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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-03-16
TRIED TO MURDER sEERLEY.
Desperate Attempt to Kill Prominent
Burlington Man.

Burlington, March 11.-An attempt
was made to assassinate Hon. John J.
Seerley. former congressman and one
OF the best known attorneys in Iowa,
last night as he was leaving his Of
fee for home. Mr.. Seerley had just
passed out into the hall of the Tama
building, where his office Is, when a
stranger stepped up to him and with
an oath said he was going to kill
him, at the same time pointing a re-
volver at his head.
The fellow snapped the trigger
twice or three times in quick success.
sion but the weapon failed to go off.
Another man appeared on the scene,
and rushed upon the would-be as.
sassin and threw him to one side,
whereupon the fellow fed from the
building and disappeared in the dark
ness. Absolutely no reason is known
for the attempt on Mr.. Seerley's life
and 1t is supposed the man was de-
mented. One suspect is now under
arrest.
Burlington, March 12.-Keorge Kre-
KEEL, a resident of Burlington for
twenty years, was arrested yesterday
and identified as the man who at
t0dlpted to assassinate Hon. J. ].
Seerley. The man is unquestionably
demented
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-03-16
BIG FIRE LOSS
At CEDAR RAPIDS
Plant of American Cereal
Company is Wiped
Out

Cedar Rapids, March 8.-The Ameri-
can Cereal company's plant, the largest
of it's kind in the world, was destroyed
last night with a loss of over 81 ,500,-
600. The fire is the direct result OF
spontaneous combustion which &C.
CURED in the hull grinding room OF
one of the elevators.
Two deaths nave been so far re-
ported. Joe Hollingsworth, an employee
in the plant, was blown through the
side of wall and fell in the middle
of the street dead. One unknown
man was seen to appear at a window
for moment and then fell backwards
| into the raging flames. Several others
| are known to have been in the plant
at the time of the fire, and as yet they
are missing.
The buildings were within a block
OF the central fire station and, although
they were themselves all equipped
with appliances for extinguishing
fires, they were soon beyond the con-
troll of the fire filters.
The plant of the company Is con-
structed in the form of triangle and
extends from B to d avenues and
! from Third to Fourth streets. On
Fourth street is located the main
lines of all the railways entering the
city, and as result there is a COM
plete cessation of all railway service.
The capacity OF the elevators was
| about 100000 bushels. Some of the
! buildings were five stories in height,
and at the beginning of the fire the
! terror of the scene was greatly aug
mented by the crash of the falling
walls of these high structures. Siren
uous efforts were made to prevent the
! fire spreading to the mill buildings
and to the business center of the city,
! and at late hour the firemen sue
ceeded fairly We'll in keeping the
flames confined to the plant.
The first building to fall was the
elevator A. This huge structure with
a capacity Of 10000 bushels, went to
the ground with a crash and was
burned. Then followed mills A and B,
and the mills and storage houses stu.
ated nearby.
The insurance amounts to about
100000, which is about two-thirds
of the loss.
Ceda Rapids, March 9.-After fight
ing all night and all day the firemen
of this city and many others who came
to help them have succeeded in saw
ing only very small portion of the
plant of the American Cereal company
in this city. The entire group of
buildings consisting of four big ele.
vators with capacity of 100000 BUSH
els, and eight big mill buildings with
engine rooms and boiler houses, have
| been destroyed with their contents,
with the exception of the cooper shop,
at the extreme north end of the plant.
| The corrected casualty list follows:
The dead: Joe Skvor, employee OF
the plant, jumped from window and
was killed instantly.
The missing: Frank Lawrence, sup.
! posed to have persisted In the flames.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-03-16
IOWA CITY HAS A FIRE.

