Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-10-11
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y NEWS

ABOUT 30. Some letters were ESQ
opened but they happened to contain
nothing valuable. There Is no clue.
Between 10000 and 10000 are said
to have been taken to Ames on the
9Th by excursion trains on the North.
western, Milwaukee, Iowa Central and
Illinois Central. The last day OF the
annual harvest home festival at
Iowa State College was decided sue.
cess, not an accident marring the
pleasures Of the crowd. DR.. Gunsau!us
Of Chicago was the speaker Of the day.
A horse died of fright On the streets
Of Ackley few days ago. The anil
NAL belonged to John Knutson. a
farmer, and was a young horse In APP
parently good health. Mr.. Knutson
was unloading potatoes near the Hin.
OILS Central tracks, when long
freight approached, and when just
opposite his team the engineer blew
the whistle sharply. The horse fell
on his knees and then collapsed, and
when examined was found to be dead
Albert Lusk, a rural carrier living
at Manchester, thinks he has solved
the problem of perpetual motion, that
elusive will-o'the,wisp mat has sent
many good man to the padded cell.
Mr.. Lusk has constructed an engine
that works on the plan Of gravitation,
and the inventor Is enthusiastic over
the results which he has already OBJ
tanned from his experiments. Patents
are now being secured on the machine
and Lusk Is guarding his secret care
fully until he has obtained his papers
protecting him from infringements.
The postoffice at Blanchard, nine
miles south OF Shenandoah. was en-
tered and robbed a few nights ago.
The safe was blown open with
heavy charge Of dynamite, and the
heavy steel plate on the door was
hurled through a counter sitting on
the opposite side of the room. Post
master Hutchison reports that
small amount Of money was taken
and a registered package for the First
National bank. One Of the drawers
to the safe was found at the stock
yards switch on the north side of
town by Railroad Agent Abbott. No
clue to the thieves has been discov-
cred as yet.
Ethel and Hattie Thomas, aged Is
and lG years, Of Osceola were sent to
the state reform school at Mitchell.
Vile by Judge Evans after a brief
hearing OF the complaint made by the
girls step,mother that the girls were
beyond her control. She said the girls
a month ago made a trip to Charlton
with two young men of Osceola and
did not return for some time. The
two men have since left town. James
Thomas, father OF the girls, was dis.
pleased with his wife's actions and
wanted the girls to remain at home.
He told the Judge that he would no
longer have anything to do with his
wife and the case has broken up the
family.
The contract for the big Coon river
drainage ditch was let for about $49,.
600 less than the engineers estimate
Of cost. The contract for the entire
ditch was let to the Foohey Dredg-
Ing company of Fort Wayne, Ind, at
z 32-1OO cents per cubic yard, or for
total Of about $4,000 instead of
about 100000. The price Is near'y
a cent lower than any contract ever
made in the state. There are in ali
l,55O,OO0 cubic yards OF dirt to move.
There were in all twenty bids pre-
scented on the job and there was a
wide variation in them. More than
thirty representatives Of drainage
firms were in attendance at the let
ting. 1t is thought tina work will be
commenced In the spring.
Willie McCleary, aged II. was kill.
ed at Knowlton by falling under the
wheels Of a Chicago Great Western
freight train. He fell back under the
wheels after jumping off, and suffered
frightful injuries, having his right leg
cut off well into the body, and his
left leg and right arm also mangled.
He lived twenty minutes after the ac-
cident. Young McCleary and John
X. McGinty, school teacher, who
Is son of Hon. ]. F. McGlnty. jumped
on the train at the depot, rode about
200 yards, and jumpea OF with the
fatal result for young McCleary. Nc
Ginty took the dying boy in his arms
and carried him to the home of the
boys father, James McCleary, where
he passed away in a few minutes.
Whether the c., NJ. e. st. p. Rail-
way company has been violating the
car coupling laws of Iowa is the i'm
portant question that was on trial at
Davenport a few days ago before
- a..
Interstate commerce commission sent
l.. NJ. Walker of Washington, ID. c.,
as a special counsel to assist District
Attorney Lewis Miles In trying the
case, while J. G. Cooks, general coun-
sci Of the Milwaukee system, and
Jayne & Hoffman Of Muscatine repre-
sented the railroad. II was decided
to continue the case to the November
term when II will come up In Des
Moines, in order that the arguments
may be printed and that the court
may hand down a carefully written
decision. The case is regarded as the
most important relating to the car
coupling law that has been up for
some years.
+. w. Docery was sentenced to four
years at Anamosa after pleading
guilty to the charge of robbing the
Christensen saloon west Of Clinton.
Johnson. Stanton and Whitehall,
charged with the Udell bank robbery,
created sensation In court at Cen
terville by Pleading guilty AMI &C.
cepting a sentence Of one year. The
Johnson jury had disagreed and Stan
TOMS trial was I'm propress New owl