Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-08-30

in the conduct of her lover, r. r.
Sargent, was the cause. Sargent Ia
under arrest on the charge OF having
obtained money under false pretenses.
He Is said to have pawned watch
belonging to his sweetheart, Miss
Barnhouser.
The strike of gypsum miners at
Fort Dodge, which was settled by
granting advanced wages, broke out
again when the company introduced
a lot of Hungarian workmen who had
been secured in Chicago. The miners
walked out and refused to go to work
with the foreigners, declaring that
they will not return so long as the
Hungarians remain. The mills have
not been shut down, but the supply OF
rock Is small and unless a settlement
is effected the company will be forced
to close.
c. H. HARDWOOD, an attorney, Of DEL
vein, was found dead in his Office by
Miss Katie Knos, his stenographer.
A bullet had been fired through his
brain and it is thought to be case OF
suicide. HARDWOOD had borrowed re-
volver from Bert Kint for the alleged
purpose Of shooting troublesome dog
and it Is thought that he ended his
! life with this weapon. He came to
Oelwein from Illinois last spring.
Little Is known of him and as yet no
reason has been discovered why he
ended his life.
Lewis Slack, a prisoner, who was
being taken from Sandusky, o., to
| Huron, S. D., under arrest for having
sold mortgaged property, leaped from
a Northwestern train near MARSHALL
| town and crawled into a corn field,
where he lost himself to his pursuers.
! Slack is in very emaciated and weak
ened condition from consumption, and
| it is feared has lain down to die.
| Sheriff Yo-ng came to Marshalltown
and sought the aid Of the police. He
offers $50 reward. Young had not
! shackled his prisoner out Of pity for
his physical condition.
A slot machine crusade in Daven-
| port took definite form a few days
ago, when w. w. Lunger a prominent
eX-alderman, politician and attorney,
| filed injunction proceedings against
eleven of the leading saloon-keepers
Of the city. The action was brought
under the mulct law and only saloon
| keepers who run slot machines have
been selected for the prosecution.
| Attorney Lunger says the cigar stands
! will be proceeded against immedi-
ately. For some time the Minister
ial association has been urging the
officials to enforce the anti-gambling
| laws against the owners of slot ma
chimes, but they have been unable to
secure action, and are now taking the
matter in their own hands. Attorney
Lunger is understood to represent
them.
Paul Maclean of Creston. who three
months ago went to Panama in
good position with the publicity de-
partment of the canal commission
work, has resigned and been ap-
pointed disbursing officer of the fed
eral appropriation for the jamestown
exposition. Mr.. Macleans experience
on the canal zone was altogether I'M
satisfactory and he returned thence
few weeks ago and came out to
Iowa on private business. He was
about determined to resign his place
with the canal commission when the
opportunity presented itself to Sc
cure the place with the exposition.
Secretary Shaw made the appoint
ment with the place paying $4,000
year and enabling the holder to live
practically all the time in Washing
ton. He will assume the duties at
once.
A letter received from Andrew
Aren't and Ed Brady, two prominent
Rutland business men, corroborates
the statement of F. NJ. Webb of Web
ster City who last week saw an animal
in the east fork of the Des Moines
river that looked like a sea lion or
seal The letter was written to the
Freeman-Tribune and states that Rut.
land people have known of the matter
for some time. 1t is stated that in
stead of one animal there are a pair
Messrs. Aren't and Brady state that in
stead Of sea lions, the animals are act
ually seals, and that they are permit
ted to live in the river in a wild state
in the hope that they may propagate
their species. Rutland people propose
to protect the animals, and have writ
ten in the hope that they may dis
suade Mr.. Webb or any other Webster
City citizens from their intention or
organizing an expedition and captur-
ing the seals.
Some of his neighbors' chickens
found in his flock got T. ]. Smith of
Iowa Falls in trouble, and he was
forced to answer the charge of petty
larceny the last of the week Mr..
Smith lives in the north part Of the
city and was charged with augmenting
his checker yard with specimens
from his neghbors' flocks. After a
jury trial, Smith was found guilty
and a fine of SIS and costs, amounting
to $50, was assessed against him.
The charge of petty larceny and not
chicken stealing was preferred. 1t
was shown that the neighbors, who
suspected a depletion in their focks,
marked some of their fowls, and
| chickens so marked were found with
the Smith chickens. IT was main
tanned that the neighbors' chickens
had strayed away from home and
mingled with those of Smiths, hence
the explanation of the mixture. The
jury considered the evidence suffi-
GENTLY conclusive, however, to re-
turn a verdict of guilty.
Crickets and mosquitoes are so thick
at Atlantic that it is almost impos.
sible to stay out of doors at night,
and the mosouito hites are Droyinp