Ioowa City, March 13.-Fire in
the drug store of c. Yetter, in the very
heart of the business district of the
city, yesterday, caused damaged to
the amount of $4,000. The loss is
fully covered by insurance.
The fire was discovered at 1 o'clock
by Night Policeman Frank Meek,
who crawled on his hands and knees
through the smoke to the rear of the
store, in the hope of finding some
water, as the blaze had then secured
little Roadway and he would have
been able to extinguish it alone. Fail.
ing to his attempt he turned in an
alarm, and the flames were put out
after an hours hard work by the fire
department. The fire started in the
basement from an unknown cause.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-03-16
MRS. CHADWICK GUILTY.
OF consplring to Defraud the United
States

Cleveland, o., March 12.-Mrs. Cas-
sic L. Chadwick was last night found
guilty of conspiring to defraud the
United States by conspiring to pro-
cure the certification of checks on a
national bank, when there was no
funds in the bank to her credit.
She was found guilty on every
count of the indictment upon which
the jury was at liberty to judge her
seven in ALL
The original Indictment contained
sixteen counts. Two of these were
ruled out during the trial of Judge
Tayler, and Of the remaining four
teen one-half charged her with Sc
curing the certification of checks
without having the proper entries up
on the books Of the bank. Judge
Tayler, in his charge, directed the
jury to disregard these counts and
consider only the remaining seven,
which related to the certification with
no funds on deposit. On all of them
the jury found against her.
Under the law she can be fined on
each count, not more than $4,000 or
Imprisonment for not more than two
years on each count, or she may be
fined maximum of $4,000, and al
so Imprisonment for two years on
each count.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-03-16
0L|N BANKER
IS A FUGITIVE
{. E. Snyder Who Failed
Last December,
Disappears.
WIFE HAS GONE WITH HIM
Warrant is Out for His Arrest But
Cannot Be Served Completed Re-
port of Liabilities Shows That Sny.
der Owes $l43, 900 to Banks.

Anamosa, March BE. z. Snyder.
the Olin banker who made an as.
signment last December, has disap-
peared and is now fugitive from
justice. The grand Jury has been in
session this week investigating the
charges against him. On Saturday a
warrant was placed in the hands OF
an officer for his arrest but upon in
vestigation 1t was found that Snyder
and his wife had several days ago
departed for parts unknown.
For some time there has been a
growing sentiment that Snyder would
be prosecuted for fraudulent banking
and for not accounting for the funds
of the school district which were in
his possession. He is not without his
friends, however. A number of influ-
entail citizens who have lost through
his mismanagement feel sorry for the
man and insist that his greatest crime
was his desire to be a good fellow and
not an intentional desire to injure his
customers.
The complete report of his liabili-
ties shows debts to the amount of
$143, 000,most of which were bank de-
posits. The assignee, l.. M. Carpenter
of DIN, Is hard at work, endeavoring
to convert the paper held by the bank
into cash, but a large part of it is
worthless. The prospects are that the
depositors and those having claims
against Snyder will not receive more
than ten or fifteen cents on the dollar.
One item is some $4,000, loaned to
railroad contractors, which is wholly
lost.
Snyder began business at DIN some
twenty years ago with capital of
$4,000. OF that amount he had saved
$1,000 as a telegraph operator and
$4,000 from his father, then a promin.
ent capitalist of Grinnell, Ia, but who
recently died at that place insolvent.
He paid high rates of interest for his
deposits, 6 per cent on at least $40,-
600 and was anything but careful
about the loans he made.
Nobody seems to know where Mr..
Snyder has gone but those who have
watched events claim that he realized
the trend of events and has left to
escape prosecution. Mr.. Snyder was
last seen in the city of Cedar Rapids
and is reported to have stated that
he was making a business trip to
Missouri. Mr.. Snyder has always
maintained that he would be present
to meet any charges that the state
night prefer against him.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-03-16
KILLED VICTIM WITH Ak.
Fairfield Man Must Answer for Muir.
der Of Wonnelsdorf

Fairfield, March 9.-Dan Sheppard
was found guilty of manslaughter yes
terday. He killed old Christian
Womelsdorf with an ak few months
ago, while the old man was alone in
the house.
Mrs. Womelsdorf was in the barn
when she saw Sheppard enter the
house. She suspected nothing, but
when she went in few minutes later
her husband was lying on the floor
in pool of blood. A bloody AK was
standing in a corner and bore mute
testimony to the murder. Sheppard
was arrested but denied his guilt. Sus.
picion was for time cast upon M-s.
Womelsdorf, 1t being charged that she
was in love with Sheppard. The love
for the old German woman was first
assigned as the cause for the murder.
but it later developed that Womels-
dorf and Sheppard had quarreled over
money. Sheppard stoutly denied his
guilt and claimed to have been at his
step-mother's on the evening of the
murder. He claimed she was preju-
diced against him because he wouldn't
swear to false affidavit, and conse-
quently lied about him.
The limit for manslaughter is eight
years
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-03-16
Found at Last.

