Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-04-18
IOWA
NEWS


was attached to seeder In the field,
John Brown, farmer living in Owen
township, Cerro Gordo county, was
prorablV fatally injured. Browns
injuries were most serious about the
head and chest. The seeder was de-
molished and the team injured.
BY the explosion Of gas inside of
the furnace at his home Professor
Jackson of the Memorial university
at Mason City was dangerously
burned. His face and hands were
burned deep into the flesh, the flames
wrapping his head and body COM
pletely. Jackson's hands suffered
most In putting out the fire.
Clause Doose, owner of the Doose
hotel in Marengo, committed suicide
by pitching out of the second story
window of the hotel. He lived four
hours after the fall. He had been
demented for the past ten days. his
trouble being caused by long and ex-
cessive use of liquor. His attend
ants absence for few moments
gave him the opportunity to destroy
himself. His only relatives reside
in Germany.
The Bible, one Of the original
Luther print, held by F. C. Ruegnitz
of Webster City, Is claimed by Gus
tave Ephler of Strawberry Point and
is valued at $4,000 in suit which
has been brought by him for Its re-
covery. Ephler claims the Bible
was loaned to the father of the pres
mt holder several years ago while
ts was county treasurer. Ephler
read In a newspaper an account OF
he book, ownership of which was as
srrbed to Reugnitz. The filing Of the
petition duly followed.
From nominee for the office OF
president of the United States to
a.ght policeman in Smoky Row, In
lie red light" district, Ottumwa, Is
he unique change which time has
wro~ hit for George e. Taylor OF OF
:umwa. Taylor was nominated for
president by the national liberty
party at its convention held In Doug
lass hall, St. Louis, Mo-, on July 6,
! S04. He accepted the nomination
and made the race for that office &C.
cordingly. During the recent city
campaign in Ottumwa, Taylor ar
rayed himself with the local democra-
cy aud with the election of T. j. Phil
lips as mayor received the appoint
ment to the police force OF the city.
Following the burning Of the
Washington school building at Bur-
lington, the three hundred children
without injury, the school
board ordered temporary roof
placed over the structure, intending
to continue it's use until it could be
decided whether to build a new
school or repair the old one. When
the carpenters arrived on the ground
to begin the work of repairs, they
were confronted by an angry crowd
of mothers, who protested against the
endangering of their children. The
mayor and building commissioner
were called to the scene, and after
careful examination. condemned the
structure and forbade any repairs.
A new building will be put up forth
with.
Forty saloonkeepers drew a long
breath when Judge Hobson of FL
xader discharged the grand jury for
he same reason grand juries have
been discharged all over the state
Illegal drawing. The evidence sub
mitted to the January grand jury will
stand, however, and will be SUBJ
mitted in transcript to the new inves-
tigating body. The saloonkeepers &C
cordingly stand a good chance to be
indicted by the coming grand jury,
which may be promptly empaneled.
The Judge called the board Of super
visors together in special session. All
indictments in fact but that of Ell
West for murder were quashed. West
IS charged with having murdered his
bosom friend, John Boland, last fall,
aid having buried the remains. The
murder occurred just before election.
The jury in the criminal case
against Whitley" Harry E.) Tim
mons for stealing s1,096 from a fellow
prisoner named August Johnson, in
Inc county jail at Creston few
weeks ago, came in with a verdict
of guilty. The trial lasted for two
days, and was most interesting, as it
involved a novel situation. Whitley
was put in Jail some weeks ago on a
minor charge, and a few days later
an old Swede named August Johnson
was arrested on the streets for va
grancy and begging, and lodged in
Jail. He could talk English only
brokenly, but he divulged to Tim
mons the fact that he had plenty of
money in his pockets, and was glee-
full because the office had not
not found it. Whitley induced him to
give him the money, and as he was
somewhat trusted about the Jail, he
Immediately skipped out with it.
Johnson did not give the alarm, as
Whitley had evidently assured him he
would keep the money for him till he
got out. But when Johnson was re-
leased from jail he demanded his
money, and the officers could not un-
derstand what he meant until the
story was revealed bit by bit. A
search was then made for Timmons.
and he was located in Troy, O..
where he had paid $500 for a billiaru
hall, and had been flying high with
cash. He was brought back to Chart.
ton and placed on trial with the
above result.
Paul Smith Of Ames, Ia, won the
universal peace oratorical contest
held at Greencastle, Ind, in Plate
hall Of De PAW university. Smith
two years ago won first honor for De
PAW in the Indiana state contest.
While Mrs. C.. r. Howsley of Cedar
Falls was standing at the bedside of
her dying father, L. ]. Wilcox, aged
so years, her 2-year-old son, whom
she had left at home when she was
hurriedly summoned to the deathbed,
pulled the stopper from a washing
machine full of boiling water and was
badly scalded. 1t Is feared that he
will not survive the terrible burns he
sustained.
Rev. j. l.. Bergen, pastor Of the
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