Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-07-11

with $4,000 insurance. The new Ma
sonic building, which is in course of
construction, was damaged to such
an extent that ii will be necessary to
take down the west wall and rebuild
same. The fire originated in Walker
& Carrington's restaurant, but the
cause is unknown.
Antoine Henningsen, a 19-year-old
| Clinton boy, drowned in the waters
OF the Mississippi opposite Beaver Is
land, within sight of two of his conf
| panions, who were powerless to help
him. The three boys went bathing OF
the island and young Henningsen,
| whose father lives at. Elk River, VEN
| tured far out into the stream. STEP
! ping off a bank he went over his
head and having been unable to swim,
was quickly borne out into the stream
| and drowned. The body could not be
| found, and it is believed it has
| fioated far down the river.
Harry Cressley, a bartender, is in
| the Clinton Jail charged with imper-
sonating an officer, crime which car
| ries with it year in the county Jail.
| A Clinton boy named Pitnik was ac-
| cused Of the larceny of $3.50 from
DOdl uSl III IL 1IIIlOH iOuSiIS uOuSc,
| and Cressley is accused of enticing the
boy to his home, representing himself
| to be police officer by showing him
blue coat and pair of handouts
| and frightening him into giving up
| SO he had. When Cressley was later
| arrested he tried to conceal the gold
| piece he had taken from the boy, but
was caught in the act.
The Loehr patatorium at Fairfield,
was entered and goods taken to the
amount of about $780, Late the pre-
| Vious night Guy Loehr, proprietor of
| the pantatorium, locked the Building
| securely, leaving between twenty and
| thirty suits and separate garments on
| the rack, cleaned and pressed ready
| for early fourth of July callers. Open
ing in the morning he found the racks
| entirely empty, and on investigation
| discovered two of the back windows
! broken and raised. The only trace
| has been two pairs of trousers found
| lying by the Rock Island tracks. How
| ever, no clue is found as yet that
would lead to the discovery of the
| thieves.
AS a result of the scoring Of the
| city authorities for allowing skat-
ing rink to run on Sunday, made by
]. c. Davenport, editor of the Clear
Lake Reporter, mob of citizens
hung him in effigy between midnight
and morning. There is great excite
ment and feeling on both sides is
| intensely bitter. The editor is not
the first man to be derided, the mayor
and partisan having been previously
| thus dishonored. Davenport made
| his attack on the authorities before
the M. E. Congregation Sunday night
and it was some hours later when
| the image was swung up. He says
he will prosecute if he can prove it
| against anyone.
A sensation was created in labor
| circles at Dubuque when the nine
| strikebound houses, headed by Carr,
Ryder & Adams, filed petition for
| injunction against the United Brother
hood of Carpenters and Joiners, the
local wood workers union and r.
| Fulle, the general organizer, who is
| conducting the strike, and score OF
others, charging conspiracy to oper-
/ ate boycott and interfere with the
business of the plants. Intimidation
of present employees through threats
and cajolery is charged. Fifty aft
davits in support of the petition were
filed. Judge Benson fixed July 8 as
the date of hearing.
Three hundred pounds of letter
mail and between $500 and 1000 of
newspapers burned up in the blaze in
the mail car attached to an east
bound Illinois Central train few
days ago. The fire, which is supposed
to have started from cinder at the
vestibule at the rear of the car, was
discovered by Mail Clerk Charles
Cleaves. When he opened the door a
gust of flame blew In which singed
his eyebrows and mustache, and Sc
verely burned his face. He and two
other men in the car saved few
pouches before the flames drove
them out and practically the entire
contents of the car were lost The
car was detached from the rest of the
train and run into Cherokee where
the fire department was called to put
out the flames. The baggage car also
caught fire but was put out by the
train crew and passengers who threw
sand on It
A runaway engine in the Milwaukee
yards at Mason City, caused by dis
!, connected throttle, completely wreck
ed itself and several cars, besides
nearly getting Engineer John Hum
phry and Fireman Ed Reetz. Both men
, jumped while the engine was moving
with a wide open throttle and were
badly bruised. The engine was stand
ing in the lower end Of the yards
, ready to take her train out, when to
make room for the passing of switch
engine, the engine was backed a few
, feet. The act disconnected the throt-
, tie and the engine at once plunged
back under full head of steam. AT
ter clearing the track of box cars
ETC., she wound up by plunging into
, the turn table pit, mass of kindling
wood and the engine was stripped of
, side irons, pipes and other fixtures,
, besides breaking all the straps and
, other support This engine, No 81,
! Is now known as the hoodoo engine.
Six weeks ago it threw driver,
which stripped one side of it, and af-
, ter repairs on it's first run blew out
, a cylinder head, and was taken out
i for its first run after complete over
hauling. when it decided to make a
run for the turn table pit.
D Two storms in succession visited
: Audubon county, Greeley township
a suffering the worst. Hail fell in large
i quantities and did enormous damage
: Nearly fifty farmers suffered the de-
4 While preparing dinner the gaso'
line stove which Mrs. Ed Frick oil
Audubon was using caught fire. Her
0 clothing caught fire at once. Hell
d cries called DR.. Childs and Ed Smut