Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-25
IOWA
NEWS


dead from asphy&iation. In disrobing
when retiring he was in the habit OF
hanging his trousers on q hook direct
ly over the gas jet. In hanging up
his clothing on the night of the fatal
lty he accidentally touched the stop
cock and opened the valve slightly.
AS the result Of box car fight be.
tween tramps on the Milwaukee road
tramp who gives his name as Will
son, lies at the county poor farm near
Corydon with five bullet holes in his
body, with a very poor chance OF re-
covery The man was taken from
train at Sewal, but no information as
to who were his assailants can be
obtained.
J. S. Morrett, a we'll to do farmer,
residing in Wayne county, Was killed
at Charlton by being struck by
train. He is said to have been intoX'
icated. The body was dragged about
two blocks and was badly mapgled.
His wife, who was visiting relatives IN
Michigan, was notified. He is also
survived by six cGildren, four sons
and two daughters.
The coroner's jury at Oskaloosa
found that A. r. Reel met death by
accident, thus doing away with the
murder theory. He was killed by a
west bound freight and dragged a
hundred feet. An east bound train
later carried the remains back $50
feet, cutting the body all to pieces.
Mr.. Reel was formerly a druggist at
Evans. but had recently been located
in Oskaloosa.
The barn on the John De Neui farm,
situated one mile south of Wellsburg
in Grundy county, was totally destroy
ed by fire, together with the farm
machinery and large lot of grain.
The origin of the fire is not known,
but is supposed to have been caused
by children playing with matches. The
barn was a new one and the loss on
the barn and contents is about $4,000,
partially covered by insurance.
A bad accident occurred at the
home of A. B. Mcbride in East Abba
in which three children were badly
scalded, one probably fatally. Mr..
Mcbride was helping his wife lift a
boiler of hot water off the stove. his
foot slipped and the water was spilled
on three children playing in the
kitchen. A 10-year-old girl by the
name of Boltzley was badly scalded
about the face and hands. She was
holding the Mcbride baby and it was
scalded all over, and will probably
die. The 2-year-od Mcbride girl was
also badly scalded, but will recover.
Fearing that she was lost and her
soul could never be saved, Mrs. Nellie
Eldal of Fort Dodge, took poison
which soon resulted in her death. She
had but recently recovered from a
severe illness, which, it Is supposed,
had weakened her mind, and in her
condition she imagined that her soul
would be lost and was beyond help.
She brooded over her religious mania
to such an extent that she at last
resolved to end her worry. While
alone at home she procured poison
and when discovered was beyond the
power of tho physicians who labored
over her.
For the second time in two years,
Birmingham was a few nights ago
visited with disastrous fire, the con-
fiagration entailing a loss of $4,000
The origin is a mystery, probably
either incendiary or caused by gaso-
in the Skinner building, the first floor
of which is occupied by ]. A. Collins
& Co.'s dry goods store and Dr. w. P.
Norris and second floor by the town
hall, and spread rapidly. The losses:
]. A. Collins & Co., on stock $4,000,
loss in building $500; H. w. Al
bright, hardware store, loss $3,500;
G. d. Cook, photograph gallery, loss,
$500; w. S. Allen, attorney, and DIR.
w. w. Clark offices, loss slight; w. w.
Clark, building and residence, loss
$4,000.
A plausible confidence confidence
man who gave the name of F. ].
Bailey was arrested at Davenport
after he had sold DR.. Sarah j. Snively
a share of National Life Insurance
company stock for $50, representing
that the company would appoint her
medical examiner for the district. A
telegram sent to Boston brought a
reply that Bailey did not represent
the company and an officer caught
him as he was leaving town. His bail
was fixed at $500 when he was bound
over to the grand jury, but later It
was learned that he was wanted IN
Des Moines, Burlington, Clinton and
Rock Island and his bond was raised
to $1,000. He is being held in Jail
In default Of bond.
The Gowrie Creamery and Produce
company, firm doing business at
Gowrie, has closed its doors and cred
itors al over that part of the state
are holding the sack. The firm ad-
vertised in all the papers in that Sec
ton, paying for their advertising in
advance, hence getting the confidence
of the newspapers. w. S. Baker was
manager and his bids on poultry, eggs
and butter were always above conn.,
petitors so that he got the goods.
Baker and his nephew, who was the
Office man, are both absent and the
hired help has not even been paid.
The liabilities are about $4,000 and
there are no arrests to speak Of. The
Somers creamery is one of the heavy
losers, their account against the dt-
funct firm being nearly $500.
Louisa S. Yeomen has sued the incor-
porated town of Logan for $1,000 for
damages sustained from the raising of
! a grade or embankment in front of
her homestead property in Logan,
which she claims served to impede in
| gress and egress, and also served to
destroy the value of the property.
mot guilty." is the VERDICT returned
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