Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-07-05

! He'll DR.. Wray was arrested in
Ottumwa a few weeks ago and says
he will lecture on the inhuman treat
ment OF prisoners in the Ottumwa jail
Theodore Schu,er, a .year-old boy,
! accidentally knocked large bottle
/ or sulphuric acid from a shelf at his
nome yesterday splattering the poi
| soning liquid over his body and cloth
! ing. The little boy was badly burned
by the acid when found. DR.. Ely was
! notified and dressed his wounds.
Mrs. Sarah G. Perrin, agei nearly
80, and for seventy years resident or
Iowa, died at her home in Clinton OF
complication of ills and old ag". She
is S"id to have been the oldest r:S:denr
II iowa. She came from noted fam
lily, her grandfather, John nixon, be-
ing the first man to read the decllra-
tion OF independence in public in In
dependence square in 1875 in Phila'
delphia.
Northbound train No. 6, the Twin
City and Chicago special, on the
Great Western railway, was wrecked
early Monday. One of the cars
jumped the track at bridge one and
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While running on the ties, the train
passed over the bridge safely. After
reaching the far side four coaches
overturned. Several persons were
injured, but none fatally.
The farm house of Hiram Penn.
northwest Of Sidney, was struck by
lightning few nights since. The
bolt came down the chimney and scat
tered the SCOT over the rooms, running
carpets and other fixtures. The chin
ney above the roof was demolished
and scattered promiscuously about the
premises. The family was stunned
but not hurt to speak of. The dam
age is estimated at 5000 and is cover
ed by insurance.
A severe wind storm Friday night
swept this section of the state and
caused considerable damage One
house in Knoxville was unroofed,
nearly all the telephone and tele-
graph wires were down, and the cleo
trio light service was stopped The
wind followed severe rain and cleo
trio storm, so that nearly every one
was indoors and, consequently. no one
was hurt. Many young trees were
ty will be large.
Basil Rederer, aged about so years,
stone mason, was found dead In
bed Monday morning in the hotel h.
Goose Lake, a village fifteen miles
northwest of Clinton. Mr.. Rederer
left Clinton Saturday night, going to
Goose Lake to work He retired ap-
parently in his usual health, but this
morning his lifeless body was found.
1t was not known today whether his
uealh was due to natural causes or
whether it was a case of suicide, but
an investigation is being made.
Conductor o. G. Robinson and
Brakeman II. R. Young of the second
section of No. 81, a Rock Island east
bound freight, were arrested for
| blocking crossing at Newton. They
We're taken before Mayor Cook. where
| they pleaded guilty and demanded
! immediate trial. They were fined
| $1,000 and costs each They ap-
pealed to the district court, bond be.
ing fixed at 500, which was signed
by w. c. Bergman, the official bonds.
man of the Rock Island. The case
will test the validity of the ordin.
The registration in the summer
session of Iowa university has
reached 263,which is more four more
than it totalled last year. This mum
Der will be increased largely and last
years figure exceeded by a comfort
able margin, as registration in the
summer school always continues un.
I'll school is almost over. The en-
rolment includes very large mum
Der of high school teachers, superin
tendents and regular students in the
university who are DESTROYS of sradu.
ating in shorter time than the major.
ity.
The family of Charles j. Carlson
had a narrow escape from being
burned 10 death in fire which broke
out in the residence at an early hour
Yesterday morning. Only owing ia
efforts of Mr.. Carlson and his neigh
bors were the lives of Mrs. Carlson
and her four children saved.
Carlson left the dwelling about 4
o'clock in the morning to do his
chores at the barn. He had started
fire in the kitchen stove. When
he returned to the dwelling he found
that the lower floor was afame. Call
ing for assistance he rushed into the
dwelling and carried his wife from
the burning house. George Nc
GOwan, Will Martin, Fred MCGOWAN
and Archie Greenfield assisted In
saving the children The house, 10
Gated half mile east of Bagg's groc
cry on Ninth and Park avenues, Des
Moines, was entirely destroyed.
Whether it constitutes bigamy fol
the same two people TO marry twice
in the same state is a question asked
Attorney Tom Sellers yesterday. The
discussion arose when f. w. Hoke
agreed to dismiss the charges against
Mrs. NJ. +. Brown of perjury which he
had filed in Justice Christys court, il
his son and Mrs. Browns daughter
were remarked in Polk county. The
son, G. p. Hoke, an 1S-year-old boy
was married to Miss Manda Brown
in Hardin county two weeks ago
The license was said to have beer
secured by Mrs. Brown. 1t is claimed
that she swore that young Hoke was
of age. The father of the boy ther
caused her arrest.
Il don't think that the two of you
can be legally married again. Sal,
the attorney. Il don't think yor
could secure a license in Polk county
unless the other marriage was an
nu,led."
What does a burglar want or a PEI
sons sermons? This is the question
that troubles the Rev. Mr.. Briggs