Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-06-28
IOWA
NEWS


. day. The fire started from an ur
known cause in the barber shop o
Il. j. Hickman in the center of
frame row Of buildings. The entire
! row was burned out.
William b. Reiter, the fifth HUSBAND
of Martha W. Reiter, has begun sui
for divorce in the Polk county com
Her first husband died and she wa.
, divorced from the others.
Clarence Dunning, formerly assis
tant cashier of the Citizens bank al
Mount Ayr, is reported as lying a,
the point OF death with tuberculosis
at his home in Denver, Colo. His
mother, Mrs. Day Dunning, went last
week to be at his bedside.
After living month with a broken
pack, Frank Durham, an employee of
the United States Gypsum company
at Fort Dodge, died at the city hos
pital. The deceased had attempted
70 cross beneath rapidly descend
Ing steel cage at one of the mines Of
the company and was caught.
At meeting of the board of d.
rectors OF the Farmers Cooperative
association at Dougherty, it was dis
covered that II. c. Wendt, former
manager of the society, is short in Es
accounts over $1,000. Wendt is in
south Dakota. The matter created
much excitement and has been placed
IN the hands of attorneys. It is said
that the condition was known by the
BOARD for some time, but the public
was not informed.
While bathing in a pasture on
neighbours farm Lloyd Emmerson.
the l2-year-old son of w. B. Emmer-
son OF Popular Ridge N. Y, but
visiting at Mason City with his
| grandmother, Mrs. Joe Emmerson,
living near Portland, was drowned.
| Two boys sons OF G. w. Latz, were
Win MIN, but were unable to rescue
the drowning lad, both being unable
70 swim. They ran for help, but an
hour passed before assurance, ar
rived. Efforts made at resuscitation
with the aid of physicians proved
FUTILE. The boy was most promis-
ing lad and came west to spend his
vacation only short time ago.
Having refused to settle for the
5000 rendered by the Western Union
Telegraph company, d. F.. Gahan,
living near Dysart, has brought suit
against the corporation for $4,000.
The claim is based on an error in a
| telegram transmitted by the com.
pany last winter. The plaintiff and
wife were visiting in Chicago when
they received the following telegram:
of -
tening home the couple found the
child alive and well. Investigation
showed that the original message
read "Merl is SICK" and it was evil
dent the message had been changed
in transmission. The message left
the station at which it was filed in
proper manner, but was relayed at
Cedar Rapids, where the supposition
is the change was made. The case
will come up for trial this fall and
the telegraph company will fight the
claim.
There was sensational finish to
the annual tournament of the Iowa
State Firemen's association at Clin-
ton when Bonny and Beauty, the
Clinton fire team, the latter horse not
entered in any other races of the
tournament, ran under the wire three
fifths of second ahead of the Lin
col2, H., state championship team.
Six thousand saw the finish, the
Iowans scouting themselves hoarse
for fifteen minutes. The race was
half a mile, hub and hub, no hose
used, standing start. 1t was origin
oil inf n1 10 tIn
champions, Jack and Jim of Council
Bluffs, against the Lincoln team, but
the teams could not get together on
the rules. The other main event of
the last day of the tournament was
the half mile paid department
straightaway, nine teams entered, all
of which lowered the Iowa record in
that race, 1905 2-5, made by Jack and
Jack two years ago. Jack and Jim
of Council Bluffs won, the two Des
Moines teams tying for second place.
Eighteen head Of cattle and four
teen hogs were burned to death and
fourteen others so badly injured that
they will die in a stock car on a
fast Great Western freight train
near Waverly. When the blaze was
discovered the train was pulled I'D to
a crossing and the fire department
called. Flames were streaming forth
from the cars. The fremen were
too late to save two cars of stock.
One car contained eighteen fat cat
tie and fourteen hogs. All were
burned to death. In the other car
were seventeen fat cattle. When
the door was burst open fourteen of
these jumped out and rushed head
long through the town. The other
three were already dead OF those
which escaped there are few that
will live and it is thought that they
will be ordered shot to end their
misery. Their hair Is all burned off
and most of them are blind. The
stock belonged to Mr.. Burrows of
GAINESVILLE, Ia, and was en- route
for the Chicago market. 1t was
worth nearly $4,000. The burned
cars were located just behind the
tender and the fire is supposed to
have originated from sparks from
the engine.
In consideration of the faithfulness
of A. G. Seibert, who was accidentally
killed at Cedar Falls by the explosion
of the gas plant while in discharge
of his duties on March 20, the Citi-
zens' Gas and Electric company gave
his widow $1,000.
Prof. r. f. Seymour of ithaca,
New York, a graduate of the Y. NJ. c.