Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-08-02
The little child Of Fl. J. Haynes Of

head and blood poisoning set In, caus
ing the little ones death.
The democratic congressional cor
vention for the First district met a
Mount Pleasant and nominated Georg
Tracy of Burlington for congress.
was the largest democratic congress
sional convention held in the distric
since 1892. The resolutions favo
Bryan for president in 1908.
Robert Farnsworth, 10-year lid
boy of Waterloo, was struck and in
stantly killed on the Great Western
viaduct by passenger train No. 3. Thu
body was hurled seventy-five fee
ahead of the train, and down forty
loot embankment. The train crew
did not see the accident and the trair
went on south without stopping.
Augustus Whitlock, a prominent
citizen of Bonaparte, Van Burer
county, dropped dead alongside the
railroad track there without warn
ing. He was on his way to his place
OF business after dinner when he fel
over and was dead when found 9
short time afterwards. Heart failure
is given as the cause. He was 75
years old and one of the wealthiest
men in the county.
Ben Anderson, the 16-year-old son
of Mrs. Anna Anderson, residing
about nine miles northwest of Elka
der, was found dead under a mower
The supposition Is that in driving
across several bitches the lines be-
came entangled in the gearing of the
mower in a manner causing the team
to back and In the mixup the lad
was thrown under the machine and
crushed to death.
The republicans of Johnson and
Iowa counties nominated Ralph p.
Howell for district Judge to oppose
the reelection Of the present incum'
bent, Judge o. A. Byington. Mr..
Howell graduated from the State uni
versity in 1893 and has been engaged
in the law practice in Iowa City ever
since. He enlisted in the Spanish
war and was made judge advocate
while his regiment was stationed at
Jacksonville, Fla. He is now major
in the Fifty-fourth Iowa.
While in the act of handling a large
section Of plate glass, Guy Trebli'
cock, an employee of the brick and
tile factory at Mason City had a
silver Of glass run under his knee
cap. The fragment was of sufficient
size to protrude a couple Of inches
making a wide and serious wound.
Several small pieces of the glass
were taken from the wound, but as
yet no improvement Is noted, and the
injury Is looked upon with consider
able seriousness.
During a severe thunder storm John
A. Simpson of Whittemore had a mar
row escape from lightning. He was
working in the field and unhitched
his three horses and was standing be
side one Of them to shelter himself
from the storm. A stroke of light
ming struck and killed the horse, and
in falling the horse pinned Mr.. Simp
son to the ground. The other two
horses escaped to the house, and the
family then began a search for Mr.
Simpson. They found him uncon
scious but upon removal of the horse
he soon revived, and his injuries were
found to be slight.
Fire from an unknown source which
started in Philip Kuhn's feed yard a
Greenfield, destroyed a large amour
of property and caused damage esti
mated at $4,000. In addition to thu
feed yard, the livery barn Of A. B
Heaton and the blacksmith shop o
J. M. Dillow were burned and Drs
Flickinger and Leigrot, veterinary
surgeons, were burned out. Two barns
owned by DR.. Culverson were burned
and his house was saved with diff
Guilty. Several other residences had
narrow escapes from the flames. One
team of horses was burned to deatf
in the feed yard. The fire was fought
by a bucket brigade which checked
it's progress after plucky stand.
BY the accidental discharge Of q
shotgun Owen Clark, the ten-year-old
son Of George A. Clark, a prominent
resident Of Owen township, Cerrc
Gordo county, was instantly killed
The boy was in the act of getting
through a woven wire fence when tn;
weapon was discharged, the load TAX
ing effect over his ear and blowing
the entire top of his head off. The
family were entertaining visitors
when attracted by the sound of the
gun and rattle Of shot in the trees
Mr.. Clark hurried in the direction oil
the sound, where he found the boy
and after a piercing shrek, fell al
his dead sons feet. The guests as
sisted him to the house. The boy
had been forbidden to touch the gun
but while the family were engaged
with guests, had slipped out of. the
back door with the weapon.
Judge z. A. Church of Jefferson has
just been the recipient of a sigma
honor at the hands of his brother ODD
Fellows in Iowa, being elected grand
representative from the grand lodge
of Iowa by a handsome majority. The
vote will be completely counted next
week, some of the ballots having beer
defective and being returned to the
local organizations for correction, but
the result is definitely known to be In
favor of Judge Church by a majority
Of about 300 over Will V. Tufford, in
a total of about $500. Ordinarily the
contests in the Odd Fellows lodge
give way in interest to that ovel
grand warden. This year the contest
on grand representative was the
thing of interest. Both men are pop
ular in the organization and much in
terest centered in it. For grand war
den l.. w. White of Woodbine was
the successful candidate among 6
dozen.
The two-months-old daughter of Ole
Johnson of Cedar Falls strangled Il
death from whooping cough.