Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-12-12
IOWA
NEWS

1 hCiu ucAI August.
| Ed Robinson, % years old, ney
brakeman on the Iowa Central, wa
killed at Delaware. He fell off tn
pilot of the engine while SWITCHING
and was run over and killed instantly
Jimmie Daddell, aged IL years, wa
drowned in the ice rink in the Del
vein city park. There were six youn,
boys skating when the ice gave wa.
and all were precipitated into tn
| water Five of them escaped, bu
| Daddell lost his life.
While playing with some boys a
| school, the 6year-old son of ]. o. Pat
terson and wife, southwest of Moul
ton, was thrown violently to the
ground by one of the larger boys and
"A sharp weed penetrated his left ear
| The ear drum was bursted and deatf
| followed
While Albert Neimier, a boy aged
| 15, was on top of the elevator II
| Boeches dry goods store at Burling
| ton, fixing the chain to the automatic
| gate, the elevator started upward in
some unexplained manner, crushing
| the boy to death. The accident caused
| great excitement among the holiday
shoppers.
The new $4,000 gymnasium and
! society hall of Penn college was dedi
Gated at Oskaloosa, with appropriate
| ceremonies. Trustees of the college
were made the presentation through
A. F. N. Hambleton. a member of the
state-assembly. The building is three
stories and high basement, S0x40
feet, and has ali modern conveniences,
Horace S. Rand, the wealthy lum-
Der merchant of Burlington, who is al
so identified with local banking, re-
ceived communication from the Unit
ed States department of justice con-
veying the intelligence that the suit
Instituted against him for alleged tim
Der frauds in connection with the case
of Senator Borah at Boise, Idaho, had
been dismissed because the depart
ment was satisfied of his innocence.
VIM. Snyder, member of the sher-
IFS posses engaged in a hunt for
Jones, the slayer of a married couple
near Muscatine, was shot in the
shoulder by companion in a lonely
woods near Fairport. They were re.
turning from the search when Sny-
der's companion stumbled and fell.
The shotgun exploded, injuring Sny-
der. He was taken to his home at
Eagle Point. His condition is serious.
After filing up on bad booze, Louis
Culver of Lake City procured shot
gun and went to Stay his wife, who
was staying at her fathers home in
the north part of the city. Friends
and neighbors had all they could do
until the arrival of Marshal Messen-
ge to prevent bloodshed, but the
marshal finally overpowered him.
after an. exciting struggle. He was
relieved of his arms and placed In
Jail.
Jacob Stober, well known farmer
near Moulton, was frightened by the
tale of the financial furry, and recent
ly withdrew his money from the bank
and hid it in mail box under his
bed. Soon after, while he and his
family were out doing their evening
work, some one entered the house and
took the money, amounting to 1910.
There is no clew as to the thief, but
1t is thought that 1t was some one
who was familiar with Mr.. Stober's
plans.
The city officials of Iowa City are
temporarily deprived of their salaries.
The city treasurer has refused to
cash warrants on the general fund, as
it is overdrawn by about $1,000. 1t
is understood the banks also hesitate
about accepting further overdrafts. A
bond issue will probably be made soon
to relieve the stringency and the Of
fetal. including the members of the
police force, are not worrying over
the situation. During the past few
years the city has expended a great
amount of money on paving and other
improvements. and this is largely re-
sponsible for the situation.
Bosch Bros, general merchants OF
vancleve, have been granted a deci
sion by Judge Bradshaw in the case
brought against them by DR.. e. A
Cantonwine, of Vancleve. DR.. Can
tonwine sued to recover s6,165.74 that
he claimed to have paid over tc
Brosch Bros. to prevent the firm from
prosecuting him for theft The firm
had demanded $1,000 which it claim
ed the doctor had stolen while he was
employed at different times by them
as clerk. Cantonwine charged dur
ess and extortion, but this the court
held had not be proved. In deciding
the case the costs of the expensive
| litigation were taxed to the plaintiff
Merrill Buckley, until recently q
member of the soldiers home at Mar
shalltown, was arrested at State Cen
| ter by Constable Walter Wilson fol-
| stealing a horse valued at 800, owned
| by William King, member of the
! home. Buckley pleaded not guilty in
| Judge Millard's court His prelImin
| ary hearing was set, and being unable
to furnish bond for $500, he was lodg
| ed in JAIL The constable tracked
| Buckley in the direction of State Cen
! ter, and found the horse in a livery
| stable there. He later arrested Buck
| ley as he was leaving State Center
on foot along the Northwestern rail
| way. Buckley was discharged from
the home for characterization. He
entered the institution from Clinton
At Mount Hope school, near Crane
View, Muscatine county tramp as
| saulteG the teacher, after he hat
! chased the children from the building
| but not until he had met with brave
| and determined resistance from one
| Of the school boys, a lad named
| Thompson, who was fatally hurt IL
his fight with the tramp. A posse o.
| farmers set out on the trail of the
! tramp as soon as the assault became
! known and it captured hin
within two hours afterward Instead
ri wreaking immediate vengeance up
on him, they exercised unusual self-re
| Straint and took him to the count,
| Jail at Muscatine.
The case of Anton Oleson agains
the Milwaukee road for $4,000 fol
damages sustained in wreck on the
Milwaukee road last February, was
| settled at Dubuque for $500. The
ccr~ of a man named Martin for the
same sum and the same cause is nov
! being tried