Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-08-24

THE NEWS IN IOWA.,


1t is now apparent that the state
census will fall off somewhere between
10000 and 25.G00.
A large greynounl was electrocl't-
ed at Atlantic a few days ago. House
movers had been at work and lefe a
guy wire in such a position that when
the wind blew IT crossed a live wire.
The first thing to run into the wire
was the dog. Death was instanta1-
eous More han a dozen childreu
were playing in .he peighborhood.
Harlan Hussey, a 14-year old boy
in care of the Christian home at Coun-
Gil Bluffs, was drowned in the Mis-.
souri, river after Sealing away from
the institution To avoid Sunday school
and to- go bathing, Joe Selby, an
other lad, was rescued from the water
by Harry Bell, a young man who was
swimming with some companions
near by. The two boys, neither of
whom could swim, waded out to a
sandbar but on coming back chose a
place where the current vas swifter
and the water deeper. Both were
carried off their feet, but Selby gave
a cry as he went under, which
brought Bell to his aid.
Negotiations for the purchase OF
ground in the eastern part of Sioux
City are now in grogress by the Great
Northern railroad, which will at ono
invest $3.50, 900 in new shops and a
rOundhouse in that city. The shops
will employ 800 men. The building Of
the Ashland extension of. the Burling-
ton into Sioux City, which is to be
operated by the Great Northern, is re-
sponsible for the large shops coming
to that place. It is the hope of the
officials to get the shops completed
by the time the sno flies. The Great
Northern last winter purchased four
whole blocks of property on the east
side at Sioux City to be used for a
depot and terminal.
The petitions being circulated in
Allison and vicinity to save Louis
Busse from the gallows are receiving
numerous signatures, who feel that
the man will suffer more for the crime
he has committed If the governor of
the state will reconsider the facts con-
corning the case and recommend life
Imprisonment. Recently the opposition
have commenced work in the field
and are meeting with general ap-
prevail. The farmers have little SYM
pathy for Busse. A strong fight will
ensue, considering the fact that At
torney Burling from Gainesville and
Attorney Craig from Allison are work
ing opposite. The outcome will be
watched with intense interest.
County supervisors in Iowa coun-
ties realize that one of the hardest
problems to- contend with in county
economy and expenditure Of funds is
that of the construction, repair and
keeping in good condition Of the
bridges in a county. Supervisor j. F.
Mott, of Butler county has built, dur
ing his membership on the Butler
county board, eighty concrete bridges
and culverts in his county, which is
probably more than any other man
in the state of Iowa has built. No
wooden structures have been erected
since Mr.. Mott took charge of the
bridge work, and the official now is
quite sure that he has solved the pro-
blem of economy in bridge making.
During the present season, Butler
county has built twelve of these con-
crete structures, and a number OF
others will be constructed. A certain
portion of the bridge fund collected
each year is set aside for this per.
manent work, and where a special or
expensive bridge will be needed in
the future it will not become neces-
sary for the levying of a special tax
to- meet the expense.
Although claimed by his family to
have been accidental, the sudden
death of c. B. Goodhue Of 412 South
east Ninth street, Des Moines, from
carbolic acid poisoning is surrounded
by many peculiar circumstances which
lend color to the theory that it may
have been a deliberate suicide. The
plainly marked vial from which the
death dealing poison was taken
stands strong in interesting contrast
to the theory hat the contents were
drank under the impression that the
small vial held whisky. Goodhue, who
was II years of age, h~abitually drank
a small amount of whisky %immeditely
on rising, and on the night before his
death returned to his home with a
flask of this beverage. About 8
o'clock the next morning he arose
and went into the kitchen, ostensibly
for the purpose of taking his usual
morning dram, and a moment later
returned to his daughters room with
a four ounce carbolic acid vial in his
hand. The bottle had only about
three ounces of the acid in It before
Goodhue found 1t, and he had evident
ly taken about one and one-half
ounces, as half the contents still re-
manned. He told his daughter that he
had taken poison thinking it was
whisky. DR.. Charles Lier was called,
but the man was in a comatose con
dition when he arrived, and died with.
in three hours, despite the utmost
efforts to revive him. At the time
Of taking the acid it was broad day.
light, the bottle from which the acid
was taken did not resemble a flask,
and was plainly labeled carbolic acid.
Moreover, the acid was old and of a
reddish color, and it is not believed
that Goodhue could possibly have mis-.
taken it for whisky.
]. B. Ritchey, a retired farmer liv.
ing at Bloomfield, was found hanging
from a rafter in the smokehouse. Des,
pondency due to i'll health was the
cause.
John Woods Of FIT. Dodge was al,
1901 .-.to,t1, 1;1lnl on tha r--xs