Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-11-01

NORTHWESTERN VIII soon take Dds 1Ol
an extension between Merrill and Ha
warden.
The Illinois Central is rushing worH
on it's new $4,000 depot in Cedar
Falls and will erect depot at Stacy.
vile Junction.
Only by the heroic efforts OF thu
volunteer fire department was the
business district OF Dewitt. saved
from destruction, and as 1t was prop
erty to the value of $4,000 was de-
stroyed. The fire broke out In the
Farmers Department store block
burning out the store building owned
by J. G. Pearse and A. w. Jack and
the stores Of G. H. Christensen. Il. 5.
Jones and l.. w. Whine. The loss o.
100000 Is partly covered by insurance.
Interest has been aroused by the
report emanating from Sibley that
the Rock Island will shortly build a
cutoff line from that city to Rock
Rapids, to shorten the Sioux Falls
line, and will establish division head.
quarters at Sibley The report is
that handsome union depot will be
in railroad circles that the Chicago &
Northwestern will erect extensive
shops and a new depot in Clinton.
Frank Hill, aged twenty-eight
years, who runs a restaurant at
Sioux City, assisted by his wife, made
a spectacular but unsuccessful attempt
to commit suicide by cutting his
Wi Thn of
was the result of a quarrel with his
wife which resulted over an umbrella
which Mrs. Hill had purchased for
her daughter, at cost of one dollar.
Hill declared 1t a case Of extrava-
gance. Hill will recover but he has
nothing to say in explanation OF the
deed.
Because DR.. Isaac Bowden of New
hall refused to pay a Judgment So
cured against him, Herbert E. Had
ley, young attorney of Nevada, has
secured possession of Bowden's prop
erty, two story brick building worth
$4,000, for the sum of $50. A year
ago last August Hadley secured q
judgment against Bowden for about
$1,000 for client, and attached the
property. Bowden paid all of the judg
ment with the exception of fifty cents
and the costs. The latter consisted
largely of Mr.. Hadley's attorney fee
Bowden absolutely refused to liqui
date further. There being no other
way to force collection, an execution
was issued and the property was sold
in front of the court house by. the
sheriff, Mr.. Hadley being the pun
chaser
The head readers selected by J. r
Riggs, state superintendent Of public
instruction, have begun the gigantic
task Of looking over the examination
papers, passed in by the teachers of
every county In the state, under the
new examination law. Professor
Riggs has appointed the following
board of head readers: Superintend-
ente McManus of Pottawattamie, Da-
Wis of Clarke, Sandy of Calhoun, Fill
more of Clay, Davidson of Dickinson,
Dodds of Mahaska, Ports of Iowa,
Witter of Muscatine, Miss Hostettler
of Marshal and Miss White of Jeffer-
son. The office of Professor Riggs
has been flooded with papers from
many counties Besides the head read
ers it will be necessary to appoint
several others to assist in the work.
In each county the teachers were re-
CURED to take examination prescribed
by law, and a great number of papers
will have to be looked over.
Charges TO the effect that coal
trust Is In active existence In Des
Moines have been placed in the hands
Of County Attorney Jesse Miller, and
as result, coal operators will have
their business probed to tho very
foundation by the grand jury next
trust does exist has already been CIV
en- Mr.. Miller. The investigation by
the grand jury will be made as a re-
suit OF the boost in the prices of coal
recently. About two weeks coal oper-
ators III Des Moines announced that
the price of coal would be lifted from
SO per ton to $3.50 per ton. AS
reason, the operators gave out that
an increased demand had warranted
such rise in quotations. At Omaha,
over sixty coal dealers were recently
prosecuted and found guilty under the
Nebraska antitrust law for operating
coal trust in Omaha.
The North American Accident as
ISOLATION of Chicago has filed at Coun-
Gil Bluffs an answer to the suit
brought by the members Of the Ma
tional Masonic Accident association
in which the claim Is made that the
plaintiffs are no longer members of
the association and. therefore, with
out rights in the suit to set aside the
contract under which the consoliia-
ton was brought about. The answer
also denies allegations of fraud and
asserts that after the consolidation
had been effected notice was sent To
every member of the National to-
gether with a certificate guaranteeing
the policies for period Of seven
months. Claim is made that the re-
ceipt Of these notices served as a rat
ification of the contract by the indi-
vidual members. It is also claimed
that 90 per cent Of membership rein
sured under the contract and 1t is al
legged the plaintiffs In this action
never made any payment after the
consolidation and are, therefore, not
members and entitled to bring action.
Six people were poisoned in Esther
Vile from eating cream puffs from
one of the local bakeries. One death
resulted, a child Of Mr.. and Mrs.