Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-05-31


T. ]. Shenahan of Ottumwa, a Bur
lington Brakeman, while switching IL
the yards at Creston, was run over
and had both legs crushed. 1t IL
feared that he will not survive.
Dreaming that there was fire,
Peter Huffman, driver of one Of the
hose carts at Iowa City, arose In has
sleep and started down stairs, when
he fell and sustained severe injury
to the base of his skull
While doing some trading in hard
ware store at Lewis Henry Alderman
a well to do and well known farmer
living near Griswold. was suddenly
stricken with heart failure and died
before physician could be secured
For some time he had been COM
planning.
Word has been received of the &C
cidental drowning of William Curley
of Cascade at Chicago Two other
youths were drowned in Lake Michl,
gan with him. 1t is supposed that
their boat capsized. Curley was ~
years Of age and was born and ralseu
at Cascade. ...
John Reed of Des Moines COM
mitted suicide at his home by drinking
big dose of carbolic acid. Reed was
married man and leaves wife and
two children. He had been i'll Tor
several months. He was subject TO
fainting spells. Dependency on ac'
count of his physical condition is be-
lieved to be the cause Of his rash act
He had been in the employ of the city
but had been discharged.
Somewhat of an innovation is to
experimental with at the Christian
church of Mason City in which an
apartment of the building will be set
off for nursery where on Sunday
mornings the mothers may leave
leave their babies during the church
service. A nurse has been secured to
look after the infants during the SER
mon hour. The church acted on the
scheme at the suggestion of Rev. C..
p. Smith. the new pastor.
The fact that the Rock Island sys
TEN is marshalling all the forces OF
it's legal department, under the per
sonal direction of Robert Mather, its
general counsellor, in support of its
appeal from the supreme court OF
Iowa of a case involving only $1,000
shows the Importance attached to q
test of the Iowa decision, which de-
clared that an employee could not sign
away his right to sue the railroad for
damages if injured while in its en-
ploy.
c. Lewis, janitor Of the court house
at Mason City has hit upon dis
covery by the use of gasoline in
which he is able to kill all the dande'
lions that infest the lawns Of the
court house yard. With small
punch he opens the ground at the
roots Of the plant, then pours in a
small quantity of the liquid. In a
few hours the root looks as If it had
been frozen and in a short time Is
dead. He has practically cleared the
lawn of dandelions by this method.
A coroner's jury has absolved
Harry Thomas, held for the killing
of Norman Rutledge at Sioux City
with a shotgun, from all blame for
Rutledge's death. The jury returned
a verdict of killing in self-defense.
Thomas shot Rutledge while the lat
ter was trying to enter his houseboa'
home to induce Mrs. Rutledge to re-
turn to a life of shame. Mrs. Rut'
ledge testified at the inquest, telling
story of awful hardship, forced on
her by her husband. She is but III
tie over 20 years Of age.
After a meteoric fight lasting some
two months, one Of the most novel
controversies known at Webster City,
the Martin Telephone company has
capitulated to the physicians and the
doctor telephone war is ended. The
Martin phones which have been out
of the doctors offices during the fight
were reinstalled. The surrender was
unconditional, brought on by the con.
tinued requests of the telephone pa
irons for connections with the physi'
clans, the old rate of $3.50 per month
being made, instead of $3.50 as was
proposed.
BY the falling of a pile of, lumber
in the Queal lumber yard, at -Des
Moines, Edwin Carlson was killed
and his twin brother, Emil, critically
injured. The boys, years OF age,
are the sons of Gus Carlson. The
two Youngsters had neen playing in
the lumber yard together. They were
climbing over the piles of lumber
Suddenly one of the piles gave way
and falling, caught the boys beneath
it. Edwin Carlson was struck in the
head by a heavy 3x10 timber and was
instantly killed. His brother was
pinioned beneath me falling planks.
His right leg was broken above the
knee. 1t is feared that he was in
ternally injured.
The trustees of the State Norma
school have purchased the privat.
museum of DR.. David A. Hoffman OF
Oskaloosa. 1t is one of the largest
private collections in the United
States, and the largest collection own.
ed by a private individual in Iowa.
The collection comprises minerals and
other specimens that have been gath
cred by DR.. Hoffman during the long
term of years that he has been prac.
ticing medicine in Mahaska county
many of the specimens coming from
the coal mines in that vicinity. The
collection of arrow heads, hammers
and hatchets Of the stone age is ex
celled only by that of the Smithson
ian institution at Washington and by
the ones at Davenport and Madison
Wis. There are geological specimens
from every state in the union which
have been gathered by DR.. Hoffman
during his extensive travels in search
of the collection.
w. s. Impson, liveryman of Tama
is the loser of a span of horses ant