Aston, Mich, March 13th.-(Spe.
cial.) AFTER suffering for twenty
years from Rheumatism and Kidney
Troubles, and spending fortune in
doctors and medicines that brought
him no relief, Mr.. James Culet of this
place has found complete cure for
all his aches, pains and weakness, In
Dodd's Kidney Pills.
Naturally Mr.. Culet feels much elat-
ed over his cure and gives great
credit to the remedy that gave him
health.
Eyes" Mr.. Culet says, my rheuma-
tism and Kidney Troubles are all
gone and l feel like a eew man.
Dodd's Kidney Pills did It, Before I
used them / spent small fortune
on doctors and one remedy and anoth-
er. | cheerfully recommend Dodd's
Kidney Pills to anyone suffering from
Rheumatism or Kidney Trouble"
Dodd's Kidney Pills always cure
sick kidneys. Healthy kidneys take
all the uric acid-the cause of Rheu-
matism-out of the blood. That's why
Dodd's Kidney Pills always cure
Rheumatism.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-03-16
BOMB THRoWER KILLED
Meets The Fate Which He Had Plot.
ted For Others.

st. Petersburg. March 1.-THE ex.
plosion of bomb in the Hotel Bristol,
adjoining the Hotel D'Angleterre here
just before daylight, blew to atoms
the owner of the bomb, man with
an English passport, and registering
in the name of Alfred Henry McCul.
Tough, and wrecked the adjoining
rooms, killing the wife OF an officer
and injuring several other dodgers.
The explosion was heard blocks away
and created tremendous sensation.
There is not the slightest doubt that
the man killed was connected with
terrorist plots. The bomb was of the
same power as that which killed the
late Minister of the Interior Won
Plehve and Grand Duke Sergius, Great
ing the same havoc as that which
exploded at the Hotel DuNord last
spring.
McCullough's legs were torn off and
the flesh of the upper portion of his
body spattered the walls and ceiling,
which were red with blood.
The police believe Mccullough was
charging the bomb when 1t exploded.
At the British embassy Mccullough
10 unknown. 1t Is believed he war
British subject.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-03-16
Hurts pennlson's Claims.

Logan, March determination of
the grand jurors yesterday in the Den
nison case was all favorable to the
prosecution. The attempt to show
irregularities in the proceedings has
been an entire failure. /. G. Hammer,
whose startling affidavit was given to
the public on Wednesday, repudiates
the statements credited to him. He
declares he signed the affidavit with
out knowing its contents, and denies
any collision or contract in finding
the indictment against Dennison.
This will dispose Of one Of the prir .
cipal elements in the motion I,
Quash
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-03-16
Careful Search ErultIess.

Waterloo, March 10.-Valentine
Heinen, an old and prominent resi-
dent Of Gilbertville, small town to
the east of Waterloo, disappeared
three days ago mysteriously, and all
search has failed to reveal his where.
abouts. The man was a retired farm.
err making his home with a daughter.
The Cedar river has been dragged
for long distance and searching par
ties have secured the country sur
rounding the town, but without avail.
No reason or explanation for his dis
appearance can be found.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-03-16

]. d. Benedict, the superintendent
Of the Indian Territory schools, point
ed out sturdy and grave young Ind.
ian girl. "She is a maid" he said,
"in the house of friend of mine, and
the other day she was left in charge
of the children while her mistress
went for long drive. The mistress
on her return said to the maid: How
did the children behave during my
absence, Caroline? Well, | hope?'
Beautifully, madam Caroline an.
swered; and at the end they fought
terribly together why did they
fight" the mother asked TO de-
eide, said Caroline, which was be-
having the best"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-03-16
DEFENSE NO GOOD.
Judge Overruies Motions TO Quash
DennIson Indictments

