Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-06-07
IOWA
NEWS

the approaching train. They were
hurried to the hospital, and medical
aid summoned. They VIII Dotn re-
cover.
Frank e. Hldreth, indicted for
murder in the first degree, was CON
victed of manslaughter in the district
court at Mount Vernon. Hildreth
year ago shot Sheriff James G. Shell.
lenberger while the latter was at
tempting to arrest him. The sheriff
fingered till last October, when he
died of the wound received.
Clarence Peters, aged T. was drown
ed in a creek near Parkersburg, while
returning home from school. He
was playing along the creek with
some companions when he fell in and
was unable to get out. The boys who
were with him gave the alarm to
some passing farmers, but they were
too late to rescue the boy alive.
Lewis Edwards, aged 20, suicided at
Montezuma by taking strychnine. He
wanted to marry his aunt, Mrs. Hol-
try, a widow and his mothers sister,
Hugh Caldwell, an old soldier, courts
Mrs. Holtry and escorted her to New
Sharon Edwards. finding her gone,
concluded that their purpose was mar
rage, borrowed money, bought poison
and died at the home Of his aunt
Eight months was the sentence
pronounced by Judge james A. Howe
in district court at Des Moines upon
j. II. Barrett, alias Rainier, for forg'
ing pay checks on the Agar Packing
company to the amount $4,000. Bar
rett pleaded guilty. There is an in
dictment against him in st. LOUIS
charging him with embeZzling large
sum Of money from the st. Louis d
Southwestern Railway company.
Quite a destructive cyclone passed
through the southeast portion OF
O'Brien county destroying number
of barns and outbuLutngs ami dong
damage to groves and flooding the
crops. Many bridges were washed
out, including The railroad bri tse OF
the Omaha roai across the Floyd
river near Sheldon, and also washing
out several hundred feet Of track
near Ashton. All streams in that sec
tion were the highest known for
years.
The barn, machinery sheds, machin.
cry and granary situated on the farm
Of George Bingfong, 1t mlle nortn OF
Grundy Center, were completely de-
stroyed by fire few nights ago. Inc
fire was discovered about IL O'Clock.
The cause is unknown, but is sup
posed to have caught from an incu-
bator. In addition to loss on build
ings there were about 500 chickens,
ducks, and geese burned, The loss
is estimated to be between $500 and
$4,000, and is covered by insurance..
President Theodore Roosevelt will
deliver the commencement address
at the University of Iowa in 1907.
He has accepted an invitation TO do
so, and will speak in the course Oh
his western trip. Of course this IS
dependent upon his making the trip.
but 1t is thought hardly likely that
he will change his plans after they
are so far advanced. Last year the
commencement address was delivered
by Vice President Fairbanks, ana
this year the orator is Senator Clark
of Wyoming.
BENJAMIN d. Klugger, leading
Junk dealer in Rock Island, Ill, was
arrested at Davenport charged with
being a party to the theft or 94o
pounds of brass from the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul shops and 10
waging a running fight with detec-
tives who ever since the theft OF the
brass have watched the spot where
it was cached by the thieves. In the
fight Detective William Mund OF the
Davenport force was wounded In the
knee. Klugger served a term In Jol-
let penitentiary for similar job some
years ago 1t is alleged that he had
companion who escaped under
fusillade of bullets
He who smokes cigarettes Is not
the proper guardian for young girl,
according to Judge A. II. McVey, who,
in the district court of Polk county,
on this ground refused to deliver to
William Owen his own daughter
whose custody he asked. Mr.. and
Mrs. Owen parted some time ago and
both have subsequently married. He
had the little girl and the mother.
Mrs. ]. White of Nevada, brought
suit to recover her. The mother al
legged that besides being cigarette
user, the father had married a woman
with three children Of her own. The
court gave the little girl to the
mother, who is now married to an en-
| gineer at Nevada.
Violation of laws, enacted for their
specific guidance is charged against
| fourteen counties in the state OF
Iowa by the authorities OF the Ii
brary of the Iowa State Historical So
ciety. claiming that said counties have
broken the law which requires the
! auditor of each county to prepare a
financial report which the board of
, supervisors shall cause to have pub
! lished In the list of recalcitrant
counties are some of the largest in
| Iowa. notably Des Moines and Potta-
wattamie. The Historical society will
, not prosecute but some of the tax
payers in the derelict counties may
invoke the law as to the whereabouts
Of the funds expended during the
past four years.
Boone may get new cereal mill
with a capacity of 1000 barrels per
day in place of the one recently burn.
ed down. No positive statement has
as yet been made, but the prospects
look rosy and the enterprise will be
given every possible encouragement
by the business men of the city,
President John Reynolds of the Co
lumbar Commercial club had a con.
ference with Mr.. Fear in which the
question OF rebuilding the mill came