Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-09-21
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
!, THE NEWS, IN IOWA..

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Burglars entered the store of p. l..
Kepple AT Ionia and secured $40 in
cash. The postoffice in the same
building was not molested.
| Fred Comstock, alias Edward Boul-
ley, was arrested at Shelby at the re-
quest of the Clinton police, charged
with the murder of A. Clark Com
stock arrived in Shelby few nights
ago with a railroad grading gang
shipped from Davenport The arrest
was made by Marshal Gilbert Jordan
and his deputy. The prisoner denies
identity, but the description fits him
exactly.
Frantic at the disappearance Of
their son, Mr.. and Mrs. M. J. Thomas,
1917 East Twelfth street, Des Moines,
have published glazing handbills, des-
criptive of Oris E. Thomas, with a
personal note at the bottom of the
bills for the eye Of the missing man.
The bills state that the young man is
90 years of age, 5 feet 6 inches tall,
weight about 1875 pounds, dark COM
plexion, dark hair and eyes, heavy
dark beard if allowed to grow, right
wrist enlarged, and Adams apple
prominent. He was last heard of in
the vicinity of Bondurant. A reward
of $50 has been offered by the par
ents for the discovery and return Of
the young fellow, dead or al ?.
Judgment for $4,000 damages has
been awarded to Robert Little against
DNft ny, 90 20, Of In
! for injuries received by Little two
years ago in the collapse of bridge
while he was driving over it. The
plaintiff sued for $4,000. The testi-
mony showed that he fell twenty feet
! to the bottom of creek, his wagon
and horses landing on top of him,
and that besides losing an ear, he had
| bones in his head and face crushed in,
five ribs and his collar bone broken
and suffered almost the total loss of
his hearing. The case was tried
once before and Little was defeated
on technicality, but the judgment
rendered was reversed by the supreme
| court.
Olof Rye Wulfsberg, vice consul
for Norway and Sweden, who died in
Pensacola, fla, of yellow fever re-
Gently formerly was vice consul for
Iowa for Norway and Sweden. Mr..
Wulfsberg was born in Norway in
1S49. Coming to this country he set
tied in DEBORAH, Ia, where he after
wards engaged in the drug business.
In 1884 he was appointed vice con-
! sui for Iowa and by request was trans
ferred to Des Moines in 1886. In the
fall of 1894 he secured transfer to
S oux City. From there he asked
for a removal to Florida, where he
was given a consular position. He
was a son of wealthy parents in the
old country. He had property inter-
ests in DEBORAH and Des Moines.
Through the princely gift of $780,
600 offered conditionally by Daniel
Francis, 1926 Capitol avenue, Des
Moines, home for retired Methodist
ence to cost 100000 is made possible.
At the opening session of the Des
MoiNes conference at Osceola a few
days ago the Rev. T. E. Thuresson,
pastor of Asbury Methodist church,
reported the gift which is proffered
by Mr.. Francis on condition that the
conference raise like sum within a
period of five years. The matter was
referred to the Preachers Aid society
for financial action. There is every
indication that the conference will
take advantage of the offer and that
the home will be located in Des
Moines.
w. C. Owen, labor agitator and well
known in Des Moines for past sensa-
tional affairs, was arrested and is now
in the city Jail charged in Justice
Duncan's court with having defrauded
Des Moines banks to the extent of
nearly $1,000. He was visited at the
station by officers of the different
banks and was partially identified
Ovens game was that he had visited
three different banks of the city and
under allegation and with a showing
of deeds that he was the owner of a
big farm in the northern part of the
county he secured, it is claimed, a
number of loans. The Citizens Ma
tional bank claims loss of $165, and
two other banks have filed charges
4 claiming that owen secured $500 and
1925 respectively from them on a
similar showing.
Arthur Dunn of St. Anthony, son of
James E. Dunn, well known farmer
of the Dunn settlement, was operated
upon at st. ihomas' hospital, Mar
shalltown. for appendicitis. Mr.. Dunn
is the sixth member of his family to
be operated upon for appendicitis,
those preceding him having been, in
the order named, Harry, Bridget,
James, w. ]. and Dolly Dunn. There
are three more children in the fam
lily, and the doctors are confident that
in time they, too, will have to have
operations. A peculiar formation of
the appendix has been found in each
case, and the doctors are assured that
the trouble is hereditary one. All
of the children have been operated
upon in three years time. Arthur
Dunn was found to have an aggra-
waited case, but he passed through the
operation nicely and the prospects
are that he will have rapid recovery.
Because he wore clothing similar
to the uniform of the United States
soldier Axel Gustafson, constable
of Calender, caused the arrest of
Albert w. Case, whom he took for a
deserter from the Fort Des Moines
most Ia CT fall The victim nroyed tn