Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-04-05
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THE NEWS In IOWA.

Dannevirk, who died at Cedar Falls
on the 2Sth, died ON the 30th, just
four hours before the time set for
her husbands funeral. Both funer.
ais were held on the 31st.
A fifty-foot steel bridge just west
of Elma was washed out during the
recent storm. Inc rural carriers
were unable to make their drives
owing to the impossible roads and
dangerous condition of many bridges.
A bill to require every railroad COM
pany doing business in the state of
Iowa to furnish family mileage books,
has been introduced into the house by
Representative Chassell of Plymouth
county. The bill fixes the price of
the book, containing coupons for / 900
miles of transportation at $40. The
bill was referred to the house com
mittee on railroads and commerce,
with the anti-pass bill
The number of runaway boys who
have been arrested in Clinton during
the past two weeks has set the local
police 10 thinking. No less than
eight boys who were runaways from
home, and all under Is years of age,
have been arrested in the city within
that time. In majority of the cases
the parents of the boys have been
located, and the runaways returned
to their homes.
Word has been received that With
jalmar Stefannsoon, graduate of
Iowa university, class of 1908, will
accompany an expedition seeking the
north pole. 1t will leave Vancouver,
British Columbia, some time in May,
in charge of Capt. Elmer Mikkelsen.
and will go by way Of Boring strait.
land. At present he has a fellowship
in anthropology at Harvard university.
Justice of the Peace John w. Miller
of Nicola has been made defendant in
damage suit for $1,000 because he
refused to permit an appeal being
taken by It. w. Castor, defeated
litigant in his court. Castor was sued
for wages by a farm hand and the
justice awarded judgment for $24.99,
l cent less than the amount from
which an appeal could ordinarily be
taken. A counter claim of $50 was
then put in by Castor, but Justice
Miller refused to entertain it.
From a high Catholic authority it
is learned that there is a strong prob
ability that the pope win act upon
the petition for the division Of the
Davenport diocese and that Des
Moines will be made the see city of
the new diocese. In this connection
it is said that If such action is taken,
Bishop Lenihan of Great Falls, Mont.
formerly of Sioux City, will return to
Iowa to become the first bishop OF
the new diocese.
The destruction of the city mill at
Clarinda by fire has removed a his
tcric landmark which stood since
1860. The first company of soldiers
organized in western Iowa during the
civil war drilled in the upper story
of the building before the machinery
was installed. The war delayed mill
ing operations on a large scale until
| 1866, and up to that time the second
floor was used as a public hall fol
religious services, entertainments ant
+ dances.
A bad fire was prevented at Abba
few days ago by the prompt actor
of the fire department. The fire was
| discovered under the stairway be
tween the w. J. Donelan C Co. DRY
goods store and Ware & Kissick'
grocery The basement was on fir,
when the company arrived. Thu
flames were quickly extinguished
DoGelan's big dry goods store is badl.
smoked. The damage Is estimated a
$4,000 Ware & Kissick's smoke dam
age is not so heavy. pr. Powell
Office and Mason's law office are badl.
smoked. The damage to the Achesol
block is not heavy.
Provision has been made for double
tracking the Chicago Great Western
road from Chicago to Oelwein. TIL,
work will cost. it is estimated, $4,000
600. OF this amount $3,000,000 al
ready has been appropriated by IT,
directors. Work will rot be begun
this year, but will be pushed in 1907
1t will be of great economic advantage
in the operation of the road and will
add greatly to it's safety The roa,
will purchase Immediately 1000 new
freight cars, of which it is in grea
need. The earnings in the last ST
months, officials declare, might hav
been 100000 more than they wer
had the road had the cars in whicl
to handle freight rendered it.
The Chicago, Milwaukee G. 81
, Paul road has arranged with employ
ment agencies to supply it with a
average of 1000 laborers for the mex
three years, to be employed by 1t o
double track work. The river divisio
. from Lacrosse to st. Paul will b
, double tracked. 1t is also intende
to double track from Sabula t
Marion during that time. and ultimate
ly to extend the work west to Mani
la. The road has two lines into Oh
cago from Lacrosse and is ais
double tracked between Chicago an
Sabula. This road is putting into Sc
wire special vegetable cars and is tn
only road west of Chicago operatin
0 til EN-. They are planned to protec
freight against cold down to 10 d,
The mistake of a druggists pr
script!on clerk came near causing tn
> d~ath Of Miss Vera White of Ma
shalltown. In filing a prescriptio
for cold he substituted atropin Il
. codene. Miss White took te
!. spoonful of the medicine, and 500
I was unconscious, froth issued fro
;. her mouth. and her jaws set ST.
was unconscious nearly ten hours.
o Mrs. c.. c.. Cole of Sibley fell an