Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-07-05
IOWA
NEWS


mosa states that McWilliams, the
murderer of his wife and five children
is a raving maniac, PAGES his cell and
imagines that 1000 people are at his
heels to hit him. He can live but a
short time physicians say. He was
sentenced to hang in December.
The attending physicians upon
Hon. Tim Donohue performed an OPP
peration upon the patient Thursday
morning. But little hope is enter
tanned for his recovery. He has been
i'll for many weeks. He was formerly
member of the legislature from
O'Brien county
J. w. Curtis, FOR the past three
and half years the Des Moines
manager of the Wells-Fargo Express
company, has been made division
superintendent for this company with
headquarters in Illinois. He will
have charge of four hundred Offices
located on more than 1000 miles of
road.
The work of grading the interur-
ban railway company's new line from
Woodward to Perry was completed
Saturday night and track-laying be-
gan today. The work will be rushed
through to completion and it is now
expected TO have cars operating by
Aug. /. The company is Planning on
a big state fair business from the
Perry line this year.
Word was received yesterday from
Montreal, Canada, that William Mar
Wis OF MuSCattne, has been reelected
supreme master workman of the A.
o. L. w. This is the first time in
the history of the order that a SUI
preme master workman has been
elected to succeed himself Mr..
Narvis was grand master workman
of Iowa for six years.
L. w. Thomas, wealthy real estate
man Of Fort Dodge, has just discOv-
cred that a check for 5000 drawn in
his favor was cashed last October by
one NJ. Langdon at Berlin, N. d. The
check passed through several banks
unchallenged and the forgery was
not discovered until today. The Ber-
lin bank will be loser and the chances
of the apprehension of the forger are
slim
While John Brown was sitting in
palmists parlOr looking into the
face Of the palmst, beautiful seventh
daughter, and while the palmst her
self was predicting for him many
years Of success and cOntentment,
fate snapped the thread of life and
he died in less than three minutes.
He was one of the prOprietors of the
Brown & HURT Bottling works.
c. w. Fisher or Sevasropoi, Alex
ander Anderson, 1929 Maple street,
and j. M. Route, 1907 Des Mones
lapse of the Walker fiat building
Eighteenth and Center streets, Tues
day afternoon, are reported to be re-
covering at the Methodist hospital
where they were taken after the acct
| dent. The men will be abe to return
to their homes within a few days.
The announcement of the fifty-sec
ond Iowa state fair and industrial eX
! position, to be held at the state fail
grounds in Des MOines, Aug. "a t
81, is now being sent out. More
prizes are offered this year than eve
| before A rate of one fare for the
round trip from all points in Iowa /!
| granted by the Western PassenGC,
association, of which the Iowa rail
roads are members. This rate is eff
| fective the day preceding the open
ing day of the fair and good for on
day after the close.
Seven thoroughbred cattle belong
ing to H. F. Peitzman, a wealth.
| farmer and stock owner near Grimes
are dead from poison and twenty-five
more are seriously sick and dying
Four COWS were discovered lyinl
dead near the banks Of a creek b,
Charles Wolf. a neighbor farmer
| Further investigation revealed 81,
| separate piles of some chemical poi
son placed near the creek where tn,
| cattle frequent. A veterinary sur
geon of Des MOines was immediatel,
summoned. Upon analysis he pro
nOunced the stuff paris green. Wha
the motive was and who placed tn
poison there remains a mystery. TIL
entire community is aroused in in
dignatiOn and are freely eXpressin!
condemnation of the act.
When Judge McHenry issued al
order giving Miss Mary Ristau pos
session of her little son Harold h,
gave the young mother a pass int
the home of her parents, whom sh
deserted in shame four years age
Wednesday noon the woman left TO
Davenport, where she as prodiga
daughter will be received with opel
arms, and all because her parent
| have Teen touched with love for tn
| little boy. When Miss Ristau, betraye,
.by young man five years ago. lief
the home of her parents, she resolves
! never to set foot within the hous
again. Her parents, when they hear
of the affair, declared that Mary wa
no longer their daughter. But fey
days ago the girl learned that TIL
people who had adopted her boy wer
abusing him. She asked for the lad
custody. Judge McHenry promised
to grant the request providing the DO
went to the girls parents, Mr.. an
Mrs. John Ristau of Davenport. The
the parents relented. They agree
to accept the baby if the prodiga
daughter would come home with HaI
old. The final arrangements wer
completed and the Ristau home a
Davenport will be a scene of rejoic
ing.
Berthe Clausen, son of ex-Mayo
Clausen of Clear Lake, was arreste
by Deputy United States Marsha
Gustafson and taken before the FED
eral court at Fort Dodge on tn
charge of selling liquor without
license. The evidence in the cas-
indicates that Clausen has been sell