Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-10-12

Clement Scotland, ticket agent for
| the Milwaukee railroad at Sioux
City, skipped out, leaving a note to
his. superior officers admitting that
he was an absconder. The amount of
losses has not yet been ascertained.
He laid his ruin to gambling. Scol-
lard was well known and belonged
| to a good family.
| Mosquitoes are reported near Sid
ney, the worst ever known since the
days of the plaques in Egypt. A horse
that was in pasture on the Missouri
bottoms near Percival was killed by
| the pests, and several other domestic
animals, it is said, have died from the
same cause. Doctors report an I'M
usual amount of mala =, which Is at
| tributed to the mosquILoes.
Attorney Thomas of Omaha will go
to Red Oak for the purpose Of max
ing application before the court there
| to continue the trial of Tom Den
nison until in the December term.
The grounds upon which this contin-
uance is asked, says Mr.. Thomas, is
the fact that it will be impossible
for the prosecution to secure several
necessary witnesses during the pres
Jack Clouser, aged 20, of Gilbert,
farmer, shot and instantly killed
himself a few days ago. He had
been working north Of there and went
to take a girl for a ride, but was told
that his company was no longer
wanted. Driving on the road he was
passed by couple he knew. When
few rods ahead they heard a shot
and looked around just in time NJ see
him fall from his buggy. 1t is gen.
orally believed that it was q deliber-
ate suicide, as his previous actions
confirm this theory.
George Lowell was captured rob-
bling the S. 7. Knox drug store at
Oneida, a small town near Manches-
ter. A belated traveller saw the thief
at work about midnight and calling
upon Buel Durham succeeded in sur
prising the thief. Several shots were
fired before he gave himself up. Low
ell claims that he had two pals, but
nothing was seen of them. He has
been bound over to the grand jury.
A complete kit of burglar tools was
found with him and he is suspected
of robbing the Milwaukee depot.
The Fort Dodge police rescued an
unknown man in the nick of time to
prevent a horrible death under the
wheels of a fast approaching train
had made repeated attempts during
the day at self-destruction under
trains, but had been rescued each
time by persons near by. After the
last attempt he was taken in charge
by the officers. His name. home, and
reason for attempted suicide are ml-
known, but the supposition is that
the man is demented.
w. E. Brown, president of the de-
funct First National bank of Storm
Lake, who is charged with fraudulent
banking by doctoring reports to the
controller of the currency, is on trial
for the second time in the federal
court at Sioux City. The first trial
came to a sensational close in May
when Browns brother-in-liaw, Fred
| Watkins, was seen in the barroom
with one of the jurymen. Judge
Henry T. Reed put the jury in charge
of baliffs, where it will be kept till
the trial is completed.
DR.. J. G. Speicher, formerly of
Waterloo, who has been elder In Or.
Dowies church for number of years,
has been chosen to succeed DR.. Dowie
in charge of the work of Zion. He
has received the commission as r.
seer of Zion City and the whole
church of Dowie and will now take
active charge with the retirement of
the doctor. DR.. Speicher was a resi-
| dent of Waterloo for a number of
years and embraced the faith in Wa
terloo. He is educated as preacher
and doctor and is a strong man in
Dowie's church, and is slated to be-
come the leader of lions host in case
of Dowie's death.
High finance on a small scale is
aired in the bankruptcy petition just
filed by Harry Barnes of Walnut, who
lists himself as farm hand and lab
orer" and schedules liabilities to the
amount of $13187.6S. The assets
consist of personal property to the
amount of $50 and a secured claim
of $50. The latter item relates to a
legacy left to Barnes by his deceased
father, payable after the death of
the young mans mother, who is stated
to be still a comparatively young
woman. One of Barnes creditors has
secured a lie3 on this legacy. Most
of the Indebtedness was acquired
| while Barnes was farming near West
Liberty. p number of his notes were
held by the bank of A. A. Ball e Co.,
which went into the hands Of re-
ceiver, and in the receivers sale Of
the assets of the bank the notes pass
ed into the possession of various
parties.
While working at the west end Of
the Eldon bridge, L. c. Hanshaw OF
kellogg, fell from the bridge and
was instantly killed. He was helping
install large, new bent, which was
being put in, in the place of an old
one upon which he was sitting. Some
way IL dCClueHIly IuIHeu, lnTOHlHS
him underneath it and falling on him
cutting his head off under the eyes
and ears, and breaking nearly every
bone in his body. He was about 22
years of age He leaves a widowed
mother at Kellogg. His life was in.
sured for $1,000, which will be left
to his mother.
1 John Custer, a young CROOK OF
Sioux City, was convicted of assault