Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-12-15
THE NEWS m IOWA.

| the murderer or JOhn Murphy, Wn'
was killed at Keokuk November u
While taking a bath, Mrs. K. E
Barr of CrestOn, tainted and fei
against a hot stove, burning her arm
quite badly Mrs. Barr had been IL
for some time, which accounts Tor nel
| fainting. Had she been clothed 1t Is
| possible her injuries you'd have been
more serious, for she was alone al
the time of tie accident.
Clyde Fine, a young man OF Il
wears. met with a fatal accident just
south of Shenandoah. He and others
were hulling clover with a machine'
He was walking on board ABOVE the
machine. the board broke broke lel'
ting his foot slip down onto the
toothed cylinder. Amputatlon anu
death followed quickly. Foot ana leg
we're terribly crushed. The acclaeht
bannened in the forenoon, amputation
was made below the knee in the al'ei
noon and he died the next morning a'
6 o'clock
Mrs NJ. +. Hupp, wife Of proml'
nent farmer living near Blakespurs'
committed suicide at her home "hlie
bar family was at the breakfast
table, Mrs. Hupp suddenly arose anu
went into another room. her son.
Martin followed her into the room
and she sent him on an errand. Sne
then drank a quantity OF carpoilc
acid and died in terrible agony '"eh'
| Nv minutes later. Despondehcy'
which produced a temporary nj Oh III
| sanity is assigned for the deco.
Robbers entered the grocery store
of George S. Yenney in Waterloo
few nights ago aid cash in the sum
Of $50 and a large quantity of goods
we're secured. The work was done
by experienced men, and they mace
thorough investigation of the stock.
The store is located on West Fourth
street and the robbery was done
where many people pass by at all
hours of the night. On leaving the
store the men threw red paper ABOUT
the doorway and down the alley
considerable distance to prevent
being trailed by blOodhounds.
The stock which was exhibited by
the Iowa State college at the 1nterna-
tional live stock show has been re-
turned to the college. The prizes won
by this stock amount to more than
two thousand dollars, including over
thirty prizes, mostly first prizes. Thls
is more than double the number won
by any other ScnOOl or firm. The
! 4. in no CT
| contest has not yet been made pup
| lie, but is expected very soon. AmeS
stands four chances in this contest,
| for she had one team in the field and
| three of the other teams were trained
by Ames graduates.
c. d. Evans, the abscOnding Buck
eye station agent, who was arrested
on a Northwestern train at Council
| Bluffs, under the name of Bob King,
was taken back to Buckeye by an
| American Express company represent
| tative 1t is understood that he has
promised to make good the alleged
shortage of 1855 in his accounts.
When arrested Evans had 500 in
bills seCreted about his person, one
90U Dlll DSIuS loullu ia oohd " I'LL
Pending investigation he was held on
the charge of drunkenness, and was
given a ten days sentence, but was
released on his promise to return to
Buckeye with the express company
agent.
Alice Hamilton has sued the Bar.
ris-Besley Improvement company of
Council Bluffs for $4,000 for the
death of her husband in Fort Dodge
last summer On motion of the at
torneys for the defense the case was
taken to Council Bluffs for trial. Ham
ilton was killed while engaged in
digging a trench for sewer. At the
depth of sixteen feet the braces gave
way, completely burying him. Large
wooden supports lodged across his
neck, breaking it and causing instant
death. The plaintiff bases her claim
on alleged negligence of the company
in providing proper protection. The
case will be hard fought legal
battle.
Charles Krambeck and son, John.
have returned to their home near
Marine, Cass county, from Chicago,
where they have been in attendance
at the international fat stock show
prize for the finest car load Of
twenty steers, a handsome solid sill
yer, gold lined loving cup, in addi-
ton to 1925 in cash prizes. Their
steer Clear Lake Jute, won the first
prize for any individual steer and was
sold at thirty-siX cents per pound
while the load sold at the handsome
| price of $1,000 per hundred. The av-
erage weight of the twenty head was
1920 pounds, thus making the aver
age of $170.10 for each steer. Mr..
Kramback and son were welcomed
home to Marine in the proper manner
J They were met at the depot by the
Marine cornet band, 100 school chill
dren who sang, Iowa." and by hun
dreds of their neighbors and friends
from the surrounding country. The
business of the town was suspended
for almost half day, so pleased were
the people of Marine at the signal hon
ors won by their fellow citizens.
While working at mine No. a
Bussey, Mayor w. H. Rice was strucl
by piece of falling slate, sustaining
injuries on the head and face AM
through the hips and lower limbs. Hi
tongue was also bitten quite severely
The physicians are unable to deter
mine exactly the extent of his in
juries. He is a man of about 80 year
of age. The doctors are not anxiou
about his condition unless it be foun
that he is injured internally. Mr.. Ric
is the mayor of Bussey. He had bee
working at the Five only nine day,