Logan, March lin overruling the
two motions to quash the indictments
returned for the Pollock diamond rob-
berry, Judge Macy knocked out Tom
Dennison's last chance to escape trial
before an Iowa jury.
Judge Macy in passing on the mo-
ton held that f. e. Thomas of Omaha
was not in the jury room until after
the grand jury voted indictments and
adjourned. He ruled that it was per.
fectly proper for Thomas to pay the
expenses of Shercliffe and Pollock to
Logan. both witnesses being outside
the jurisdiction of the state, and liable
to be brought here only by private
parties.
The court held that the question
raised as to the charge being barred
by the statute Of limitations could not
be raised until the case comes to trial.
The last point regarding the right
to extradite on one charge and rear.
rest on second, was waived by the
defense.
There will be no further hearing un
til the April term of court when the
defense will file motion for a change
of venue.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-03-16

Logic sometimes triumphs over dog.
ma. as is illustrated In the case of a
little girl who had been brought up a
believer in Christian Science. She
was visiting her aunt, non-believer,
and in the course Oh the afternoon fell
down stairs, whereupon she began to
cry Justify. Are you hurt, dear?" in
CURED the aunt. NO" was the sob
bling response. "Then," said the aunt,
not without a touch of wicked enjoy.
ment, why do you cry?' I'm cry
Ing" was the reply, because / can't
feel that | amt hurt.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-03-16
Innocent Match Causes Death.

Grant, March 9.-Death as a result
Of play with an innocent match has
come to the 3-year-old son of B. l..
McCue Of this place. The mother
stepped from the house, leaving the
boy and baby together. When she
returned the boy was in flames and
had suffered burns from which he
son died. A burnt match on the
floor told the story Of his unfortunate
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-03-16

Every housekeeper should know
that IL they will buy Defiance Cold
Water Starch for laundry use they
will save not only time. because it
never sticks to the iron, but because
each package contains 16 Ozone full
pound-while all other Cold Water
Starches are put up In y pound pack
ages. and the price Is the same, 10
cents. Then again because Defiance
Starch is free from all Injurious chem
icals. II your grocer tries to sell you
12-oz. package 1t Is because he has
a stock on hand which he wishes to
dispose OF before he puts in Defiance.
He knows that Defiance Starch has
printed on every package in large let
tiers and figures "1e ozs" Demand De.
fiance and save much time and money
and the annoyance of the iron stick
ing. Defiance never sticks.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-03-16

A Chicago man threatens to go into
court for the purpose of having twins
condemned as public nuisances. If
Fate has any irony still on hand she
should condemn him to become the
father of triplets,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-03-16

A New York surgeon the other day
operated on the wrong woman. He
might have explained to the students
before whom the operation was per-
formed that no harm had been done,
as he had had the practice and the
students had seen him perform.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-03-16
John Bloom "Not Guilty"

Shenandoah, March 13-The jury
brought in verdict of not guilty in
the case Of John Bloom, tried in the
district court at Clarinds on a charge
of murder. The jury was out only a
few hours, and the ground of acquittal
was that the old man was temporarily
irresponsible at the time the deed was
committed.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-03-16

Miss Smythe organizing a sub.
scription dance)-'I'm In despair
about our dance, Mr.. Brown. So many
people have failed me. You'll come.
won't you?" Mr. Brown Extremely
stout)-"Really, Miss Smythe; I'm
not a dancing man. don't dance at
ALI" Miss Smythe-"Oh. that won't
matter in the least You'd help to
I'LL up, you know!" Mr.. Brown-"Ah
--yes-with pleasure. will look In
about supper time."-Puck.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-03-16

Several San Francisco schoolboys
have become regular betters on horse
races. One of them had the audacity
to give tip to his teacher. She bet
on it, and lost ten dollars. Now she
denounces gambling on horse races
as evidence of degeneracy and utter
stupidity.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-03-16

Their pay IS shockingIy small for
some OF our public officials" said the
broad-minded man. Eyes," answered
the cynic; but it averages up. Some
of the public officials are shockingly
small for their pay."-Washington
Star.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-03-16

An American girl has refused to be-
come the bride of titled foreigner
She is relative of the Vanderbilts
and an heiress. In the absence of
full particulars we are unable to de-
eide whether this is miracle or the
result of wild desire for notoriety.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-03-16

Taxes are paid by telephone in
Hickory County, Mo. A farmer calls
up the collector, learns tho amount
Of his tax bill, and deposits the money
with the operator, who, having It's
tened to the conversation. is qualified
to issue a receipt. Farmer saves
time and travel expenses: county gets
its money without delay.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-03-16

