Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-11-29
IOWA
NEWS

and costs, which were paid. The
police refuse to divulge his name and
are trying to suppress the matter.
The second largest verdict ever
awarded in a damage suit was given
at Davenport by jury in the Scott
county district court in favor OF Ed
J. O'Connor and against the Rock ISL
and railway. The amount OF the
award is $4,000. Mr.. O'Connor was
injured over two years ago in an ac-
cident at West Liberty when the car
in which he was working as express
messenger was overturned.
Anderson Martin died at his home
just south of Pleasantvilie few
nights ago. His death was the result
of injuries received Oct. 4, when ne
fell from an apple tree. His back
was broken, and he had been totally
paralyzed since the accident. Mr..
Martin was so years old. He was
president of the Citizens bank OF
Pleasantville and principal owner or
the gas plant bonds. His wealth Is
estimated at $250,000.
Rock Island westbound flyer, No. Al,
was dltched at Nicola a few days ago.
The engineer while expecting orders
to meet No. AZ there, saw the white
signal displayed and a moment later
the engine and mall car were ditched
at the derailing swith, 1t Is claimed
the automatic signal was slightly worn
and permitted a clear track to be sig
called when the reverse should have
shown. Nobody was injured. The
passengers and mail were transferred.
|, Judge F. w. Eichelberger of the
district coure at Ottumwa sommarily
discharged the jury in the case OF
Louis Heckart VS.. the administrator
Of the estate of Levi Woods. The
case had been on trial eight days.
The cause of the drastic action was
the misconduct Of one of the Jurors,
who had expressed an opinion on the
case contrary to the instruction OF
the court in saying to friend that
he had made up his mind as to this
verdict
Arrested for the theft Of a 81 lap
robe, shot in the leg for supposed
attempt at escape, and then put into
a buggy and hustled to Danbury with.
out an examination Of the wound, was
the fate that befell Charles Nepper, a
young farmer living neap Mapleton. At
,Danbury the justice found him guilty.
An appeal will be taken and the con-
stable who did the shooting will prob
ably be prosecuted. Nepper, 1t Is
said, was somewhat under the influ-
ence of liquor. The wound in his
leg Is serious.
: An official of the revenue service
visited Council Bluffs recently and as
result the grand jury indicted several
merchants and restaurant people for
the alleged use of oleomargerine.
Later these Indictments were made
public and the following arrested: F.
H. Evers, Taylor Woolsey, and Mrs.
]. Simons. The warrants were served
and bonds accepted for their appear
ance. It is understood this is prelim-
mary to the better protection of the
dairy interests of the state and that
other prosecutions are to be made.
After being totally blind for ten
years, Frank Noble, a we'll known
citizen of Ames has had his sight re.
stored to him. Mr.. Noble has just
returned from Chicago where he un-
derwent an operation which, while
long time healing ultimately
proved successful. Mr.. Noble notices
many changes in the college town
that have occurred since his sight
left him and he is hardly able to rec
ognize many old friends, whom he
has visited frequently with during his
blindness, but the appearance of their
faces having left his memory. Their
voice, however, is sure sign Of iden-
LITIGATION.
DR.. Baughman, assistant state vet
erinarlan, Of Fort Dodge, Is person
ally experimenting a rigid quaran-
tine in Calhoun county, where thirty
herds Of cattle are infected with
spinal meningitis or spotted fever.
Two weeks ago the dread disease
first attacked two herds, but has now
spread to such proportions that DR..
Baughman has taken personal
charge. Owing to the danger of the
disease spreading to human beings
every precaution is being exercised
to stamp it out. The farmers were
warned that they must not skin or
touch the dead animals, but must
burn or bury them at once.
The federal authorities completed
an investigation at Sioux City which
showed that in the last two and one
half years SIS barrels of beer have
been sold by the Sioux City Brewing
company without the government
stamp. The federal license is 81 per
barrel and it means that the govern
ment Is S515 short. The federal au-
thorities set detectives on the case,
thinking that there was connivance
between the brewing company and
the revenue collectors, but ]. F.
Reed, revenue agent for Wisconsin,
Minnesota, Michigan and Iowa, de-
clared the Discrepancy was the re-
suit of the misgauging Of the measur-
ing tanks and absolved the revenue
collector.
The inmates of the home of En-
gineer Samuel Randall, a Milwaukee
engineer living at Mason City, includ-
ing his wife and roomers, are in a
precarious condition, resulting from
breathing fumes of coal gas from a
leaking furnace. The family was
aroused by Mr.. Randall, who arrived
home at o'clock in the morning
from his run. In an effort to get to
the door to let him in Mrs. Randall
was overcome and fell in dead
faint. After hard work the, woman