400 stations have been established
throughout the state and these are
constantly reporting to the labora-
tory in Iowa City, and DR.. Albert says
there is room for 500. The WORK Oh
establishing them is going ahea" "a
RAPIDLY as possible. One compiel'
outfit for a culture station Is SEN lor
every 200 population in city. Each
outfit contains material by which the
local physicians can report on any
case of typhoid, tuberculosis or dlph,
iberia they may have. The system OIL
culture stations under single LABOR
,tory as has been established in Iowa
s next to the best possessed by any
state in the United States, accord
ing to DR.. Albert.
Henry O'Bleness, formerly train
man ON the Des Moines, Iowa Falls
& Northern, has commenced SUIT
against the company for the recovery
If 1000 as damages because OF an
accident which befell him in the Des
Moines yards of the company last fall,
which resulted in the amputatlon OF
a leg O'Bleness states in his petl-
ZION that he was walking in the yards,
and while crossing he was struck by
4 number of cars which had been pro-
pelled forward by means OF what IS
known as flying switch, with the
result that he was thrown tc the
ground and one of his feet ground and
horribly mangled. He states that
| there was no signals given by any III
the trainmcn by which he might have
been &C, TAINTED of the presence or
! the train or the cars on the track
which he was crossing, nor were there
any lights displayed at any point
which might have awaited him in time
of danger. There were no witnesses
To the accident, and when picked up
bv the train crew O'Bleness was I'M
conscious. He was taken to the hos
pital. where it was found necessary
to amputate the mangled member. 1t
Is stated by the company officials that
O'Bleness is a discharged employee
having left the company but few
DAYS before the accident.
J. D. Spence, a farmer living near
Clemens, Marshall county, swOre out
a warrant for the arrest of John Mon
roe, charging him with the theft of q
team, harness, buggy and all other
yaluables he could get his hands on
Monroe was employed by Spence and
was alone at the house, thus giving
good opportunity to take whatever Re
wanted. The stuff stolen was worth
$3.50. Spence traced the outfit for @
mile when the trail was lost. Monroe
is a man % years old, SO dark com
plected that he might be taken for &
mulatto.