Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-07-18

ribly mangled His age was so years.
Charley Kephart, while trimming
an Usage orange hedge on the Fred
Martin farm north of Sidney, caught
the trimming knife in hedge limb,
causing it to strike his face, infiicting
frightful cash across the bridge Of
the nose.
The most terrible storm of the sea-
son occurred at Red Oak a few days
ago. The creek overfiowed it's banks
and swept through the business Sec
ton. Much damage was done. The
electric light company's power house
was flooded and the city was plunged
for time in total darkness. A large
hay barn on the Griffith farm near
town was struck by lightning and
burned to the ground.
Maurice Fitzgibbon, expert accoun-
tant, has reported to the Woodbury.
County board of supervisors that Hen
ry s. Becker, who last January COM
pleted eight years as county attor-
ney, had failed to turn over to the
county $500. Mr.. Becker who now
is manager of the Farmers Cooper
alive store at Neville, says he has the
money on deposit, but that he has
been too busy to make out his report.
He said he would Immediately do so
and turn over the funds.
VILLAIN Dugan of Grand Mound
was arrested on complaint OF X. G.
Hughes of that town, charged with
assault with intent to commit muir
der. Both men are well known in
Clinton county and the case is at
tracing great deal of interest. The
trouble arose out of an old feud. Du-
gan's wife, who Is sister of Hughes,
has commenced proceedings against
her husband for divorce. There has
been trouble between the two par
ties mentioned, and when Hughes
and Dugan met on Grand Mound
street day of two ago, 1t is alleged,
Dugan drew a revolver and threat
ened to kill him. The case will be
heard in the Clinton courts.
A tieup for months threatens the
building of the interurban line of the
Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern
between Fort Dodge and point near
Lanyon, where 1t connects with the
ern, until certain matters have been
threshed out in court. The case was
begun before Judge Wright 1t Is the
suit of S. T. Meservey ct al VS.. the
Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern.
Meservey represents the minority
stockholders, who claim the majority
stockholders intend to swing matters
so as to connect the electric line un-
der the name Fort Dodge, Des Moines
& Southern and freeze them out. To
stop this an injunction is asked for.
The undesirable situation in which
the town of Madrid has been placed
for the last thirty days, because of
the resignation of five of the six
councilmen of the town, is at an end.
At an adjourned meeting of that
body the remaining member, J. o.
Wilson, acting on the advice of the
attorney general and solicitor, ap
pointed members to fill the vacant
places. The names of the new coun-
cilmen are S. A. Bengoson, S. A. Da-
lander F. H. Graves, J. G. Lucas and
J. II. Hills. The resignation of
majority of the members of the coun-
Gil opened up question which has
bothered the minds of the leading
legal lights of the state, and at the
same time gave the village consider
able notoriety.
c. w. Jenkins of Peoria, H., show
man connected with the Patterson
Carnival company showing at Clinton,
was seized and injured by monster
lion which the company has in its
zoo, and is in doctors care. The
lion named Caesar Wallace, reached
through his cage and sank his huge
claws into the shoulder of the show.
man, tearing his clothing and rend-
ing the flesh on the mans shoulder.
1t was during the progress of an
electrical storm, and all of the ami.
mails were greatly excited. Jenkins,
whose long association with animals
has rendered him fearless of them,
was standing with his back against
the lions cage when the beast sud
denly darted at him and struck him
with its big paw. The Peorian stag
gered away from the cage, blood flow
ing from his wounds. He will be
laid up for several days as result.
The Chicago, Burlington G. Quincy
Railroad company met with an unex-
pected and rather peculiar reversal
in the Iowa supreme court in it's case
against the treasurer of Des Moines
county to enjoin him from ~-llecting
taxes on its telegraph lines in con-
junction with the Western Union
Telegraph company. The railroad
and telegraph companies had entered
into an agreement to use each others
lines for commercial purposes. The
county about two years ago increased
the assessment on the lines and divid-
ed the costs between the two com
panies The telegraph company pays
| it's share but the railroad sought and
secured an injunction from Judge
Smyth in the district court on the
| grounds that the assessment was dou.
| BILE taxation. AS similar cases were
| pending in other Iowa counties, the
| railroad concluded to cinch the mat.
| ter by having the supreme court af
| firm the decision of the district tri
| bunal, and it entered into an agree
ment with the county to pay the costs
of such proceedings. County Attor
ney Ruhlemeier presented the case
for the county and to the astcnish
ment of the railroad people the court
reversed Judge Smyths decision
holding that the assessments are leg
! al. The decision will affect the same
situation in other Iowa counties.
Lawrence Browne, son of Hamilton
Browne, the former well known Iowa
promoter, was killed recently In ar
accident Mr.. Browne was superin
tending excavating for gypsum CON
pany at Union Springs, N. Y, wher
the walls fell and crushed him. He
died from the injuries.
James Gallagher of Rock island