Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-10-12
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ed from vehicle, when the team
started to run away, and broke her
neck, dying almost instantly.
Charles Ressler, farmer living
two miles west of Shell Rock, came
near meeting with fatal accident
while assisting in road making.
While he was operating the grader
an iron lever caught him and pene-
trated his body, tearing out through
his side, making CHASTITY wound,
which fortunately was not deep
enough to tear the intestines. The
attending physician says it is a bad
wound, though not dangerous.
An unknown man, supposed to be
tramp, was found lying dead be-
side the Illinois Central tracks at
Rock Cut, near Dubuque. His head
had been badly cut and revolver
lay by his side. 1t is thought he was
murdered. From marks it was evil
hand encounter, and that the revolt
yer failed to discharge. Nearby res
idents heard shots during the night,
and it is presumed tramps were
fighting among themselves, and one
of the number was slain.
Because George Miner, captain of
the football team, and Ralph He'll
man, manager of athletics, and two
other students were expelled from
Morningside college at Sioux City for
hazing a freshman, the entire foot
ball team is on strike and 500 stu
dents are in a state of mutiny. The
upper classmen took freshman on
a watermelon hunt, having other stu
dents hide in the weeds, who shot
blank cartridges. One of the upper
classmen pretended to fall dead and
the freshman was hauled to the pol
ice station and charged by the upper
classmen with murder. He was al
most crazed with fright.
Creditors of E. H. Whiteside, a mer-
chant who left Atlantic recently with
bankruptcy proceedings hanging over
him, have raised an unusual point in
order to get possession of $500 in per-
sonal property on which he claims ex-
emption. Whiteside was out of the
state for several weeks. but has re-
turned and is fighting to save as much
property as he can. His creditors
maintain that when he left Atlantic
he intended to go to another state,
where the law exempts only SIS worth
of property. This, they claim, made
him virtually a resident of that state,
and it is contended that he is no long
er protected by the Iowa law, which
is far more liberal to debtors.
James G. McElroy, one of the old
est and best known travelling sales
men in the furniture line in the state,
has left his home at Eldora under the
Authorization of great financial diff
Guilty which he cannot meet. Several
years ago, it is alleged, he met with
great financial losses that, together
with continued business depression
and failure to regain his former finan-
cial standing, continually fpreyed up.
on his mind. His wife is Frustrated
over his absence and his family is
very anxious for his immediate re-
turn, hoping that they can relieve
his hallucinations by convincing him
that the joint obligations of himself
and wife which were small have been
met, and that with a complete rest
from further business cares he Will
in time regain his health. Mr. Nc
Elroy has for several years travelled
from Eldora for several important
furniture houses and made all of the
larger towns of the state in the inter-
ests of his firms. He has a lovely
home and is considered one of the
leading citizens of Eldora. He has al
ways been in the habit of reaching
home every Saturday night and writ
ing a letter to his family each day.
At last accounts no word had been
heard from him for week.
In fit of demoniac temper Charles
Dexter, star catcher on the Des
Moines baseball team, stabbed and
perhaps fatally wounded H. Q. Bate
man, the first baseman of the visit
ing Milwaukee team a few nights ago
at the corner of Fifth and Locust
street, Des Moines. Bateman is at
Mercy hospital in precarious condi-
ton. The stabbing was the result
OF drinking bout in which Dexter
had partaken freely until he was in
an ugly humor. In company with
Bateman and a number of their COM
panions Dexter had visited number
of saloons preparatory to leaving the
city at $3.50 o'clock. Dexter and
Bateman drew aside from their COM
panions and for a moment seemed
to be in a rather heated discussion,
but no heed was paid to it, Their
voices grew louder and from their
tones it was evident that some dis
agreement over the payment of hack
fare was the bone of contention Then
Bateman was heard to hurl a profane
epithet at Dexter. With an oath
Dexter drew a huge pocket knife
from his pocket and plunged it
straight into Bateman's bosom, cut
ting a cash six inches in length and
several inches in depth. 1t is feared
Bateman cannot recover. Dexter is
in Jail.
The little 2-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. S. Miller of Mason City, lies
at the point of death because of swal-
lowing lye. The child found the liquid
and at once drank some of it which
threw it into commissions.
A fire of unknown origin at Eldora
destroyed the building and stock of
the Koenman Nrug Co.. the building
of Mrs. s. Lang and badly dana red
the new brick building of the Bank OF
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