Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-05-03
49, IAEL
THE NEWS IN IOWA. (
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While speeding backward In his en-
CINE, which overturned, James Kec-
gan, a Great Western engineer, was
instantly killed. The engine was a
helper between Dyersville and Du-
buque. 1t was about forty tons below
the average engine in weight. When
Keegan threw the throttle open the
mogul leaped forward and as it in
creased speed 1t swayed from one
side to the other and suddenly it
turned over completely, going over an
embankment. Keegan was burned
under the cab.
Earl Spencer, aged s, died at Iowa
Falls from injuries received by a
crushing blow on the temple from a
hammer thrown by schoolmate while
practicing on the athletic field An
older student had thrown the hammer,
which struck the Spencer boy square
ly on the head, crushing the skull
like an eggshell. An operation was
unsuccessful and the lad died few
hours later. The boys parents are in
poor circumstances and every pupil
in the city schools contributed to T.
cash fund.
In the district court at Council
Bluffs DR.. ID. F. Emmert of Avoca was
given directed verdict for $3.50 in
his suit against Pottawattamie county
for that amount us unpaid balance
on his bill of $500 for services in
smallpox cases four years ago. The
physician was employed by the local
board of health under the law that
has since been repealed. He nieo
his clam before the county supervis-
ors' board, which body cut it in two
and allowed 1t at that figure I'm full"
This, it was claimed by the county,
constituted a settlement, but the court
held differently and decided that the
county was bound by the act of the
Avoca health board.
At the annual meeting of the Iowa
and Nebraska Wholesale Grocers' as
ISOLATION held at Council Bluffs few
days ago with fifty firms represented,
committee consisting OF the presi-
dent and secretary was appointed to
investigate and report on the FEAST
bility of erecting cracker factories
in several manufacturing centers to
compete with the National Biscuit
company. Jobbers condemn that con-
Germ for going direct to retail trade
and pledge themselves to buy Of indie.
pendent factories If any are built.
President Samuel Mahon of Ottumwa
and Secretary John Mehlhop Of Coun-
Gil Bluffs were reelected. They were
chosen as delegates to the national
grocery jobbers' convention in Buff
falo, on June 5, 6, and 7.
The California earthquake may
cause heavy loss to Iowa university
on account of the fact that fully half
of the enormous collections made by
Professor Nutting of the State Uni.
versity of Iowa, on the cruise of the
Albatross to Hawaii were stored in
one of the buildings of Leland Stan
ford universl,y which was wrecked by
the shock. The collections were made
jointly by Leland Stanford and Iowa
universities and a large part had
never been divided, as Iowa univer-
sity had no place to put them on dis
play. The cruise of the Albatross
was made two years ago and was one
of the most successful attempts at
deep sea dredging ever made by a
university. Thousands of specimens
were obtained, and if they are de.
stroyed the loss will be extremely
havy. 1t took two years to make the
collections. Professor Nutting has
received word from President Jordan
of Leland Stanford, saying that there
was a good chance that part at least
had escaped injury, but 1t is not yet
known to what extent they are hurt
That Miss Trixie Shapcott of Mar
shalltown was tricked into a supposed
marriage with Forger Gray, or Fred
Booth, which seems to be his real
name, is apparent from information
received in that city. Somewhere in
Dubuque on March 10, according to
the story of Miss Shapcott, a cere-
mony was performed that she sup
posed made her the legal wife of the
man who had sworn to love and
cherish her. That Booth was already
a married man has been established
and that the ceremony was a mock
one appears to be the truth of the
strange story. Gray, after he had
met Miss Shapcott for the first time
laid siege to her heart and appears
to have won her quickly. At any rate
they left Marshalltown suddenly and
Miss Shapcott says they were, as she
supposed, married in Dubuque on
March 10. She says the ceremony was
performed by man that she supposed
to be justice of the peace, and that
when she asked for the certificate
Gray said he would put it in his
pocket as he was afraid she would
lose it. After Gray's sensational
escapade and finally landing in the
penitentiary he wrote to his wife, who
with her three children live in Indian
apolis. In his letter he told her that
people were claiming he was biga.
mist, but that he never married Miss
Shapcott. Gray committed forgery at
Marshalltown and was arrested at
Des Moines, where he was stopping
with Miss Shapcott at hotel. He
| escaped from the sheriff by leaping
from a window, but two weeks later
| was caught by the same officer in
Kansas City. He was sentenced to
twenty years in the penitentiary.
Mrs. J. G. Haskins of Des Moines
suffered a serious injury by failing
from rotten limb of tree on which
she had started to swing. The lint
gave way beneath her weight, ant
/ she fell heavily, breaking both arms
She was badly bruised, and her con
dition is considered serious.