Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-09-26

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some one came up behind. The colt,
which was not we'll broken, started
suddenly. HALEY refined in but the
lines broke and the reaction threw
| him out backwards. His neck was
snapped by the fall and death occur
red instantly. HALEY was about 20
years old and was rich farmer.
William Duffield of Kalona was pos
sibly fatally injured as result of a
peculiar accident near Washington.
He is an employee of the Rock Island
railroad and was sent up the track of
the Montezuma division to flag train
on account of roadbed repairs. 1t
is thought that he sat down on the
track to wait for the train and went
to sleep. The train struck him,
knocking him from the track, but was
decreasing its speed, SO the man was
not killed. At last accounts he was
still unconscious.
furnishes the water for the city, Mar
shall John Grover Of Rockwell,
was probably fatally burned by the
explosion of foul gases, ignited by a
lantern he carried. The flesh was
practically burned from his face and
hands and his clothing almost burned
from his body. He was removed in
semi-conscious condition and taken
home, where he lies in a critical con-
dition. The pump gearing was out
of repair and Marshal Craven descend
ed into the well with the lantern to
make repairs. He had no sooner
reached the landing when the explo-
sion followed. The machinery in the
we'll was somewhat damaged by the
force of the explosion, which was
heard some distance.
One man is dead and two are injur-
ed as the result of Milwaukee en-
CINE running into handcar on which
the men were riding. Ed Price, OK
Ottumwa, had his head severed from
body; Paul Cast had his jaw broken
In two places and his leg injured, and
Frank Boyd was bruised about the
body. The accident occurred when the
men were returning from Farson,
small town northwest of Ottumwa, to
their boarding house three miles
west of that place. They did not
know of the approach of the engine.
was buShlhS up, uiiSii ~ N'e~NN
ed into them. Cast was brought to
the Ottumwa hospital and Is in
Serious condition. Boyd was able to
testify at the coroner's inquest over
the death of Price. All the men were
employees of the Milwaukee gang at
work putting In concrete bridges near
Farson.
The calendars for the terms of dis
trict court that are to be held In
| Monroe County for the next year
show that the county will have suf.
flcient number of cases and enough
court to last the average county for
several years. There is to be an even
six months court in the county with
| out counting the extra sessions that
are always held in that locality. In
| fact there is so much that it gives but
| the intervening time of one week
| from the closing of one term until the
| beginning of another. One bar docket
| will be in the hands of the attorneys
! while the printers are preparing an
| other. The court met in Abba on the
| 10Th, and will be In session for an
| eight weeks term. At this session
| there are two murder cases and a
| criminal assault for trial and they
| will occupy the greater part of the
| term and not allow for the matters
in probate and law assignments.
Judge Roberts of Ottumwa will
have the deciding Of new question
in Iowa courts as to libel, in district
court now in session at Centerville
in which Dave ONeil brings suit
against the Daily Citizen for $4,000
| damages for libel in publishing a lit
! tie local from a Seymour paper, in
which the plaintiff was referred tc
as a dirty little whisky man"
| There are two questions to be decid'
| ed by the court; one Is as to the
| liability of a newspaper for clippin 6
| an article from another paper merely
as an item of news, giving credit
| which may prove to be libel. The
| other question Is as to whether the
| calling of an agent for Intoxicating
liquors, who goes through the coun'
try selling them, dirty little
whisky man." is actionable per Sc.
| The plaintiff claims that the pub.
fishing of the article has damaged
him to the extent of $4,000, and be
wants that much from the publishers
of the paper, Needles & Huston.
| George B. Burrier, much discussed
former burglar, is once more quietly
at work in Lyons. officiating at his
| peanut rooster and soda fountain
| Sheriff Thomas J. Burke, receiving
no orders to hold the man charged
with violSting the provisions of his
parole, turned him loose, and he re
turned at once to Lyons and took
charge of the restaurant he has been
conducting since his release from the
Iowa penitentiary several months
ago. Burrier's restaurant, the Elite
Is housed in small frame building a,
the corner of Main and Sixth streets
one of the principal business corners
of the former town of Lyons, now
North Clinton Since entering the
restaurant business in Lyons, Burriel
became popular among his gradually
widening circle of acquaintances ant
customers, and he had been doing {
good business when his fall from the
water wagon led to his arrest. The
former convict Is greatly pleased witt
the governors decision to extend
cemency to him and to overlook hi'
J first fall from grace since he lief
the gates of Anamosa to embrace
life of respectable business man.
1t is probable that the supreme
, lodge of the Ancient Order of United
Workmen will meet in Des Nome:
next June instead OF Milwaukee, al
|, decided by the directors at the las
biennial session held in Montreal
Canada. Supreme Master Workman
I William NJ Narvis of Muscatine, Ia
who is at the head of the order In thu
I United States and Canada, has con
| firmed this news. He said that h
| mould coll n N arfinel Of tho diNacfnr