Did Napoleon smoke? is question
agitating some large minds in New
England. The answer of some of the
Puritans who still inhabit that section
is that IL he did not smoke a century
ago he is doing it now. Still, those
who smoke here win not smoke here
after-and vice versa.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-03-16

Cupid Hoch frankly admits that he
married for money. What the Mrs.
Hoch aggregation married him for is
a mystery. AS Hoch is as homely as
a gargoyle it must have been his
winning ways.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-03-16

Two eggs of the long extinct spec
les, of the Scandinavian aux were re-
Gently sold at auction in London for
$500 each. These birds lived on the
coast of Iceland and Greenland, and
the last bird was seen and shot dur.
ing the winter of 1904.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-03-16

News comes from Madrid that King
Alfonso himself is in no hurry to get
married and thinks that two years
from now will be plenty soon enough.
This must be discouraging to the fair
candidates.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-03-16

The Boston Herald reports the re.
cent production of a comic opera
without horse play or a topical song"
We earnestly recommend that Car
negie medal be forwarded to the pro-
Queer.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-03-16
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Moines. March II, 1905.

DeS MONIES. Marcn IL, I9U3.
Deputy State Dairy Commissioner
Smith was in Clinton few days ago.
He went into store and called for a
keg of oleomargarine. The finest sam
pie he ever saw was laid out on the
counter. The lid being pried Off, the
oleo shone forth like the yellow glory
OF the Iowa COW. "I'll take that"
said the deputy commissioner, smil-
ing. 1t was done up and handed to
him and he paid for 1t and toted 1t to
the train and brought 1t back to Des
Moines. Then he set out to prepare
the case for presentation to the Clin-
ton county grand jury, which will
meet in few weeks. 1t is said that
there are other cases of the same
character.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-03-16

Tho Atlanta Journal, in discussing
the simple life. declares that no man
can live the simple life OF bird and
beast. Even Pastor Wagner himself
was not so simple that he could not
keep one eye on the box Office.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-03-16

Even now that it has been shown
that paper bills carry many germs.
while dimes and nickels have few.
some people will persist in preferring
the bills.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-03-16

A man defends a suit for separate
maintenance brought by his wife on
the ground that she held hands"
while playing cards. But what else
would she hold at such a game?
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-03-16

]. p. Morgan Is going to cruise in
the Mediterranean. 1t is a good
deal Of a relic, and Mr.. Morgan, hav-
ing taste for such things, may de-
eide to buy it.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-03-16

Miss Mary Anabelle Fanton says a
woman can thoroughly enjoy her
housekeeping if she goes at it right.
This doesn't appear to help the man
Of the house any.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-03-16

The news that Chicago is trying to
revise Now lay me-" with a view
to it's improvement, will astonish PEG.
pie who hadn't supposed that Chicago
ever knew it.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-03-16

Mrs. McCall-'T do wish I could
get good maid" Mrs. Vandine-
you might interview mine. / think
she'd be delighted to go to you" Mrs.
McCall-"But why don't you keep
herr" Mrs. Vandine-"Oh, she won't
stay. She says she wants a place
where she won't have so many gowns
and hats to take care of."-Philadel.
phia Press.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-03-16
sracaronf wheat.

Salzer's strain of this Wheat is the kind
which laughs at droughts and the ele-
that terrible scorchi
It's sure of yielding go bushels of finest
Wheat the sun shines on per acre on good
H., Ia, Mich, Wis, O., Pa, Mo-, Neb.
lands and 40 to 60 bushels on arid landsl
No rust, no insects, no failure. Catalog
tells all about it.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-03-16

Isn't the fashion editor mistaken in
saying that leaf green is one Of the
newest shades for gowns? Our un.
derstanding is that Mother Eve wore
that shade exclusively.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-03-16

Among nominations sent to the
senate by the president few days
ago, We're those of Leslie M. Shaw
of Iowa, to be secretary of the treas.
ury; James Wilson of Iowa, to be
secretary of agriculture; Edwin H.
Conger of Iowa, to be ambassador ex.
traordinary and plenipotentiary to
Mexico; and George l.. Dobson of
Iowa, to be consul at Nottingham,
England.