Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-01-18
THE NEWS In IOWA.

of killing Lee Addison, was sentenced
to sixteen years in the penitentiary.
Alva Carter, fourteen year old
boy, was probably fatally burned by
falling into scalding vat at the Nor
rell packing plant at Ottumwa.
Mrs. Mae McClure-Shenkber wife
of Franz Shenkberg of the wholesale
grocery house of c. ShenKberg Co., of
Sioux City, was granted divorce on
the ground of cruel and inhuman
treatment.
The little town of Witeman on the
Great Western railway is sorely af-
flicted with diptheria. One death has
occurred already, the child or sta.
ton Agent Sullivan, and eight or ten
homes are quarantined. Vigorous
quarantine regulations are bej1g en-
forced, and 1t Is hoped that it Will
be speedily stamped out.
John Stansbury, young man %
years of age who recently left Osce-
ola, died in Alamagordo, N. M, Of
typhoid fever, after being sick very
short time. His body was sent to
Osceola. The death was caused by
the waiter in the hotel giving hisl the
wrong tray of food, thus causing a
relapse, which caused his death.
Zip Hammerly and Fred Coates,
young men addicted to the cocaine
habit, were discovered in their room
at Davenport nearly su1ocated by
coal gas, which had escaped from a
stove while they were sleeping off
he off nP he 1Yt1o n
died at Mercy hospital and Coates is
in critical condition.
Mrs. Myrtle Thompson, wife Of a
prominent travelling salesman for
Hubbard, Spencer, Bartlett company
of Marshalltown was before Justice
Clark charged with passing a bogus
check. e. T. Hampton, who caused
her arrest, had cashed the check,
which was for $40, and was drawn
upon the Melbourne Savings bank.
George d. Perkins, editor of the
Sioux City Journal, recently wrote a
letter to Hon. William McFarlane of
Blencoe, in which, among other
things, he said: 81 am willing to have
it understood that | will be a candi.
date for the nomination of governor"
1t is understood that the candidacy
of Mr.. Perkins will soon be announced.
Max Mamreow, a machinist from
Milwaukee, Wis, dropped dead on
East Second street at Ottumwa a few
nights ago, while accompanying Miss
Miller to her home from local roller
skating rink. Mamreow, less than
an hour before his death, attracted
much attention at the rink by his
fancy skating. A post-mortem ex
animation failed to reveal any traces
and Mamreow's death is surrounded
in mystery. Coroner Mills will make
further investigation.
George w. Smith Of st. Charles.
ILL.,. has moved to Manson to occupy
the Blanden farm, of which there are
over two thousand acres unsold. This
land belongs to the Leander Bland
en- estate, which contained over foul
sections, of which a few small
pieces, have been sold. Mr.. Smith
was with the st. Charles school LOT
boys and superintendent the work OF
the 1000 acre farm there, where
dairying was extensively carried on
He expects to give great deal Of at
tention to dairying while on thit
farm which is fitted for a stock farm
as Mr.. Blanden kept about thous
and head of stock there before his
death.
disappearing as boy since she
was IL years old Miss Lillian Burt
(Bob Gevin) was discovered at the
Hotel Julien Cafe at Dubuque, where
she has worked the last couple OF
weeks. Previously she was a waiter
in a restaurant and no one suspected
her sex. When the discovery was
made she was charged with being 3
girl and she stoutly denied it. Fl
nally she broke down and confessed
all. saying, 81 confess that l am a
woman" According to her story
she left her home at McGregor eight
years ago when her mother died and
she has lived the life of a boy ever
since. She shaves twice week and
has a mans manner. She must re
turn to her female attire by next May
If she wants to secure a legacy of
$4,000 left her. Because of her
male mannerisms she expects tG
pose as man the rest OF her lite.
The court room at Tama was
crowded when 1t was announced that
Judge Burnham would pass sentence
on Roy Hull, who had pleaded guilty
to the killing of Dan Leary at Tama
last month. The case of the state
versus William Conn, who was also
indicted for the same offense was
called, when the state dismissed the
case on the ground of insufficiency OF
evidence to convict, and Conn was by
the court discharged from custody.
Hull was then asked what he had to
say in his defense, when he replied
nothing except that Conn had urged
him on to the crime with assurance
that he would stay by him as long
as he had a hair in his head. II
is fact that Hull is young man OF
not very strong mind, almost border
ing on imbecility. Having heard the
statement of the attorneys, Judge
Burnham reviewed the matter very
carefully and thoughtfully, and sen
fenced Hull during his natural life
to Anamosa at hard labor.
At Shenandoah Mrs. John whelan
while playing the piano, was seized
by commissions and died few hours
later. Her husband is a travelling
salesman and was out on a trip
through Nebraska. She was on a
visit to her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
w. c. Gilmore or Shenandoah. Mr.
Wheelan could not he found nv teIe